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On April 6th, the Swedish Tourist Association launched “The Swedish Number” an actual phone number people from all over the world can dial to speak with a random Swedish person. The marketing gimmick is meant to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the country’s abolishment of censorship and to educate foreigners about …

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The Falcon 9 rocket that SpaceX landed today may be the first of the company’s vehicle to relaunch into space, CEO Elon Musk said today at a NASA press conference. That would make it the first orbital rocket of its kind to travel to space a second time. Musk said …

NASA engineers have declared a mission emergency for the agency’s planet-hunting spacecraft Kepler, which has somehow switched into emergency mode. NASA just found out about the anomaly a day and a half ago, right before the agency tried to maneuver the spacecraft to point at the center of the Milky Way …

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SpaceX made history today when its Falcon 9 rocket epically landed on a drone ship in the ocean. The feat was not only impressive but also felt like one big sigh of relief. SpaceX has been trying to pull of this ocean landing for the past year and a half. I’ve …

SpaceX has finally landed its Falcon 9 rocket on a drone ship at sea, after launching the vehicle into space this afternoon. It’s the first time the company has been able to pull off an ocean landing, after four previous attempts ended in failure. Today’s success is a crucial milestone for …

Ford has launched the lease-sharing program it announced earlier this year, starting with three dealerships in Austin, Texas. It’s called Ford Credit Link and it’s sort of similar to a friends and family plan from a cellular carrier, but for sharing a car. Having your own car is nice. But most of …

Louis Tomlinson used to be the least-famous member of One Direction. Since the band’s inception in 2011, Zayn Malik was the beautiful one, with the best voice; Niall Horan was the funny one with the charming accent and the bottle-blonde hair; Liam Payne was “Daddy Direction,” a rule-follower and endearing …

Having distortion or bad sound quality in Windows 10 with Bluetooth headphones or other devices? Try this easy fix. DISCLAIMER: THIS FIX APPLIES ONLY TO … source