An unorthodox stock split designed to ensure Google CEO Larry Page and fellow co-founder Sergey Brin retain control of the Internet's most profitable company could cost Google more than half a billion dollars.
Business
Apr 2, 2015
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Ohio's efforts to slow the spread of toxic algae in Lake Erie will soon force some farmers to change how they handle livestock manure and require more testing for pollutants at the state's largest wastewater treatment plants.
Environment
Apr 2, 2015
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38
Using archival data from the Japan-led Suzaku X-ray satellite, astronomers have determined the pre-explosion mass of a white dwarf star that blew up thousands of years ago. The measurement strongly suggests the explosion ...
Astronomy
Apr 2, 2015
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Engineers have combined innovative optical technology with nanocomposite thin-films to create a new type of sensor that is inexpensive, fast, highly sensitive and able to detect and analyze a wide range of gases.
Materials Science
Apr 2, 2015
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Since it was discovered in South Florida in 2005, the plague of citrus greening has spread to nearly every grove in the state, stoking fears among growers that the $10.7 billion-a-year industry may someday disappear.
Ecology
Apr 2, 2015
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Snapchat, the social network for users who like the security of disappearing messages, released its first transparency report Thursday showing hundreds of requests from US and foreign law enforcement agencies.
Internet
Apr 2, 2015
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24
This week's all-star launch of US rapper Jay Z's streaming music service may not have caused Spotify's management to lose sleep—but analysts predict tough days ahead as tech giant Apple prepares to enter the fray.
Internet
Apr 2, 2015
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20
California's electrical grid has a problem - a nice problem, but a problem nonetheless: The state often has too much power.
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 2, 2015
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Over the last few years, I've watched my parents move from a Windows PC to a Mac mini to iPads for their Internet access.
Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 2, 2015
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An autonomous car's recent 3,400-mile U.S. road trip proves there's at least one thing computers do better than humans: Follow the speed limit.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 2, 2015
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