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TechCrunch
Facebook's Terragraph and ARIES antennas bring Internet to underserved areas
TechCrunch
Probably the most impressive of Facebook's connectivity projects is its solar-powered Aquila drone for enabling Internet access in remote areas. But while the technology behind Aquila is impressive, more traditional terrestrial connectivity systems are ...
Facebook's Terragraph project aims to replace fiber with fast, low-cost Wi-FiPCWorld
Facebook's quest for Internet is coming back to Earth with two wireless projectsComputerworld
Facebook takes on global Internet bottlenecksCNET
USA TODAY -GlobalPost -San Jose Mercury News -Quartz
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Tech Times
2017 Audi R8 V10 Plus Luxury Supercar Races At 180+ MPH In Daytona Testing: Review Roundup
Tech Times
The new 2017 Audi R8 V10 Plus was tested by journalists on the Daytona testing track, and the results are formidable. The drivers enjoyed speeds of over 180 mph behind the beastly wheel and lived to tell the tale. (Photo : Audi). A number of ...

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Boston Herald
Verizon CWA & IBEW Union Members Go on Strike: America's Communications Future is at Stake.
Huffington Post
As of this writing, (around 1:30AM, Wednesday, April 13, 2016), 40,000 Verizon workers throughout the east coast of America will not be going to work as of 6:00AM today. About three years ago, I wrote an open letter in Huff Po. “Dear Telecom Unions ...
Verizon bringing 800 miles of Fios cable to BostonBoston Herald
Verizon policy: switch from copper to fiber, or no fix for youEngadget
Verizon to bring FiOS to Boston via $300M partnership with the cityFierceTelecom
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Fox News
FBI reportedly paid hackers for tool that cracked San Bernardino gunman's iPhone
Fox News
The FBI reportedly paid professional hackers for a piece of hardware that enabled investigators to access an iPhone belonging to San Bernardino gunman Syed Farook. According to The Washington Post, the hackers alerted the bureau to the previously ...
FBI Director Comey calls 'emotion' surrounding Apple case unproductive, says encryption needs legislative resolutionApple Insider
FBI Used Security Flaw Found by 'Professional Hackers' to Crack San Bernardino Shooter's iPhoneMac Rumors
San Bernardino iPhone was hacked using a zero-day exploitTechCrunch
CNET -Engadget -Slate Magazine (blog) -Gizmodo
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NDTV
Google Calendar wants to help you stop procrastinating
Fast Company
Almost a year ago, Google acquired Timeful, a startup which used artificial intelligence to help you find time for personal goals. At the time, it said it planned to incorporate Timeful-like features into Google apps in the future. Looks like that time ...
Google Calendar's new Goals will help find you time for self-improvementThe Verge
Google Calendar's newest feature uses machine learning to help you actually accomplish your goalsTechCrunch
Google introduces Goals, so you can finally become a better personMashable
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SocialTimes
F8 2016: Facebook Surround 360 3-D 360-Degree Camera System
SocialTimes
Facebook developed a 3-D 360-degree camera system with an eye toward the 360-degree videos it recently introduced to the social network. Facebook Surround 360 will not be branded or sold by Facebook. Rather, the social network is open-sourcing the ...
Facebook 360 Surround Virtual Reality Camera RevealedI4U News
Introducing Facebook Surround 360, the UFO looking cameraExaminer.com
Facebook gets on the open-source wagon with a new VR cameraPulse Headlines
Washington News Wire -The Indian Express -Fast Company -TechCrunch
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Los Angeles Times
Starshot: Russian billionaire and Stephen Hawking want to use lasers to send tiny spacecraft to nearby star
Los Angeles Times
This is not your granddad's moonshot. Russian billionaire Yuri Milner and physicist Stephen Hawking have announced Breakthrough Starshot, a $100-million initiative to develop spacecraft that would send probes all the way to Alpha Centauri, the nearest ...
Russian billionaire Yuri Milner begins $100 million search of the universeUSA TODAY
Hawking joins bid to explore spaceLeader-Telegram
Reach for the stars: Investors team with geniusesBoston Herald
Next Big Future -Kansas City Star -San Jose Mercury News -UPROXX
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TechCrunch
New Facebook dev tools include Account Kit, push and quote sharing
TechCrunch
While chatbots might be the highlight of today's F8 conference, Facebook is also releasing a slew of tools for developers that help them build, grow and monetize their apps. Despite Facebook shutting down its Parse development platform, it's still ...
Facebook to allow app sign-in via phone numberUSA TODAY
Want to Avoid Facebook? Good Luck With ThatPC Magazine
Facebook kills the password, in favor of new login tools in Account KitPCWorld
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The Boston Globe
Woods Hole scientists discover swarming mass of crabs
The Boston Globe
Scientists at Cape Cod's Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution discovered what they've called a “cloud” off the coast of Panama at the Hannibal Bank Seamount. But, as their website reports, this so-called cloud was made up entirely of crabs. “At first ...
Red Crabs Swarming Kick Up Cloud of Mud 30 Feet HighCDA News
Swarm Of Thousands Of Crabs In Panama Looks Like An Alien InvasionTech Times
Scientists surprised by a massive swarm of crabsCNBC
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TechCrunch
Facebook launches video Rights Manager to combat freebooting
TechCrunch
There's an epidemic of stolen videos on Facebook. Business Pages rip videos from YouTube, TV or other Pages, and then post them on Facebook as their own to gain more engagement and fans. This is known as “freebooting.” Video makers were pissed off ...
