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Emissions fall in Madrid city center thanks to new traffic restrictions
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EL PAÍS
Emissions fall in Madrid city center thanks to new traffic restrictions
The level of nitrogen oxide has dropped by 38% after local authorities made 472 hectares off-limits to most vehicles at the end of November
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Hackers publish data on thousands of US police officers and federal agents
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TechCrunch
Hackers publish personal data on thousands of US police officers and federal agents | TechCrunch
A hacker group has breached several FBI-affiliated websites and uploaded their contents to the web, including dozens of files containing the personal
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Ola Bini, Swedish Software Developer with Ties to Assange, Arrested in Ecuador
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New York Post
Software engineer ‘close’ to Julian Assange arrested while trying to leave Ecuador
A Swedish software engineer with close ties to Julian Assange was arrested while trying to leave Ecuador as authorities investigate the WikiLeaks founder’s alleged efforts to fight his eviction from
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Norway aviation firm orders 60 all-electric airplanes, drops operation costs 80%
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Electrek
Norway aviation firm orders 60 all-electric airplanes - Electrek
Norway’s OSM Aviation, a firm that specializes in recruitment and training for the aviation industry, has ordered 60 all-electric planes from Colorado-based electric aircraft manufacturer Bye Aerospace. OSM Aviation announced the order on its website. The…
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Giistr: Find GitHub Issues to Contribute To
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Construction has kept rent in Chongqing, China to $75 a month
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Nytimes
For Chinese Raised in Prosperity, Shrugs in the Face of Layoffs (Published 2019)
Few cities in China have had as grim a history over the past century as Chongqing. Now the enormous city is prospering, but faces a wave of pink slips at factories.
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Hollywood Upended as Unions Tell Writers to Fire Agents
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NY Times
Hollywood Upended as Unions Tell Writers to Fire Agents
Talks between TV and movie writers and their agencies on a new code of conduct broke off before a midnight deadline. “It has become clear a big change is necessary,” the Writers Guild of America said.
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Report deems Russia a pioneer in GPS spoofing attacks
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ZDNet
Report deems Russia a pioneer in GPS spoofing attacks
Russia has become the de-facto expert in GPS spoofing attacks, which it uses both internally and outside its borders.
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Please be more careful when interpreting the Stack Overflow Developer Survey
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Meta Stack Overflow
Please be more careful when interpreting the SO Developer Survey
Please be more careful when interpreting SO Developer data
These types of surveys are interesting and useful, but each year I find myself pulling my hair out at poor analyses by the press and inte...
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How many holes does a straw have? [video]
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YouTube
How many holes does a straw have?
A topologist's view on how to answer this question.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homotopy_group
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homology_(mathematics)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistent_homology
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C To Delphi converter (2018)
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GitHub
GitHub - WouterVanNifterick/C-To-Delphi: C To Delphi converter
C To Delphi converter. Contribute to WouterVanNifterick/C-To-Delphi development by creating an account on GitHub.
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The Indictment of Julian Assange Is a Threat to Journalism
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The New Yorker
The Indictment of Julian Assange Is a Threat to Journalism
It is important to recognize that the legal charges brought against the founder of WikiLeaks this week have nothing to do with Russia or the 2016 election.
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Online trolls are harassing a scientist who helped take pictures of a black hole
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The Verge
Online trolls are harassing a scientist who helped take the first picture of a black hole
Black holes don’t suck, but sometimes the internet does
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South Korea once recycled 2% of its food waste. Now it recycles 95%
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World Economic Forum
South Korea once recycled 2% of its food waste. Now it recycles 95%
A compulsory recycling scheme in South Korea has dramatically cut the amount of food the country throws away. Here's how it works.
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JSON as configuration files: please don’t
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Tracking Phones, Google Is a Dragnet for the Police
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Nytimes
Tracking Phones, Google Is a Dragnet for the Police (Published 2019)
The tech giant records people’s locations worldwide. Now, investigators are using it to find suspects and witnesses near crimes, running the risk of snaring the innocent.
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Smartphone Apps Are Filled with Trackers You Know Nothing About
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Medium
Your Smartphone Apps Are Filled With Trackers You Know Nothing About
The privacy crisis Apple and Google need to fix—now
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Scott Kelly Spent a Year in Orbit. His Body Is Not Quite the Same
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NY Times
Scott Kelly Spent a Year in Orbit. His Body Is Not Quite the Same. (Published 2019)
NASA scientists compared the astronaut to his earthbound twin, Mark. The results hint at what humans will have to endure on long journeys through space.
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The black hole picture is both an astonishing achievement and a deceptive image
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Prospect Magazine
The black hole picture is an astonishing achievement, and one of the most deceptive scientific images ever - Prospect Magazine
The simplistic portrait masks a mind-bendingly complex reality
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Aphex Twin Interviews Ex Korg Engineer about Synths, Microtuning, Math, & Dreams
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High Speed Trains Are Killing the European Railway Network (2013)
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LOW←TECH MAGAZINE
High Speed Trains are Killing the European Railway Network
High speed rail is destroying the most valuable alternative to the airplane; the “low speed” rail network that has been in service for decades.
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