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U.S. slips to 9th in Internet speed
Internet connection speeds in the United States rank behind those in countries like Latvia, Netherlands and Czech Republic. Report says United States has 9th-fastest Internet speed in the world That’s down from 8th last year, as the U.S. is leapfrogged by Sweden Geography, population, industry are factors South Korea has fastest connections, 60% quicker than…
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10 most controversial Wikipedia pages
Oxford University researchers took a look at Wikipedia’s most controversial pages, studying which ones saw the most instances where an editor changed something, then someone changed it back to its previous form. Here are their top 10. The polarizing 43rd U.S. president topped the list. The busiest period of editing was in the days before…
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Elon Musk’s dream: NY to LA in 45 minutes
A video by a Colorado firm demonstrates a futuristic transportation system that would whisk passengers through vacuum tubes at speeds of up to 4,000 miles an hour. Entrepreneur Elon Musk, a pioneer in both electric cars and private spaceflight, has expressed interest in the idea. Under this proposal by transportation firm ET3, each passenger capsule…
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UK wants to restrict access to porn
British Prime Minister David Cameron, in restricting access to porn, says, “I will do whatever it takes to keep our children safe.” British Prime Minister David Cameron is cracking down on Internet porn Cameron wants the UK’s Internet service providers to filter out porn by default To access pornography on home computers, users would have…
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Should Facebook offer ad-free version?
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone has some ideas for improving Facebook. Twitter co-founder Biz Stone suggests Facebook launch a paid version without ads He thinks people would pay $ 10 a month for the service Stone also said he found Facebook’s settings to be too complicated (CNN) — Twitter co-founder Biz Stone has been using Facebook…
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World chuckles about #RoyalBaby
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, depart St. Mary’s Hospital with their newborn son on Tuesday, July 23, in London. The boy was born at 4:24 p.m. Monday, weighing 8 pounds, 6 ounces. Catherine holds the baby outside the hospital for the public’s first view. The new parents stand in front…
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Google unveils $35 video-to-TV device
Mario Queiroz, vice president of product management at Google, holds up a new Google Chromecast SDK. Google introduces Chromecast, a USB stick that pushes Web video to your TV Chromecast costs $ 35 and is available immediately Google also unveiled an upgraded Nexus 7 tablet with a higher-res screen and 4G LTE San Francisco (CNN)…