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Tech NewsThe Best Online NCAA March Madness Brackets
It’s March Madness time! Which means brackets. Brackets. They’re very fun! But a lot of work. Unless you enslave a basketball-tracking robot on the internet to keep track of them for you. To make the process as simple as possible, here’s our ranking of the best online March Madness brackets. 5. FOX FOX is pretty … Continued
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Marvel’s Evolution of Digital Comics Looks Really, Really Good
Comic fans love talking about the “future” of comics. But impossibly, the “future” always ends up looking a heckuva lot like what we’ve always had. Sadface! Now Marvel’s setting out to create comics specifically for digital. No more scan-and-sell with the same content, layout, and philosophy as the print version. The result, the new SXSW-announced … Continued
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US Soldiers Are Giving Away Their Positions with Geotagged Photos
People behave very stupidly on Facebook. But giving away your location in the geotagged info of your pictures as a member of the military is incredibly unwise and dangerous, even by Facebook standards. The Army has issued a warning to its soldiers to stop geotagging their photos on Facebook and other social media outlets. Because … Continued
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Tech NewsThe Opposite of a Retina Screen, GIRL SCOUT COOKIES, and Timelapse for Dunces
I have a lot to do this weekend, but most of it will involve pornographic photos of iPads, because I pre-ordered one and I have never owned an iPad before. In fact, it’s been a while since I’ve owned an iOS device at all, so I’m going to track down an iPhone-carrying friend and hold … Continued
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Every Marvel Comic Now Comes with a Digital Copy
Marvel announced today that every one of its $4 superhero comics is now going to come with a code to download the digital version to the Marvel app, which is available on every major platform. The digital code in a physical book model first started with The Avenging Spider-Man last year, and it was popular … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsSelf-Frothing Beer Mug Grants Your Brew the Massive Head You Never Wanted
I think I have been drinking and pouring my beer incorrectly. That’s the only way I can really explain this self-frothing beer mug from Japan. The Takara Tomy Beer Jug Jokki Hour Foam Head Maker works by funneling beer from the bottom of your mug through a swirly straw that runs through the handle of … Continued
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Dumbest New Trend: Kids Eating Magnets
A few days ago, we told you about an imperious young girl who ate 37 rare earth magnets and lived. It was pretty astounding, frankly. But apparently kids everywhere are eating the damn things, and as a pandemic, it is very stupid. Specifically, the issue seems to be buckyballs, which are groups of tiny magnets … Continued
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Sexy Women with QR Codes on Their Butts Is Awful Awful Awful
QR Codes, those impractical little squares that deliver information through a cell phone’s camera, have seen their fair share of bad ideas. But this explosion of tackyness seems especially dumb and horrible and gross and UGH. The shots are from the LA Auto Show, back in November, but we’re just now seeing them thanks to … Continued
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Racism-Curing Pills Are Apparently a Thing Now?
Researchers at Oxford University claim to have discovered a “cure” for racism, in pill form. It only (supposedly!) stamps out biologically-inherent discrimination, apparently, so if someone’s been Clockwork Oranged into a life of hate, maybe it won’t be so helpful. But, to repeat: RACISM-CURING PILL. Propranolol is a beta-blocker that’s used to reduce blood pressure, … Continued
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Funny or Die’s The Occasional: The Very Model of a Modern Humor Magazine
You might have grown up reading MAD Magazine. Or maybe you didn’t, because you had a terrible and idiotic childhood. Regardless, today’s deluge of digital comedy content can’t really be contained in the same old magazine format. So here’s The Occasional, from Funny or Die. What does it do? The Occasional is a whole separate … Continued
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The United States Congress Is Laughably (And Horrifyingly) Vulnerable to User Error
US Congresswoman Lois Capps found out the hard-and-super-embarrassing way that the House of Representatives doesn’t allow take-backs. Capps was the only person in congress to vote against championing the release of a Christian minister in Iran—a bill she co-sponsored—because she pressed the wrong button during the vote. And then wasn’t allowed to fix it. It’s … Continued
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Verizon LTE iPads Will Have Free Tethering
LTE data on the new iPad can get expensive, but at least Verizon’s cutting you a break and including tethering in the price of your iPad data plan. Otherwise, it would be a $20 charge for tethering, along with an extra 2GB of data. We’ve reached out to AT&T to see if it’ll include tethering … Continued
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The Exact Day Phones Will Be Bigger Than Your Penis
Noted penis blogger John Herrman has dug up a deeply disturbing fact: At the rate we’re going, cellphone screens will outgrow the average human penis length before the end of the year. October 2nd, 2012. This is happening, people. For the full-size graph, head over to FWD, Buzzfeed’s new technology site run by cute ginger … Continued
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Why Apple Doesn’t Need Google Maps Anymore
The new version of iPhoto doesn’t seem to use Google Maps for the map features in Journals and Slideshows. It’s a small departure, sure, but it signals a much bigger play. Because thing is, Apple doesn’t really need Google Maps anymore. And it’s only a matter of time until it severs those ties completely. To … Continued
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iPad, Apple TV, and Everything Else Apple
Today’s iPad Keynote in Just 99 Seconds Were you at Apple’s “Resolutionary” (barf) event today? It’s OK, neither were we-but if you watch this video and put your face close to the screen, you’ll feel like you’re there. More » New iPad: The Third Generation (Updating Live) The new iPad is here. Apple’s new tablet computer … Continued
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Where and When to Sell Your iPad 2 for the Most Money
This post originally appeared a couple of weeks ago, but it’s worth repeating. Amazon’s prices are holding steady, and Radio Shack’s have only dipped about $15. As of 1 p.m. EST, though, they’re all going to plummet. So get selling! The iPad 3 is almost here, and even though you don’t know for sure what … Continued
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Sabu Turns on Lulzsec
LulzSec Leader Betrays All of Anonymous According to the FBI, you’re looking at Sabu, the head of LulzSec, and the de facto King of Anonymous-easily the most notorious and influential hacker alive today. More » How the Feds Turned LulzSec’s Leader Against His Own Sabu, the most notorious hacker alive and de facto leader of LulzSec, … Continued
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Muppets Make The Hunger Games Much More Appetizing
The Muppets made some wonderful parody trailers for their movie last year, but they’ve got at least one more up their sleeve. Here’s The Hunger Games, with muppets. Although somehow I have a hard time seeing Miss Piggy as Katniss.
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DC’s New Website Will Have a Bunch of Exclusive Before Watchmen Content
Digital comics are one of the most embraced parts of print publishing going digital, but for whatever reason, comic book publisher websites are consistent eyesores. DC’s launching a new site to try to fix that, and it’s going to bribe you to get there with exclusives on upcoming events like Before Watchmen, the controversial prequel … Continued
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