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The best way to watch a dynasty end is to turn your head from the field, and look at the crowd.

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CBS and NBC are making it easy for football fans to follow along this postseason by streaming their NFL playoff coverage online for free. Following the precedent set in 2012, NBC will be offering both of its wild card match-ups this Saturday, while for the first time CBS will be streaming all four of its playoff games — including the AFC championship game. All told, the entire AFC side of the NFL playoff bracket will be free online for customers, so whether you're a Broncos or a Patriots fans, your bases are covered.

Of course, the rights to various games are divvied up amongst different networks, and Variety reports that Fox will be hiding its online streams behind the TV Everywhere initiative. Comcast, Cablevision, and AT&T...

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At first glance, this tree may appear to be cut in half, but upon closer inspection, you'll see that it's just an illusion. That's right, graphic designer Daniel Siering teamed up with art director Mario Schuster (aka Mario Shu) to transform this solitary tree in Potsdam, Germany into a split, hovering trunk using only paint and tin foil. Continue reading for two videos.

The U.S. National Security Agency is reportedly working on a development that would arguably bring its surveillance capabilities from "almost Orwellian," as a federal judge recently wrote, to full-fledged Orwellian.

The agency has invested nearly $80 million to build a computer that could break "nearly every kind of encryption," according to a Washington Post report published online Thursday. Based on documents provided by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, the Post reports the NSA is racing to build a "cryptologically useful quantum computer" research program called "Penetrating Hard Targets." Read more...

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On January 1st, 2013, this girl's phone was stolen by the man you see above. Thanks to Apple's cloud service, she receives each and every last selfie that the thief has been taking in her stream. So, to make the best of the worst, she decided to recreate these self-portraits in hopes that someone would recognize him online. Continue reading for more.

What could possibly taste better than a healthful, meaty snack combined with the sweet, oaky flavors of whiskey? It's that very question that drove the guys at Get Some Jerky...

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One of the most trusted blenders in the scotch whiskey game is switching things up again this winter, with the introduction of Johnnie Walker Gold Reserve ($87). The scotch itself...

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A great poet once said, Nothing changes New Year's Day. And while that's true in many respects, it doesn't apply to Netflix. A handful of new movies were added to the site today.

Several titles will also be expiring today, and all the buzz around this year-end event has sparked a discussion once again about supporting brick-and-mortar video stores. Netflix had a pretty good year with its original programming, namely Orange Is the New Black and House of Cards, both of which will see second seasons in 2014. Has Netflix's accessibility made us more willing to binge, and therefore more willing to wait around for titles than seek them out? Read more...

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We've covered shipping container homes before, but this one definitely takes the cake in terms of design an aesthetics. As you can see, rather than just have shipping containers stacked atop each other, this home put in lots of modern touches like a spiral staircase, floor-to-ceiling windows, and even tiled floors. Click here to view the first image in this week's WINS gallery. Continue reading for a viral video of a geek making music with Tesla coils and a Microsoft Kinect.

File these under: cool life hacks. When you place a wooden spoon over the center of a pot it absorbs heat to prevent it from building up, thus no boil over. The spoon also helps to break the surface tension of the water. Though if it's already filled to the brim, this definitely won't work. Continue reading for more extremely simple cooking life hacks that make things easier.

We've got a nomination for MVP of on-air reporting for 2013

Brooke Graham, a Salt Lake City, Utah-based reporter for KUTV, fainted during a live news broadcast about cross-country skiing. She collapsed during the first few seconds of the segment — with an audible thump as she hit the ground

But the interesting part came after her fall. Graham immediately wakes up and, almost without missing a beat, continues with her interview

In the segment, Graham claims she simply slipped and fell, but in a blog post, she admits to fainting

"Ha, such a crazy experience," Graham writes. "A lot of people have expressed concern and well wishes and I really appreciate it. However, this is not the first time I have passed out cold. I am known to faint any time I am in high altitudes and get too cold." Read more...

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Deal available both online and in-store, with Play Store codes sent by email

If you didn't happen to pick up a Nexus 7 during your holiday shopping, Best Buy is running a pretty great sale you may want to take advantage of. You can pick up Google's latest 7-inch tablet for just $199, that's $30 off, and also pick up a $25 Google Play credit in the process. Even if you don't see too much value to the Google Play gift, $30 off an already cheap tablet is nothing to sneeze at.

The sale is active from Best Buy's online store, including free shipping, and we've also heard from a few different folks who have found the deal active in brick-and-mortar stores as well. There's no special coupon code to receive the deal, and it looks as though the Google Play gift will be sent to customers via email. The one unfortunate part of this deal is that it seems to only apply to the 16GB Wifi model, not the higher storage capacity or LTE variants. 

Source: Best Buy; Thanks to everyone who sent this in!

