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PC Graphics Card Showdown: NVIDIA vs. AMD

The hardest part of building a PC is picking the parts, especially when everyone around you seems to have an opinion. And no flame war is more prevalent than the NVIDIA snobs vs the AMD fanboys. What’s really going on with these two companies, and which card should you get? Read more…

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Faulty Security Certificates Are Screwing Up Some Mac App Store Updates

If your Mac’s app updates are acting a little weird, you’re not alone. A security management slip-up means that some software updates might actually require a delete and reinstall to work properly. Read more…

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Here are all of the world’s biggest ships at sea

If you take the Empire State building, flipped it over to the side, and then put it in the ocean, it would be smaller than some of the world’s largest ships. That’s how big these behemoths of the sea are, more gigantic than skyscrapers. Oil tankers, container ships, pipe-laying vessels, yachts, sailing boats, cruise ships and more, we’ve got all the world’s largest ships still in service today. At times, the scale is just unfathomable. Read more…

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Windows 10 November Update: features, fixes, and enterprise readiness

The Windows 10 November update is available now to everyone running Windows 10. This first major update has a handful of visible features, a variety of bug fixes, and even some enterprise features. Microsoft’s message to businesses is that if they were following the traditional policy of waiting for the first Service Pack or major update to Windows before deploying it, this is it: time to take the plunge. It’s also the time for gamers to make the switch too—in parallel with this release, Microsoft is rolling out the new Xbox Experience, which is based on Windows 10, and gives the dashboard a big shake-up. The November Update build (10586) is already available to members of the Windows Insider program. With this update comes a slightly new way of describing Windows versions, and it’s one that we expect to feature in other Microsoft software, too. winver in the original release describes windows as being “Version 10.0 (Build 10240).” In the new release, it’s “Version 1511 (OS Build 10586.3)” as in, 11th month of 2015. This same versioning scheme is also used for the new “as-a-service” release of System Center Configuration Manager . Read 22 remaining paragraphs | Comments

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Asshole Gets Busted Because Yik Yak’s Not Really Anonymous

Police arrested a suspect today for posting threats against University of Missouri students on bulletin-board style messaging app Yik Yak . This isn’t the first time a jackass has been arrested in connection with making threats on the app—because Yik Yak is not anonymous . Read more…

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An Earth-Sized Neighbor May Be the Most Important Exoplanet Yet

Astronomers have discovered a rocky, Earth-sized planet 39 light years from home—right in our cosmic backyard. With a surface temperature of 440 degrees Fahrenheit, GJ 1132b is more of an intergalactic furnace than a vacation prospect. Yet some are hailing it “the most important planet ever found outside our solar system.” Read more…

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This Rediscovered Leather Trunk Contains Thousands of Letters From the 17th Century

The 300-year-old linen-lined trunk is filled with over 2, 600 letters that were mailed out—but never received—between the years 1680 and 1706. Historians are now taking a closer look. Read more…

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This Rediscovered Leather Trunk Contains Thousands of Letters From the 17th Century

12 New Episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000 Could Be Coming… For $5.5 Million

In the not too distant future… we could be getting brand new episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000 , courtesy of original human host Joel Hodgson! But for an extremely steep Kickstarter goal. Read more…

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Google Finally Lets You Download Maps for Offline Navigation and Search

We’ve all been in that unfortunate situation when we’re lost with no reception, and our phone’s navigation features are neutered as a result. Now, Google is offering a dead simple solution. You can download snippets of the world for offline navigation and search. Read more…

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