Tag: Plastic

MapD is About to Mine the Hell Out of Twitter

A new software may be on your next PC, allowing for the processing of data up to 70 times faster than ever possible. The technology is known as MapD and burns through large torrents of data by storing the data in an onboard memory of graphics processing units (GPUs) as opposed to the standard central processing units (CPUs). Currently, the new software technology developed by...

Facebook Ditches the ‘Thumbs Up Like’ Button

Yes, it's shocking but true, Facebook is doing away with its trademark thumb's up like button. Don't fret though, "likes" aren't going away, they're just getting a new re-design. It may seem like a small thing to change, but considering that the little blue button gets viewed and clicked over 22 billion times a day, any change with those numbers is big. The buttons...
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Beer Company Designs Edible Six-Pack Rings That Feed Animals, Rather Than Harm Them

Saltwater Brewery of Delray Beach, Florida is making a strong environmental change for the better… one six-pack at a time. The company, known for Screamin’...

10 Ways to Slowly But Surely Shrink our Obsession With Plastic

Plastic over the years has slowly been killing animals and ecosystems, and destroying much of the beauty of our planet. A recent study estimated that almost...

Plastic Pollution in Oceans is Outrageous. Here’s How to Easily Curve it

Plastic pollution is one of the biggest threats to the ocean ecosystems. Last year, a study estimated that approximately 8 million metric tonnes of plastic...

First Ever Ocean Cleanup is About to Begin, and It’s a Big Deal

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the largest area of accumulated ocean plastic on the planet, measuring 1.6 million square km or 617,700 square...

This Dangerous Chemical is Linked to Infertility & Cancer – And It’s Everywhere

How much of the food you eat comes in plastic packaging or cans? How often do you drink from plastic containers and water bottles?...

Banning Plastic: France Just Did It, Are We Next?

It’s no surprise that the world has a plastic problem. The ubiquitous material is everywhere, from our grocery stores and our homes, to our oceans...

A Teenager Has a Genius Plan to Clean up the Oceans

Young people these days, a bunch of privileged slackers who want everything handed to them, right? Well, not Boyan Slat. The 20-year-old began developing...