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Elon Musk Is Giving Money to a GOP PAC Because It Helps Elon Musk
CEO of Tesla and Space X Elon Musk attends the 2015 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 22, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California.Photo: Getty Elon Musk—maker of a mini-sub that never got used, hypothetical savior of the Flint, Michigan water crisis, general over-promiser…
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Antarctic Exploration Vessel Which Should Be Named Boaty McBoatface But Tragically Isn’t Launches
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Microsoft has to know how to replace the touchscreen
Over the past years, users are so used to the touch screens of smartphones and tablets, which even can not imagine how you can do without them. But over time, instead of touchscreen mobile devices may begin to use the new, more convenient input method. Microsoft has patented a noncontact alternative to touch screen Microsoft…
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Flying cars is close. And as you the concept of “flying trains”?
The future of passenger transportation we can expect without a doubt very interesting. We have already proposed the idea of high-speed vacuum trains, moving at speeds over 1000 kilometers per hour, the concepts of Autonomous aircraft that will be used as a personal taxi and a passenger aircraft capable of speeds 5 times the speed…
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Florida Man Jailed for Failing to Unlock His Phone
The new iPhone 5S with fingerprint technology is displayed during an Apple product announcement at the Apple campus on September 10, 2013 in Cupertino, CaliforniaPhoto: Getty What started as a routine traffic stop has quickly escalated into a civil rights case in a Florida courtroom after a man was put behind bars this week for…
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Chinese Police Bust Crypto Betting Ring Allegedly Worth $1.5 Billion
Photo: AP Chinese authorities have busted what they said was one of the world’s largest online betting operations involving cryptocurrency, with over $1.5 billion in illicit bets allegedly on the line. According to the South China Morning Post, police in southern Guangdong province said late this week that they had nabbed “six major suspects of…
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Venmo, the People Are Begging for a ‘Cancel Payment’ Button
Photo: AP We all make mistakes, but some are worse than others. Make a typo in a text message? No big deal. But if you accidentally tap the “0" one too many times when entering a payment on Venmo or misspell the recipient’s username, well, then you have a problem on your hands—and not much…
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Watch Toys “R” Us’ Geoffrey the Giraffe Get Knocked Out of the Ring With an Amazon Box
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After Resignation of HR Chief, Yet Another Uber Exec Faces Allegations of Discriminatory Behavior
An Uber office in Austin, Texas.Photo: Eric Gay (AP) Earlier this week, ridesharing giant Uber’s Chief People Officer Liane Hornsey resigned under allegations that she systematically shot down internal complaints about racial discrimination within the company—indicating at least some prior concerns about a toxic company culture of wild abandon during the tenure of former CEO…
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The NASA probe “Yunona” found another possible volcano on Jupiter’s moon IO
Data collected by the spacecraft of NASA “Juno” with the help of the JIRAM instrument, indicate a new source of heat close to the South pole of IO. It can be previously unseen volcano on Jupiter’s moon. Infrared data were collected on 16 December 2017, when “Juno” was 470 000 kilometers from the moon. “New…