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Bradley Manning, Internet.org, and a Lego world record: 90 Seconds on The Verge

2013-08-21
it's wednesday august twenty-first 2013 i'm ross million jokes on you NSA i use incognito windows when i browse this is 90 seconds on the verge bradley manning the wikileaks source responsible for leaking nearly 700,000 government documents has been sentenced to 35 years in prison the judge also ordered a reduction in Manning's rank to private a forfeiture of all pain allowances and a dishonorable discharge he will receive credit for the time he has already served and will be eligible for parole in eight to nine years Manning's attorney says he plans to petition President Obama for a pardon Facebook is teaming up with a host of technology companies with the promise of bringing internet access to everyone on earth the Coalition is called internet.org and we'll tak issues like data efficiency affordability in infrastructure the goal to bring the two-thirds of the globe that don't have internet online in some way Nokia opera Qualcomm and Samsung among the other founding members developing countries are a huge growth opportunity for these tech companies but internet.org frame fiscal differently asking a connectivity is a basic human right and finally a school district in Delaware has set a new guinness world record using Lego the red clay School District built a Lego tower that reaches 112 feast 11.75 inches high it's about 11 stories and it beats the previous record by over six feet the tower is made up of five hundred thousand bricks sections were assembled in classrooms over a series of months but don't worry no Lego Millennium Falcon's were harmed in the making of this tower that's it today's top stories will come to tomorrow there is chaos in Gotham City the culprit the carbon footprint the Batmobiles leaving
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