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Deep in a pine forest in Wilcox County, Ala., three workers dangled from the top of a 100-meter-tall transmission tower. They were there to remove… Read More »‘Rip and Replace’: The tech cold war is turning wireless carriers upside down
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Enlarge / A Notice of Seizure of a Justice Department property, showing the national seals of several other governments. The US Department of Justice has… Read More »Feds seize 13 more DDoS-for-hire platforms in ongoing international crackdown
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Enlarge / Ariel’s complex terrain is seen in this image, the best Voyager 2 color photograph of the Uranian moon. NASA/JPL In recent decades, NASA… Read More »Scientists say they have found more moons with oceans in the solar system
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