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Current Event sjvnBehind the scenes: Kansas crew begins restoring Apollo 11 consoles
The Cosmosphere has started to restore the Apollo 11 mission control consoles to their original state.
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1 day ago
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Best & Worst Laptop Brands 2018
Which brand of laptop is best? Laptop Mag ranks the biggest laptop brands on performance, design, support and value. See the scorecard.
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2 days ago
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Republicans rally behind Trump's dubious choice to lead NASA
NASA has never been led by an inexperienced politician, but Senate Republicans have nevertheless rallied behind Trump's dubious choice.
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2 days ago
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Manafort Suspected of Serving as ‘Back Channel’ to Russia, DOJ Says
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s interest in former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort stemmed in part from his suspected role as a “back channel” between the campaign and Russians intent on meddling in the election, a Justice Department lawyer told a judge.
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2 days ago
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Learn to use GitHub with GitHub Learning Lab
Want to join the 27 million open-source programmers who develop on GitHub? Here's how to get your start.
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2 days ago
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Robot Conquers One of the Hardest Human Tasks: Assembling Ikea Furniture
Researchers in Singapore explained how they created a robot that could devise and execute a plan to put together an Ikea chair.
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3 days ago
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Pro-net neutrality FCC commissioner resigns
In another setback for net neutrality, Mignon Clyburn is resigning from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
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3 days ago
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NASA Basically Missed a Huge Asteroid That Passed Unnervingly Close to Earth
While the world was busy doing its thing on Saturday, a giant asteroid the size of a football field whizzed by our planet.
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4 days ago
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What are cloud regions and availability zones?
If you use a public cloud, you’ve used availability zones (AZ), but what are they really? How do they fit into regions anyway? Let’s go over the bas
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4 days ago
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Microsoft releases its first Linux product
For the first time, Microsoft has released its own Linux kernel in a new Linux-based product: Azure Sphere.
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5 days ago
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Oracle tried to ally with Trump against Amazon
Oracle's co-CEO tried to persuade President Trump to not award a massive Department of Defense cloud contract to rival Amazon Web Services.
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5 days ago
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Lousy news. I always liked his work. I got to know him a bit when he retired to Asheville, he was a great guy.
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5 days ago
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Here's What You Need To Know About Infinity Stones Before The New Avengers Movie
They're the major MacGuffins of the Marvel Cinematic Universe — but there's a lot of them, and you need a scorecard to keep track of which does what. We're here for you.
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7 days ago
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Trillions Upon Trillions of Viruses Fall From the Sky Each Day
Viruses shape the ecology of the planet, but scientists still have only a rudimentary understanding of the microbial impacts on animals, plants and ecosystems.
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7 days ago
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Was There a Civilization On Earth Before Humans?
A look at the available evidence
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9 days ago
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Linux is under your hood
BMW, Chevrolet, Honda, Mercedes, and Tesla all have one thing in common besides making cars: Their cars all run Linux.
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9 days ago
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‘King of Kong’ Star Stripped of High Scores, Banned From Competition
Famed high-score gamer Billy Mitchell, best known for his leading role in “The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters” documentary, was officially stripped of his “Donkey Kong”…
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9 days ago
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Shhh … Alexa might be listening
Amazon has filed a patent that could allow its Echo devices to one day listen in on conversations to help with user recommendations. A handy feature or more fodder for conspiracy theories?
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10 days ago
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A Burned-Out Husk of a House Is Selling for $800,000 in Silicon Valley
A fire-ravaged home in San Jose is selling for a staggering $800,000, local Fox affiliate KTVU reports. The high asking price is for both the abandoned home and the 5,800 square foot lot surrounding it.
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11 days ago
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Airbus to Offer Naps in the Cargo Hold
It won’t be a room with a view, but may help prevent neck strain. Passengers flying on Airbus SE planes will soon be able to slip down into the cargo hold for a proper nap.
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11 days ago
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Why Zuckerberg’s 14-Year Apology Tour Hasn’t Fixed Facebook
The Facebook CEO's constant apologies aren't a promise to do better. They're a symptom of a profound crisis of accountability.
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11 days ago
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The world's busiest airport revealed
More than 104 million passengers traveled through the world's busiest airport in 2017, according to Airports Council International. Check out which airports are the world's busiest.
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11 days ago
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Today’s Catty Question: Who Thought Cat Cafes Were a Good Idea?
They have unpaid employees who don’t follow orders, bite customers and sometimes run away, when they’re not sleeping. ‘I wasn’t ready for all the things that can go wrong.’
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12 days ago
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The men who took 10,000 flights
In 1981, American Airlines sold an unlimited lifetime pass. But they didn’t account for fliers like Jacques Vroom and Steve Rothstein.
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12 days ago
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How many Linux users are there anyway?
It depends on how you count them.
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