Yesterday, when Bryan Seely showed me his various Google Maps exploits , he showed me more than just dick jokes and fake businesses. Using these tricks, Seely was also able to set up a system that could surreptitiously record phone calls to the FBI and Secret Service. And he actually did it . Read more…
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FBI and Secret Service Phone Calls Intercepted by Google Maps Exploit
USB chargers can impact how fast your device’s battery gets back to 100%, but they’re not the only determining factor. The wrong cable can slow down charging speeds as well. Redditor Esteef explains. Read more…
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Cables Can Significantly Impact the Charging Speed of Your USB Devices
Qatar’s overtly yonic World Cup facility has also been the cause of a staggering number of construction deaths : More than 500 Indian migrant workers have died at the site since January 2012. This week, the stadium’s architect Zaha Hadid said, well, it’s not her problem. Read more…
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Architect Zaha Hadid Says 500 Worker Deaths Are Not Her Problem
If you’re not the type to tiptoe around the truth with your kids, Rachel Ciavarella’s incredibly-detailed plush anglerfish ‘toy’ called Morris is the perfect way to give your children a somewhat disturbing crash course in anatomy. Read more…
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Teach Kids Frank Lessons About Anatomy With This Inside-Out Anglerfish
Part of the joy of preparing meals while camping is that you don’t have to worry about keeping everything neat and tidy. But the last thing you want to do is put a scorched and filthy grill in the trunk of your clean car. So Front Runner’s solution lets you simply strap it to your vehicle’s spare tire when it’s time to head out. Read more…
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A Campfire Grill That Hugs Your Spare Tire For Easy Storage
Facebook’s email service, which caused lots of controversy when it changed everyone’s contact info , is shutting down. From now on, messages sent to your Facebook email address will be forwarded to your primary address (though you can turn this off). Facebook should notify you as the feature rolls out. [ The Verge ] Read more…
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Facebook’s email service, which caused lots of controversy when it changed everyone’s contact info,
Benedict Cumberbatch has said that he felt like a “boobie” in his motion capture suit for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug , but how did he actually look? This video shows us how Weta translated Cumberbatch’s performance into the CG-animated Smaug. Read more…
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Watch Benedict Cumberbatch on all fours in his mo-cap suit as Smaug
When most of us hear the term “microhouse, ” we think of the chic, wedge-shaped homes that have colonized the world’s wealthiest cities. But in a number of U.S. cities, microhouses are being used to house a different demographic—the very poor. Read more…
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The Teeny, Tiny Microhouse Revolution That’s Giving the Homeless Homes
At the company’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, SanDisk announced today the imminent release of the single largest-capacity MicroSD card ever created. This tiny storage medium offers an unprecedented 128 GB of space, but don’t expect it to come cheap. Read more…
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This MicroSD Card Packs Massive Capacity into a Minute Form Factor
Ever need to track down an old newspaper clipping? In olden times, you’d need to head into the library’s microfiche section and dig through boxes of film. Now, it’s as easy as heading over to Google’s recently relaunched and easier to search through news archive. Read more…
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Google Redesigns News Archive, Makes Searching Through Newspapers Easy