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Tech NewsThe NFL Will Start Playing With Chip-Equipped Footballs This Summer
The NFL will soon start experimenting with chip-equipped footballs. But the league has a very specific goal for the new technology. According to The Toronto Sun, the NFL will be using the futuristic footballs during the 2016 preseason to test how narrowing the goal posts could change the game. To be more specific, all balls … Continued
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Snapchat Could Soon Show You Ads Based on What’s in Your Snaps
Image recognition meets advertising. That is Snapchat’s idea with a new patent that would use image recognition to serve ads, coupons, or filters specific to the content in a photo. The above illustration from the patent filing uses the example of the Empire State Building, possibly the most photographed building in North America. In this … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidWhen CGI Meets Ferrofluid, Things Get Weird
The magnetized liquid known as ferrofluid already looks like some kind of alien substance, but a design studio in Barcelona created a short video used this strange material along with CGI to create something that resembles a Pixar film you’d watch in hell. According to its Making Of video, the team realized that ferrofluid when … Continued
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The XKCD Phone 4: Plenty of Headphone Jacks to Go Around
Now its fourth installment, Randall Munroe’s XKCD Phone series is superb satire on the ludicrous world of smartphone rumors. Following One, Two, and Three, the XKCD Phone Four gives fans what they’ve been craving—headphone jacks, lots of headphones jacks. Oh, and wings because wings are cool. [XKCD]
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Tech NewsFive Things to Know About the Incredibly Weird Moto Z Droid
We finally got our hands on Motorola’s Moto Z Droid, the company’s take on the modular smartphone. Compared to most phones, this guy is weird—for several reasons. So let’s walk through them one by one. 1. No headphone jack Because this phone is so thin, Motorola had to do away with the headphone jack and … Continued
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The 10 Ugliest Headphones Ever Made
Before product designers were scratching their heads trying to figure out how to make gadgets look good on your wrist, they had to figure out how to make them look good on your head. Eventually, they succeeded, but not with some horrifying results along the way. Even modern headphone makers get caught up in a … Continued
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Bose SoundSport Wireless Users Are Reporting Problems With ‘Heavy Sweat’ [UPDATE]
Apart from being a great punk band name, “heavy sweat” is causing Bose’s new SoundSport Wireless headphones to malfunction. In fact, it’s so bad that Bose is offering full exchanges for an updated unit to those who think their headphones are freaking out. It’s unclear how big of a problem this is for Bose. When … Continued
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Nintendo’s New Console Is Just Adorable
Nintendo is on a bit of a nostalgia trip. First, Pokémon Go makes billions for the company in just a few days, and now the company is releasing an adorable new console. The Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition, launching on November 11, comes pre-installed with 30 classic Nintendo games including, Super Mario Bros., The … Continued
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Someone Bought Einstein’s Smelly Leather Jacket for Nearly $150,000
Today, Christie’s auctioned off the well-worn leather jacket of Albert Einstein. You may know him as the Nobel Prize-winning mathematician who figured out the essence of the universe almost a full century before science could prove him right. But he also had great fashion sense. The jacket, a rather tasteful Indiana Jones affair, went for … Continued
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Apple’s First TV Show Is Called ‘Planet of the Apps’
When we first heard Apple was getting into the TV making business, it was an interesting idea. When we heard its first show was all about apps, it was less so. Now, we have the name: Planet of the Apps. Apple says that its looking for app developers who’ve made software for iOS, macOS, tvOS, … Continued
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Oculus Rift Pre-Orders Have Finally Shipped
Although launching the Oculus Rift headset almost four months ago, Oculus confirmed today that it has finally shipped its last pre-order headsets. The company also announced that new orders have dropped down to about two to four days from the moment you click “Order Now.” In mid-April, Gizmodo chronicled the growing ire of VR fans … Continued
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Prisma Is a Ludicrous Photo Filter App I Never Knew I Wanted
It’s tough for a new app out there trying to poke its head above the flood waters of Pokémon Go. But Prisma is one that certainly deserves your attention. At the basic level, it’s a photo filter app. But such a simple description would be doing this software a disservice. Offering more than just various … Continued
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Save a Ton of Money By Sharing Movies With Google’s New Family Library
Google is making it easier—and cheaper—to share with family members. For no additional charge, you can now share purchased apps, games, movies, TV shows, and books with up to six family members across Android, iOS, and the web. The offer has been rumored for months, and it’s now available to everyone with a Google Play … Continued
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Facebook Sued for $1 Billion Over Palestinian Attacks
Relatives of victims from five terrorist attacks in Israel, one as recent as this past March, are suing Facebook for “having knowingly provided material support and resources to Hamas,” reports Reuters. The lawsuit represents four Israeli-American dual citizens and one visiting U.S. citizen and was filed with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District … Continued
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Dallas Police Reveal Robot Used to Kill Suspect in Cop Shooting
Thursday night, the Dallas Police Department (DPD) used a bomb disposal robot with lethal force. After hours of negotiations failed, the police strapped a pound of C4 and a detonation cord to the robot, maneuvered the robot near the suspect, and detonated, killing the 25-year-old suspect Micah Johnson. In a police statement issued on Saturday, … Continued
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Tech NewsWhat We Know About the Bomb Robot Used to Kill the Suspected Dallas Shooter [UPDATE]
This morning Dallas Police chief David Brown said a bomb detection robot attached with an explosive device was used to kill a suspected gunman apparently involved in the horrific fatal shootings of five police officers. [Update] The Dallas Police have released an official statement regarding the robot used to kill one of the Dallas shooters … Continued
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Dallas Police Used a Bomb Robot to Kill Suspect After Shootings
According to Dallas Police chief David Brown, after hours of negotiations failed with a cornered suspect at the El Centro College in Dallas, officers sent in a robot to detonate a bomb and kill the suspect. This is what Brown said during a Friday morning press conference: We saw no other option but to use … Continued
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Tech NewsRedditor Gets Old Macintosh From Craigslist, Finds Weird 80s Porn Software [NSFW]
On Craigslist, Redditor wowbobwow picked up an old, broken Macintosh SE that was destined for a landfill. But once he got the beige box cleaned up and working again, he discovered a big NSFW surprise hidden in a fake “America Online” folder. The redditor had actually stumbled upon a strange piece of Mac history in … Continued
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The IRS Is Suing Facebook
Facebook could be in trouble with the US Internal Revenue Service. The Justice Department filed a lawsuit on Wednesday, hoping compel Facebook to turn over information regarding any transfer of global assets to an Irish-based holding company on its 2010 tax return. The IRS is investigating whether Facebook undervalued transfer assets by billions of dollars, … Continued
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Tech NewsGo Download the iOS 10 Public Beta Right Now—If You’re a Crazy Person
The public beta for iOS 10 is now available to download, if you’re feeling wild. After all, this is still beta software and not the finished product that will be available in September. But iOS 10 does come with some legitimately neat features that you might want to try now. To enroll, you need just … Continued
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