Supercomputing center in a beautiful, deconsecrated church

Allison writes, “The Barcelona Supercomputing Center is not only gorgeous with its soaring ceilings, it also was an instrumental site for developing modern microchip technology.” Read the rest

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Supercomputing center in a beautiful, deconsecrated church

Priceline is buying restaurant reservation platform OpenTable for $2.6 billion.

Priceline is buying restaurant reservation platform OpenTable for $2.6 billion. That’s some delicious added value for the travel-booking site. Read more…

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The Three Biggest Airlines Just Made Carry-On Sizes Even Smaller

It’s a tale as old as time: Traveler meets luggage. Traveler falls in love. Traveler buys luggage. Traveler causes a scene as flight attendant forces traveler to pay $75 for improperly-sized baggage. And if you’ve secretly been holding out hope that we might one day be able to put this bit of passenger pageantry behind us—too bad. It’s about to get a whole lot worse. Read more…

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The Crazy Things Delta Does to Cancel Fewer Flights Than Any Airline

Last year, Delta Air Lines canceled fewer flights than any other airline, scratching just 0.3 percent of its flights. That’s more than five times better than the industry average. It’s an obsession for Delta, an airline that once ranked near rock-bottom for cancellations, and as The Wall Street Journal explains , the company strives for zero-cancellation days in some very unorthodox ways. Read more…        

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Hacker Challenge Winner: Automate Your Phone With Old Hotel Key Cards

In last week’s Hacker Challenge , we asked you to share your best hotel room hack . We received some great entries, but the winning hack shows us some clever ways to automate a hotel room. More »

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