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America’s largest radio telescope blind after falling cable slashes 100-foot gash in reflector dish • The Register 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- August 12, 2020
Pic America’s largest radio telescope, the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, has been forced to shut down after a falling cable slashed a 100-foot rent in its 1,000-foot reflector dish. On Tuesday, the University of Central Florida, which helps manage the National Science Foundation facility, said that on Monday, around 02:45 local time, a three-inch
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Good news – America’s nuke arsenal to swap eight-inch floppy disks for solid-state drives • The Register 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- October 18, 2019
The US Strategic Automated Command and Control System (SACCS) has reportedly replaced the ancient eight-inch floppy disks it uses to store data on the US nuclear arsenal. Defense news site C4ISRNET today cites officers from the Air Force 595th Strategic Communications Squadron – the unit that actually manages the system – in reporting that earlier
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Donald Trump hails America’s military might in July 4 speech amid pomp and flyovers 0
- BUSINESS
- July 5, 2019
One anti-war group, Code Pink, secured a permit to bring a “Baby Trump” blimp, reflecting a similar protest in the UK, to a rival event in the Mall during his speech. “This is costing us millions and millions of dollars. We the taxpayers are paying for it, for Donald Trump to use our military as a
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It’s OK, everyone – Congress’s smart-cookie Republicans have the answer to America’s net neutrality quandary • The Register 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- February 9, 2019
Analysis When the Democrats took over the House of Representatives in America, one of the first things that the House Energy and Commerce Committee did was call a hearing on net neutrality. We had a familiar feeling of dread at the time. But it’s OK, everyone, because yesterday that session, featuring two former heads of
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