By Lance Whitney An overhaul of the music-streaming service is designed to make discovery and sharing easier.
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Monthly Archives: February 2015
Where New York City’s Speeding Ticket Cameras Are Hiding
New York City obviously doesn’t tell citizens where its speed cameras are, but using data on the tickets police issued last year, …
Cops Are Using Stingray Surveillance for Minor Crimes Like 911 Hangups
By Kate Knibbs
Florida police are using Stingray tracking devices—powerful surveillance tools …
Motorola’s Great Little Cheapo Phone Has a New Look and LTE
By Darren Orf
Right now, smartphone rumors are at a fever pitch. …
How Our Future Cities Will Look After Extreme Flooding
We know sea levels are rising. We can even project how the rising ocean will change our cities. But seeing how drastically our world will be changed, thousands of years in the future? That’s something else.
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Power Wheels Is Making Tiny Porsches Again
There’s some great news from Mattel for parents who like to live vicariously through their kids and long ago had to trade their sports car dreams for a practical, spacious minivan. It’s been almost a quarter century since Power Wheels offered a Porsche option, but come October kids aged three and older will be able to get behind the wheel of this 911 GT3.
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Power Wheels Is Making Tiny Porsches Again
There’s some great news from Mattel for parents who like to live vicariously through their kids and long ago had to trade their sports car dreams for a practical, spacious minivan. It’s been almost a quarter century since Power Wheels offered a Porsche option, but come October kids aged three and older will be able to get behind the wheel of this 911 GT3.
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The Eiffel Tower now generates its own power with new wind turbines
By Michelle Starr The famous Paris landmark has been fitted with two new wind turbines that generate enough electricity to power the commercial areas of its first floor.
Prefab tiny home generates more power than it uses
By Michelle Starr The Archiblox Carbon Positive House is a modular prefabricated home designed to give back to the environment — by producing more energy than it uses.