Not to be outdone by Nike’s shameless cashing in on the prop sneakers it created for Back to the Future II , Reebok is releasing the high-top alien-stomping sneakers that Sigourney Weaver wore in Aliens. They’re available April 26. Read more…
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Hell Yes Reebok Is Releasing Ripley’s High Top Sneakers From Aliens
Do you know where chocolate comes from? Apparently, not from the checkout line at grocery stores! How to Make Everything shows how to make chocolate from scratch, from the fruit of the cacao tree to the fermentation to the sun drying process to making sugar and cocoa butter to the grinding and tempering and molding of the chocolate bar. There are so many steps, it’s a wonder how we ever figured it out. Read more…
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How to Make Chocolate from the Fruit to the Candy Bar
There is a long-running legal battle between Oracle and Google over the use of Java, an Oracle product, in Android. In the latest court filing, Oracle is shooting for the moon: $9.3 billion in copyright damages from Google. Read more…
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The Maker of Java is Seeking $9.3 Billion From Google
Sip your morning coffee suspiciously, friend—it may not be what you think. Read more…
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Counterfeit Coffee Is Now Something You Need to Worry About
Toonz, the software used to create Studio Ghibli films like Spirited Away and TV shows like Steven Universe and Futurama, is now OpenToonz. It’s open source and free for any budding animator to download and use. Read more…
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OpenToonz, the 2D Animation Software Used by Studio Ghibli, Is Now Free
Late last week, Islamic State militants were routed from the historic city of Palmyra, a UN World Heritage site. A preliminary investigation of the ancient ruins suggests that the damage is not as bad as feared, and that a significant portion of the relics could be restored quickly. Read more…
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ISIS Damage to Ancient City of Palmyra Is ‘Enormous’
Hackers and hospital computers are a bad mix , as a string of attacks has been proving. The latest victim is MedStar Health, a company that operates a chain of hospitals around the Baltimore and Washington area. Read more…
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A Virus Has Forced an Entire Hospital Chain to Shut Down Its Computers
It’s long been said that space tourism will be big business. Whole spaceports have sprung up ( and basically died ) in belief of that economic promise. The problem is that shooting people past our bubble of atmosphere, safely and reliably, is still tricky. Not to mention you need to be rich as hell or dead to even consider it. Read more…
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The Concept Art for Las Vegas’ ‘Mars World’ Looks Nuts
In Connecticut, six individuals have been charged with exploiting a bug in electronic lottery machines that allowed them to select winning tickets last year. Read more…
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6 Charged With Exploiting Electronic Loophole in Lottery Vending Machines
Pangu, the team behind the most recent jailbreaks on iOS , have just released a jailbreak for the Apple TV. There are a lot of caveats for using it, including the fact you’ll need to still be running tvOS 9.0/9.0.1. Read more…
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The New Apple TV Is Jailbroken, Provided You Didn’t Just Update It