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Wireless “smart” devices may be the tech wave of the future, but researchers have found flaws that let hackers spread malicious code through them.
Solar farms are increasingly common, but they depend on the sun. A new technology harvests that energy so it can be sold when prices are high.
Major oil and gas companies, facing future loss of demand for their products as a result of climate change policies, search for new strategies.
The world’s governments have committed to slashing greenhouse emissions, but it is not clear the necessary technology exists yet.
The Chicago Cubs shattered their championship drought in epic fashion: with an 8-7, 10-inning victory over the Cleveland Indians in Game 7 of the World Series.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 2, 2016, covering November 3, 2016.
Kings of Leon
Drake
Soundtrack
The Game
Twenty One Pilots
2016Kay Starr, American singer (born 1922)[†]
Kay Starr was an American singer who enjoyed considerable success in the late 1940s and 1950s. She was of Iroquois and Irish heritage. Starr performed multiple genres, such as pop, jazz, and country, but her roots were in jazz. Her 1952 song "Wheel of Fortune" was a smash hit, and later inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Additionally, she had big hits with "Allez-Vous-En" and "If You Love Me " in 1953 and 1954, respectively.
In 2016, the world population was approximately 7,558,554,526 people[†]