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Report: Russia Will Shut Down All U.S. GPS Stations Within Its Borders

Russia Toda y has unconfirmed reports that Russia announced today a plan to shut down all 11 American-run GPS stations within Russian territory starting June 1st. Russia has also threatened to stop supplying the rocket engines the U.S. uses to launch military satellites into orbit. Read more…

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Archeologists may have found the wreck of Columbus’ Santa Maria

After 500 years, archaeologists believe that they have found the wreck of the Santa Maria— Christopher Columbus’ flagship—at the bottom of the sea off the north coast of Haiti. The leader of the expedition, Barry Clifford, told The Independent that all the evidence “strong suggests that this wreck is Columbus’ famous flagship, the Santa Maria.” Read more…

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A Design Flaw Is Turning the London Shard Hotel Into a Voyeur’s Dream

You’d think staying in the tallest skyscraper in London would afford you some privacy. But visitors at the newly-opened hotel inside of the Shard are being creeped out by the bizarre effects of a simple design flaw—which reflects the view inside of certain rooms directly onto the windows of nearby guests at night. Read more…

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Make a DIY 3D "Hologram" Like the One That Brought Tupac Back to Life

Holograms are super cool , but they’re hard to make at home. Pepper’s Ghost, on the other hand, is a relatively simple 19th century optical trick that looks like a 3D hologram and brought a very dead Tupac Shakur back to the stage . And Joey Shanks is here to show us how to rig up a system to bring Pepper’s (or Tupac’s) ghost to your home. Read more…

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The Audacia Lays 100 Feet of Pipe On the Ocean Floor Every Minute

Undersea energy pipelines constitute a vital physical link between deep water wells and onshore refineries, but it’s not like we can just lay these lines like oversized bendy straws. That task of constructing and sinking these tubes instead falls to vessels like Allseas’ newest addition to its pipelaying fleet, the Audacia. Read more…

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Capture Full 3D Models In Seconds With Just Your Phone

Just a few months ago, we go our first look at the 3D photo-app Seene. But now, instead of just turning photos into a parallax party trick, the app’s next update will let you make full fledged, textured 3D models. And judging from the preview below, it looks positively awesome. Read more…

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Bloomberg: Microsoft Readying Small Qualcomm and Intel Powered Surfaces

Bloomberg claims that Microsoft is readying a new, smaller version of its Surface tablet which will use Qualcomm chips and another, larger device that will be powered by Intel silicon. Read more…

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