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Dash cam footage that captured the violent 2013 arrest of a 30-year-old black man by a Dover, Delaware, police officer was deemed no longer confidential by a federal judge and posted to the Dover Police Department's YouTube channel on Thursday.

The video shows the man, Lateef Dickerson, being stopped by two police officers on Aug. 24, 2013. As he lowers himself to the ground, submitting to the officers' calls to do just that, one of the police officers kicks the man directly in the head.

His yellow hat goes flying and Dickerson falls to the pavement unconscious, his jaw broken. Read more...

A new report out of Bloomberg claims Google is finally about to give Android users the one feature they’ve been asking for years now: the ability to hand-pick specific permissions to grant an app upon installation. It’s supposed to be just one of the many features coming in Android M, Google’s next major Android release said to debut at this year’s Google I/O.

Privacy is a growing concern amongst mobile users, with some even forgoing installing certain apps because of their lengthy permission requests (Facebook being the first that comes to mind). It’s not entirely clear which permissions you’ll be able to block (all or just some of them?) but basic permissions like photos, location, and contacts were the ones that were named.

Because often times an app needs many of these permissions to function properly, giving users the ability to block each and every permissions but not be the best move. Not everyone understands that. We’re guessing it’ll be something similar to how iOS asks the user to grant apps permission to access their gallery, or camera app in order to function. In either case, giving users more control of their OS is never a bad thing.

Watching this guy sketch logos is the most zen thing you'll experience today.

Seb Lester is wizard with a stylus. The London-based designer and typographic illustrator has garnered a sizable Instagram following by posting videos and pictures of his drawings and typeface illustrations. Watch on repeat for maximum chillaxing.

An Instagram video captured the shocking moment a man viciously clobbered two gay men over their heads with a chair at a New York City barbecue restaurant Tuesday night

Police tell Mashable they are investigating the attack, which friends are calling a "hate crime."

The incident was sparked at Dallas BBQ in Chelsea when a man tried to intervene in a fight between his partner and an unidentified patron of the restaurant. In the video, the attacker, who police describe as a 35-year-old, 6-foot, 4-inch black male, then walks up from behind them with a wooden chair raised high in the air before smashing it down over their heads. Read more...

New England Patriots star quarterback Tom Brady was "generally aware" that his locker room staff deflated footballs after they were examined by a referee during the Jan. 18 American Football Conference Championship Game against the Indianapolis Colts, a league-sanctioned investigation into the incident found.

"We have concluded that it is more probable than not that Jim McNally (the Officials Locker Room attendant for the Patriots) and John Jastremski (an equipment assistant for the Patriots) participated in a deliberate effort to release air from Patriots game balls after the balls were examined by the referee," said a report on the incident, dubbed "DeflateGate." Read more...

Snapchat 9.7 is here, and it packs two new features. They don't fundamentally change the app. In fact, if you blink you might miss them.

The first item on the changelog deals with snaps highlighted in Discover. If you recall, this is the part of the app that shows content from the likes of CNN and National Geographic. You can now tap and hold on the center to share a clip with friends.

Snapchat 9.7 Lets You Easily Share Snaps From Discover And Zoom Into Videos was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

Tuesday's episode of The Price is Right had one of the most awkward moments in recent Price is Right memory when a wheelchair-bound woman in a wheelchair won a treadmill. The contestant still appeared excited by the prize, though, and host Drew Carey managed to play it cool.

May is upon us and thus, so is the end of many TV fans' social lives: It's season finale time

Luckily, you should not feel the pressure to watch every season finale out there because we've picked out the ones we think are really going to blow you away

An important note before you dig in: a few key finales (like Game of Thrones, for example) will not air until June, so they're not included on this shortlist. But a full list of finale dates can be found in our handy calendar below the gallery. Feel free to print it or import it into your calendar

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Traveling is fun. The dent that traveling can make on your wallet, though ... not so much.

That's why, for Mashable's latest #TravelTalks Twitter chat, we discussed the best ways to travel on a budget.

Joining us was a panel of travel experts including Zach Honig, editor in chief of The Points Guy; Zim Ugochukwu, CEO of Travel Noire; Jamie Larounis, blogger at The Forward Cabin; and George Hobica, founder of Airfarewatchdog.

Check out the highlights from the conversation below to learn how you can still travel the world without breaking the bank. Read more...

Jeff Bezos’ rocket company Blue Origin launched the first flight of its new spaceship on Wednesday, marking a big step on the company's road to commercial spaceflight.

