How solar may save Ukraine’s nuclear wasteland
The Ukrainian government wants to turn part of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone into a solar farm. Could the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident get a new lease of life?

February 1, 2017 at 05:42AM
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A 23-year-old college dropout just opened a robot-powered coffee kiosk in San Francisco
“Henry Hu, 23, hates waiting in lines at coffee shops. The college dropout and recipient of the prestigious Thiel Fellowship throws back about five cups of coffee a day on average.”

January 31, 2017 at 09:24PM
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How I Beat My Browser Tab Addiction
It’s the least ambitious way to feel less stressed.

January 31, 2017 at 05:10PM
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ACLU enrolls in startup school Y Combinator
The American Civil Liberties Union will learn how to turn the $24 million it raised over the weekend into growth and progress with help from a top Silicon Valley startup accelerator.

January 31, 2017 at 11:08AM
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This Trend Has Teens Obsessed With Endlessly Snapping
The photo sharing app is dangerously addicting, and that’s by design.

January 31, 2017 at 10:04AM
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A Mystery AI Just Crushed the Best Human Players at Poker
Yesterday, after twenty days of play at a casino in Pittsburgh, an AI built by two Carnegie Mellon researchers officially defeated four top players at no-limit Texas Hold ‘Em — a particularly complex form of poker that relies heavily on longterm betting strategies and game theory.

January 31, 2017 at 08:29AM
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North Carolina Bar Forces Exam Takers To Disable MacBook Touch Bar So They Can’t Use It To Cheat
The new MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar has debuted to mixed reception, including a negative response from one unexpected source: bar exam administrators.

January 30, 2017 at 05:03PM
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Booted up in 1993, this server still runs — but not for much longer
Phil Hogan’s Stratus server is a fault tolerant server, which means that hardware components are redundant. Over the years, disk drives, power supplies and some other components have been replaced but Hogan estimates that close to 80% of the system is original.

January 30, 2017 at 04:07PM
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A review of my new Samsung curved TV: I hate it so much
The screen is curved, which means that it picks up and seemingly magnifies every glimmer of light in the room. Because that’s what you want in a television screen.

January 30, 2017 at 02:49PM
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Tesla’s Battery Revolution Just Reached Critical Mass
Three new plants in California show how lithium-ion storage is ready to power the grid.

January 30, 2017 at 09:51AM
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