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  Facebook building 'cold storage' data centers for unloved photos

  By Amar Toor on February 22, 2013 03:41 am + 23 comments

  Facebook currently hosts more than 240 billion user photos, but only a small percentage of them are Continue reading…

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  'Planet Earth' narrator David Attenborough calls humans a 'plague on the Earth'

  By Sam Byford on January 23, 2013 03:09 am + 217 comments

  Sir David Attenborough, the legendary broadcaster most famous for narrating BBC documentary series Continue reading…

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  Why insects may be nature's most effective pesticide

  By Amar Toor on January 22, 2013 07:06 am + 20 comments

  With demand for chemical-free foods on the rise, farmers across the world have been swapping Continue reading…

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  O2 calls for carriers to stop including chargers with phones after successful pilot program

  By Sam Byford on January 17, 2013 09:04 pm + 79 comments

  British carrier O2 announced plans to sell a flagship HTC phone without a charger two months ago, Continue reading…

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  NASA: 2012 was the ninth-warmest year on record

  By Amar Toor on January 17, 2013 08:09 am + 70 comments

  Climate scientists at NASA have ranked 2012 as the ninth-warmest year since 1880, when annual Continue reading…

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  PNC Bank building a 'breathing' skyscraper for its new Pittsburgh headquarters

  By Chris Welch on December 22, 2012 11:50 pm + 18 comments

  Eco-friendly office buildings aren't exactly unheard of, but we can't recall seeing anything Continue reading…

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  Saudi America: the dangerous fallacy of US energy independence

  By Amar Toor on December 6, 2012 12:09 pm + 350 comments

  The year is 2020. The United States is on the cusp of a golden age, there's peace in the Middle Continue reading…

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  IKEA plans to sell only LED lighting by 2016

  By T.C. Sottek on October 1, 2012 10:06 am + 74 comments

  IKEA has announced that by 2016, it plans to phase out sales of all traditional lighting equipment, Continue reading…

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  Amazon launches Vine.com shopping site for all things green and organic

  By Jeff Blagdon on September 26, 2012 09:15 pm + 20 comments

  Looking to address the growing demand for green, organic, and sustainable products, Amazon is Continue reading…

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  Microsoft wasted 'millions of watts of electricity' to evade power usage penalty (update: Microsoft responds)

  By Sam Byford on September 24, 2012 02:28 am + 261 comments

  Microsoft deliberately burned through "millions of watts of electricity" to avoid a penalty for Continue reading…