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Don't even think about posting cartoon nipples on Facebook. Decapitations, however? Go right ahead. Six months after establishing a ban on blatant, gruesome beheadings, Facebook has decided to (once again) keep videos of decapitations available to the masses.

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Here's technology we can all get behind for our occasionally smelly behinds. Shreddies is a pair of underwear that promises to filter out farts. Seriously, it's supposed kill your fart's smell and be able to neutralize odors up to 200 times the stinky strength of the average fart. So even if you have a particularly foul brand of flatulence, Shreddies can let you fart wherever you want without feeling like you've dropped a bomb. Freedom farts.

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One of the axioms of old-school Hollywood was, "Give 'em something they've never seen before!" As far as my memory goes, this qualifies. I know last time I posted about the Jackass spinoff, we had a debate about whether it was nerdy or not. And as much as I can go on about how I think Jackass fulfills the classic comedic role of holding a mirror up to society, it doesn't beat this news: a direct-to-DVD sequel that cobbles together unused footage into a whole 'nother film, will also feature two different edits of said footage... ...from Oscar nominees and Where the Wild Things Are collaborators Spike Jonze and Catherine Keener. I'm so tempted to say something like "I'm Keener on this now than ever, with a real Jonze for some comedy"...but if I do that you should probably punch me. So instead I'll just remind you to click the jump for a penis in a vending machine. I'm not proud. Continue reading "Bad Grandpa Red-Band Trailer Has Sex With a Vending Machine" >

There is no nugget on a chicken. There are breasts, there are wings, there are thighs, there are drumsticks. But there are no nuggets. So what is the chicken nugget made of then?

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Menthol cigarettes make it easier to start smoking and harder to quit. It's time to stub them out for good, says Lawrence Carter

Humans need sleep; everybody knows that without it, we get cranky, a bit loopy, and then we die. Unfortunately, science has been a little iffy about it; though we understood the negative effects associated with lack of sleep, no one really knew why those things happened. Now, we’re finally getting some insight into what sleep does for our bodies.

For the first time ever, scientists at the University of Rochester have found one of the reasons our brain needs sleep to survive. Turns out, when we sleep, our brain takes that time to clean out the build-up of brain junk we accumulate during our waking hours. Sleep is pretty much necessary for our body’s mental street-cleaners to come out and do their work. Read more...

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Survival horror game Slender: The Arrival will launch October 28 on Steam. The spooky adventure will set players back $9.99, and will launch on consoles in 2014.

Slender: The Arrival is a re-imagining of Parsec Productions' free indie game Slender: The Eight Pages. The game is written by the Marble Hornets team, a documentary-style webseries centered around the popular Slenderman mythos. Slender: The Arrival places players in the role of Laura, a realtor that is assisting her friend Kate in selling her house. Kate goes missing, leaving Laura to search for her with a camcorder in one hand and a flashlight in the other.

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Slender: The Arrival gets spooky on Steam October 28 originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 21 Oct 2013 22:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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In a statement to VG247, Nintendo said it "can confirm that cross-platform functionality is possible in certain titles that play on Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, as well as other video game systems not made by Nintendo. We are committed to helping developers realize the full potential of their software on Nintendo systems."

Three games -- Disney Infinity, Cubemen 2, and Pure Chess -- have the ability to communicate with versions on other systems. "Additional games using this functionality are in development."

Well look at that. This isn't the same Nintendo I remember as of even a few years ago. Now, is this a feature that I tend to get worked up about? Not exactly. But, having it there as an option for developers -- that's great.

Nintendo: more cross-play titles in the works, company "committed" to helping devs [VG247]

New submitter TheTerseOne writes "The Columbian, the local newspaper of Vancouver (not BC), Washington (not DC) is reporting that local county traffic officials plan on spending $540k of government money to monitor traffic by connecting to vehicles' Bluetooth systems (whose owners/drivers have left them discoverable). The county claims that, although this sounds 'creepy' and 'like Big Brother,' there is no cause for concern. The specific brand of the system is not mentioned, but similar systems have already been the subject of security alerts." County officials note that they are stripping out part of the MAC, and the system is intentionally designed not to be useful for law enforcement to locate specific devices.

