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Monthly Archives: September 2017
Hydrogen bomb vs. atomic bomb: What’s the difference?
North Korean media claims it has an advanced nuclear weapon with ‘great destructive power.’ According to reports, North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Un has inspected a hydrogen bomb intended to be loaded on a new intercontinental ballistic missile. USA TODAY
Alphabet finalizes restructuring with a new company called XXVI
Back in 2015, Google announced that it was restructuring its company into multiple parts, with a new giant company called Alphabet to oversee all of Google’s various businesses.
Here’s why the USB port built into your car charges so agonizingly slow
There’s a USB port on the center console of my 2015 Mazda3, right beneath the stereo — it’s really well located. Get in the car, plug in your cell phone, turn the key (well, push the button) and you’re off. That’s how it should work, anyway.
Spotify’s head of video and podcasts departs amid strategy shift
Tom Calderone, Spotify’s head of video and podcasts, is departing the company amid a shift in content strategy. The news was first identified by Bloomberg.
How Students Built the World’s Fastest Hyperloop
As the final bolt locked the circular metal door into place at the end of the nearly mile-long steel tube, the two dozen members of the WARR Hyperloop team, from the Technical University of Munich, jostled to find shade under a canopy.
Windows is doomed
Google reveals the top things people want to find out ‘How to’ do
Google has a new website compiled using search data and built by its News Lab, working together with Xaquin G.V., an interactive visual data journalist.