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  Josh Kerr

  

  A Tenn. Man Recently Discovered The Largest Prime Number Known To Humankind

  NPR - Lulu Garcia-Navarro

  This past week, a FedEx employee from Germantown, Tenn., made a massive discovery — and it wasn't in any packages. John Pace found the largest prime number known to humankind. And that number goes on to more than 23 million digits. "So it's longer than anybody really wants to sit down and hear," he …

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  Josh Kerr

  

  Artist specialized in paintings of Chase bank on fire

  boingboing.net - Rob Beschizza

  I love Alex Schaefer impasto works depicting branches of Chase bank going up in flames in daytime. They were from a series by him called "Disaster …

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  Josh Kerr

  

  Google’s newest innovation will make your internet feel significantly faster

  bgr.com - Chris Smith

  You might not sense it immediately, but Google just made the internet faster. And you won’t have to upgrade computers or internet subscriptions to …

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  No More Voicemail Prevents Callers From Leaving a Message

  Lifehacker - Kristin Wong

  Android/iOS: Not everyone is a fan of voicemail. Some consider it a useless annoyance and prefer to text or email instead. If you’re in that camp, No …

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  Josh Kerr

  

  Will the Patriots’ VR training help them win the Super Bowl?

  VentureBeat - David Z. Morris, Fortune

  When Super Bowl 51 (pardon me, “LI”) hits TV screens nationwide, Fox viewers will be treated to unique, immersive glimpses from the field, using Intel’s 360 Replay virtual camera. But even more intriguing is what’s happening behind the scenes—more and more teams, including Super Bowl contenders the …

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  Josh Kerr

  

  World's Largest Telescope Will Revolutionize The Future Of Astronomy

  Forbes - Ethan Siegel

  Want to see deeper into the Universe than ever before. Build a bigger telescope. No matter what other tricks you use, there's no substitute for size. The bigger your primary mirror is: the more light you gather, • the better your resolution is, • and more details can be seen, more distant and faster than …