Toshiba, one of Japan’s most storied companies, is in serious trouble. The company was supposed to report its quarterly earnings on the Tokyo Stock Exchange today, but it never showed up. Instead, it said it wasn’t ready and begged for another month to file. Read more…
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Toshiba Is $6.3 Billion in the Hole After Some Terrible Business Decisions
Polaroids are great, but if you want to make your own weird version, Hackaday user Muth has a guide that links up a Raspberry Pi and camera to a thermal printer. Read more…
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Build Your Own Polaroid Style Printing Camera With a Raspberry Pi and Thermal Printer
In what’s considered the largest mass stranding in decades, over 400 pilot whales have beached themselves on a New Zealand shore. Hundreds of whales died overnight, and rescuers are now frantically working to save the dozens of remaining whales who are clinging to life. Read more…
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Hundreds of Whales Are Dead Following a Horrific Mass Stranding in New Zealand
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has once again delivered stunning images of Jupiter, this time giving us a glimpse at the gas giant’s south pole. The image, taken from Juno’s most recent flyby on February 2nd, was captured at an altitude 63, 400 miles. While there aren’t any Jovian penguins on this south pole (that we know of), … Read more…
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New Close-Up Image of Jupiter’s South Pole is Mind-Blowingly Beautiful
There aren’t any dang details about it but, at some point this year, we’ll get the chance to watch somebody from Castlevania ’s Belmont family fighting bloodsuckers. Read more…
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Netflix Has Announced a Castlevania TV Show for 2017
The team at Google Brain has made an impressive breakthrough for increasing the resolution of images. They’ve managed to turn 8×8 grids of pixels into monstrous approximations of human beings. Read more…
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Google Brain Cleans Up Low-Res Photos by Turning Everyone Into a Glitched Out Monster
As currents shift in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, they bring an abundance of nutrients and plankton to the region, luring predators of all sizes. Swarms of anchoveta arrive first for an easy meal, but soon find themselves having to come up with unique ways to fend off larger predators like sharks and tuna. The… Read more…
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Swirling Underwater Fish Tornado Makes Sharknado Look Tame
Here’s a great cheer for any cheerleading boxer crabs planning to watch the Super Bowl this weekend: Read more…
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These Pom-Pom Crabs Are Everybody’s Super Bowl Mascot
Pretty much ever since the Blu-ray remasters for the original Star Trek series and The Next Generation were unveiled, fans have wondered when DS9 or Voyager would get a similar treatment. But according to Robert Meyer Burnett, who worked extensively on the HD re-releases those series, the odds of such a thing ever… Read more…
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The Detailed, Depressing Reason Deep Space Nine and Voyager May Never Get Full HD Versions
This WenTop outlet switch can’t take orders from Alexa or integrate with IFTTT like Wi-Fi connected smart plugs, but it’s far cheaper at $11, and can be pre-scheduled to turn on and off up to eight times per day. That means you can wake up to a well-lit house, never worry about forgetting to turn off the lights at… Read more…
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Schedule Your Lights (Or Pretty Much Anything Else) With This $11 Outlet Swtich