Blue Origin’s New Shepard vehicle launched 307,000 feet into the air Wednesday atop the company’s BE-3 rocket engine at a company facility near Van Horn, Texas, about 500 miles west of Dallas. According to Bezos, the test went well, and a video of the test shows the spacecraft floating back to Earth beneath parachutes after launch.

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Nexus 6 owners might have Google’s new Project Fi network to look forward to, but what about the Nexus 5? While we can’t do anything for current owners, we would like to draw your attention to a new deal available from AndroidArea.com: you can now pick up a Nexus 5 with one-year of unlimited talk and text service from Freedom Pop for the all-inclusive price of $199.

Though it is nearing the two-year anniversary of its release, the Nexus 5 remains a great option for users looking for a truly pure Android experience. Couple the phone with unlimited talk and text service for a year (including visual voicemail and tethering) and 500MB of LTE data per month and you’ve got yourself quite the package.

If you don’t need the service there are no obligations or contracts, and you still get yourself a pretty nice price on a new Nexus 5. It’s just $199 for a limited time, and only at AndroidArea.com.

The Samsung Galaxy S6 has a damn fine camera. You’ve heard us sing our praises for it in our review of the phone. But what about camera experts who professionally analyze these things?

DXOMark is one such outlet, and in their latest analysis they’ve determined that the Samsung Galaxy S6 (and Edge) has the best smartphone camera ever. The device edged out the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 from last year, though we’re sure Samsung doesn’t mind their latest flagship beating out another one of their heavy hitters.

DXOMark gave the camera an 86 out of 100, where the final score is comprised of an average of separate scores for both photo and video quality. For photo, the Samsung Galaxy S6 scored 90 or higher in areas of exposure and contrast, autofocus capabilities and its ability to accurately capture the texture of a subject. It also got high marks in color, noise and flash. Artifacts is the only questionable score at 79.

Video performance was a tad worse overall, but not low enough that Samsung should feel ashamed. It’s especially strong in areas of auto focus and noise reduction, and performed well in exposure and contrast, texture and artifacts. Stabilization was a lowly 59, which is a bit of a bummer.

You can read DXOMark’s full notes and review right here if you’re interested, and if the camera is a major point of emphasis in your smartphone purchasing decision then we’d say you’ll have nothing to worry about.

This is a 33-pound cat named Sprinkles. She’s fat as hell. Do you think you could pick her up? Doubt it.

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Deftones frontman Chino Moreno guested on the ‘Rock Show With Daniel P Carter‘ and revealed the tentative release date (in his own words) for the bands new studio album to be September 25th. Speaking on the bands current progress with the effort, Moreno said he’s currently finishing up the vocals for it:

“The record as far as music has been all recorded and I am currently working on the vocals. I’ve been recording from my home studio here in Oregon. Slowly but surely getting it done. It’s coming out really good, it’s another Deftones record, I feel like us reaching a little bit, getting more into… The song structures, trying to challenge ourselves a little bit you know what I mean? It’s sounding good, I think it’s gonna be a great record.”

Moreno also spoke about their upcoming full album performance of “Around The Fur“, which will take place at this years ‘Amnesia Rockfest‘ in Montebello, QC:

“One of these festivals we’re doing “Around The Fur” in its entirety, which should be fun. It might be a little bit of a challenge, cause there’s some songs on that record that we haven’t played for years. We’ve yet to really rehearse for that. That was before I started playing guitar too so, it’s just like all I gotta do is go out there and sing for like 45 minutes. It should be pretty easy, but who’s to say.”

The Deftones have also newly announced that they will be playing some select dates in Europe and the UK in November as well:

11/15 Paris, FRA – Bataclan
11/18 Berlin, GER – Columbiahalle
11/19 Cologne, GER – Koln Palladium
11/21 London, UK – The SSE Arena Wembley

Their summer plans will see them on tour in North America with Incubus and more as part of this trek.

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A lengthy yet interesting read over at Newyorker.com goes into great detail on the mp3 scene that emerged around the late 90’s. Specifically it focuses on key players from the scene group RNS, and just how they were able to release so many albums before their official release date. Though their calling cards were albums from Eminem, Jay-Z and many more, the group were also responsible for their various metal and rock leaks. A small sampling of their output includes the likes of Queens Of The Stone Age‘s “Rated R“, Limp Bizkit‘s “Significant Other“, Korn‘s “See You On The Other Side“, Megadeth‘s “The World Needs A Hero“, Deftones‘ self-titled album and many more.

As it turns out, the key source of the leaks, which numbered over 20,000 releases, was an intricate number of workers smuggling music out of a manufacturing plant based in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. Bennie Lydell Glover was identified as the ringleader of that part of the operation of sorts, which saw employees skirting security measures and inventory accounting through means of falsely disposing of product they claimed was defective, among other ways. Workers would dispose of product with rubber gloves wrapped around the CD’s that would stop them from being fed into a disposal machine and later smuggle them out past random security scans and the like behind belt buckles and such.

