The rumors are true: Google’s bringing Chrome apps to iOS and Android. Well, it’s providing the tools developers need in order to do so . The toolkit is only in a beta form at the moment, but it holds the promise turning Chrome apps into cross-platform suckers for your phone. If it turns out to be as easy at it sounds, Chrome apps just got a lot more interesting. [ Chomium Blog ] Read more…
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The rumors are true: Google’s bringing Chrome apps to iOS and Android.
The third installment of the Riddick franchise may have turned our favorite antihero into a peeping tom, but that didn’t stop it from being a huge hit on DVD. And because of that, Riddick is getting another movie! Read more…
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Vin Diesel announces a fourth Riddick movie is coming
Getting a little bored of your usual workout routine? Here are nearly 100 workout posters that will motivate you to train like Rocky, workout with the strength of Thor, or simply switch up your exercises. Read more…
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Exercise Like a Jedi, Superhero, or Warrior with Free Workout Posters
Sure, early hominins used fire for upwards of a million years. But when did early hominins start acting like humans—for example, cooking in the same spot each night? The new discovery of an old ( really old) hearth at an Israeli dig site could hold the answer. Read more…
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Archaeologists Uncover 300,000-Year-Old Kitchen in Israeli Cave
An astronomer from West Virginia University has discovered a never-before-seen river of hydrogen flowing through space —and it could explain why spiral galaxies keep up their pace of star formation. Read more…
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There’s a Massive River of Hydrogen Running Through Space
As far as behemoth man-made objects, few things are more dwarfing than a cruise ship. That’s why it’s so incredible to see such a thing in the process of being taken apart. This striking timelapse video, posted at FStoppers, shows off the entire process. Read more…
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Watch this cruise ship get cut in half and made 99 feet longer
Clearly not content with buying a terrifying robot army , Google is now purchasing a London-based artificial intelligence company to go with it—for a cool $500 million. Read more…
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Google’s Buying an AI Startup Called DeepMind for $500M
Just a friendly reminder that the NSA ‘s children’s website, “CryptoKids, ” is an actual, not-in-the-least-bit-weird thing that exists. Read more…
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The NSA’s website for kids isn’t creepy. Nope. Not creepy at all.
Noel Rubin designed the user interfaces for Star Wars Episodes 1 and 3, and now he’s put together a sizzle reel , showing just how awesome the computer screens on those ships really looked. Read more…
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Amazing Footage: The Spaceship User Interfaces of Star Wars
Back in the late 19th century, impressionist artist Claude Monet captured this striking sunset on the Normandy Coast. Now, thanks to the work of forensic astronomers, we known the precise moment it happened: February 5th, 1883 — at exactly 4:53 PM. Read more…
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Astronomers know when Monet made this painting — to the very minute