British Spies To Be Allowed To Break Speed Limit

An anonymous reader writes “The Telegraph reports, ‘Britain’s spies are to be given a “licence to speed” for the first time, under changes to motoring laws. While James Bond would no doubt have scorned such niceties, officers in MI5 and MI6 are currently required to obey the rules of the road, even when national security is under threat. Now Robert Goodwill, the transport minister, intends to add the Security Service and the Secret Intelligence Service to the group of agencies with permission to break the speed limit.'” Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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Demonoid BitTorrent Tracker Apparently Back Online

Freshly Exhumed writes “TorrentFreak has broken the news that after more than a year of downtime the Demonoid tracker is back online. The tracker is linked to nearly 400, 000 torrent files and more than a million peers, which makes it one of the largest working BitTorrent trackers on the Internet. There is no word yet on when the site will make a full comeback, but the people behind it say they are working to revive one of the most famous file-sharing communities. As the single largest semi-private BitTorrent tracker that ever existed, Demonoid used to offer a home to millions of file-sharers. Note that this is apparently the original Demonoid and not the d2 site that claims to be using the Demonoid database.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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Powerful new planet finder snaps a direct image of an exoplanet

After 10 years of painstaking development, the Gemini Planet Imager has returned its first image of a distant exoplanet. Behold Beta Pictoris b, a massive planet several times larger than Jupiter — and over 63 light-years from Earth. Read more…        

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Watch Google Play Videos on Your iOS Device with the YouTube App

Google Play and iOS don’t work with each other, but if you’ve bought movies on Google Play and want to watch them on your iPhone or iPad, CNET has a workaround. All you need is the YouTube app for iOS. Read more…        

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How Daft Punk made One More Time from a sample they say they never used

One more time. Even if you wear earplugs, turn off the radio and stay away from noisy clubs, you know Daft Punk’s song ‘One More Time’. It’s one of those songs that seems to be inserted into the memory of every human who has existed since the year 2000. Here, EDM producer Sadowick Production reveals how Daft Punk made the song from a sample the French duo says they didn’t use. It’s quite shocking how easy it was to recreate. Read more…        

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4.6 Million Snapchat User Names and Phone Numbers Leaked (Check Yours)

Oh dear. In an inauspicious start to 2014 for both Snapchat and its users, a website appears to have published user name and phone number information for 4.6 million accounts. Read more…        

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Inside the Design of the New Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball

The bright ball that hovers over Times Square on New Year’s Eve is special this year. Sure, it’s iconic and colorful and mesmerizing as it always is. This year, however, the ball will captivate us all with a brand new crystal coating. And, boy, is it pretty. Read more…        

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100-year-old negatives from the Ross Sea Party found in Antarctica

New Zealand’s Antarctic Heritage Trust has announced an exciting find: 22 never-before-seen cellulose nitrate negatives discovered inside Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s last expedition base at Cape Evans on Ross Island in Antarctica. Read more…        

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The Surprising Inspiration for Dungeons & Dragons’ Weirdest Monsters

How the heck did they come up with some of the crazy monsters in Dungeons & Dragons ? There are a lot of weird, memorable monsters that GMs can use to strike fear into the heart of players — and the inspiration behind them is way different than what you probably expect. Read more…        

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