Hacker NewsFeb 11, 2025
Harry Stewart, Jr., one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, dies at 100
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Decorated pilot Harry Stewart, Jr., one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, dies at 100

Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr, one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, has died. He was 100. Stewart was one of the last surviving combat pilots of the famed 332nd Fighter Group who were the nation's first military pilots. Stewart earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for downing three German aircraft during a dogfight on April 1, 1945. He was also part of a team of four Tuskegee Airmen who won the U.S. Air Force Top Gun flying competition in 1949. The Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum confirmed his passing. The organization said he passed peacefully at his home in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan on Sunday.

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 Hacker NewsJan 2, 2025
Tesla reports 1.1% sales drop for 2024, first annual decline in at least 9 years
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Tesla's 2024 sales fall 1.1%, marking first yearly drop since 2011

Tesla’s global annual sales have fallen for the first time in more than a dozen years. It's a blow to a stock that has soared since Donald Trump's election and its CEO billionaire became a top policy adviser to the president elect. Sales rose 2.3% in 2024's final quarter but that was not enough to overcome a sluggish start to the year. The annual decline for the Austin, Texas, company came despite offers of discounts such as 0% financing, free charging and low-priced leases. Tesla's 1.79 million sales for 2024 was 1.1% below 2023 as demand for electric vehicles in the U.S. and elsewhere slowed.

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 Hacker NewsJun 24, 2024
Car dealerships revert to pens and paper after cyberattacks on software provider
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Car dealerships in North America revert to pens and paper after cyberattacks on software provider

Car dealerships across North America continue to wrestle with disruptions that started last week. CDK Global, a company that provides software for thousands of auto dealers in the U.S. and Canada, was hit by back-to-back cyberattacks on Wednesday. That led to an outage that has continued to impact operations. Prospective car buyers have faced delays at dealerships or seen vehicle orders written up by hand. There’s no immediate end in sight, but CDK says it expects the restoration process to take several days to complete. On Monday, Group 1 Automotive Inc., a $4 billion automotive retailers, said that it continued to use “alternative processes” to sell cars to its customers.

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