Category: English
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What It’s Like to Be Behind the Wheel of Google’s Self-Driving Car
Yes, there is a Big Red Button for… something. Although plenty of journalists have been passengers in Google’s cars, Steven Levy is probably the first one to sit in the drivers’ seat. (Although, technically, aren’t we all passengers in Google’s cars?) Levy writes about his experience at Backchannel in a thoroughly entertaining (and very long…
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Apple’s Finally Improving Its Data-Munching Wi-Fi Assist
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‘Green Pea’ Galaxies May Have Reheated the Universe After Cosmic Dark Age
Swiss scientists may have found the answer to a troubling mystery about the early evolution of our universe. After the Big Bang, the universe cooled down for a billion years in a kind of cosmic dark age. But then it mysteriously reheated. Electrons and protons that had been happily joined in hydrogen atoms were ripped…
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All Hail Juno, Our Record-Breaking Solar-Powered Emmissary to Jupiter
Juno broke the interplanetary distance record for solar-powered spacecraft on Wednesday morning. The Jupiter explorer is close to half a billion miles from the Sun, setting a new standard for using solar power for deep space exploration. NASA’s Juno spacecraft crossed the record-breaking 493 million miles from the Sun at 2pm ET on Wednesday January…
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Architecture’s Top Prize Went to an Incredible Chilean Architect You Probably Haven’t Heard Of
The Pritzker Prize was announced this morning, an award which many consider to be the highest honor for design. This year’s prize went to Alejandro Aravena, a Chilean architect who you may not know—but you definitely should get to know his work. The Santiago-based architect is quite young as far as Pritzker laureates go (48),…
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British military personnel to Nigeria to terror
thu 14 jan 2016, 00:52 British military personnel to Nigeria to terror LONDON – Great Britain will send this year to three hundred military personnel to Nigeria to contribute to the fight against terreurbeweging Boko Haram in the north of that country. The British will the Nigerian army to advise and train. The first 35…
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These Smart Glasses Are So Dumb They Make Google Glass Look Genius
Japan is one of the most technologically advanced countries in the world and home to some of the most innovative companies that have ever existed. But today was not its finest day. Tokyo is currently hosting the Wearable Device Technology Expo, and thanks to AFP photographer Yoshikazu Tsuno, we get to see all the gadgets…
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Cartoon Charlie Hebdo leads to controversy
wed, 13 jan 2016, 23:12 Cartoon Charlie Hebdo leads to controversy PARIS – The satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo does it again a splash with a provocative cartoon. To see his two university men, behind women to run. The text reads: “And what would Aylan later become? Billenknijper in Germany”. Photo: Charlie Hebdo Aylan, also…
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Government is € 153 million, excise duty is wrong in Q1 2014
Government is € 153 million, excise duty is wrong in Q1 2014 Posted on 08-04-2014 at 7:58 pm by sir_smokalot – 23 Comments” The Dutch government can give, the gift basket of the OPEC this year at the belly of writing, the brandstofverkopen stay here wrap. The border region remains the most affected; a total…
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Peugeot 308 R production
Peugeot 308 R production Posted on 19-09-2013 at 9:06 am by CasperH – 34 Comments” And no, that paintjob is not really standard. What is not standard is the carbon fibre body we saw on the Peugeot 308 R Concept in Frankfurt on the show floor to shine more. We assume that the 308 R…