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Twitter’s Dick Costolo Delivers on Change, but the Right Mix Remains Elusivenytimes.com
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Chrome Experiments - VoxLords by Magnus Perssonchromeexperiments.com
You play prince Vox of Voxadu in a adventure to save princess Voxilia from the evil Lords of Voxadu. In a destructible environment you will face different kinds of foes. -
Surveillance forces journalists to think and act like spies - Committee to Protect Journalistscpj.org
Once upon a time, a journalist never gave up a confidential source. When someone comes forward, anonymously, to inform the public, it’s better to risk time incarcerated than give them up. This ethical responsibility was also a practical and professiona... -
Why Hispanic-Americans live longer: The mystery that has puzzled researchers for decadeswashingtonpost.com
There's a parado suggests family support helps keep Hispanics healthier. -
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Texas college professor tries to flunk his whole classwashingtonpost.com
"None of you, given the behavior in this class, deserve to pass," professor Irwin Horwitz wrote in an e-mail to students. -
Grandmother denied $41.8m casino jackpot payout - BBC Newsbbc.co.uk
A 90-year-old woman is denied a $41.8m (£27.6m) penny slot machine bonus after the casino blames it on a computer error. -
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For downtown L.A.'s pedestrians, citations send a 'don't walk' signallatimes.com
The raised red hand flashes as Eduardo Lopez darts into the crosswalk outside L.A.'s 7th Street Metro station. -
What Triggers Lightning? Radio Telescope Data May Have an Answer — NOVA Next | PBSpbs.org
Astrophysicists may finally have a lead on what causes the powerful, hundred-million-volt bolts of electricity generated by thunderstorms. -
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A brief history of the # and the @, by Keith Houstonpenguinblog.co.uk
Writing exclusively for the Penguin Blog, Keith Houston - Shady Characters author and etymologist extraordinaire - takes us through the fascinating history of those ubiquitous symbols, the # (aka. ... -
'Bizarre' Jurassic dinosaur discovered in remarkable new findtheguardian.com
Chilesaurus diegosuarezi belongs to the theropod group of dinosaurs, which includes tyrannosaurs, but was vegetarian and has other curious features -
Google offers cash support to Europe's news groups - BBC Newsbbc.co.uk
Google pledges €150m to support news organisations' efforts to earn money from their online coverage. - mixedanalytics.com
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Release proposal: v2.0.0 · Issue #1532 · iojs/io.jsgithub.com
This is very early but we're risking a long period of time with no release and a build-up of changes so we need to push to get this out. Main issues for this release are in the 2.0.0 milestone. Note that the V8 upgrade still isn't in ma... -
Tiny robots climb walls carrying more than 100 times their weight - tech - 24 April 2015 - New Scientistnewscientist.com
The two robots borrow techniques from both inchworms and geckos to climb up walls while carrying huge loads -
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We are Closing Down the CppCat Projectviva64.com
One odd year ago, we decided to carry out an experiment and release a tool for small teams and single developers as an alternative to the PVS-Studio static code analyzer
