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Country Turns Off Internet For 24 Hours For ‘Quiet Reflection’
Bali Shuts Down Internet For ‘Quiet Reflection’ In these modern times it’s pretty clear that when the internet stops working, nearly everything does. Without it, I, writing now, would have to grind to halt. Now, before I go yank my ethernet cable out the wall, it seems that Bali wants people…
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Facebook Will Display Your Post In 44 Languages
With social media uniting the world, technology is starting to blur the lines between people from different continents and countries. However much like the tower of Babel, there is a barrier that often makes it difficult to communicate between countries, the language barrier. Facebook is hoping to unite billions of…
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Hyperloop One Could Go Around The World
If you’ve been looking at the future of transport, you’d probably be looking at things like electric cars. If you wanted to go one step further you would have probably have heard of the Hyperloop, a transport concept that’s currently under testing and construction. It would now seem that the…
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Messaging Apps Must Store Data Within Iran’s Borders
With more and more governments requesting access to your private data, the lines between countries are becoming more defined in the digital world. With the revelation of schemes like PRISM offending Europe to a point where they began renegotiating a deal with the US to protect data regarding European citizens, more and…
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How To Create Water In The Desert – Create An Artificial Mountain
When it comes to water, desert countries suffer because of the flat terrain that often stretches beyond your sight. With no elevated terrain clouds and rain are scarce, but the United Arab Emirates is looking to change this by giving the country some elevated terrain, an artificial mountain. The United Arab Emirates…
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Former CIA Director Thinks EU “Gets in the Way” of Security Services
Security is a big issue with companies and governments alike having issues raised when it comes to people’s data. With the UK soon to take part in a referendum, the EU is at the heart of debates about security, both digital and physical. It would seem that some think the EU…
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Data Leak Reveals 22,000 ISIS Members
In history there is a tale as old as time, no matter how large something gets, no matter what happens, when they start to perform questionable acts it will always be someone on the inside that will address the situation by letting everyone know about it. We’ve already seen with…
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Europe Might Take the Lead in Adopting Electric Vehicles
It’s really surprising to hear something like this, but the fact is that Europeans are more interested in electric vehicles. I know the EV hype has been going on in the US for quite some time, but according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association, Europe has seen a 78% rise…
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China Bans Supercomputer and UAV Exports Based on National Security Concerns
The Chinese superpower seems to be a bit concerned about its latest tech getting into the wrong hands and has banned the export of unlicensed supercomputers and some UAV models. The ban seems to forbid any company attempting to export machines capable of outputting eight TFlops of data or more…
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Russia Looking Into Blocking Facebook Over Gay Emoji
Russia has been trying to push a lot of western companies out of the country for some time now. After it closed access to Google and Intel back in 2014, the country is now looking to block the world’s most popular social media platform, namely Facebook. Russian Facebook users have…
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Costa Rica Has Been Fully Powered by Renewable Energy for 75 Days Straight
Costa Rica has achieved a major milestone in clean energy, having the country be fully powered by renewable energy for 75 straight days. “The year 2015 has been one of electricity totally friendly to the environment for Costa Rica,” the state-owned power supplier Costa Rica Electricity Institute (ICE) said. The…
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YO App Used for Notifying People About Missile Strikes in Israel
Increasingly popular social media application, Yo, the application which lets you say ‘YO’ to another friend may seem ridiculous to some smartphone users, but in fact it is apparently used for more complicated things than just ‘yo-ing’ around. The Times of Israel apparently has stated that some developers are now…
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