A Massive New Levee Could Add Two New City Blocks To Manhattan

The footprint of Manhattan’s been expanding since the 17th century, when early New Yorkers began their first project to infill its shoreline. A huge part of the island we know today is built on artificial pilings. Now, it might get its biggest expansion in years. Read more…

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How to Short-Stroke Your Hard Drive for Optimal Speed

Windows: If you’d like the speed of your mechanical hard drive to be closer to SSD speeds, short-stroking your hard drive is your best bet. These steps can get your hard drive up to speed at the cost of some memory. Read more…

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This Graphic Shows What Happens to Your Social Accounts When You Die

None of us like to think about our death or the death of a loved one, but death is one thing it’s important to prepare for. When it comes, you don’t want to be stuck trying to get into a loved one’s Gmail or Facebook account to shut things down. This graphic shows you what you’re in for, and what you—or your loved ones—should have ready. Read more…

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This Graphic Shows What Happens to Your Social Accounts When You Die

Apple just released the Mavericks 10.9.4 update.

Apple just released the Mavericks 10.9.4 update. The update fixes some WiFi issues, general reliability issues, and a quirk where some computers weren’t properly waking from sleep. Grab the update from Apple right now . Read more…

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Apple just released the Mavericks 10.9.4 update.

BlockSender Bounces Email Back to the Sender

Chrome: Gmail does an excellent job of blocking spam, but sometimes you just want to go the extra mile and prevent some mail from ever reaching your account. BlockSender is a Chrome Extension for Gmail that can trick the sender into thinking your email address is incorrect. Read more…

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BlockSender Bounces Email Back to the Sender

This Is The Most Earth-Like Planet Discovered Yet

The nearest Earth-like planet is only 16 light-years away from us. It has a mass that is more than five times the mass of the Earth and it orbits a red dwarf star that has half the mass and radius of our sun. Read more…

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Pley Is like Netflix for LEGO

LEGO bricks have a variety of great uses for kids of all ages. For many of us though, the real fun is the challenge of the build rather than owning of the finished project. Pley bridges the gap by letting you rent LEGO sets for a monthly subscription fee. Read more…

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Woman photoshopped to fit 25 different countries’ definition of beauty

Different eras have different ideas. Different folks like different strokes. Different people in different countries have different definitions of what beauty is. So here’s an amazing experiment to see that, well, difference. A woman had her picture photoshopped 40 different times by more than 25 different countries to find out what each country thought was beautiful. Read more…

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