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US Birthrate Hits New Low, CDC Data Shows
Births in the United States dropped again between 2022 and 2023, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The national birth rate has been steadily declining for the last 17 years, with a particularly steep drop in births between 2007 and 2009 during the Read more…
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Missing Scissors Cause 36 Flight Cancellations In Japan
Thirty-six flights were cancelled at Japan’s New Chitose airport on Saturday after a pair of scissors went missing. Japanese media report that retail outlets at the airport — which serves the regional city of Chitose on Japan’s northernmost island, Hokkaido — are required to store scissors in a locker. When Read more…
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US Feds Are Tapping a Half-Billion Encrypted Messaging Goldmine
U.S. agencies are increasingly accessing parts of a half-billion encrypted chat message haul that has rocked the global organized crime underground, using the chats as part of multiple drug trafficking prosecutions, according to a 404 Media review of U.S. court records. In particular, U.S. authorities are using the chat messages Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
North America Added a Whole Silicon Valley’s Worth of Data Center Inventory This Year
North America’s eight primary data center markets added 515 megawatts (MW) of new supply in the first half of 2024 — the equivalent of Silicon Valley’s entire existing inventory — according to a new report real-estate services firm CBRE. All of Silicon Valley has 459 MW of data center supply, Read more…