Day: July 17, 2014

Culture

The Secret NYC Graveyard Where Ships Go to Die

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As reported on Wired. BY BRENDAN I. KOERNER  ADVERTISEMENT The filmmakers may have accidentally dosed themselves with radiation by getting too close to the USS YOG-64, a Navy gas tanker that was posted near Bikini Atoll during the Operation Sandstone nuclear weapons tests in 1948. WILL VAN DORP Reaching the marshy spot on southwestern Staten Island where good boats go to die requires a car, sturdy footwear, and a willingness to be prosecuted to the full extent…

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Entertainment

Watch the first trailer for ’12 Monkeys’ on Syfy

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As reported on The Verge. By Jacob Kastrenakes Syfy is reimagining Terry Gilliam’s sci-fi classic 12 Monkeys as television show, and it’s just released the first trailer for it. The series appears to retain the film’s twisting time-travel arcs that find its characters journeying back to the past to prevent the planet from reaching a devastated future. This trailer doesn’t make the show appear quite as promising as you might hope, but things are still early: the series isn’t going to…

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Automotive Business

Why Tesla Motors can’t sell cars in most of the United States

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As reported on Engadget. BY BEN GILBERT  Tesla Motors makes beautiful, quality electric automobiles. Don’t just take it from us;Consumer Reports rated the Tesla Model S the “best overall” car in its 2014 Top Picks report (which includes all non-electric cars as well). Yet, despite Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s ongoing effort to expand his EV empire, state after state in the United States is pushing back. Not because those states are against electronic vehicles, Musk or even Tesla; it’s about the way Tesla wants to…

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Business Cloud Culture Microsoft

Microsoft cuts 18,000 jobs as part of its largest layoff ever

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Asd reported on Engadget BY MATT BRIAN Microsoft today announced that it’s cutting 18,000 jobs, the biggest round of layoffs in its history, as part of ongoing restructuring efforts. In a release, the company says that Nokia’s Devices and Services business, which it acquired for $5 billion last year, will be most affected, with 12,500 “professional and factory positions” expected to go by the end of the year. In an email to employees, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella…

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