US: 10 tons of trash collected from Virginia Beach after Memorial Day event
By Morgan Gstalter From The Hill Ten tons of trash had to be removed from the shores of Virginia Beach on Monday after a Memorial Day event, WAVY 10 news reported. The Chesapeake Bay beach commonly known as Chic’s Beach hosted…
Google builds its own subsea cable from the US to France
By Frederic Lardinois From TechCrunch Google, like all major internet companies, often participates in building new subsea cables because it wants to own the connectivity between its data centers around the world. Those cables are typically built and owned by…
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Facebook and Microsoft’s big undersea cable is finally finished
BY MONICA CHIN From Mashable More than 17,000 feet below the ocean’s surface, there now lies the “most technologically advanced subsea cable,” providing up to 160 terabits (Tbps) of data per second — beating Google’s alternative, now poorly named,“Faster.” The…
World travelers, social butterfly among Fla. airport victims
BY TAMARA LUSH, JEFF MARTIN, BEN FINLEY AND DAVID PITT Associated Press From The Olympian FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. At least four of the five people killed in the Fort Lauderdale airport shooting were on vacation, headed for cruises that…
Commemorating courage on Lynnhaven Bay
By Jorja K. Jean From The Virginian-Pilot Come early in the Morning. In View of the Fleet – a grand Sight! 32 Ships of the Line in Lynn Haven Bay just under the point of Cape Henry…. — Jonathan Trumbull, governor…
The Editor Speaks: A smile
I thought today I would try and make you smile. As I write this today is Monday and what better than to start the week with a SMILE. According to Wikipedia: “A smile is a facial expression formed primarily by…
