Though the new iPhone is called the iPhone 6, we’re actually on the 8th generation of iPhone that has existed. But who cares about that. Let’s just see how much the camera—maybe the most important feature on the iPhone after messaging— has improved over those 8 generations. Hint: a lot. Read more…
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Here’s the same picture taken with every iPhone that has existed
Most movies are works of fiction, but the plots are based on real-world ideas. Including, apparently, the nightmarish future put forth in Terminator 2 . A team of researchers from North Carolina State University decided the world would be a better place with terrifying shape-shifting T-1000s, and so have developed a way to control and manipulate liquid metals. Maybe they didn’t watch the whole movie? Read more…
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Foolish Scientists Have Just Created Shape-Shifting Metal
Amazon — king of selling stuff on the interwebz — just paid a cool $4.5 mil to buy the rights to the .Buy top-level-domain, beating out Google in the process. Read more…
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Amazon Beat Google to Buy the .Buy Domain Name for $4.5 Million
At last, it’s done. The biggest spaceship size chart ever created is now complete and fully operational. 4, 268 x 5, 690 pixels of technological terror that includes everything from the smaller Star War ships to EVE. According to its author, Dirk Loechel, this is the last update. It’s epic. Read more…
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The biggest comparison of sci-fi spaceships ever is complete at last
We’ve mentioned before that knowing a few words in the native language can help improve your travel experience. Knowing some of the local slang can help, too—though it’s a bit tougher. Natalie Holmes at Conde Nast Traveler lays out local slang for a few major international cities. Read more…
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Learn Some Local Slang for Major International Cities
Making and sharing your own Google Map is getting easier thanks to the newly rebranded and relaunched ” My Maps ” tool. There’s also a new Android app so you can make and manage your maps on the go. Read more…
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Making and sharing your own Google Map is getting easier thanks to the newly rebranded and relaunche
With roughly 12, 383 miles of coastline, the US has plenty of potential installation sites for offshore wind farms. Floating data collection centers like the one shown above will help energy companies and government agencies alike find the windiest, and most effective locations along America’s shores. Read more…
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A Million-Dollar Buoy Will Spot the Best Sites for Wind Farms
If you download Kindle ebooks from dubious sources aka anywhere other than Amazon, watch out. A security researcher has discovered a security hole in the “Manage Your Kindle” page on Amazon’s website that outs your Amazon credentials to hackers when you upload a malicious ebook. Read more…
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Your Amazon Account Can Be Hacked Via a Malicious Kindle Ebook
If you’re hoping for a new iPhone 6 or 6 Plus and haven’t nailed yours down yet, you’re effectively screwed for the time being. But if you were one of the lucky 4 million buyers, there’s a decent-ish chance your shiny new toy is in the photo above, where it just flew across the Pacific, boarded up with more than 195, 000 of its brethren. That is one hell of a cargo. Read more…
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This Is How You Fly 200,000 iPhones from China to the US
Cortana is coming to Windows 9 , according to these screenshots coming to us by way of German blog WinFuture , which show her off in a very experimental form. Not much of a surprise, but they seem to confirm what we’re already expecting—that the digital assistant will find a home on the PC, too. Read more…
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Leaked Windows 9 Screenshots Show Hints of Cortana on the Desktop