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You may not have heard of this young skier yet, but his big mountain lines have some calling him the best in the world. Watch the video and decide for yourself.

The Solway Firth Spaceman refers to the first image above and shows a figure seen in a photograph taken in 1964 in Burgh Marsh, situated near Burgh by Sands, overlooking the Solway Firth in Cumbria, England, by firefighter, photographer and local historian Jim Templeton. He claims the photograph shows a background figure wearing a space suit and has insisted that he did not see anyone present when the photograph was taken. Click here to view the first image in today's viral picture gallery. Continue reading for a viral video of the official theatrical Guardians of the Galaxy trailer.

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Korn frontman Jonathan Davis was recently a guest on Alex Jones‘ ‘The Alex Jones Show‘. Given the nature of Jones oft conspiracy theorist laden commentary and provocative opinions; the nature of the conversation steered towards political territory. Of course, Korn themselves also made a recent political statement with their “Spike In My Veins” music video. During the chat Davis expressed his concerns with what he feels is the US government stripping away its citizens freedoms. He also mentioned that he thinks it’s time for the people … Continue reading →

Norma Jean‘s “Sword In Mouth, Fire In Eyes” music video has debuted online and is available via Metal Injection. Eli Berg directed the clip, which could in some ways be considered a prequel to their infamous “Shark Bite” lyric video. The band have the below run with Spoken set to kick off today: 02/20 Lake Charles, LA – Luna Live 02/21 New Orleans, LA – Siberia (feat. My Heart To Fear) 02/22 Tallahassee, FL – Rehab (feat. My Heart To … Continue reading →

Orgy will release their new single “Wide Awake And Dead” on March 18th. A preview of the track was recently posted here.

Snowboarder Victor Wild was born in White Salmon, Wash., and lived in the United States until 2011. Speed skater Victor Ahn was born in South Korea, and lived there until 2011

The two athletes — neither of whom had Russian citizenship four years ago during the last Winter Olympics in Vancouver— have combined to win five of Russia's 10 total gold medals this month in Sochi

Confused? Wild and Ahn's Olympic success — and fluid citizenship — shows the unusual lengths to which Russia has gone to ensure that its turn hosting the games is as resounding a success as possible. Wild and Ahn's medal hauls also show the unusual lengths taken by Olympic athletes to achieve success in lesser-known sports that exist far from public scrutiny

Wild has won two gold medals for Russia this week in Sochi – the first Olympics medals of his career — both in slalom snowboarding. Ahn (whose first and last names are sometimes spelled "Viktor" and "An," respectively) has won three gold medals for Russia in short-track speed skating this week. Read more...

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Nokia just did the unthinkable: The company, such a reliable Windows Phone partner that Microsoft is acquiring most of it, has unveiled an Android phone, the Nokia X. But if you look closely, you can see why.

The Nokia X, launching today at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, isn't just your run-of-the-mill Android handset. The device, the first of several Android products from Nokia, is a budget model (just 89 euros or about $120) that runs a highly modified version of Android.

Similar to what Amazon has done with its Kindle Fire tablets, Nokia has taken out all the "Googleness" from Android and replaced it with its own services as well as Microsoft's. It's even designed the icons to look like what you might find on one of Nokia's Lumia phones. Read more...

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Stand back, because these GIFs really pop. Using a simple optical illusion, some clever artists have made your everyday GIFs look 3D — except better, because you don't need goofy eyewear to enjoy them.

Here's how it works: By placing vertical white lines on the image, it establishes a marker for the foreground of the image. Basically, you are tricking your brain into thinking that the lines are closer to you than the image itself, so when an object crosses in front of the line your brain perceives it to be coming closer to you

Nothing about the image has changed, your brain is just seeing it differently. This effect can be used on any GIF, but the results may vary. Read more...

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SanDisk has announced a new step up in the mobile storage department. The company's new microSD card packs a whopping 128GB of space, and it can be yours for a mere 200 bucks. This is the first 128GB microSDXC card on the market, doubling the size of previously available cards.

SanDisk had to clear some engineering hurdles to cram all that capacity in the microSD form factor. This card was developed using a proprietary technique that allows SanDisk to stack 16 ultra-thin memory dies on top of each other.

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According to a knower of things, @evleaks, Google’s long rumored entry into the budding smartwatch market will come at this year’s Google IO in June and will be manufactured by LG.

We haven’t heard much from Google regarding a smartwatch, often leaving tech bloggers and enthusiasts to piece the puzzle together over the past year.  We know that last year Google purchased WIMM, a smartwatch manufacturer, and quietly added the wearable company into the Android fold. We also know that Google has been awarded a patent or two for smartwatches in the past, slowly adding to the intellectual property needed for successful entry into this market.

