It’s not just you; Gmail appears to be down. Usually when this sort of thing happens it gets resolved quickly, but for now you might be stuck chatting with a real human person in your physical presence. Read more…
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Gmail Is Down, Everybody Freak Out (Update: Okay We’re Cool)
Having been burned when it used Photoshop to make its military seem more mighty, North Korea has apparently gone the analog route. That “military cargo plane” from a few weeks back? Nothing more than a short loan from Air Koryo and a cheap coat of camo. Read more…
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North Korea Used Camo Paint to Pass Off Civilian Planes as Military
When you think about it, keeping a fridge full of drinks perpetually cold at a store is a tremendous waste of energy given the product may not be sold for days. But the only alternate solution is to somehow chill drinks at the time of purchase, which is exactly what a new refrigeration technology called V-Tex does—without the need for gallons of liquid nitrogen. Read more…
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An On-Demand Vending Machine That Chills Drinks in Just 45 Seconds
Since at least 2007, DEA agents and local police detectives have had regular access to a gigantic database that contains detailed records of every American phone call that’s passed through an AT&T switch in the past 26 years. The program, named the Hemisphere Project, also pays AT&T employees to work alongside drug-enforcement officers stationed in three states. Read more…
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AT&T Partnered With DEA to Provide Access to 26 Years of Phone Records
symbolset writes “Apparently Australians have come up with the brilliant idea: if you don’t want to be eaten by a shark, it’s best to not go swimming in shark-infested waters in a seal costume. ‘Scientists from the University of Western Australia, with designers Shark Attack Mitigation Systems (SAMS), have unveiled two new wetsuits that they say could save lives in the water. Based on a breakthrough discovery that sharks are colour-blind, one wetsuit, labelled the “Elude, ” is designed to camouflage a swimmer or diver in the sea. At the other extreme, the “Diverter” sports bold white and dark-blue stripes, and is intended to mirror nature’s warning signs to ward off any potential shark attack.'” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Rethinking the Wetsuit
The Internal Revenue Service is planning to pay out about $70 million in employee bonuses, according to Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa , a senior Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, which has jurisdiction over the IRS. That oughta go over real well.
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IRS to issue $70M in employee bonuses, says lawmaker
You don’t joke about mining important maritime trade routes—Iran did and nearly started WWIII . And while America’s fleet of MH-53E Sea Dragons and Avenger -class mine countermeasures ships are still quite effective, they’re getting really, really old. Both platforms entered service in the mid-1980s and are quickly nearing their retirement dates. Here’s what the Navy has in store for its future countermining operations. Read more…
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How the Navy of the Future Will Find—And Destroy—Underwater Mines
It may sound like sci-fi, but lasers are definitely the future of war. As are drones. So what could be better than to see them go up against each other in a blaze of explosive glory? Looks like in the rock-paper-scissors game of modern combat, laser beats drone. More »
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Watch a Navy Laser Gun Blast a Drone Right Out of the Sky
As though Graph Search wasn’t enough to turn your Facebook world upside down, the company’s retooling its news feed again. So what will new new new (new) Facebook have in store? We’ll find out next Friday. More »
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Facebook’s Getting a News Feed Overhaul Next Week
The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is a beast. It’s the first of the new Ford-class supercarriers, and arguably the best aircraft carrier ever designed . And building these mammoths is a serious undertaking. More »
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This Is How You Build a Ford-Class Supercarrier