Microsoft put out the first Windows 10 preview right after its first big announcement. But now— following all of Wednesday’s chaos —there’s a new one . Here are some of its most notable features in GIF form. Read more…
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Windows 10’s Coolest Features In 5 Animated GIFs
Pro Tools is the industry standard for digital audio production, but if you wanna get with the pros, you’ve always had to pay. No longer! Now, there’s a free version of the software targeted at beginners, and that rules. Read more…
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Pro Tools Is Releasing a Free Version of Its Legendary Audio Software
A federal judge just sentenced journalist Barrett Brown to 63 months in prison and ordered him to pay nearly $890, 000 in restitution for charges related to the 2011 hack of Stratfor Global Intelligence. Brown’s supporters maintain that the young writer and activist was “merely linking to hacked material.” For that, he’ll spend about five years behind bars. That sucks. Read more…
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Barrett Brown Will Spend 5 Years In Jail For Linking to Hacked Material
Meet Mama Lee. Mama Lee is 86-years-old, enjoys ballroom dancing, and has been a full-time resident of a cruise ship for the past ten years. It costs her about $164, 000 a year, but it really sounds like she’s loving her permanent vacation . Read more…
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An 86-year-old woman has been living on cruise ships for a decade
Microsoft has made mistakes. It knows this. But as the company proved today at its Windows 10 HOLOGRAPHIC GOGGLES launch event, it’s also not going to stop pushing user interface design into the future. It’s just getting smarter about it. Read more…
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Windows 10’s Big Step Back Is Actually a Huge Step Forward
VR? Meh. Microsoft is going the holodeck route, with something called Project Hololens. They are Holographic Glasses and they’ll be coming out around the same time as Windows 10. Man this sure looks awesome and cool and probably also really janky and dumb! We’ll find out soon though; Microsoft will be showing off the tech to attendees later today. Read more…
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Project Hololens: Microsoft’s Audacious Plan to Make Anywhere a Holodeck
Scientists at the University of Rochester have created a metal that is so extremely hydrophobic that the water bounces on it as if it were repelled by a magic force field. Instead of using chemical coatings they used lasers to etch a nanostructure on the metal itself. It will not wear off, like current less effective methods. Read more…
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Amazing new metal is so hydrophobic it makes water bounce like magic
Last year, the team behind Solar Impulse 2 revealed the design of a plane that it hopes will be able to traverse the world without refuelling. Now, it’s revealed the route it will take when it takes off—which will hopefully be in March. Read more…
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This Is How a Plane Will Navigate Earth Using Solar Power Alone
Piper is many things in a tiny package. The pint-sized home security device—it’s literally the size of a pint glass—watches over your house, automates your connected devices, and helps you keep in touch with friends. And now, with night vision too. Read more…
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Smart Home Security Guard Piper Now Has Night Vision
Following earlier reports that Google was finalizing a $1 billion investment in Elon Musk’s zany new space internet project, SpaceX has confirmed a new round of funding worth—you guessed it—$1 billion. The new investors include not only Google but also Fidelity, Founders Fund and others. The new investors now own slightly less than 10 percent of SpaceX’s new venture. Read more…
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Google (and Friends) Just Invested $1 Billion in SpaceX Internet