As for LG as the manufacturer of choice, LG and Google have a good history together, producing televisions with Google TV, the Nexus 4, and the recent Nexus 5. In fact, it was reported a year ago that LG was getting into the Android smartwatch craze, so this little gem should be right up LG’s alley.

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It's no secret NBC makes significant edits to its tape-delayed broadcasts of Olympic ceremonies. We've never seen them leave out as much as they did last night, though, in excising more than 50 minutes from an already brisk Sochi closing ceremony; that left U.S. viewers seeing less than 62% of the event. We tracked down everything NBC wouldn't show you—including, once again, the parts of IOC president Thomas Bach's address they excised.

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South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) is a massive festival, bringing together the brighest minds in digital media, technology, journalism, health, film, space, business, gaming and more. With hundreds of sessions, parties and meetups spread across dozens of venues around Austin, it can be difficult to navigate

We've combed through the lineup for the 28th annual conference, and selected speakers, screenings, workshops and panel sessions that we think are most worth your time and effort.

Check out our picks below, which include short synopses, key logistical details and the reasons why we think you should attend. Read more...

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Most artists can view their collection of works, and recognize the progress they have made, but Jake Lockett's compilation spans all the way back into his early childhood.

Lockett, an illustrator, animator, and designer, captured his abilities throughout the ages in one of his bodies of work entitled "Drawing Progression." Starting at the young age of two, the drawings serve as a time-lapse of his artistic advancement. You can see Lockett hone his skills and develop his own style as he grows older

Lockett's body of work extends far beyond his progress project. More examples can be found on his website and Facebook page Read more...

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Jimmy Fallon is the king of late night — and viral videos

The TV host, who is transitioning into his new role as Jay Leno's successor on The Tonight Show, is one of the most social media-savvy celebs out there. With his large following, dozens of his skits from his Late Night show have gone viral, breezing past the million view mark in a matter of hours.

Whether he's parodying Breaking Bad, or doing silly stuff with his partner in crime, Justin Timberlake, Fallon's skits tend to make waves with his audience. Here are 14 hilarious and wildly popular skits from his Late Night days that you, like millions before you, just have to watch Read more...

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Looking to drum up some new business, 13-year-old Girl Scout Danielle Lei and her mom set out for a San Francisco medical marijuana clinic on Monday, armed with boxes of Tagalongs, Dulce de Leches and other cookie varieties she and other scouts sell annually.

Any patients at The Green Cross with the munchies didn't stand a chance. In two hours on President's Day, Danielle sold 117 boxes outside the clinic — people gobbled up all her Dulce de Leches and blazed through the Tagalongs. According to her mother, Carol, that's 37 more boxes than what she sold during the same two-hour period outside a small Safeway the next day. Read more...

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The kernel source was posted just the other day, which usually signals an update is right around the corner. Indeed, here comes KitKat for the Galaxy Note 3 on Sprint. The 503.6MB OTA download includes a few small tweaks to TouchWiz with Android 4.4.

   

Here's the changelog for the OTA, version number N900PVPUCNAB.

There may also be some Sprint-specific bits in the update, but most of the changes are directly related to KitKat.

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It was only yesterday we’d seen Samsung’s source code for the Galaxy Note 3 KitKat update trickle into the atmosphere, and we imagined it wouldn’t take long before the actual over-the-air rollout process begin. Thankfully Samsung didn’t disappoint, as many Sprint users over at AndroidForums.com are reporting that they are beginning to see the upgrade.

The upgrade looks to clock in at around 503 megabytes, which definitely isn’t light work for your 3G or 4G connection. You’ll want to get going on a WiFi network before attempting to pull this one down, and as general rule of caution you should only attempt it if you have at least 50% on your battery life.

As we’ve seen with KitKat upgrades for other top Samsung devices, this version doesn’t change a whole lot (Android 4.3 Jelly Bean took care of the most big changes), though Sprint does note a few things in their notes:

• OS upgrade to 4.4.2
• Music album art will be displayed on the lock screen while playing music
• New launcher settings menu added for easily switching home screens and SMS apps
• Camera shortcut added to the lock screen
• Improved user interface and stability

We’re still looking to track down more information from Sprint, including the version number you should be looking out for. In the meantime, you’re free to ping their servers and see if they’ll let you download this upgrade. Just head to Settings > About Phone to take care of all that. Let us know if you’re seeing it in the comments below!

We were left wondering what Google had planned for its annual developer conference this year as we inched closer to the usual time of year. Now Google's Sundar Pichai has finally spilled the beans. Google I/O 2014 is happening June 25-26 at Moscone West in San Francisco.

