Tag: science
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Use privacy services? The NSA is probably tracking you (Wired UK)
NSA headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland Wikimedia Commons If you use Tor or any of a number of other privacy services online or even visit their web sites to read about the services, there’s a good chance your IP address has been collected and stored by the NSA, according […]
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Why Copenhagen’s bike commute rate jumped from 36% to 41% in one year : TreeHugger
A somewhat odd factor at play in Copenhagen, starting in 2012, seems to have stimulated a bike boom in the already leading bike city. Bicycle commuting jumped from 36% to 41% from 2012 to 2013, after years of a fairly stable bike commute rate. What caused the boom? I’m just going to get straight to […]
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Castaway Paradise is almost Animal Crossing on iPad (Wired UK)
Castaway Paradise The Animal Crossing of iPad and Android Stolen Couch Games For a long time, industry commentators have suggested that Nintendo should bring their franchises to Tablets and Smartphones. However, with Mario Kart 8 pushing game and console sales it seems that there has been method in Nintendo’s […]
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PS3-exclusive Godzilla game stomps into Japan (Wired UK)
PS3「ゴジラ-GODZILLA-ã€ã€€ç¬¬1å¼¾PVãƒãƒ³ãƒ€ã‚¤ãƒŠãƒ コゲームス Godzilla is returning to Japan, with a new PS3-exclusive game set to see the King of Monsters stomping all over his home turf later this year. Japanese gaming site Famitsu broke the news today, revealing that the game will be released this winter, at least in Japan. With its deliberate […]
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Nikon’s D810 DSLR puts the focus on video (Wired UK)
Nikon Nikon has announced its latest high-end DSLR camera, the D810, which comes with a swathe of features targeting video enthusiasts. A flat video profile has been added, which will make post-production colouring of footage easier, as well as support for 1080/60p resolution, auto ISO in manual mode and […]
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Little Ginny is growing up downtown, and so are a lot of other kids : TreeHugger
Little Ginny is a meme in Toronto, where a couple of years ago, the deputy Mayor objected to family housing in downtown condos, suggesting that it was no place to raise kids. He complained: As far as raising your children downtown, maybe some people wish to do that. I think most people wouldn’t. I mean, […]
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Theresa May wants even more surveillance powers (Wired UK)
UK Home Office / CC BY 2.0 Home secretary Theresa May has claimed that the UK is not a ‘surveillance state’ while simultaneously asking for greater surveillance powers. In a speech at the Lord Mayor’s Defence and Security Lecture at Mansion House, in the City of London, May said: […]
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A new home in a dome by NRJA makes some remarkable claims : TreeHugger
Geodesic domes are tough. Brilliant mathematically, they are difficult technically. Having owned one and having it rot away around me, I tend to look at them critically. Inhabitat is showing this interesting design for a geodesic dome home, designed by Latvian firm NRJA, (No Rules, Just Architecture). It was on ArchDaily last year, where they […]