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This $170 Chromebook Runs For 13 Hours, and Will Support Android Apps

This $170 Chromebook has a super-thin design, 13 hours of battery life, and 4GB of RAM, all solid specs. But most importantly, it will support Android apps via Google Play in the coming months, which should dramatically expand its capabilities. If you’re in the market for a travel-friendly portable, you could do a whole lot worse for the price. Read more…

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Game of Thrones Showrunners Confirm There Are Only 15 Episodes Left, Max

The rumors have swirled for a while now. Various people who have worked on the show have dropped hints. But now David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, Game of Thrones ’ showrunners, have officially, irrevocably confirmed that we only have 15 episodes of the show left… at most. Probably less. Read more…

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Why Columbus Just Won $140 Million to Become the Transportation City of the Future

Of the seven cities chosen as finalists for the US Department of Transportation’s Smart City Challenge, Columbus, Ohio may have seemed like the underdog. (It was the only finalist that has no rail system whatsoever.) But today, USDOT announced Columbus as the winner of over $50 million in cash that will transform its transportation system into one of the most forward-looking in the country. Read more…

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Adobe Rolls Out Big Update for Photoshop CC, Smaller Updates for the Rest of Its Apps

Adobe’s pushing out a big update to its suite of creative cloud apps, most notably to Photoshop, which gets a slew of new features, including content-aware crop, match font, and more. Read more…

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Roland Emmerich is Rebooting the Stargate Franchise From Scratch

We’ve known that Roland Emmerich has been planning on continuing his 1994 film Stargate for a while , but while chatting with the press about Independence Day: Resurgence , he and producer Dean Devlin have been dropping some more hints about what’s next for the franchise. Read more…

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Remains of the Day: Waze Can Now Reroute Around Difficult Intersections in LA

I’m the sort of skittish driver who will take three right turns in order to avoid an annoying left turn at a difficult intersection, so Waze’s new feature is just for me. If you live in LA, the navigation app can now reroute you around those pesky intersections with bad visibility and other problems. Read more…

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