Scientists have uncovered 2 billion-year-old water in an Ontario mine. (Image: University of Toronto) Canadian Geoscientists have uncovered water that dates back a whopping two billion years. It’s the oldest water ever discovered on Earth, and it could broaden our understanding of how life emerged on our planet—and possibly elsewhere. Read more…
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Two Billion-Year-Old Water Found in Canadian Mine
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This Old Ass Commodore 64 Is Still Being Used to Run an Auto Shop in Poland
In Switzerland, it’s apparently common for people to leave out bags of stuff they don’t want for others to take, instead of throwing it all in the trash. And when a writer over on Brick Fanatics found a sack of miscellaneous Lego, when he got home he was surprised to find it actually included classic sets, manuals, and catalogs dating back to the 1970s. Read more…
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Lucky guy finds a treasure trove of classic ’70s Lego in a discarded bag
See that up there? That’s the world’s first 10K television. You can’t buy it. Chinese display manufacturer BOE made the 82-inch screen just for the bragging rights (first!). That’s okay, though—there’s absolutely no reason to own a 10K TV right now. Read more…
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The World’s First 10K TV Is Here and Utterly Unnecessary
Many of us know feeling of posting a regrettable pic or two online. But while your thoughtless photos might be an embarrassment, they (typically) aren’t offensive enough to merit a US Air Force strike. If you’re an terrorist, on the other hand, a wee bit more discretion is probably advised. Read more…
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Air Force Uses ‘Moronic’ Selfie to Bomb ISIS Headquarters
Yahoo is pulling the plug on 8-year old Yahoo Pipes , the service that creates custom web feeds through powerful filters. Pipes will run until September 30th in read-only mode but you should probably download your Pipe definitions as soon as possible. Check the announcement here . Read more…
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Yahoo Pipes Is Closing Down
Here’s some news: You can now embed GIFs on Facebook. Well, technically, you can post a link to a GIF, and Facebook will produce the animation, just like pretty much every other social network’s been doing for years. Read more…
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Uh Oh, GIFs Finally Work on Facebook
After 6 years and over one billion dollars in development, the FBI has just announced that its sinister new biometric facial recognition software system is finally complete. Meaning that, starting soon, photos of your face along with tens of millions of others’ will be uploaded to the national system on a daily basis . Read more…
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The FBI Just Finished Its Insane New Facial Recognition System
Among all the other goodies being packed into the brand new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus , the phone comes bearing the newest generation of Apple’s M chip—the M8. And it might finally turn the iPhone into the fitness tracker we’ve been waiting for. Read more…
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The iPhone 6’s New M8 Chip Makes It a Truly Badass Fitness Tracker
Paranoid much, China? Cause it sure as hell looks like it when you have more than sixty security cameras strapped onto a single street light. This photograph, taken at an intersection in Shanghai by NetEase , hilariously captures the personal privacy be damned, big brother monster attitude that everyone imagines China to have. It’s perfect, really. Read more…
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China installed more than 60 security cameras on one street light