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With just two days left before marijuana sales become legal in Colorado, the state's largest newspaper has unveiled a new website devoted to covering pot culture inside and out

Called The Cannabist, the site will be run by Ricardo Baca, The Denver Post's marijuana editorBaca's appointment last month made waves across the media — he got a coveted Colbert Report appearance out of it — as has the newspaper's ongoing search for a pot critic.

Baca's video introducing the site is worth watching just for the extracts he reads from the many, many applications he's received for the pot-critic post. Here's a taste: Read more...

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We all know about Google's experimental self-driving cars, but according to a report by The Wall Street Journal, Mountain View is partnering up with Audi to tackle the entertainment aspect of the automobile first. The companies are expected to announce a new Android-based in-car entertainment system at CES in January to combat Apple's already tight relationship with auto manufacturers.

Google hopes to establish Android as a core element of future cars to provide music, navigation, apps, and Google voice search.

• NVIDIA's Tegra Team Shows Off Car Dashboards Of The Future, Running And Controlled By Android [Video]
• Ford Releases Very Cool MyFord Mobile App For Android, Works With Ford Focus EV And C-MAX Energi
• [New Game] Cars In Sandbox: Construction Makes Us Imagine How Awesome It Would Be To Be A Kid Again
• Sony Opens Android Developer Registration For Sony Internet TVs

Google And Audi Will Reportedly Announce A Collaboration At CES To Build An Android-Based In-Car Entertainment System was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

No, this isn't yet another concept that is years away from production, if ever, but rather a real Batman-inspired motorcycle helmet that's been DOT certified for road use. According to Oh Gizmo!, "it's based off GMax's GM48S helmet, but the ears and other custom parts are made from 'a breakthrough proprietary elastomer (polymer) formula' and are not just cheap stuck-on additions." Continue reading for one more picture and additional information.

Just because you're responsible for reporting the news doesn't mean you can't be the news

News anchors and reporters alike made plenty of headlines this year for their gaffes, hot mic snafus and awkward on-camera moments

While the slip-ups may go down in YouTube infamy, some cost journalists their jobs. Remember AJ Clemente, the rookie reporter who cursed during his first live news broadcast and was subsequently fired?

Some stories don't have happy endings, but for the most part, news anchor bloopers are simply a source of cringe-worthy laughs. Take a look at the most ridiculous news fails of 2013, above. Read more...

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Samsung has a large and growing selection of accessories for its many Android devices, ranging from spare battery chargers to Bluetooth headsets and replacement parts. It's also crammed with various covers and cases, some of which even provide an extra degree of functionality. That is especially the case (giggle) with the Galaxy Note 3 Wireless Charging S-View Flip Covers that are now finally available from Samsung's online shop.

This product combines the official wireless charging cover and the S-View Flip Cover into one, making the Galaxy Note 3 the first to receive this combo.

• [Deal Alert] Get The Galaxy Note 3 Wireless Charging Cover In Black Or White For 50% Off In The Samsung Store, 20% Off At Best Buy
• Samsung Galaxy S4 Wireless Charging Back And Wireless Pad Are Finally In Stock On Samsung's Site
• Samsung Announces Protective Flip Cover Multicolor Bundles For Galaxy S III And Galaxy Note II
• Samsung's Coming Out Swinging – Check Out All These Branded Accessories For The GS4

Samsung Now Has The Galaxy Note 3 Wireless Charging S-View Flip Cover In Stock Online For $69.99 was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

I don't have any information or context to provide to help you make sense of how this video came to be. The best I can do is this message board thread that has live play-by-play of the action, but it isn't necessarily all that helpful. ("No one in the crowd. Including us, know what the fucks going on. Before you start shouting 'staged'. I can confirm they arnt. The fights are SO bad that they couldn't possibly been choreographed.") Anyway, I think that's for the best. You should be able to enjoy Spider-Man beating the absolute shit out of Batman and Robin without having to think about what you're watching.

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Google is highlighting their top albums and tracks of 2013, and we are the benefactors. As part of Play Picks 2013, Play Music users can download full albums from Kanye West and Chvrches for free. A selection of top tracks from other artists can also be downloaded for free along with discounted albums from Drake, Lorde, M.I.A, and Janelle Monae.

West’s Yeezus and Chvrches’ The Bones of What You Believe were selected as Play Music’s Album of the Year and Breakout Artist of the Year, respectively. Editor’s picks make up a 20 track compilation of the year’s best music from the likes of Arcade Fire, Major Lazer, Rihanna, and more.

The discounted and free music won’t be that way for long, but if you missed some of the best new sounds of 2013 you still have some time to get schooled before the calendar rolls over to 2014. Head over to the link below to see the full list and pad out your listening library.

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It’s never too late in the year for a new Apple rumor. The latest, emerging from Asia, claims that the company has a larger sized iPad in the works

Citing a source from Apple’s Asia supply chain, Digitimes reports that the company may be preparing to release a 12.9-inch tablet sometime in October of 2014

This latest report follows a similar rumor published in the Wall Street Journal this summer that claimed that Apple was testing a new iPad with a screen measuring “slightly less than 13-inches."

