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Tech News for the Day
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how we found, analyzed (with the help of Reddit) and in the end caught the culprit of a malicious device in our network
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On Tuesday, Google’s Jigsaw unit published a quiz that tests users’ abilities to identify phishing emails. The quiz tests you on a series of emails to see if you can distinguish telltale signs of phishing.
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A new “structural battery” prototype incorporates a cartilage-like material to make the batteries highly durable and easy to shape, researchers report.
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Programmer News for the Day
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Learning a new language is no easy task, and for programming languages, it’s no simpler.
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More than 1.5 million mobile apps with around 16 million monthly active users have been created on Thunkable, a platform that grew out of MIT.
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Bitcoin has a fundamental problem that’s baked into how it keeps itself secure.
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Word for the Day
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bastion noun
bas· tion | \ ˈbas-chən \
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: a projecting part of a fortification
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the rebel army retreated to its bastion in the mountains to regroup
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Puzzle for the Day
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Anagram for the Day
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Finger Puzzle
Assuming that there are nearly 7,000,000,000 (7 billion) people on Earth, estimate the size of number you'd get if you multiplied together the number of fingers on everyone's hands.
For this calculation, it might be easier to count a thumb as a finger.
How many zeroes would this number have? How many beaches of sand would this be?
How far into the galaxy could we reach if your answer was converted to miles?
How many zebras would you need to have this many hairs?
Solution (Previous Puzzle):
Feet in a 20 mile walk.
There are 12 inches in a foot, and 1,760 yards in a mile.
There are 105,600 feet in a 20 mile walk but only 97,200 square inches in a piece of carpet 15 yards by 5 yards.
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An anagram is a word made by using letters of another word in a different order.
Example: shot à host
Find the anagram for the following:
Meat
Nude
Ours
Solution (Previous):
LEEK : KEEL
LINK : KLIN
LOTS : LOST, SLOT
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Innovation of the Day
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In 1870, Gustavus Dows of Lowell, Mass. received his first patent (No. 99,170) for an "Improved Soda Fountain" being the vessel in which carbon dioxide was injected, both forming the soda-water beverage, and delivering the drink using the internal pressure.
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In 1915, the inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, inaugurated transcontinental telephone service in the United States with a call made between New York City and San Francisco, Cal., which was answered by Dr. Watson, his longtime assistant.
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In 1974, Dr. Christian Barnard transplanted the first human heart without the removal of the old one.
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Video for the Day
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Podcast for the Day
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We’ve all had the experience: you’re walking across a soft carpet, you reach for the doorknob and … ZAP. But what causes this trademark jolt of static electricity? Anuradha Bhagwat sheds light on the phenomenon by examining the nature of matter.
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Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Kim Kardashian, Paris Hilton… Many of us read about them, or even want to look like them. But what exactly makes a celebrity? Neil and Finn talk about what Canadian singer Justin Bieber has in common with the English poet Lord Byron, born in 1788. And learn some expressions about fame and celebrity.
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Idiom for the Day
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mumbo jumbo
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confusing language or pointless speech
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Alicia is just a kid, most of what she says is mumbo jumbo.
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Quote for the Day
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“Opportunity does not knock; it presents itself when you beat down the door.”
Kyle Chandler
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Team Campus Connect,
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