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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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On 12 August 1981, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in midtown Manhattan, IBM unveiled the company's entrant into the nascent personal computer market: the IBM PC. The personal computer vastly expanded the number of people and organizations that used computers. With that, the preeminent U.S. Press coverage of the announcement was lukewarm.

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BMW Group Launches car sharing service “ReachNow” in Seattle

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Following a successful pilot program, BMW Group has launched ReachNow, a free-floating premium car sharing service, in Seattle. Members can then return the car to any legal parking space on the street, including for free at meters and within residential permit zones in the Home Area. Car sharing for residential and corporate groups.

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Can Autonomous Weapons Be Compatible With International Humanitarian Law?

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This article is part of our Autonomous Weapons Challenges series. The fundamentals of IHL were developed before the widespread use of personal computers, satellites, the Internet, and social media, and before private data became a commodity that could be accessed remotely and often without a person’s knowledge or consent.

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How Can We Talk About Autonomous Weapons?

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This article is part of our Autonomous Weapons Challenges series. In order to address the legal and ethical issues that an autonomous weapons system (AWS) can raise, it’s important to look at the many technical challenges that arise along the full spectrum of autonomy. A group of experts convened by.

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Driving Dystopia: Automakers Selling User Data for Pennies, Senators Ask FTC to Get Involved

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A letter to the Federal Trade Commission has revealed that these automakers are not only selling off your personal data, they’re doing it for a pathetically small sum of money. In 2022, a study estimated that Facebook can earn up to $900 per user by selling the personal information of users to other companies. Penned by U.S.

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BMW M introduces its first high-performance car with electrified drive system: BMW XM PHEV

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Production of the BMW XM will get underway at BMW Group Plant Spartanburg in the USA in December 2022 before it arrives at dealers worldwide in spring 2023. It is also the first BMW M model to feature Integral Active Steering, also part of standard specification. The BMW XM is also the first BMW M original since the BMW M1.

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BMW teams up with Baidu in autonomous driving project in China

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Over the next two years, the BMW Group will build prototype research vehicles for use in highly automated driving trials on Chinese roads. The BMW Group is teaming up with internet giant Baidu as its Chinese partner in this latest ambitious research project.

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