It took barely a year for the rebooted Radio Shack -- now a front for Sprint, backed by the same hedge fund that lost its shirt investing in American Apparel -- to go bust again, despite a $50M line of credit and $25M in loans. (via /.)
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9:32 am Wed
Mar 8, 2017
Radio Shack is bankrupt. Again.
"Out of Home Advertising": the billboards that spy on you as you move through public spaces
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Donald Trump had undisclosed dinner with Mark Zuckerberg and Peter Thiel at White House, Facebook confirms
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Teach STEM through space combat with these DIY drones
We all know those gifts we get “for the kids,” the ones that parents are secretly more excited to open. Drones are a perfect example, but there’s a model out there that really doubles down on that appeal. Introducing the Space Fighter Building Block Drones, a series of space fighter drones that are a blast […]
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Get over a million royalty-free vector images for less than $40
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