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September 21, 2015
These Enormous Fans Suck CO2 Out Of The Air And Turn It Into Fuel
Carbon Engineering has one idea for taking dangerous greenhouse gas emissions out of the air. It sounds like it's from a cartoon, but it's real life.
CO2 pumped out of tailpipes in New York City traffic could eventually be sucked up by an air capture plant in the desert in Australia or North Africa.
September 18, 2015
Cuba Could Be The Next Market For American Telecom Firms
The Obama administration's modified sanctions against Cuba could see telecom providers improving Internet connectivity in the country.
The U.S. could stand to make considerable money from its newfound detente with Cuba, it seems. The Obama administration is loosening its sanctions on Cuba, which means American telecom and Internet providers will now be able to make inroads into the country. According to the Washington Post, this could lead to two important changes. First, giant American telecommunications firms like Verizon, Comcast, and AT&T can enter into agreements with Cuban partners to offer better mobile and broadband service. Second, American companies can now outsource work to Cuban software developers.
Report: Instagram Is On Track To Becoming A $5 Billion Product
Talk about a sound investment: Video advertising on Instagram could earn Facebook a lot of money.
Facebook's $1 billion acquisition of Instagram sure seems to be paying off: A new report indicates that Instagram is well on its way to becoming a $1.8 billion to $3.7 billion a year business over the next few years, and that the photo-sharing app is already worth more than a billion dollars. MoffettNathanson, the research firm that compiled the report, also sees Instagram becoming a huge advertising cash cow for parent company Facebook.
Today In Tabs: Man, It's A Hot One
You're my reason for reason, the tab in my groove.
It's Friday, why would you even want to know what the Tabs are today? Look, do yourself a favor and just read this incredible short story by "Bojack Horseman" creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg:
Apple Discussing Self-Driving Cars With California's DMV
Apple's autonomous vehicle program may be further along than we thought.
Apple's self-driving car program is getting very real. So real, in fact, that the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is now holding meetings with Apple about them. According to documents obtained by The Guardian's Mark Harris, Apple's legal counsel held an hour-long meeting with DMV representatives last month.
Why IBM Thinks Bitcoin Technology Will Change Banking, Household Appliances
Big Blue is the latest company to bet on an enterprise future on the blockchain.
In the latest sign that the technology behind bitcoin is being embraced by the corporate world, IBM says it's exploring how the cryptocurrency's shared ledger system can be used in fields from banking to the Internet of Things.
Twitter Claims Its Audience Is Comparable To Facebook's--And It Might Have A Point
Twitter CFO Anthony Noto said that, factoring in logged-out users and embedded tweets, Twitter's reach is comparable to Facebook's.
With nearly 1.5 billion users, Facebook's audience appears to be about five times the size of Twitter's, which was last reported as 304 million active users during the company's Q2 earnings call earlier this year. But Twitter CFO Anthony Noto doesn't think it's quite that simple.
This Is What It's Like To Shoot a Major Hollywood Movie On Mount Everest
Director Baltasar Kormákur talks to Co.Create about evacuating sick actors with helicopters and shooting for six weeks in -30 degree weather.
"I don't like happy actors, I like actors that are struggling," filmmaker Baltasar Kormákur says. Apparently, during the grueling production of Kormákur's gripping mountain tragedy, Everest, he liked his actors plenty.
Samsung's Latest TV Is Also An Unexpected Design Masterpiece
Designed by Studio Bourollec, the Serif is perfect for design nerds and small apartment dwellers.
Televisions were once built more like furniture than anything else, expected to fit into a home's decor for decades. But in more recent times, the attention has shifted to the more gadgety aspects of a TV, with new models constantly being pushed as consumer upgrades based upon new tech "innovations": HD Ready. HD Capable. Full HD. 3D. 4K. LED. Plasma. OLED. IGZO. As a consequence, television design has suffered.
10 Audaciously Modern Japanese Houses
A new book from Phaidon chronicles the unconventional style of Japanese residential design.
There's a surfeit of unorthodox, wildly creative Japanese houses out there, and 400 of them are packed into Jutaku: Japanese Houses, a new tome from Phaidon.
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