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Uber Has Been Testing A (Secret) Emergency Phone Line
Image by AP Something gone badly wrong with your Uber ride? Well, the ride-hailing company has been testing a new emergency phone line in US 22 cities.
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This Street In Beirut Is Completely Made Of Garbage Bags
The capital of Lebanon has been facing gruesome garbage issue since last July, when state authorities closed a major landfill without planning to open a new one. In this photo above, taken last Thursday, 3 March 2016, a general view shows packed garbage bags on a street in Jdeideh, east Beirut.
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A Google Self-Driving Car Got Into A Crash With A Bus (And That’s OK)
Well, it finally happened. One of Google’s autonomous vehicles might have caused a minor fender-bender. (Luckily, it appears nobody was hurt.) And guess what — it’s probably going to happen again. And that’s fine.
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China’s Ban On ‘Weird’ Architecture Is A Damn Shame
China has become known for some of the zaniest, prettiest, most daring architecture of the 21st century. Sadly, that’s all coming to a halt, as the government is now banning any new buildings that are dubbed “oversized”, “xenocentric” or “weird.”