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2 mn readSixty years after the world’s first high-speed train launched, rail enthusiast Paul Carter rides the bullet train along what’s been dubbed the “New Golden Route”. Standing on platform 19 at Tokyo Station, a bustling cathedral to modern rail travel, it’s hard to believe that it was 60 years ago this year that the first Shinkansen […]
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< 1 mn readThe Kansas City Chiefs, the defending Super Bowl champions, came out on top in a dramatic finish to beat the Las Vegas Raiders 19-17 and become the first team to clinch an NFL play-off spot. Trailing by two points, with 15 seconds left and in field goal range, the Raiders lost possession after a mix-up […]
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< 1 mn readGeorgia Tech is partnering with Grady Health System’s emergency medical services team to reduce ambulance response times on campus and in the immediate area. A pilot partnership has Grady EMS parking a vehicle at the Georgia Tech Police Department (GTPD) headquarters at the corner of Hemphill Avenue and 10th Street. The ambulance is staffed […]
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2 mn readA popular open-source game engine called Godot Engine is being misused as part of a new GodLoader malware campaign, infecting over 17,000 systems since at least June 2024. “Cybercriminals have been taking advantage of Godot Engine to execute crafted GDScript code which triggers malicious commands and delivers malware,” Check Point said in a new analysis published Wednesday. “The technique […]
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4 mn readThe Colorado Buffaloes’ loss to Kansas last week in Kansas City was so damaging that it practically killed their College Football Playoff dreams and instead knocked them down into a more likely path to the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio Dec. 28. Coach Deion Sanders and his Buffs (8-3) still have an outside chance of playing in the Big 12 […]
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4 mn readPublic sector workers are on tenterhooks, hoping sometime in the next six weeks the Senate will pass a bill to allow them to receive Social Security benefits they feel they’re entitled. Last week, a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House passed the Social Security Fairness Act to eliminate the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO), which reduce Social […]
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