The game of whack-a-mole continues. Less than 24 hours after being taken down in an international sting operation , Kickass Torrents (KAT) is back—well, sort of. The popular torrent link site isoHunt has created a mirror for KAT at KickassTorrents.website . Read more…
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Someone Already Made a Kickass Torrents Clone
Keven McAlester’s short film which compares Los Angeles’ Bunker Hill in the 1940s to today using perfectly synced footage is the closest thing we can get to experiencing legitimate time travel . Read more…
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Perfectly Synced Side-by-Side Video Compares 1940s Los Angeles to Today
Neuroscientists working on the Human Connectome Project have compiled the most accurate map yet of the human cerebral cortex. The researchers identified 180 distinct areas of the brain’s outer layer—effectively doubling the previous number of known regions. Read more…
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Crazy Detailed Brain Map Finds Nearly a Hundred New Regions
In theory, Twitter’s blue “verified” check mark made it harder to impersonate famous people, but in practice it mostly showed who was famous enough to bother impersonating. Prepare for the “verified” badge of approval to stop mattering nearly as much now that Twitter has opened up its once-mysterious verification process to everyone . Read more…
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We Can All Be Verified On Twitter Now
Ever wonder why your highlighters glow in the dark? How about glow sticks at a rave? Our world is full of glowing objects that awe us even into adulthood, and their existence is easily explained. Read more…
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Fluorescence Is Like A Rave At the Molecular Level
It’s been a strange week for Pokemasters, dealing with armed robberies , dead bodies , and even accidental exercise . And nobody is happier than Nintendo, whose market value grew by $7.5 billion in two days as stock surged because everyone got hooked on Pokemon Go . Read more…
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Pokemon Go Added $7.5 Billion to Nintendo’s Value in Two Days
Jailbreaking a Kindle comes with a variety of benefits, including installing custom screensavers and software, but most recently the availability of the jailbreak has been restricted to a small handful of firmware. Now, its seeing a much wider release. Read more…
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You Can Now Jailbreak Just About Any Kindle
According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs , only safety and physiological comfort are more important than love in our search for self-fulfillment. Maslow was wrong. A stronger driving force than love, apparently, is the need to catch ‘em all, seeing how Pokemon Go has already been installed more times after a week than Tinder in five years. Read more…
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Pokemon Go is Already Bigger Than Tinder
You have hundreds of ways to view the weather, but if you’re looking for an elegant desktop solution, DIYer caturnuson shares their lovely looking Pi-powered forecast display. Read more…
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Build a Raspberry Pi-Powered Weather Forecast Display
We may have to wait a bit longer than usual for the next season of Game of Thrones , and there’s a very good reason: The show needs winter to actually show up first. Read more…
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Game of Thrones Season Seven May Be Delayed Due to Inclement Weather