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US government approves T-Mobile/Sprint merger
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Ars Technica
It’s official: US government approves T-Mobile/Sprint merger
Network-asset sale props up Dish as "faux competitor" to replace Sprint.
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Gorillas found to live in ‘complex societies’
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University of Cambridge
Gorillas found to live in 'complex' societies, suggesting deep roots of human social evolution
Researchers suggest that some social bonds may be analogous to “old friendships” and “tribes” in humans. www.cam.ac.uk/gorillasociety
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The Trust Crisis
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Harvard Business Review
The Trust Crisis
Facebook, Boeing, and too many other firms are losing the public’s faith. Can they regain it?
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Safely Rewriting Mixpanel’s Highest-Throughput Service
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Survey results: ISO C++ feature proposals
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Sutter’s Mill
Survey results: Your “top five” ISO C++ feature proposals
Today I collated and analyzed the results of
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Zanzibar: Google’s Consistent, Global Authorization System
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How is China able to provide enough food to feed over 1B people?
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Quora
How is China able to provide enough food to feed its population of over 1 billion people? Do they import food or are they self…
There are many layers to untangle in Chinese agriculture. China is able to feed its people only through massive state oversight, investment, and regulation in agriculture. Even then China still has to import food and is the largest food importer i...
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Neil Armstrong’s Death, and a Stormy, Secret $6M Settlement
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NY Times
Neil Armstrong’s Death, and a Stormy, Secret $6 Million Settlement (Published 2019)
The astronaut’s sons contended that incompetent medical care had cost him his life, and threatened to go public. His widow says she wanted no part of the payout.
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A Pixel Is Not A Little Square (1995) [pdf]
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Europe's heat wave moves to Greenland, threatens world's 2nd largest ice sheet
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CBC
Europe's record heat wave threatens major ice sheet in Greenland | CBC News
The hot air that smashed European weather records this week looks set to move towards Greenland and could take the world's second largest ice sheet close to or below record low ice levels set in 2012, the United Nations said on Friday.
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Tree stumps that should be dead can be kept alive by nearby trees
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New Scientist
Tree stumps that should be dead can be kept alive by nearby trees
A tree stump that should have died is being kept alive by neighbouring trees that are funnelling water and nutrients to it through an interconnected root system
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Marcus Hutchins spared US jail sentence over malware charges
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BBC News
Marcus Hutchins spared US jail sentence over malware charges
Marcus Hutchins had previously pleaded guilty to two charges of writing banking malware.
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Apple expected to adopt keyboard with scissor mechanism for 16-inch MacBook Pro
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MacRumors
Apple Expected to Adopt Keyboard With Scissor Mechanism for Upcoming 16-inch MacBook Pro
Apple is planning to use a scissor mechanism rather than a butterfly mechanism for its upcoming 16-inch MacBook Pro, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said...
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Wind is outpacing coal as a power source in Texas for the first time
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CNN
Wind is outpacing coal as a power source in Texas for the first time
Wind power has surpassed coal for the first time in Texas, according to a new report.
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Scientists stunned by ‘city-killer’ asteroid that just missed Earth
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The Seattle Times
Scientists stunned by ‘city-killer’ asteroid that just missed Earth
The pretty hefty "Asteroid 2019 OK" (its official name) was discovered only this week. One astronomer said it proves there are "still dangerous asteroids out there that we don't know...
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In the US, you need more info for a library card than creating a corporation
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Global Financial Integrity
The Library Card Project: The Ease of Forming Anonymous Companies in the United States - Global Financial Integrity
As it happens, more corporations – anonymous and public – are established in the United States each year than in any other jurisdiction.
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Europe embraces rent controls, a policy that never works
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The Economist
Europe embraces rent controls, a policy that never works
Perish the thought of building more homes
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Gin, Sex, Malaria, and the Hunt for Academic Prestige
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Show HN: I built a spreadsheet app with Python to make data science easier
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Hackernoon
How I built a spreadsheet app with Python to make data science easier
Today I'm open sourcing "Grid studio", a web-based spreadsheet application with full integration of the Python programming language.
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Siri records fights, doctor’s appointments, and sex, and contractors hear it
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Ars Technica
Siri records fights, doctor’s appointments, and sex (and contractors hear it)
In a new report, Apple takes its turn in the crosshairs over how it reviews user recordings.
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Moody’s Buys Climate Data Firm, Signaling New Scrutiny of Climate Risks
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NY Times
Moody’s Buys Climate Data Firm, Signaling New Scrutiny of Climate Risks
The bond-rating agency's purchase of Four Twenty Seven suggests that governments and companies that ignore climate threats could be penalized.
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