At 165 feet tall and 188 feet wide, the proposed tunnel will be big enough for a 35-million pound ship to pass through. The post Norway’s Bold, Maybe Foolhardy Plan to Build the World’s First Ship Tunnel appeared first on WIRED.
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Take a breath, and turn off your push notifications. The post How to Stay Focused in a Garbage-Fire News Cycle appeared first on WIRED.
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While Uber is fighting Waymo at home, the American company is also having issues abroad. As Reuters reported, an Italian court has ordered Uber to stop all activities in all of Italy. The court says Uber represents unfair competition for taxi drivers. In particular, the court in Rome says that Uber is a transportation company but doesn’t respect transportation laws — rates… Read More
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Executives at Twitter make a lot of money. But it’s not just like they make a lot of money relative to you or me, or compared to lower level employees within the organization. A couple of executives at Twitter make a lot of money compared to their peers at public companies in general, tech or otherwise. Read More
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Budget gaming laptops are something of a contradiction in terms, like jumbo shrimp. They’re cheap, and they offer decent performance for less than $1,000, but are they worth your time?
The post You think you want a ‘budget’ gaming laptop, but trust us – you don’t appeared first on Digital Trends.
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One of the earliest and most prominent startups of the so-called “sharing economy” or “gig economy,” is evaluating the possibility of selling itself. As reported by Recode, freelance work marketplace Taskrabbit acknowledged that it is contemplating a sale after receiving inbound interest from a possible strategic buyer. Read More
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The acclaimed actor is ready to get busy living, or get busy going viral, with this clip from “The Graham Norton Show.”
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Commentary: A woman allegedly gets onto a closed walkway on California’s tallest bridge just to take a selfie. It’s not a good idea.
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Streaming video provider Netflix is making a change in its senior management, as the company announced long-time chief product officer Neil Hunt will be leaving in July. International executive Greg Peters will be taking Hunt’s place in the lead product role. Read More
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Shadow Brokers, the group behind last year’s release of hacking exploits used by the National Security Agency, has dropped another trove of files. In a Medium post today, the hacker group offered up a password giving free access to files it had previously tried to auction off. Read More
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