As things get hotter between Russia and NATO, Putin is waving his nuclear dick around. Russia plans to conduct massive nuclear war maneuvers. Yesterday it successfully tested its new Bulava (“Mace”) submarine launched nuclear missile, hitting its target with complete accuracy with its dummy warheads. Read more…
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One of the most amazing nuclear explosions ever recorded on film
We know that Windows 9 is on its way —Microsoft even accidentally teased it! —but now we might be, maybe, possibly be looking at what it could look like. Read more…
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This Could Be a First Glimpse of Windows 9
As expected, would-be iPhone 6 owners are currently wading through a torrent of trade-in and upgrade offers. It’s all very, very confusing. But AT&T is being clear about one thing: If you trade in an iPhone 4, 4S, 5, or 5C, you will get at least $200 credit towards a new device. Read more…
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AT&T Will Give You $200 Minimum for Your Old iPhone 4
Back in 2006, when controversy over embryonic stem cell funding was still raging, a piece of research came along that would make the debate essentially obsolete: normal adult cells can actually be reprogrammed into stem cells. No embryos necessary. The technique went on to win its inventor the Nobel Prize. And now, after many years in the lab, a Japanese patient will the first person to receive the next-gen treatment, called induced pluripotent stem cells. Read more…
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Induced Stem Cells Will Be Tested on Humans for the First Time
StartsWithABang writes In 1992, scientists discovered the first planets orbiting a star other than our Sun. The pulsar PSR B1257+12 was discovered to have its own planetary system, and since then, exoplanet discoveries have exploded. But before that, in 1963, decades of research led to the much-anticipated publication and announcement of an exoplanet discovered around Barnard’s star, the second-closest star system to Earth. Unfortunately, it turned out to be spurious, and it took years to uncover, an amazing story which is only now fully coming to light. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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The Exoplanets That Never Were
According to the Daily Dot, nearly 5 million usernames and passwords to Gmail accounts have been leaked on a Russian Bitcoin forum. Here’s what you should know. Read more…
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5 Million Gmail Passwords Leaked, Check Yours Now
Want to pretend you went to the Ivy League? If you have some money and know how to log onto China’s version of eBay, Taobao, it’s not so hard . It is, however, illegal. Read more…
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You Can Buy Fake College Email Accounts For As Little As 16 Cents
Not only the US military want to make an Iron Man suit, they also want to give the soldiers the same self-healing powers of the Wolverine, the Marvel superhero that can accelerate the healing of injuries and chronic diseases. DARPA calls the project ElectRx. Their description is fascinating. Read more…
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US military working on turning soldiers into the Wolverine
If you thought 8 TB was plenty , think again. Western Digital just announced that it has added a 10 TB hard drive to its HelioSeal product line. Read more…
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The World’s Biggest Hard Drive Is Now Ten TB, Not Eight
The iPhone 6 is here! It’s sleek and rounded, just like the leaked photos we’ve been seeing for months. But now we finally know what’s inside that Jony Ive-designed shell. How’s it measure up to the stiff smartphone competition? Let’s see. Read more…
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How the iPhone 6 Stacks Up Against Its Toughest Competition