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With Millions Tons Plastic in Oceans, More Scientists Studying Impact
2014-06-13 18:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Consider this: The amount of global trash is expected to rise every year for the rest of the century. With no intervention, the growing garbage heap won't even peak by 2021. Since most marine debris originates on land, that grim prognosis, say researchers at the University of Georgia, could spell disaster for the oceans, creating an environmental hazard often compared in scope with climate change. "We estimate we're going to have millions of tons of plastic going into the ocean with, so far,...
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Comcast turns 50,000 paying customer homes into public hotspots, millions more by the end of the year
2014-06-12 15:22:19| Extremetech
Two days ago, Comcast did something that would be inconceivable if it was any other company than Comcast: It turned 50,000 residential Xfinity modems into public WiFi hotspots. There are 50,000 paying Xfinity customers in Houston, Texas who are now broadcasting free WiFi that anyone can use. As far as Comcast is concerned, of course, this is a genius move to blanket the country in high-speed WiFi (and there are plans to hijack 8 million more modems by the end of June) -- for Comcast's customers, though, this is egregious monopolistic overreach taken to the next level... and it's possibly illegal as well.
Blackphones coming in three weeks, will ship in millions, backers say
2014-06-11 13:54:30| InfoWorld: Top News
The Blackphone security-focused smartphone will go on the market in three weeks and "a few thousand" have already been sold through pre-orders, executives from the device's makers say.
Councils 'wasting millions' on IT
2014-06-03 01:00:12| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Are county councils wasting millions on expensive IT?
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China to take millions of cars off its roads to fight pollution
2014-05-27 13:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The Chinese government plans to decommission almost 6m cars that do not meet exhaust emission standards, in an effort to cut pollution from road vehicles and improve air quality. According to government figures, around 5.3m cars will be removed from the roads by the end of the year, with 330,000 in Beijing alone. Another 5m are expected to be removed next year. The plan was outlined as it emerged that around 31% of air pollution in Beijing comes from vehicle exhaust fumes. Other regions involved...
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