If simply popping into the command line isn’t enough to make you feel like a ‘90s hacker, GitHub user bartobri created a silly decrypting text effect pulled from the movie Sneakers . Read more…
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Give Terminal a Ridiculous Hollywood Hacker Special Effect
The US. Consumer Product Safety Commission has officially recalled 1 million Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones at risk of exploding. Read more…
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Samsung Finally Launches Official Recall of the Exploding Note 7
Some may call excessive, unreasonable, exhibitionist. What kind of masochist wants to stare at a billion pinpricks of light all at once, anyway? Why, the scientifically inclined one, of course. The astronomer who’s hellbent on picking apart the universe and reducing your life to a clump of dust needs absurdly detailed star charts in order to do so. Read more…
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The Largest 3D Map of the Galaxy Contains Over a Billion Stars
Despite the gloriously colorful screens used in devices like the new iPhone 7, monochromatic E Ink displays have remained a popular choice for devices like e-readers since they’re cheap, durable, and work fine in direct sunlight. It also means they’re the perfect technology for turning trucks into in-your-face rolling billboards. Read more…
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Giant E Ink Screens Turn Trucks Into Dynamic Rolling Billboards
When you swipe a credit or debit card at the store, your done with the transaction instantly. So why can’t your account statement keep up? If you’ve wondered why it takes so long for purchases to show up on your credit card statement or withdraw from a bank, it’s because of a long, complicated process behind the scenes. Read more…
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This Is Why Your Credit Card Transactions Take So Long to Clear
Walkie talkies are awesome, but what’s even more awesome is one you build yourself. DIYer Daniel Chote’s kids wanted a pair of walkie talkies, so he built the closest thing possible with a Raspberry Pi. Read more…
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Build a Wi-Fi Walkie Talkie-Like Device With a Raspberry Pi
The Most Magical Place on Earth has started scanning the fingers of three-year-olds in an effort to prevent ticket fraud, because you can never be too careful about tiny babies that have only just started communicating properly. Read more…
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Disney World Now Makes Toddlers Get Fingerprint Scans
On April 10, 1940, British submarine HMS Tarpon and its crew of 50 were sent to Norway to intercept Nazi merchant vessels. They were was never heard from again. Now, after 76 years, the sub has finally been found. An investigation of the remarkably well preserved vessel shows it didn’t go down without a fight. Read more…
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Sunken British Submarine Found Off the Coast of Denmark
According to the USDA, food prices have dropped 1.6% since last year. The USDA rounded up a few food items that are expected to continue to drop in price in 2016, but fair warning: these same items will probably be more expensive next year. Read more…
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The Grocery Store Items That Will Be More Expensive in 2017
By the mercy of some higher power, the giant panda—an oversized mashup between a raccoon and a sloth whose offspring can’t shit on their own—is no longer endangered. At a meeting of the World Conservation Congress in Hawaii this weekend, experts took giant pandas off the IUCN’s official Red List, citing a population rebound in China. Read more…
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Giant Pandas Are No Longer Endangered