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BBC Micro Bit: 10 things you need to know

Introduction In the 1980s, the BBC Micro computer was introduced to a generation of future programmers, with many going on to forge successful careers in the industry. More than 30 years on, the BBC has lifted the lid on the BBC Micro Bit, a new pocket-sized computer that lets anyone code, customise and use control other pieces of hardware through software. It’s being supplied to around 1 million school children

Sharapova subdues Vandeweghe to reach Wimbledon semifinals (Yahoo Sports)

Former champion Maria Sharapova is back in the semifinals at Wimbledon for the first time in four years after a three-set battle against an American making her Grand Slam breakthrough. The fourth-seeded Sharapova was pushed hard on Centre Court by 47th-ranked CoCo Vandeweghe but lifted her game in the third set to win 6-3, 5-7 (3), 6-2 and advance to her 20th Grand Slam semifinal. Defending men’s champion Novak Djokovic,

The Spirit of Detroit: We Cruise Woodward in a 1967 Corvette 427 and a 2015 Corvette Z06

– A 1967 Corvette Sting Ray is our time machine for visiting the era when America and Car and Driver came of age. The 1960s marked the arrival of the Beach Boys, the Beatles, and the Stones—not to mention modern birth control, space travel, and draft-card burning—so it’s no wonder this nation’s psyche was irrevocably twisted. C/D contributed to the chaos by penetrating the DMZ separating import worshippers from domestic-car