8chan, the online message board that brought you some of the nastiest shit on the internet ( and Gamergate! ) has had its domain seized by its Bahamas-based registrar. According to the takedown notice, “child abuse” content on the site is to blame. Guess the internet’s trolls will have to find a different bridge to hide under. [ Ars Technica ] Read more…
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8chan, the online message board that brought you some of the nastiest shit on the internet (and Game
After a marathon weekend installation, the Golden Gate Bridge has finally gotten the $3o million movable median barrier system that it so desperately needs. These are the oversized mechanical zipper pulls that will be in charge of changing lanes (quite literally) twice a day to keep traffic flowing smoothly. Read more…
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The Golden Gate Bridge Gets the Massive Median Mover It Needed
Chromebooks are pretty reliable, but problems do happen. Create a restore disk with the Chromebook Recovery Utility, so you can reinstall your operating system if anything ever goes wrong. Read more…
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Chromebook Recovery Utility Makes Recovery Media For Your Chromebook
Welcome to Reading List , a breakdown of some wonderfully constructed words, phrases, and sentences you should really be reading this week. Before you get too excited, take a second to take a peek over all our exhaustive (seriously I’m still recovering) coverage of CES 2015 . But when you get a gadget overload, take a look at some of these great reads from around the web. Read more…
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Why California’s High-Speed Rail Matters
According to The New York Times , Google isn’t going to let Skype runaway with all the high-tech, language barrier-smashing fun . An upcoming update will allow the app to auto-recognize popular languages and translate them into text in real time. Read more…
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Google Translate Is Getting Upgraded To Take on Skype
Sriracha, the hot sauce God would ask for if he ate on Earth, is still made from the same recipe when it first started decades ago. Only the chilis are hotter now. And the sauce is more popular. And the production is much, much larger. Hypebeast took a tour of the giant factory that makes Sriracha in the video below. Read more…
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Video: Inside the factory that makes Sriracha
Good news for AT&T users on a shared plan: Starting January 25, any data you don’t use will get rolled over to the next month automatically. Of course, it only lasts one extra month , but hey—better than nothing. Read more…
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Good news for AT&T users on a shared plan: Starting January 25, any data you don’t use will get roll
Kepler just can’t stop discovering exoplanets. Nearly two years after scientists said it was crippled, the planet-hunting telescope recently identified eight new planets. But that’s not all. They’re all in the Goldilocks zone of their respective stars, and two of them are more Earth-like than anything astronomers have ever seen . Read more…
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Kepler Just Found the Most Earth-Like Exoplanets Ever Discovered
Here’s a short video showing the before and after footage of a movie being color corrected by a colorist. It’s dramatic to see the difference between the initial footage and the final official scenes. It’s also fascinating to see the process and how certain things change slowly. Read more…
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See how much color correction can change the feel of a movie
It’s been a long time coming, but the state of California is finally building its long-promised high-speed rail link. The new line, which will see trains travel at up to 220mph, will finally start construction this week. Read more…
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California’s 220MPH High-Speed Railway Is Finally Being Built