Google Chrome has this slight problem where it hoards RAM and battery like Smaug hoards shiny things. It sucks, and it completely ruins an otherwise perfect browser. Apparently, Google is aware of Chrome’s problems, and it has a 12-step program to fix things. Read more…
Visitors to Nortk Korea now have another unusual observation to add to their list: they don’t have a shred of 3G data access during their trip. Read more…
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North Korea Has Turned Off 3G Networks For Foreign Visitors
Like how some animals can regenerate limbs or like how humans can, uh, make babies, 3D printers can 3D print the 3D printer parts necessary to make more 3D printers. Thankfully, they still require some living person to put these parts together because if they didn’t, they could just start eliminating us one by one as they self-replicate and replace us all. Read more…
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Watch how 3D printers 3D print 3D printer parts to make more 3D printers
About a billion people live without electricity , and they often turn to kerosene lamps: ultra dangerous, carcinogen-spouting, open flames that could turn homes into tinderboxes. So a new Indiegogo campaign’s out to provide safe, reusable lights that need zero outside energy sources. Read more…
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A Clever Lamp That Requires No Batteries, Electricity, or Sun
Another great thing you can do with drones—take stunning footage of ancient royal burial chambers. This National Geographic video offers an entirely new perspective on the Nubian pyramids that have stood the test of time in the Sudanese desert for over 3, 000 years. Read more…
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Drone Captures Incredible Footage of Ancient Nubian Pyramids
The Guinness World Records says that Catalina Alexandru Duru just pulled off the farthest flight ever traveled on a real life hoverboard: 905 feet and 2 inches. You can see him rise up 16 feet in the air on the hoverboard and then start cruising through the air over a lake with nothing but invisible underneath him in the video below. Read more…
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Watch the furthest flight ever flown on a real life hoverboard
The health insurer CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield has announced that a cyber attack has stolen 1.1 million records of both current and former members. Read more…
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1.1 Million User Records Stolen From Health Insurer CareFirst
This ultralight bike costs as much as a car. Not a surprise given Audi’s at the helm, but the nutso price tag includes some design and tech that’s pretty cool. Read more…
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This $20,000 Carbon Fiber Bike Weighs a Ridiculous 12 Pounds
Guess what’s finally built and undergoing extensive testing at Six Flags’ Fiesta Texas amusement park in San Antonio? The park’s brand new Batman coaster that was teased last year with 4D thrills courtesy of seats that are free to rotate 360-degrees during your vomit-filled ride. Read more…
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Six Flags’ New 4D Batman Coaster Looks Like a Super Fun Vomit Factory
The earthquake in Nepal was so violent it moved mountains. Satellite imagery shows that the parts of the Himalayas sank three feet—and the area around it as much as five feet—as tectonic plates snapped under extreme pressure. But the mountains will regain their height, slowly but surely, thanks to the geologic forces at work. Read more…
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The Himalayas Dropped 3 Feet After the Nepal Earthquake