The Sunburst Diving Beetle has great eyesight, in part due to a bifocal lens. The larvae of the beetle go through multiple molting periods in their trek to adulthood—which means it reshapes its own eyes. Read more…
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This Beetle Has Built-In Biofocals
The FCC has been taking a much-needed stand against companies that block personal Wi-Fi hotspots in an effort to get people to buy overpriced access to (normally crap) Wi-Fi networks. The latest pair of cartoon corporate villains: Hilton Hotels, and M.C. Dean, provider to Wi-Fi to the Baltimore Convention Center. Read more…
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FCC Fines Hilton and MC Dean $750,000 Over Blocking Guests’ Wi-Fi
Always eager for an angle to win over new customers, Sprint just announced a direct roaming agreement with Cuba . That means the last place carrier is the first to offer American customers mobile service in Castro-land. Take that Verizon . Read more…
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Sprint Will Be the First American Carrier to Offer Service In Cuba
After fifteen years of providing 11th-hour copy+paste material for high schoolers, the English-language version of Wikipedia has just hit a milestone: five million articles. Read more…
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English Wikipedia Just Broke Five Million Posts
Scientists in Japan say they’ve fashioned glass that’s almost as strong as steel. Read more…
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Japanese Researchers Make Glass That’s Nearly Unbreakable
According to reliable leaker @evleaks , the big announcement at T-Mobile’s Un-carrier X event on Nov. 10 could be unlimited video streaming that doesn’t cut into your monthly data. This means Netflix and chill could go mobile. Read more…
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T-Mobile’s Next Perk Could Mean Unlimited Netflix
Music, if it is to be perfect, can’t be perfectly timed. A perfectly timed musical composition may sound mistimed to our stupid human brains, especially if it’s synthesized. Read more…
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Here’s Why Perfectly-Timed Synthesized Music Can Sound Slightly Wrong
Microsoft’s been upping its app game for awhile now, and the one that’s received the most attention is Outlook. Earlier this year, Microsoft redesigned Outlook to look just like Acompli , an email client it bought months earlier. Now Sunrise, a super-great calendar app recently acquired by Microsoft, will also be sacrificed for the Outlook greater good. Read more…
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Microsoft Outlook Is Getting Ready To Cannibalize Calendar App Sunrise
We’ve shown you a calculator that can help you crack a master combination lock before, but this device will do all the work for you in under 30 seconds. Read more…
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Build a Device That Can Crack Master Combination Locks in Under 30 Seconds
An American husband-and-wife team working in Greece has uncovered the 3, 500-year-old remains of a prominent ancient warrior who was buried alongside an assortment of riches. It’s being called the most important discovery made in continental Greece in over 65 years. Read more…
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Ancient Greek Warrior’s Tomb Yields Eye-Popping Treasures