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“Homeless city” in tunnels beneath Kansas City
Police leveling a homeless campsite outside of Kansas City discovered a “hidden community” of transients living in an elaborate series of tunnels , reports KMBC.
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The World’s Biggest Ship Is Assembled like a Lego Model
With a capacity of more than 16,000 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit shipping containers) the CMA CGM Marco Polo currently reigns as the ” world’s largest container ship ” but it won’t for much longer. Construction of an even larger line of mega-ships—the Maersk Triple E—will soon be complete and, once launched, will dwarf every other vessel on the high seas. More »
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Why You Shouldn’t Forget About Latency
If your internet connection leaves you constantly waiting for streams to buffer, you probably love nothing more than to bitch and gripe about bandwidth. But easy there, tiger, because your issue could be a much more fundamental issue that everyone seems to have forgotten about: latency. More »
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High Roller Takes Casino For $33 Million With Security Camera Hijack
Australia’s biggest casino was taken for $33 million , when its own security cameras were used against it by a high-roller who managed to hijack the surveillance systems. More »
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Microsoft goes after Google with attack on Gmail privacy
Campaign titled “Don’t get scroogled by Gmail” encourages users of Google’s free e-mail service to dump it for Microsoft’s Outlook.com. [Read more]
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Scientists Have Made the First Truly 3D Microchip
The fastest microchips we have can only pass their data from side to side and front to back, no matter how close their components are squeezed together. A new chip developed by researchers at University of Cambridge, on the other hand, can pass data up and down too, making for the world’s first truly 3D microchip . More »
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Stupid California Cost Itself $600 Million Over Stupid Facebook IPO
It’s generally a bad idea to base your budget on hypothetical money that may or may not end up in your pocket. It’s a much worse idea if you’re the state of California, and that money is wacky Facebook cash . More »
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This Is Why the US Navy Is the Most Formidable Naval Force In the World
Here’s a rare sight: four out of the ten Nimitz-class aircraft carriers—the largest warships ever built—plus an Enterprise-class carrier docked together. They are resting at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, which coincidentally is the largest naval base in the world. Look at all that engineering and firepower. And it’s only half of the Nimitz fleet! More »
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Superhydrophobia spawns the Lotus Effect
Ever notice a dirty lotus leaf? How about a wet one? Of course you haven’t. Lotus leaves are so hydrophobic that they can be dry in a rainstorm, while still using the rainstorm to clean themselves off. Now nanotechnology developers are trying to mimic the Lotus Effect. More »
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Superhydrophobia spawns the Lotus Effect