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Hey, Seattle leaders: Let’s regulate more than just Airbnb and VRBO
Guest Commentary: Two years ago, after the Seattle City Council voted 9-0 to cap the number of UberX, Lyft and Sidecar drivers on our...
No, this isn’t the start of the antibiotic apocalypse, just bad reporting
(credit: NIAID)
Over the next day or so, you may see headlines and reports about a “nightmare” “superbug” that has been detected for the first time in the US.
So far, the Washington Post reports:
“The superbug that doctors have been dreading just reached the U.S.”
And the article starts with: “For the first time, researchers have found a...
Satellites reveal just how bad the wildfires are in Alberta’s oil-sand country
NASA will keep its eye on a trio of potentially habitable planets just 40 light-years away
Three potentially...
Echodyne unveils a palm-size radar that’s just right for drones and driverless cars
BELLEVUE, Wash. – Radar and aircraft go...
A car show just for the one percenters? Welcome to Top Marques
Top Marques in Monaco is probably the least conventional car show we've been to in some time. Video shot by Elle Cayabyab Gitlin, edited by Jennifer Hahn. (video link)
MONTE CARLO, MONACO—From time to time we have reason to visit this odd little principality nestled between France and Italy on the Mediterranean. This year our trip happened to coincide with Top Marques, a fittingly Monegasque...
TSA spent $47,000 on an app that just randomly picks lanes for passengers
According to Mashable, the Transportation Security Administration apparently spent $ 47,000 on an app that is essentially a random number generator—it was briefly used to assign travelers to left or right lanes at airports.
As the website reported: “The app was used by TSA agents to randomly assign passengers to different pre-check lines as part of a now-discontinued program called ‘managed...
In the name of free speech, Adblock serves up ads, just for a day
Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei, in an Amnesty International ad that will be distributed by Adblock. (credit: Amnesty International via Mashable)
Users of the Adblock browser extension may see something today they're not used to when they surf the web: ads.
The ad-blocking giant, which claims to have 50 million users, will still remove advertisements from the web. But instead...
Astronaut Scott Kelly announces retirement from NASA, just days after return from year in space
Godspeed, Scott Kelly.
Ten days after finishing up nearly a year in space, the veteran of four...
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