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Tesla Cybertruck overtakes Ford Edsel as "biggest flop" in U.S. auto history (Wed, 29 Jul 2026)
Tesla sells a few hundred Cybertrucks a month to human beings, maybe. It's the biggest flop in U.S. automotive history, outflopping even the legendary Ford Edsel. Summarizing a paywalled report by Bloomberg News, Yahoo! News reports that the discrepancy between public sales targets and actual sales is what measures the machines' respective failures. — Read the rest The post Tesla Cybertruck overtakes Ford Edsel as "biggest flop" in U.S. auto history appeared first on Boing Boing.
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AcePDF turns document cleanup into one less headache (mer., 29 juil. 2026)
TL;DR: AcePDF Converter & Editor is $23.97 (reg. $99.99) with tools to convert, create, edit, merge, split, compress, protect, and OCR PDFs. Every PDF eventually reveals itself not to be the finished document you expected, but a locked little puzzle box waiting for someone to ask, "Can you just make one quick change?" — Read the rest The post AcePDF turns document cleanup into one less headache appeared first on Boing Boing.
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Lenovo's all-in-one IdeaCenter desktops to come in colors (mer., 29 juil. 2026)
Lenovo's putting in extra effort for its latest IdeaCenter all-in-one desktops, which usually come in dark gray and sometimes also in light gray: the new ones will come in muted shades of sage, puce, peach and, of course, midcentury control panel green. — Read the rest The post Lenovo's all-in-one IdeaCenter desktops to come in colors appeared first on Boing Boing.
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White House betting controversy, Kalshi legal fight, 44 AGs oppose CFTC proposal, today in prediction market news LIVE (mer., 29 juil. 2026)
Today in prediction market news, we’re following the biggest developments shaping the industry, including fresh legal setbacks for Kalshi in… Continue reading White House betting controversy, Kalshi legal fight, 44 AGs oppose CFTC proposal, today in prediction market news LIVE The post White House betting controversy, Kalshi legal fight, 44 AGs oppose CFTC proposal, today in prediction market news LIVE appeared first on ReadWrite.
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Walz orders ethics clampdown targeting state employees using prediction market information (mer., 29 juil. 2026)
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has signed an executive order barring state employees from using confidential or nonpublic government information to… Continue reading Walz orders ethics clampdown targeting state employees using prediction market information The post Walz orders ethics clampdown targeting state employees using prediction market information appeared first on ReadWrite.
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NCLGS urges states keep control as prediction markets debate intensifies (mer., 29 juil. 2026)
The National Council of Legislators from Gaming States (NCLGS) has formally backed keeping sports wagering and broader gambling policy under… Continue reading NCLGS urges states keep control as prediction markets debate intensifies The post NCLGS urges states keep control as prediction markets debate intensifies appeared first on ReadWrite.
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