Following rumors earlier this week , Amazon has just announced its new Kindle Unlimited subscription service . Pay $10 a month, and you can read as much as you want (from a pool of 600, 000 books, at least). Read more…
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Kindle Unlimited Is Here: Read As Much As You Like For $10 a Month
In the extreme world of bacteria, stunts such as living in hot springs or without oxygen are, like, totally unimpressive. But then there are bacteria that live off electricity, feeding directly on naked electrons. Even more surprisingly, scientists are finding that these bacteria are not even that rare . Read more…
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Electricity-Eating Bacteria Are Real and More Common Than We Thought
Amazon is testing an ebook rental service called “Kindle Unlimited.” The e-commerce company put up test pages for the service, which will offer “unlimited access to 600, 000 titles.” Users would pay $9.99 a month for access to the extensive online lending library. Amazon yanked the pages today but they’re still available on Google Cache. Read more…
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Amazon’s Prepping a "Kindle Unlimited" Subscription Service For Books
When you’re trying to build the fastest car in human history, like the guys making the Bloodhound SSC, you have to make wheels that basically re-invent the wheel. To reach 1000mph and go supersonic, the wheels they’re using weigh over 230 pounds, nearly 3 feet wide and spin four times faster than a F1 car. Read more…
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Here’s how the wheels of the supersonic car are made
Behold the spectacular trailer for Master Jiang and the Six Kingdoms, a new Chinese animation feature that feels like a wild magic mix between Seven Samurai, Ran, and Lord of the Rings through a Studio Ghibli lenses. It looks amazing and, the cel animation was done by just two animators: Li Wei and Pei Fei. Read more…
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I can’t wait to see this awesome Chinese animation movie
When MIT Media Lab founder Nicholas Negroponte says that humans will be able to learn an entire language by eating a pill, you better listen. In this new TED Talk, Negroponte shows all the times he was right predicting the future in the 1970s and 1980s even while people laughed at him. Here’s what he thinks that will happen next. Read more…
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You’ll be able to learn a whole language eating a pill in the future
Just like the odd eBay storefront that popped up last year , a new site called Factory Outlet eBay Store is selling refurbished Apple products and, despite the lack of any official Apple branding, is almost definitely the result of a partnership between Apple and eBay. And it’s selling Apple Certified Refurbished iPhones for cheap . Read more…
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Apple’s Secret Ebay Store Is Back With Cheap Refurbished iPhones
TorrentFreak reports that in recent days some 30, 000 fake copyright infringement notices demanding cash settlements have been circulating in Germany. In addition to defrauding unwitting folks out of cash, the notices also come bundled with malicious software designed to steal personal info. Read more…
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Huge Scam Sends 30,000 Fake Copyright Notices Containing Trojans
The Minnesota Twins’ Target Field will be one of the first sports venues in the country to introduce DraftServ’s beer vending machines, which will reduce the long lines at concession stands, help regulate alcohol consumption, and give attendees more choice when it comes to what they’re drinking. Read more…
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Self-Serve Beer Vending Machines Are Coming to the Ballpark
Health and fitness monitoring is helping us all look after ourselves a little better, but there’s one stumbling block: calorie intake is still self-reported, making it laborious and often inaccurate. GE, however, thinks it has a way to change that. Read more…
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GE’s Made a Microwave That Can Measure the Calories on Your Plate