cities
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Report: Every Major US City East Of The Mississippi Is Under-Reporting Heavy Metals In Its Water
Just when the news about lead poisoning the drinking water of Flint, Michigan, couldn’t get any worse. A report from The Guardian says many US cities are systemically and purposely downplaying the amounts of lead and copper in municipal water systems.
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NYC’s New Public Wifi Is Obscenely Fast
Today, the first of New York City’s public, gigabit wifi hotspots opened to the public. I tried them, so take it from me: They’re insanely fast. How fast? Fast enough that Starbucks’ free internet is about to get killed.
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Surreal Video Transforms The City Of Paris Into An Empty Movie Set
Video: When you walk around Paris in real life, you can’t help but pretend you’re inside a movie. It’s the architecture, it’s the energy, it’s the people, it’s the city of light and you can’t help but romanticise your experiences there. This clever video of Paris, Apparences from Claire & Max, uses that dreamy quality…
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US To Spend $4 Billion To Fill Roads With Autonomous Vehicles
The American government is officially putting a giant vote of confidence behind self-driving cars. And the cash to back it up.