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Tech NewsSploidSuper Smart Ping Pong Table Teaches You How to Play Like a Pro
Table tennis is a hard game that requires quick instincts and even quicker reflexes. But what if you had some help? Like, what if the table could tell you what to do? This ‘smart’ ping pong table shows you where to serve, tracks each shot you take, and gives you oodles of data on your … Continued
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Tech NewsSpaceX Is Sending a Red Dragon Spacecraft to Mars in 2018 [UPDATE]
SpaceX has been teasing potential Mars plans for a while now, but the company just announced a launch date—and it’s soon. They plan to launch to the surface of Mars in 2018. Especially intriguing is that the announcement refers to the spacecraft as the “Red Dragon.” Does this mean that we’ll be seeing an update … Continued
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Federal Judge Rules Amazon Must Refund Parents Duped By In-App Purchases
A federal judge has ruled Amazon is liable for billing unwitting parents after their children made unauthorized charges in apps. The court will decide exactly how much money Amazon owes customers in the coming months. The federal judge’s decision asserts that Amazon received several complaints from customers about in-app purchases that they were unaware of, … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidHow Men and Women React to Their Own Reflections in Movies
Mirrors are a well worn device in movies. They provide an extremely literal moment of self-reflection that often during a film’s emotional peak. So why do we see characters repeatedly reacting in the exact same way? Fandor explored 46 films from the last 60 years and discovered a bizarre trend: women cry and men freak … Continued
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The Most Exciting Thing Nintendo Is Making Fits in Your Phone
If you’re a working on an Animal Crossing rip off or a Fire Emblem clone, it is time to pack it in and give it up. You’re going to fail. Nintendo is finally dipping its toes into the iOS and Android app market and your two-person operation in Round Rock can’t compete. Nintendo Chief Executive … Continued
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How to Turn a Supply Ship Into a $62 Million Luxury Yacht
Most million-dollar luxury yachts just look like giant versions of the cabin cruisers you can find at a local marina. The Kilkea, however, is based on a supply vessel platform, so it has a unique industrial look to it. But with an estimated price tag of $62 million, it promises to be far more luxurious … Continued
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This Toxic Hot Spring Looks Like an Acid-Fueled Nightmare
It looks like the set from a 1950s scifi flick, but this toxic, funhouse-colored hot spring isn’t humanity’s first deadly encounter with alien biology. Although it is home to some very strange life forms, and we’re not sure what would happen if those gloves came off. The Danakil Depression, a hydrothermal system stretching from Dallol … Continued
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If You’re Missing $132,000 in Bitcoins Please Contact Us
Among the many things that have held Bitcoin back from mainstream acceptance, even advanced users struggle with one huge issue: Bitcoin is confusing. One cryptocurrency enthusiast learned that the hard way, when a simple mistake ended up costing him a cool $132,000. The user was apparently trying to pay a typical five cent fee to … Continued
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Tinder’s Newest Feature Will Make it Easier to Find Orgies Near You
If there’s one thing missing from Tinder, it’s group sex. The swipe-happy app is great for getting laid old school-style—waking up in the morning next to someone you will no doubt forget about by the afternoon—but it’s less helpful for finding some more-than-four fun. Enter “Tinder Social,” a new feature the app is currently beta … Continued
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How Long Will It Take Your Furball to Shred One of These Incredible Cardboard Cathouses?
Cardboard has long served as an inexpensive plaything for cats. It’s a cheap material you can use to build a climbing structure, or a cozy place for them to hide. Far from a weekend craft project, these cardboard landmarks won’t be an eyesore sitting in the corner of your living room. Starting life as a … Continued
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How To Add Your Old CDs to Spotify
If you jumped on the music-streaming bandwagon, there’s a good chance you’ve been left with a shelf full of CDs gathering dust. Lucky for you, there are a couple of apps that make adding your old albums to Spotify super easy—so you can finally throw out all of that physical media for good. Here’s how … Continued
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This New Fake Leather Is Made From Tea
It’s tough. It’s thick. It’s brown. It’s a lot like leather—but in fact this new material is made in the lab using leftovers from a brew of kombucha tea. Researchers from Iowa State University have developed the unusual new form of synthetic leather using some rather normal ingredients. It’s made in shallow plastic tanks that … Continued
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Thailand’s Insane Heatwave: A Month Above 104 Degrees
April is always hot in Thailand—but this month has been like no other the country has known in recent history. Every day in April, the average peak temperature has been over 104 degrees Fahrenheit, with the maximum hitting 111.7 degrees. The image above was created by NASA’s Earth Observatory, produced using data from the Moderate … Continued
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Four Laser Beams Will Create the World’s Most Powerful Fake Stars
Set lasers to star mode. The European Southern Observatory’s Paranal Observatory in Chile now has four powerful laser beams with which to create artificial stars in the night sky. Engineers at the observatory have been testing the system since last September. The first successful use of the lasers yesterday marked the brith of the most … Continued
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Tech NewsGoogle
Getty Reckons Google Image Search Has Turned Us All Into Photography Pirates
The photo agency Getty Images is filing a complaint to the European Union’s antitrust commission, claiming that Google’s image search function has encouraged widespread image piracy. Time reports that Getty is troubled by Google’s search system in two main ways. First, it reckons that the full-screen slide shows that the system offers removes the need … Continued
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Comcast Might Buy DreamWorks For $3 Billion
Comcast is in talks to buy DreamWorks for over $3 billion according to a new report by the Wall Street Journal. You might not know that Comcast already owns Universal Pictures, which created Minions in recent years among other things. Adding DreamWorks to the stable would mean that Comcast controlled a significant chunk of the … Continued
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Tech NewsAll Cars Should Tell You When You’ve Forgotten Your Keys
Land Rover’s new car has an integration with Tile, which sounds geeky as hell because it is. But it means one highly important thing: if you get in the car without your wallet or keys, your car will inform you of this. Tile is a simple little Bluetooth tracker that you attach to items to … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsDyson Redesigned the Hair Dryer So It’s Easier and Safer to Use
Having already re-engineered vacuum cleaners and fans from the ground up, Dyson has now applied its expertise at moving air to an appliance you probably use every day, and despise doing so. The Dyson Supersonic wants to replace the hair dryer in your bathroom with a lighter, safer, and quieter alternative. The starting point for … Continued
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Intel Thinks USB-C Should Replace the Headphone Jack
While every other port on your computer has become digitized and smarter, the good ‘ol 3.5mm headphone jack has remained as a bastion of analog data transmission. But Intel thinks the time has come for its replacement, and it looks like USB-C. As Anandtech points out, one of the talks at Intel’s developer conference in … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidAn Electric Look at a Solar Flare on the Sun
It always makes for a beautiful video whenever the suns lashes out with a solar flare. Here’s one from earlier this month, you can see how electric its movement are, it just whips up and explodes. The footage was captured in different wavelengths and then color coded so we can see what’s happening in better … Continued
By Casey Chan