Samsung’s latest Note 5 is out and about. It’s a nifty little device, except it has one Achilles’ heel: Inserting the stylus backwards can break the damn thing. Read more…
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This Is How the S-Pen Can Break Your Brand New Note 5
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Here’s The Box That Can Turn a Puny Laptop Into a Graphical Powerhouse
USB Type-C is shaping up to be the holy grail of ports . It can charge your laptop, deliver 4K video, and transfer loads of USB data all over a single cable—all at the same time. What could be better? You’re looking at the answer. Read more…
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Here’s The Box That Can Turn a Puny Laptop Into a Graphical Powerhouse
AT&T’s New Plans Come With a Crap-Ton of Data
AT&T and T-Mobile are in a data pricing war, and the result is good news for you, the customer. Today, AT&T sweetened its data deal to help entice new users over to its Mobile Share Value plans, but even with these plans—which are better priced overall—it seems AT&T is making you choose between a teensy bit of data or a ton. Read more…
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AT&T’s New Plans Come With a Crap-Ton of Data
Spooks Keep Finding Classified Information in Hillary’s Private Emails
Hillary Clinton’s email scandal isn’t going away any time soon. The Associated Press is now reporting that the intelligence community found classified information in two of the 40 randomly selected emails from the 30, 000 that Clinton handed over to investigators. Think about those numbers. Read more…
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Apple has a new version of BootCamp, actually designed to work with Windows 10.
Apple has a new version of BootCamp, actually designed to work with Windows 10. If you’re already running it, look for the update in your Windows partition; otherwise, the update should be available soon. You’ll need an Intel-powered Mac running OS X Yosemite to take advantage. http://reviews.gizmodo.com/windows-10-on-… Read more…
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Apple has a new version of BootCamp, actually designed to work with Windows 10.
Watching the Numbers Flow on This Ferrofluid Clock Is Almost Therapeutic
Ferrofluid is a wonderful metallic goo that magically reacts to the presence of a magnetic field . To date it’s really only been used in mesmerizing desk toys , but Zelf Koelma has found a way to manipulate the material into an animated clock that perfectly represents the flow of time. Read more…
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Watching the Numbers Flow on This Ferrofluid Clock Is Almost Therapeutic
A Graphics Breakthrough Makes Perfect CGI Skin
You might not understand all of the technical details behind the computer graphics research being revealed at Siggraph 2015 this week, but come next year when the CG characters in movies and video games start to look indistinguishable from real humans , you’ll know who to thank. Read more…
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A Graphics Breakthrough Makes Perfect CGI Skin
This Zombie Printer Was Hacked To Broadcast Radio Waves
All electronic devices emit radio waves when they’re powered on , even if they don’t connect to the internet or Bluetooth. Governments have been using these accidental waves to spy on each other since the 1960s—but this week, a computer scientist at the Black Hat hacker conference took the idea way further than we’d thought possible. Read more…
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This Zombie Printer Was Hacked To Broadcast Radio Waves
Placentas are amazing organs, and we’re learning that they do so much more than simply manage the mo
Placentas are amazing organs, and we’re learning that they do so much more than simply manage the movement of nutrients and wastes between mother and fetus. In this month’s issue of The Scientist , placenta expert Christopher Coe explains its other roles, including hormonal regulation, iron storage, and immune system training. Read more…
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Placentas are amazing organs, and we’re learning that they do so much more than simply manage the mo
Red hot nickel ball burning through foam breaks the color spectrum
The colors! The colors! Holy cow, the colors. The world destroyer that is the red hot nickel ball got put to task on floral foam and the result is an awesome burn through that unleashes so many colors and then creates scales and pretty much topples the entire foam tower. Always a pleasure, red hot nickel ball. Read more…
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Red hot nickel ball burning through foam breaks the color spectrum