Deep down we all know we shouldn’t crank our music or listen to headphones with the volume really high, but we still do. And if you’ve ever wondered if years of hard rock has done any serious damage, here’s an easy way to find out . Read more…
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Test How Old Your Ears Are (And How Much Damage You’ve Done to Them)
The easiest joke to make about IKEA is that few of its products—from shelves to meatballs—are made from what they seem. But even particleboard still requires wood—and a lot of it, when you’re selling 100 million products every year. Read more…
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IKEA Uses a Staggering One Percent of the World’s Wood
Any advanced Internetter knows that the best way to enjoy the pure Internet is to get an ad blocker. It zaps away all the excess and gives you the meaty good stuff. However, it looks like companies are figuring ways to circumvent ad blockers… by paying them off. Google is reportedly paying one of the most popular ad blockers, AdBlock Plus, to not block Google’s ads. Read more…
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Google Supposedly Paid Off AdBlock Plus to Not Block Google Ads
We’ve all seen those pop-up ads peddling discount prescription drugs from Canadian pharmacies. Ohhhh! Cheap Xanax! They always seem a little dubious, but as of this week, you’re probably going to see fewer of them. In partnership with international regulatory and law enforcement agencies, the FDA has just shut down 1,677 illegal online pharmacies, and seized a whopping $41,104,386 worth of illegal drugs. Read more…
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The FDA Has Shuttered 1,677 Illegal Prescription Drugs Websites
Sharing a link from Dropbox just got a little easier and faster. Now, when you right-click to share, you’ll see a “Share Dropbox Link” that will generate and automatically save said link to your clipboard. Neat. [ Dropbox ] Read more…
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Sharing a link from Dropbox just got a little easier and faster.
Good news AT&T iPhone owners, you’re getting a push-to-talk app, a first for the iPhone in the US! Whether non-corporate customers will be privy to the app is anyone’s guess. The AP has clarified its original story and now says the app will not work unless it’s been properly integrated by both AT&T and its corporate customers. [ AP ] Read more…
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Good news AT&T iPhone owners, you're getting a push-to-talk app, a first for the iPhone in the US!
They last a lot longer than the tape-based storage of yesteryear, but optical discs, particularly the type you burn at home, aren’t guaranteed to survive even a decade. So if you want to pass on that wedding video/vacation photos/copy of Caddyshack to your great-great grand kids, you’ll want to opt for Millenniata’s new 25GB Blu-ray compatible M-DISCs which are guaranteed to last at least 1,000 years. Read more…
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A Blu-ray Disc That Lasts 1,000 Years Guarantees Caddyshack Lives On
The Smithsonian’s been a fan of 3D scanning and printing for some time , but now it’s decided to use lasers to preserve its entire collection for future generations. Read more…
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How the Smithsonian is 3D-Scanning Its Entire Collection
At this point, you probably have a working understanding of what bitcoins are (at the very least your handle of bitcoins is like how you can kinda, sorta explain why the sky is blue to a kid). But how does an actual transaction with bitcoins work? That’s a bit more complicated. It’s not exactly pulling crumpled cash out your pocket and dropping it off at the bodega counter for a soda now is it? Read more…
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How a Bitcoin Transaction Actually Works
From this week , ABC will become the first TV network to offer up live streams of its local programming to users of its Watch ABC app . Read more…
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From this week, ABC will become the first TV network to offer up live streams of its local programmi