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What Is ‘The Cloud’ — And Where Is It?
There’s at least one funny joke in the Jason Segel/Cameron Diaz movie, Sex Tape. While frantically trying to cut off access to the amateur porn vid he accidentally uploaded to iCloud, Jason Segel tries to explain why deleting the file won’t work. “Nobody understands the cloud,” he says. “It’s a fucking mystery!” He’s kind of…
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Here Are The True Radiation Dangers In Your Environment
People are terrified that they’re being exposed to radiation all the time, whether from distant nuclear accident or the mobile devices snuggled against their heads. Generally, they are wrong. Here are the most radioactive objects in the world around you, and the truth about which ones cause health problems.
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Giz Explains: Why Are URLs Full Of Garbage Characters?
#?&%! Why do some URLs look like cuss words in comic books? We have the answer.
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Giz Explains: How Did We Get To Pluto So Fast?
On July 14, the New Horizons spacecraft will make history when it sails past Pluto, formerly known as the ninth planet. Even more incredible is how fast we got there. The spacecraft travelled 4.8 billion kilometres in nine and a half years. That’s about 1.6 million kilometres a day for almost 10 years. How the…