April 10, 1985: During a fateful meeting, Apple CEO John Sculley threatens to resign unless the company’s board of directors removes Steve Jobs as executive VP and general manager of the Macintosh division. This triggers a series of events that will ultimately result in Jobs’ exit. The marathon board meeting — which continued for several … Read more
Microwave and mmWave with high spectral purity are critical for a wide range of applications1,2,3, including metrology, navigation and spectroscopy. Owing to the superior fractional frequency stability of reference-cavity stabilized lasers when compared to electrical oscillators14, the most stable microwave sources are now achieved in optical systems by using optical frequency division4,5,6,7 (OFD). Essential to … Read more
Biden and Harris spoke at the annual awards dinner for the 52nd Annual Legislative Conference of the Congressional Black Caucus. President Biden spoke to the Congressional Black Caucus on Saturday night in Washington, D.C., where he blamed “extreme Republicans” for Congress’s inability to reach a deal to avoid a government shutdown so far and for … Read more