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Some analysts say Alphabet could double in value to become a $2T company in the near future, as the total market cap of FAANGs rose by $1.3T over the past year (Rupert Neate/The Guardian)

{$inline_image} Rupert Neate / The Guardian: Some analysts say Alphabet could double in value to become a $2T company in the near future, as the total market cap of FAANGs rose by $1.3T over the past year  —  As Alphabet becomes the latest firm to achieve a 13-figure market cap, analysts still forecast years of

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Experiments In Soft Robotics

{$inline_image} [Arnav Wagh] has been doing some cool experiments in soft robotics using his home 3D printer. Soft robots have a lot of advantages, but as [Arnav] points out on his website, it’s pretty hard to get started in the same way as one might with another type of project. You can’t necessarily go on

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Amazon says it now partners with 20,000+ neighborhood stores across Tier 1, 2, and 3 cities in India to store and deliver goods under its "I have Space" program (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Amazon says it now partners with 20,000+ neighborhood stores across Tier 1, 2, and 3 cities in India to store and deliver goods under its “I have Space” program  —  Neighborhood stores dot tens of thousands of cities, towns and villages in India. Amazon says it now partners with 20,000+ neighborhood

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Play That Funky 3D Printer…

Human brains are wired for music. Scientists think the oldest musical instruments were flutes that date back somewhere between 67,000 and 37,000 years ago. We assume though that people were banging on wood or their thighs, or knocking two rocks together long before that. Almost anything can be a musical instrument. A case in point:

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Profile of Armslist, the "Craigslist of guns" that offers nearly any kind of gun imaginable and where all transactions are done peer to peer (The Verge)

The Verge: Profile of Armslist, the “Craigslist of guns” that offers nearly any kind of gun imaginable and where all transactions are done peer to peer  —  Inside Armslist, the online ‘gun show that never ends’  —  Thomas Caldwell was a veteran in his 60s with a soft physique, oval glasses … Profile of Armslist,

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