The reward for Glover was a monetary one, with the resulting access he got to pre-release media, including music, games, software, etc. allowing him to bootleg various material around his hometown and supplement his income. The F.B.I. eventually caught up with most of the high level members of the group, with some serving time and some being acquitted. If you’ve got the time and want to learn just how it all went down, dig in at Newyorker.com.

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Jack Nicholson feels the same way we all do about Jared Leto's as the Joker.

Getting Jared Leto to play The Joker for the upcoming Suicide Squad movie was a weird choice, but we all kinda went along with it. After all, Heath Ledger seemed like an odd choice for the Joker in The Dark Knight, but his version of Batman's most sadistic villain ended up becoming memorably brilliant. "Hey, if Heath Ledger can do it, so can Jared Leto" was essentially our shared motto for the past few weeks.

Then David Ayer released a picture of Jared Leto as The Joker on Friday and the Internet instantly regretted giving the benefit of the doubt to anything ever. Read more...

If we had presses, they would be stopped right now. Instagram has announced not one, not two, but three new filters. That means three new ways to mess up your photos! I kid, some people are really into Instagram, so any new stuff is a big deal, and new filters don't come along often.

The new filters are called Lark, Reyes, and Juno. All three are fairly subtle as far as Instagram filters go.

Instagram Updated To v6.20.0 With Three New Filters And Emoji Hashtags was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

Get ready, Messenger users: Facebook's popular app is about to get a whole lot more in your face.

Facebook announced on Monday a new iOS and Android update for Messenger that brings the ability to video chat other users. The feature is coming to 18 markets around the globe at first, including the U.K., France, Greece, Ireland, Mexico, Portugal and the U.S., with more to come over the next few months.

To start a video call, tap the video camera icon inside a message on the upper right-hand side of the screen. Provided both you and your contact have a stable 3G, 4G or Wi-Fi connection, Facebook says there shouldn't be a problem striking up a video conversation (though your quality mileage may vary). Read more...

With the announcement of Project Fi and rumors surrounding a Huawei Nexus, I thought I’d have some fun with speculation, for the sake of hypebeasting something, since we haven’t hypebeasted in a while, so let’s let the hypebeasting begin. Hypebeast.

Are you ready? The above image is taken from a Project Fi video guide. This is clearly a phone or a render that we haven’t seen before. Google generally doesn’t use renders from unknown devices in their product videos. Project Fi only works with the Nexus 6, so why not use a Nexus 6 render, the phone that people have to use with the service right now? If you’re not going to use the Nexus 6, then you better show the guide videos on another supported phone, right? That makes sense to me.

Could this phone just be a generic render? Sure. Absolutely. That takes the fun out of hypbeasting though. And we came here to hypebeast, dammit.

What if the Android phone pictured above is the upcoming, rumored Huawei Nexus? It looks like a cross between the Nexus 6, mainly because of the top speaker grill, and a Nexus 5. Could it be a cheaper Nexus, built for Project Fi? A Nexus Fi, if you will, a play on Nexus Five and Project Fi?

Now, hear me out. Project Fi, as a marriage of cellular data and WiFi is cool, but that’s still a tough sell, because you have to buy a $700 smartphone to use the service. Sure, you can finance the Nexus 6 through Fi, but you still end up having to pay for the cost of an expensive phone over the next two years.

What if the rumored Huawei Nexus is a cheaper Nexus, built with Project Fi in mind. Right now, I can go out and buy a Motorola Moto E, Motorola Moto G or upcoming Huawei SnapTo on the cheap and jump on my MVNO of choice, except for Fi of course. While Fi isn’t your typical MVNO, having your MVNO locked down to one expensive phone doesn’t sound very appealing either.

Having a cheaper Nexus phone that worked on Project Fi sounds more Googly to me. Google is about service availability. Having a cheaper Nexus that’s available to budget conscious people, you know, those looking to save money on their wireless bill, sounds a whole lot better to me than the current setup at launch. I think having a Nexus Fi phone could seal the deal on this entire endeavor.

So, what do you think of my speculation? Plausible? Or I am reading too much into the generic render above, for the sake of hypebeasting? Who knows? Either way, I enjoyed confirming the launch of Half-Life 3. Cheers!

