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Microsoft has created a secret Windows XP theme that will make the operating system look like a Mac. Recent Windows XP source code leaks have revealed some of the company’s unofficial themes created during the initial work on Microsoft’s operating system and during previous XP developments in 2000. One is …

New York City restaurants will now be able to better serve customers. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Friday that the city’s Open Rest Restaurants Rents program, created in June, will be made “permanent and year-round” as a temporary measure to protect restaurants from coronavirus restrictions. “I really want us to …

Tourists from all over the world travel to Rome for its ancient structures and marvels at the quality of engineering, construction and artistry. They’re not going to see some shocks early. The Colosseum in Rome is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. (AP Photo / Alessandra Tarantino) Passers-by at the Philadelphia …

But as Alaskan tribes, anglers and nature lovers tried to stop them, it could be the sting that eventually ends the long battle over the Pebble Mine. Top officials hoping to open North America’s largest gold and copper mine were secretly noted while describing their warming influence on U.S. legislators …

After a bit of research, Newman realized that Bing Maps’ data set essentially covers the entire planet. The only problem? It was all in 2D. After using some of that data to create a flyable 3D version of Seattle, Newman turned to the Azure team to create a machine learning …