Facebook levels up its live streaming service with new video tab and developer toolsComputerworld
Facebook Launches Live Video Feature: What Does it Mean for Government?Government Technology
F8 2016: Facebook Live API Open to Developers, PublishersSocialTimes
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The Marshalltown
1917 astronomical plate has first-ever evidence of exoplanetary system
Phys.Org
The 1917 photographic plate spectrum of van Maanen's star from the Carnegie Observatories' archive. The pull-out box shows the strong lines of the element calcium, which are surprisingly easy to see in the century old spectrum. The spectrum …more.
Astronomers Found Evidence for Exoplanets 100 Years Ago and Didn't Know ItGizmodo
Scientists Recorded Evidence of Exoplanets in 1917 And Nobody Realized ItPopular Mechanics
Astroboffin discovers exoplanet by accident ... in 1917The Register
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ABC News
Kepler recovered from emergency and stable
Space Daily
Mission operations engineers have successfully recovered the Kepler spacecraft from Emergency Mode (EM). On Sunday morning, the spacecraft reached a stable state with the communication antenna pointed toward Earth, enabling telemetry and historical ...
NASA's Kepler spacecraft recovers from emergency mode, but what triggered it?Kansas City Star
NASA's planet-hunting Kepler probe out of dangerI4U News
NASA's Kepler telescope recovers from emergency modeThe Space Reporter
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IBNLive
World's wild tiger count rises for first time in century
The Denver Post
A Bengal tiger walks through a jungle clearing in December 2014 in Kaziranga National Park in India, which has the most wild tigers of any country at 2,226. The number of tigers in the wild has increased for the first time since 1900. (AFP/Getty Images).
Finally, some good news for endangered wild tigersPittsburgh Post-Gazette
Wild Tiger Numbers Are Rising, Wildlife Groups SayNew York Times
Wild tiger population rising for first time in 100 yearsCBS News
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UPI.com
Tesla recalls Model X for back seat latch
UPI.com
Car maker Tesla is recalling 2,700 of its Model X sport utility vehicles for a defective latch in the third-row seat. The defect was found in testing and no injuries have been reported. The part was made another company, which will pay for the recall ...
The Tesla 3: A Marketing Success StoryAmerican Thinker
Don't rewrite rules for TeslaWaterbury Republican American
Tesla recalls 2700 Model X SUVs to repair seatsSalt Lake Tribune
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The Detroit News
F-150 only truck to earn top rating in IIHS safety test
The Detroit News
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety tested the performance of 2016 trucks in crash tests. Only the Ford F-150 was rated "good," and a top safety pick. Michael Martinez, The Detroit News 12:04 a.m. EDT April 12, 2016. ford-f150-test. The crash ...
Ford Improves F-150 to Score Top Rating in Insurer Safety TestBloomberg
The safest pickup on the roadCBS News
Ford safest full-size pickup truck: industry research groupReuters
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Engadget
Impossible Project debuts its take on the Polaroid camera
Engadget
The Impossible Project is releasing a new, old-timey instant camera on May 10th for people who want to be able to print their photos on the spot. It's called the I-1, and it works like Polaroid cameras of old, but with a modern twist. The I-1 connects ...
The challenge heats up: Impossible Project preps its first instant film camera for the digital ageimaging resource
Impossible Project's I-1 instant film camera carries on Polaroid's legacyMashable
Analog photography lives! The Impossible Project debuts I-1 camera for Polaroid 600-type filmTechCrunch
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SlashGear
Android's new accessibility features has Voice Access control
SlashGear
Google Now might be smart and all that but it's somewhat limited in what it can do when it comes to interacting with the rest of the apps and content on your Android smartphone. It can do searches, take notes, set up alarms, open apps, and some other ...
Google Voice Access allows you to use an Android device hands freeSiliconANGLE (blog)
Google's new features to make Chrome OS, Docs and Android coolerHindustan Times
Google Voice Access beta now available, lets you control Android devices by speakingFirstpost
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Live Science
World's Longest Snake Dies 3 Days After Capture
Live Science
A humongous reticulated python measuring 26.2 feet (8 meters) long was captured at a Malaysian construction site last week, but the snake died three days later while laying an egg, news sources report. The Malaysian snake was longer than five grand ...
World's Longest Python Found! Dies Immediately AfterMorning News USA
Mystery over death of Malaysian python contending for title of world's longest snakeThe Guardian
Huge python may be world's longest snakeSky News Australia
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Phone Arena
Latest rumor calls for extremely thin Apple iPhone 7
Phone Arena
The Apple iPhone 6s and Apple iPhone 6s Plus both became a little thicker when compared to the Apple iPhone 6 and Apple iPhone 6 Plus. Apparently due to 3D Touch, both new models rose in thickness by .2mm when compared to the prior version of the ...
iPhone 7 rumors: new antenna, dual cameras, bigger batterySlashGear
iPhone SE Sales: Good, Bad, or Irrelevant?Motley Fool
How to protect your data and avoid being hackedAustin American-Statesman
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Maine News Online
SpaceX resumes station deliveries for NASA
Maine News Online
On Friday, SpaceX resumed station deliveries for the US space agency NASA and in a double triumph for space technology frontrunner, SpaceX team managed to land its booster rocket on an ocean platform successfully for the first time. The unmanned ...
SpaceX's Dragon arrives at ISS with inflatable space habitatI4U News
Astronauts on International Space Station get inflatable roomNew York Daily News
SpaceX lands Falcon 9 rocket on floating bargePerfScience
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