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As I’m sure you’re aware by the massive marketing campaign, Avengers: Age of Ultron is being released to theaters here in the U.S. next week (May 1st). This movie will (hopefully) launch Marvel into a bunch of many other new movies. I was a big fan of the first Avengers movie, and now it’s time to get ready for the next one with some awesome wallpaper.

Below you will find 6 HD heroic wallpapers. To get one of these wallpapers on your phone, tablet, or even PC, simply tap or click on the image to see it at full resolution. Let us know which one is your favorite, and be sure to share a screenshot if you use one of these wallpapers!

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Everyone can have their hearts broken by handsome men with accents, it turns out — even brands in pursuit of product placement

Sony's cellphone division, Sony Mobile, like many of us, really wanted a relationship with Daniel Craig. But the actor rejected their advances, according to leaked emails from last year's Sony Pictures hack.

The company offered Craig $5 million to use a Sony phone in the forthcoming James Bond movie, Spectre. He turned it down, apparently because Sony phones aren't cool enough for James Bond

LAS VEGAS — There were plenty of scares at this year's CinemaCon: Theater owners getting sneak peeks at Hollywood's studios' upcoming slates got extended looks at the Poltergeist remake, the latest M. Night Shyamalan weird-a-thon The Visit, and more than a few Jurassic World employees getting, well ... eaten.

But make no mistake. There was nothing, nothing more frightening than Johnny Depp as notorious Boston gangster Whitey Bulger.

SEE ALSO: Tom Cruise on that crazy 'Mission Impossible' plane stunt: 'I was scared sh*tless'

Check out those animalistic blue eyes and pasty complexion as Bulger looks across the table at FBI agent-turned-accomplice John Morris (David Harbour), and essentially telegraphs, in a voice you'll never forget, that he's been outed as a turncoat Read more...

There's nothing like a relaxing hike around a Chilean volcano to enjoy the outdoors — until said volcano begins violently erupting.

And that's what happened when one hiker approached the Calbuco volcano on Wednesday afternoon.

"There aren't many people here," the hiker says in Spanish, with the sound of the waterfalls in the background. "Beautiful, the volcano there..." At which point there is a very honest, very surprised, "Wow."

Neither scientists nor government authorities expected the eruption, which last erupted in 1972. Read more...

Chipotle is arguably one of the greatest inventions of modern day times. Not the sauce, mind you. We’re talking about that fine eatery that serves up piping fresh Mexican-esque food by the pound. Until Chipotles start popping up on every street corner with a drive-thru window, they’re not exactly the most convenient place to grab a quick bite.

Anyone stuck at work or watching the kids, like us, has probably dreamed of the day Chipotle would make home deliveries. Well, that time is now. During their Q1 2015 earnings call, Chipotle officially revealed that they’ve teamed up with anything-delivery service (food, household goods, etc.) Postmates to hand deliver those wonderful custom built burritos/bowls/tacos straight to your door.

Online and mobile deliveries are already taking place in 67 different cities where Postmates currently operates, although it apparently caps delivery costs to around $5 to $8 depending on distance. At $10 for a decked out burrito alone, you could be paying almost double just to have it delivered to your couch.

In either case, you may want to sign up for a Postmates, even if it’s not available in your city quite yet. With over $500,000 worth of Chipotle orders already delivered, it’s clear someone out there is buying.

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Wondering why everyone goes so crazy over CyanogenMod / Cyanogen OS but not willing to flash it for yourself? Perhaps the company’s latest video series is what you need. They’re calling it Cyanogen Bites, a series of short video highlights showing you the best features of the custom Android-based OS.

The first one is all about the app themer which lets you customize how individual app looks instead of having to use the same theme for the entire OS. Cool stuff, that, and you can really only get it if you use CyanogenMod. We’ll be on the lookout for more of these as time rolls on, for sure.

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You may remember us covering a weird Russian MMA fight last fall, where the undercard was a bunch of wannabe knights battling each other with swords and armor. Our friends over at Kotaku have more information on this new sport, as well as video from its first match.

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Days after nearly getting murdered on a baseball diamond by Mike Trout , Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura successfully started a fight after taunting Adam Eaton following the White Sox outfielder’s come-backer. Some haymakers were thrown—a rarity in a baseball brawl—but few landed.

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We’re still shaking our heads at Stephen Curry’s game-saving three-pointer that forced overtime in New Orleans and thoroughly broke the Pelicans . In an attempt to save the moment for posterity’s sake, we’ve collected all the alternate video angles of the shot—including isolated cameras on Curry and Anthony Davis—along with the Warriors’ home radio and TV calls from KNBR and CSN Bay Area. (Note that Curry, rightfully, gives an earful to the referee who elected not to call a foul on the play.) While putting this together, we noticed something:

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