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Apple’s released iOS 8.1.2, which fixes problems with ringtones being removed from devices.

Apple’s released iOS 8.1.2, which fixes problems with ringtones being removed from devices. That seems to be the only change in the update. You can snag it from Software Update right now. Read more…

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Apple’s released iOS 8.1.2, which fixes problems with ringtones being removed from devices.

NASA’s Orion spacecraft, designed to ferry the first humans to Mars, lifts off from Cape Canaveral o

NASA’s Orion spacecraft, designed to ferry the first humans to Mars, lifts off from Cape Canaveral on Friday morning. Orion reached speeds of 20, ooo mph and traveled 3, 600 miles from Earth before a successful splashdown in the Pacific. [ Bill Ingalls/NASA ] Read more…

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There’s an Entire House Crammed Into This Tiny 98-Year-Old Boiler Room

There’s residential design, and then there’s jigsaw puzzle design. This elegant project by the San Francisco architect Christi Azevedo , who wedged a full guest house into a laundry and boiler room from 1916, f alls somewhere in between the two. Read more…

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There’s an Entire House Crammed Into This Tiny 98-Year-Old Boiler Room

New Star Wars trailer perfectly remade with original Star Wars footage

When I saw the first trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens , it felt instantly familiar. That’s very probably because anything Star Wars feels nostalgic but also because, well, we’ve seen all those scenes from the trailer before! Here is the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens remade shot-by-shot with original footage. Read more…

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New Star Wars trailer perfectly remade with original Star Wars footage

Disney’s Super-Realistic CG Eyeballs Are an Uncanny Valley Airlift

What most often gives away a CG character as fake is their dead, lifeless eyes. It’s a common contributing factor to the uncanny valley effect, but now researchers at Disney have developed a system to perfectly capture a performer’s eyes that promises to make CG characters finally appear more lifelike and convincing. Read more…

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Disney’s Super-Realistic CG Eyeballs Are an Uncanny Valley Airlift

Gangnam Style Broke YouTube’s View Counter

Gangnam Style fell out of the public eye a while ago (thank god) but people haven’t stopped watching it. It’s been seen so many times that it actually broke YouTube’s view counter, in the nerdiest possible way by busting the code behind the scenes. Read more…

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Gangnam Style Broke YouTube’s View Counter

Humans Have Been Able to Perceive Infrared Light This Whole Time 

The human eye is a more complex and mysterious thing than we thought. Recently, a group of scientists were puzzled by flashes of green light they saw from an infrared laser, whose light should have been far outside the visible spectrum. Like scientists do, they investigated. Human eyes do indeed perceive infrared light, they found, but not they same way they perceive ordinary colors. It’s weirder than that. Read more…

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Humans Have Been Able to Perceive Infrared Light This Whole Time 

HP’s New Laptop Definitely Isn’t A Macbook Air

HP has just announced a new business laptop. But judging on looks alone, you’d be forgiven for thinking that it’s just a Macbook Air with a sticker over the Apple logo. Thankfully, there’s a few tricks inside to differentiate things. Read more…

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HP’s New Laptop Definitely Isn’t A Macbook Air

This New Global Satellite System Is Bringing 3G to the Battlefield

The US military is undergoing a radical change in its communications capabilities. Not only is DARPA’s Persistent Close Air Support cutting response times by nearly 90 percent, but a new satellite-based comm system will soon deliver a 3G smartphone experience to soldiers anywhere on the planet. Read more…

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This New Global Satellite System Is Bringing 3G to the Battlefield