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Tech NewsCelebrate the Moon Landing With Apollo 11 Astronauts
Do you want to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landings with NASA up-close and personal with Apollo 11 astronauts? You can. NASA Social is a program specifically to reach out to social media users, giving them an avenue to reach audiences neglected by traditional media. Are you big on Twitter? The … Continued
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Tech NewsHow Priority Bicycles Made a “Maintenance Free” Bike For Under $400
Buying a bike is all about compromises. You can get a cheap one at Target, but it’ll be heavy and have low-end components. Or you could get a light bike with killer components, but you’ll be paying through the nose. Priority Bicycles is a new company that thinks it’s found the sweet spot: A cheap, … Continued
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Tech NewsPrivacy and Security
German Government Is Using Typewriters to Avoid the NSA’s Gaze
Germany hasn’t been best pleasedby the NSA’s attention over the last few years. Now, though, it’s revealed that it’s taking drastic action, and ditching computers in favor of something more secure: typewriters. Speaking on German TV, Patrick Sensburg, chairman of the German parliament’s National Security Agency investigative committee, explained that he was taking operational security … Continued
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Tech NewsGoogle
Report: Microsoft Is Banning Google as a Default Search on New Lumias
Microsoft has apparently decided to remove the ability to set Google as a default search engine on new Lumia Windows Phone handsets. The Verge reportsthat the Lumia 630 and Lumia 930, the first handsets to be released officially under Microsoft control, ship without an option to use Google as the default search engine in its … Continued
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Tech NewsGoogle
Google’s Smart Contact Lenses Are Going to Become a Real Thing
Remember Google’s smart contact lenses? Well, now the giant Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis is turning them into a commercial reality. The two companies have announced that Novartis is licensing Google’s technology to create special contact lenses for diabetic patients. The new lenses will analyze tear fluid in the eye and provide real-time, constant measurement of … Continued
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Tech NewsAn Amusing Explanation of Why Net Neutrality Is So Serious
Net neutrality is very important though not wonderfully understood. So allow College Humor to explains the concept incredibly well, while still making you laugh a little. The window for original public comments to the FCC about net neutrality has now closed, but you can still post reply commentson what other people have said until September … Continued
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Tech News
One Man and His Bot Have Written Almost 10% of Wikipedia
You’ve probably never heard of Sverker Johansson, but you probably should have. He is, afterall, the most prolific WIkipedia author on the internet—having written 2.7 million articles for the online encyclopaedia. TheWall Street Journal hasa wonderful profile of the 53-year-old Swede, whose output outstrips any other Wikipedia editor. Holding degrees in linguistics, civil engineering, economics … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidThis is the weirdest engine I have ever seen
According to Duke Engineering, their axial engine is the most efficient and lightest engine you can put in boats, light aircrafts, and generators—the mechanical engine of the (near) future! Maybe. I don’t know if their claims are true and I don’t really care. I just love watching it in action in this eternal gif. Casey … Continued
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Tech NewsVideo Explains What Graphene Is and Why It’s a Magic Material
So what’s the deal with graphene and why does everyone think it’s the next big thing? Well, as SciShow says, it conducts electricity better than silver, it conducts heat better than diamonds and even though it’s only one atom thick, it’s even stronger than steel. So why isn’t it more popular and everywhere? The video … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidNothing says summer more than this giant Slip ‘n Slide on a city street
Now this is how you enjoy summer. You go to San Francisco, you lay out blue tarp on a city street, you bust open a fire hydrant and you create one of the biggest Slip ‘n Slides ever. Oh and you ride that thing down while screaming out of your mind. It’s absolutely perfect for … Continued
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Tech NewsDesignThis Century-Old Warship Got a New Dazzle Paint Job To Commemorate WWI
Dazzle camouflage is not subtle; the in-your-face style popularized in WWI seems more suited to a modern art gallery than a battle zone. Now, in commemoration of the Great War, a 1918 relic floating on the banks of the Thames has gotten a brand new paint job that honors its past. The black, white, and … Continued
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Tech News
It’s Completely Absurd How Hard It Is to Cancel Comcast
Have you ever tried to cancel your cable service? Have you ever successfully tried to cancel your cable service? It may very well be one one of the hardest things you ever have to do—just ask Ryan Block. Or better yet, listen to the whole, infuriating 8 minutes for yourself. Holy. Shit. Block and his … Continued
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Just Another Gorgeous and Successful Rocket Launch
SpaceX had another successful launch today, delivering a commercial payload into orbit. At this point, it’s starting to feel like a forgone conclusion — of course the launch was successful, what are you fussing about?! — marking yet another way that living in the future is awesome. Following on the heels of a picture-perfect commercial … Continued
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Tech NewsDesignWatching This Moody Light Show Might Transport You To Another Dimension
Using a combo of convex mirrors, choreographed projections, and strategic puffs of fog, the creative duo behind Seoul-based art and design studio Kimchi and Chips put together this brain-bending installation called Light Barrier. Stare too closely and you just might get transported to another dimension. The trippy show took place earlier this month as part … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidThese badass Wolverine claws would be perfect for Batman’s armor
The ever creative guys of Man At Arms: Reforged created Wolverine claws that Batman would wear, which means Wolverine’s blades have been replaced with super sharp batarangs and the whole rig is armored and blacked out just for the dark knight. It’s basically a video showing how you improve the most badass superhero ever created: … Continued
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Tech NewsTrust Me, Don’t Trust The B In Apartment 23 Is Actually Worth A Watch
On July 19, Logo TV will air a marathon of ABC’s short-lived sitcom Don’t Trust The B In Apartment 23, including eight episodes never aired during the original run. Why should you care? Because Don’t Trust The B was a funny, underrated show, despite its stupid title. It is not fair that it is gone … Continued
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Weird Al Is Releasing a Video From His New Album Every Day This Week
The world has been Weird Al-less since 2011—it was three years ago that Alpocalypse was released, bringing us gems like “Polka Face.” His new album, Mandatory Fun, drops tomorrow and he’s gifting us with eight new videos, one each day this week. First up, he tackles the most parody-worthy song in recent memory: “Happy.” “Tacky” … Continued
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Tech NewsSploid
Sensual images of dreamy women are actually incredible oil paintings
Few artists in the world have the perfect command of lighting, color, and oil media technique of Yigal Ozeri. His always sensual and sometimes disturbing hyperrealistic art—which usually focuses on women in dreamy and contemplative states—is simply stunning. Warning: Some paintings are NSFW (nipples shown). Yigal Ozeri is an Israeli painter based in Queens, NY. … Continued
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Tech NewsWatch Footage of an Armed Palestinian Drone Flying Over Gaza
The military wing of Hamas just posted a five-minute-long video of an apparently fully armed drone flying over the Gaza Strip. It’s impossible to know if the four, real-looking missiles attached to the drone’s wings are armed. They sure look like they are. The video was posted and blasted across social media not long after … Continued