The USB Forum announced that a new specification for USB 3.0 to be announced in June would allow up to 10 Gbps native data rate (twice the current 5 Gbps data rate).

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Further loss of Arctic ice will see radiation absorbed by darker seawater and snow-free land, potentially warming the Earth's climate at an even faster rate than current observational data indicates.

BBC: Canadian Arctic sheds ice chunk

Current data indicates all this ice is already thinning at a rapid rate.

BBC: Canadian glaciers face 'big losses'