The laws of probability seems simple at first thought, but scratch the surface and their inner truth can be rather more counterintuitive. This video describes one of those situations—and the answer might prove more useful than you think. Read more…
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How Understanding Probability Could Save Your Life
Sir Terry Pratchett, author of the beloved Discworld fantasy novels and countless other bestselling books, died earlier today at the age of 66. Read more…
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RIP Sir Terry Pratchett, Author of The Discworld Series
New details have emerged about exactly how Hillary Clinton secured the homebrew private email servers she used as Secretary of State. The punchline? Clinton didn’t encrypt her emails or use a certificate for her first three months running the State Department. Read more…
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Hillary Clinton Didn’t Encrypt Her Secretary of State Emails For Months
The future of cables is finally coming and it’s god damned fantastic. Welcome to USB Type-C . Read more…
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USB Type-C: I’ve Never Been So Excited About a Dumb Little Port
The changing color of a chameleon’s body is an impressive sight—but how it happens has long been a significant scientific question without a compelling answer. Now, researchers have finally identified a thin layer of deformable nanocyrstals in their skin which gives rise the phenomenon. Read more…
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Scientists Have Worked Out How Chameleons Change Color
Pocket Casts has long been one of our favorite cross-platform podcasting tools , and there’s a new Android version out today with a Material Design overhaul and even more ways to cut down the amount of time it takes to burn through your podcast queue. You can also get statistics on the amount of listening time you’ve saved overall. Read more…
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Burn Through Your Podcasts Faster Than Ever With the New Pocket Casts
When Cards Against Humanity was first released to the world, it was made available under a Creative Commons license that meant that anyone could simply print our their own copy of the game. Or, as designer Dawson Whitfield did, turn it into an online browser-based web app so that anyone can play it against their friends using a computer, smartphone, or tablet. Read more…
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You Can Now Play Cards Against Humanity Online With Anyone For Free
Between Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive and a half dozen other services, the sky’s the limit on how much cloud storage you can get. Here are some of the best ways to get extra free space on each service. Read more…
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How to Maximize Your Free Storage Space on Every Cloud Service
Wikipedia’s parent organization just joined the fight against dragnet government surveillance. Read more…
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Wikipedia Just Joined the List of Pissed-Off Organizations Suing the NSA
The Intercept is reporting that Central Intelligence Agency researchers have been waging a multi-year campaign to break the security systems used by Apple on its devices. Read more…
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The CIA Has Been Desperately Trying to Break Apple’s Encryption System