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Ideal for the guy with lots of gear, but not a lot of space, MyLifter ($125) gives you storage you never thought you had. This handy device is an app-connected...

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If you're looking for a camera that flawlessly combines the aesthetic and feel of analog, with the functionality and utility of digital, then you need the Bolex D16 Cinema Camera...

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With the release of new operating system KitKat and the announcement that it hit both one billion activations and 50 billion app downloads, it's clear that 2013 has been a year of great news for Android.

In the past 12 months, we've seen the release of some truly remarkable new apps on Google Play, while some old standards got a much-needed revisiting. Here, we list our picks for the top Android apps of the calendar year.

Our top choices for 2013 include a leviathan of productivity, a new breed of news reader and a sleep tracker. Check out these apps in the gallery above, and see if they're fit for a download. Read more...

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There are more than 1 million apps in the App Store, and while we haven't tested them all, the Mashable staff had busy fingers in 2013 — gaming, photo editing and posting away on our favorite iPhone apps from the bunch.

One type in particular — photo apps — stole our hearts during the past 12 months. But of course, we found favorites across all categories.

Above, check out our picks for the best iPhone apps of the year. And remember: Your iPhone is only as strong as its weakest app. Or something like that

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Where HTC has been refreshingly open about their upgrade schedule for Android 4.4 KitKat, we’re still forced to play the guessing game with others. Dealing specifically with the Samsung Galaxy S4 and Samsung Galaxy Note 3 — 2 of Samsung’s biggest devices of the year — users are still left in the dark on when they should be expecting Android 4.4 KitKat to hit their devices.

That’s not to say we haven’t had a few hints. Back in November, a purported leaked document from Samsung India showed a KitKat release date for the Galaxy S4 and Note 3 slated for January. Adding more fuel to that date is French carrier SFR who, in a blog post, says KitKat will be available in late January/February for Samsung’s flagships. SFR has been reliable with their info in the past, hitting the mark on Android 4.3 timing for the Galaxy S3, Note 2, and HTC One.

Of course update timing is always different depending on region. Typically, software updates like these need to undergo an extensive testing process before carriers will push them to handsets on their network. A full fledged firmware update like KitKat is bound to come with more than a few changes to TouchWiz. We’ll keep you updated.

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As we close in on a possible February announcement for the Samsung Galaxy S5, more and more reports about its hardware and specs are bound to leak out. This time, a report out of Korean outlet DDaily suggests Samsung has started mass producing a 5.25-inch 2560 x 1440 display, likely for use in the next generation of the Galaxy S line.

The display is only a hair above the 5-inch panel found on the Galaxy S4. Samsung might be pulling the same thing they pulled with the Galaxy Note 3 — that is, increasing the display size without increasing the size of the overall phone. In any case, we’re glad they have decided to keep the device close to 5 inches than 6, wisely leaving room for the Galaxy Note 3 to shine in its own category.

The Galaxy S5 is rumored to be coming with a 64-bit version of Samsung’s quad-core octa-core processor, though it’s entirely possible we’ll see a Snapdragon 800 inside as well. We’re also expecting 3GB of RAM and likely a 13 megapixel camera sensor.

Of course, we’d prefer to wait until Samsung announces the details officially before we assume too much, so we’ll be doing just that. Circle back around February as we expect all of this will go down at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

The first teaser trailer for the upcoming Johnny Depp movie, Transcendence, has arrived

The enigmatic trailer reveals very little about the movie — a narrator explains the concept of singularity, a theoretical point in humanity's future history when an artificial intelligence becomes greater than human intelligence

Johnny Depp plays Dr. Will Caster, an AI researcher who's trying to build a sentient machine. The movie is directed by Wally Pfister, best known for his work as a cinematographer on Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy and Inception, for which he has won an Academy Award. Rebecca Hall, Paul Bettany, Kate Mara, Cillian Murphy and Morgan Freeman are co-starring Read more...

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News of the Oppo N1 shipping with CyanogenMod pre-installed dropped in September, with the involved parties revealing last month that the device would launch in December. As the end of the month draws near, the partners have cut it close with the announcement that the limited edition version of the N1 will go on sale December 24th.

While this means you likely won’t be able to grab one in time for a late Christmas present, the world’s first phone to ship with CyanogenMod out of the box and Google CTS certification will soon be in the hands of Android enthusiasts with a liking for CM’s take on the mobile platform. In the US, the Oppo N1 with CyanogenMod will be available through Amazon and Oppo’s web store. An exact pricing has not been announced.

The Oppo N1 features a 5.9-inch 1080p display, 1.7GHz Snapdragon 600 CPU, and 2GB of RAM along with a 13MP (rotating) camera. The special edition CyanogenMod version will ship with a themed case and other extras.

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