As usual, there will be live streams if you can't get there. Those interested in attending will want to keep an eye out next month.

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Google Finally Announces Google I/O 2014 Dates For June 25-26, New Application Process For Tickets Starts Next Month was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

Tipping the scales at nearly 1 billion users strong, WhatsApp is one of the world’s most widely used messaging apps. Apparently that also means it’s worth an exorbitant sum of money to someone like Facebook who has just agreed to buy WhatsApp for the whopping sum of $16 billion ($4 billion cash and around $12 billion in Facebook shares). That’s a little more than the $3 billion in cash they reportedly offered to buy Snapchat.

As was the case with Instagram, Facebook promises the 2 companies will continue to operate separately, with WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum finding himself in a new position on Facebook’s board of directors. This move helps the social networking giant extend its reach beyond that of a simple social network, with Facebook hoping to “accelerate growth and user engagement across both companies.”

It’s too early to say what changes will be made if any, but we’re keeping our fingers crossed “sponsored text messages” will be left out of the equation.

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It turns out Spotify Connect has a very useful feature that the company hasn't done much to make immediately obvious. The service, which lets you stream music to WiFi-connected speakers from your smartphone or tablet, also lets you pump music to other Android devices. The devices don't even have to be on the same network, for that matter. You can connect from an LTE network, as you can see in the screenshots below.

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Tip: Spotify Connect Lets You Stream Music To Your Other Android Devices, Not Just Internet-Enabled Speakers was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

Add another notch in our fair town's proverbial belt: For the fourth year in a row, Forbes has named Austin the fastest growing city in the U.S.  

According to the business magazine, the city's 2.5 percent population growth rate in 2013 was the highest of all the geographic ...

The world of reality television took a tragic turn when well-known, snake-handling pastor, and co-star of the show Snake Salvation, Gregory Jamie Coots, died from a snake bite on Saturday

According to reports, emergency workers in Middlesboro, Ky., received a call indicating that a person at the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Jesus Name church had been bitten by a snake

However, when paramedics arrived at the church, Coots had already left for his home, where emergency workers later examined the snake bite on his hand. Coots reportedly refused treatment or transportation to a local hospital. About an hour later, authorities returned to Coots' home and found that he had died Read more...

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NEW YORK — Puzzle company 4D Cityscape introduced its multi-layer Game of Thrones jigsaw puzzle in November, but it's only now drawing attention at this week's 2014 American International Toy Fair.

Players assemble the 3D puzzle into a map of Westeros, which features three layers (each building on top of another) of the fictional land. Available for $59.99, the puzzle's layout and its remarkable detail is reminiscent of Game of Thrones' opening credits

The first layer consists of a 1000-plus-piece puzzle that teaches you about the various locations and regions of Westeros. The second layer, made up of 200 pieces, features landscape based on famous Westeros locations. And the third layer adds 3D miniature pieces — such as cities and castles — that you can insert into the puzzle, including King's Landing, Winterfell, The Eyrie and The Wall Read more...

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We’ve always had our fair share of fun with these little miniature Android figurines by Andrew Bell via Dead Zebra, but it looks like the big boys are ready to come out and play. Andrew Bell has announced the new MEGA sized figurines, which are 10-inch versions of the little Android mascot we know and love. It might not be life-sized, but these things stand quite tall up against the originals. You can see a comparison in some of the images above and below.

And their physical stature isn’t the only thing getting bigger, either. These seem to cost a pretty penny at retail, with some stores beginning to list the plain figurines for a whopping $70. We can only imagine how much special limited edition designs will end up costing once Andrew Bell puts his creative genius to work.

Vinyl Riot is the first retailer we can find that has these for sale, though they won’t be shipping until the week of February 26th. They also have do-it-yourself versions available for $65, giving you a blank, white slate to make your figurine look however you want.

Andrew Bell expects them to be up on Dead Zebra soon as well, so keep an eye out there in the weeks to come. In the meantime, you’ll want to bookmark this Google+ page as Bell is looking to direct all discussion (whether it’s about deals, availability or whatever comes to mind) in that particular comment thread. Let us know if you’re going to be looking for these once they’re up for sale.

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A new report from SamMobile claims to confirm that the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S5 will indeed have a fingerprint sensor. Not only that, the leaked information has a lot to say about how the feature will work. According to SamMobile, the sensor is going to be integrated with the home button, and yes, that means there will still be physical buttons on the Galaxy S5.

Unlike Apple's Touch ID scanner, Samsung's version will require you to swipe your finger across the home button while keeping it flat.

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Leaked Details Point To Fingerprint Sensor In Galaxy S5 Used For Unlocking, Custom Shortcuts, Hiding Private Data, And More was written by the awesome team at Android Police.