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The Wi-Fi at Google’s New Office Really Sucks
The world’s leading internet company is having some internet connectivity issues.
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How to Prevent X’s Audio and Video Calls Feature From Revealing Your IP Address
X owner Elon Musk is dreaming of a world where people ditch their cell phones and instead make audio and video calls on the social media platform. Musk’s vision has elicited nearly collective horror from users of his platform—as well as potential risks to their IP addresses. X began rolling out the audio and video…
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Google Launches $5 Million Competition to Figure Out What the Hell Quantum Computers Do
If you’ve ever wondered what quantum computers actually do, you’re not alone. The truth is, no one knows what modern problems this technology can solve. Google launched a multi-year, global competition on Monday to find real-world use cases for quantum computing, and the finalists will split $US5 million. “While there are many reasons to be…
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New App Points You Toward the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole
If you want to stay grounded—which is to say, you want a haunting reminder of your own diminutive size and mortality—do I have the tool for you. Meet Galactic Compass: an app which will point the user towards the whopping black hole at the center of our galaxy, Sagittarius A*. As you read this article,…