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Google has updated its Hangouts app with a number of VoIP features. The new version 1.3 allows iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users in the US and Canada to call US and Canadian phone numbers for free right from the app. Users can also call phone numbers in other countries for a cost.

The update also adds more VoIP features in the way of allowing a Google Voice user to make phone calls to Google Voice numbers and receive phone calls to their Google Voice number. The move could make traditional phone carriers nervous as both features only require a data connection and mean that a subscriber isn't using their plan's minutes. Check out the release notes below to see all the features of the latest update.

What's New in Version 1.3.0

• See which of your friends is using Hangouts, and who can be reached right now
• Call phone numbers from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch (free to the US and Canada)
• Make and receive calls using your Google Voice number
• Send and receive animated GIFs that play inline
• Hangouts will temporarily turn down your music (instead of stopping it) when you receive an incoming message

Hangouts is a free download.

Google Hangouts for iOS adds voice calling, Google Voice integration originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 21 Oct 2013 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Earlier this year, Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell produced a remake of their classic horror film, The Evil Dead. At the time, each spoke about wanting to return to the franchise for a fourth time with Army of Darkness 2. Simultaneously, Evil Dead remake director Fede Alvarez said he wanted to make a sequel to his film and, eventually, the two storylines would merge.

Since then, we haven’t heard much about the potential films except Alvarez attaching himself to a slew of non-Evil Dead projects. That doesn’t necessarily bode well, but Campbell was at Wizard World Nashville and confirmed Army of Darkness 2 was still happening. He even dropped a hint of what it might hold for everyone’s favorite S-Mart employee.

The follow quote came from ComicBook.com. Campbell was asked if he was going to make a sequel to Army of Darkness:

The last one was 22 years ago. I just haven’t been racing to do it. Sam Raimi is just a little bit busy making the biggest movies in Hollywood. I use to be busy. Now I’m not. That’s why I’m here. . . Ash would have to stop occasionally from chasing some deadite to catch his breath. Maybe we could do that, I guess. That would be exciting. Fight in a walker. That would be alright. Hit them with my cane. Fake them out, have a fake heart attack, distract a zombie. I like it. . . Alright sir, the answer is yes.

Old-man Ash, kicking deadite ass? Groovy. But while Campbell certainly sounded like he was joking before saying “the answer is yes,” we kind of already knew that. The bigger question is, “How far along is the script?” Since Alvarez is lining up other projects, the answer to that question is probably far less encouraging. Raimi doesn’t have a directorial project currently locked in so he could be working on the script, but he’s also busy producing the soon-to-film Poltergeist sequel at the moment. As he’d be directing, and likely co-writing, Army of Darkness 2, until he says something on the matter, don’t hold your breath. Campbell will produce and star, but he’s not the creative catalyst. This movie will eventually happen, but it’s a few years away at least.

What do you think of Campbell’s quote?

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We may not be able to resolve the age-old question of why, but we can address how. Drivers may not always see pet chickens crossing roads, so the company Omlet developed these shiny vests to enhance the visibility of chickens.

The company developed the vests after inquiries from prospective customers. Johannes Paul, one of the company directors, says that chickens tend to travel to roosting spots in the evening, which is often a time for peak traffic but diminished visibility. The vests attach with Velcro straps and include an insulated lining to help keep chickens warm during cold nights.

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The identification of the DNA markers associated with aging has brought us one step closer to the ever-elusive Fountain of Youth. UCLA geneticist Steve Horvath just published details about the discovery, and says that this could actually lead to drugs that reverse the process of aging.

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Observe, citizens, as this delightfully talented and probably unhinged gentleman recreates the iOS 7 from scratch using only the tools in Microsoft Word. There is no good explanation for this, but I still can't tear my eyes away from it.

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