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SpaceX inks lease with Spaceport America, will push reusable rocket higher

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Sir Richard Branson and his Virgin Galactic crew will soon have a new neighbor at Spaceport America, as SpaceX has just signed a three-year lease to the facility. Central to the agreement, SpaceX will move its Grasshopper reusable rocket test prog…


Three Samsung workers injured in second serious acid leak at chip plant (updated)

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Korean agency Yonhap News is reporting that there’s been a second major leak of hydrofluoric acid at Samsung’s main chip factory in the city of Hwaseong. Three workers are said to have been injured, with no word yet on how badly. Only three months…


Apple revises campus plans, postpones secondary complex to save money

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Even with $145 billion in its back pocket, Apple isn’t above a little cost-saving. Following rumors that its new campus was $2 billion over budget, the company has revised its plans for the facility. While the UFO-style HQ is untouched, a secondar…


Verizon expanding San Francisco Innovation Center, currently working on cross-carrier HD Voice support

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2011 sure doesn’t feel like that long ago, but it’s evidently long enough for Verizon to realize that demand for innovation is booming in Silicon Valley. Not quite two years after the company cracked open the doors to its San Francisco-based Innov…


Facebook building $1.5 billion data center in Altoona, Iowa

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Facebook has already set up shop in North Carolina and Oregon, but it’s heading to Iowa for its next — and biggest — data center. According to the Des Moines Register, the town of Altoona will be home to a 1.4-million-square-foot facility (code-…


Facebook launches real-time graphs to highlight its data center efficiency

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Curious as to the effect that your poking wars are having on the planet? Facebook is outing power and water usage data for its Oregon and North Carolina data centers to show off its sustainability chops. The information is updated in near-real tim…


Private airport terminal for Google’s jets approved by city of San Jose

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After a minor curfew scuffle, it looks like Google might soon take its airplanes from their current nest at Mountain View’s Moffett field and park them up the road at Mineta San Jose International Airport. Signature Flight Support has been approved b…