Vladimir Putin's Russia doesn't like Facebook and it doesn't care for gay people, and the government is now attempting to censor both of these things in one fell swoop. Mikhail Marchenko, a Russian senator in the upper house of parliament, has call...
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03 Aug 08:13
Vladimir Putin's Russia doesn't like Facebook and it doesn't care for gay people, and the government is now attempting to censor both of these things in one fell swoop. Mikhail Marchenko, a Russian senator in the upper house of parliament, has call...
Russia considers blocking Facebook over gay emojis
by Jessica Conditt
Vladimir Putin's Russia doesn't like Facebook and it doesn't care for gay people, and the government is now attempting to censor both of these things in one fell swoop. Mikhail Marchenko, a Russian senator in the upper house of parliament, has call...
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03 Aug 02:46
"I never lose. I either win or I learn."
“I never lose. I either win or I learn.”
- Angie Sarhan
- Angie Sarhan
Adam Victor Brandizzi, A. Kachmar and one other like this
01 Aug 00:14
Hattori Hanzō Katana (Kill Bill) build (video)
by Jessica
Cooper Griggsvia David Pelaez
Cool video from AWE me on forging the sword from Kill Bill.
Every other Monday, our team of blacksmiths and craftsman will be building some of your favorite weapons, and some weapons that you’ve never seen before. This week, we’re using traditional techniques to forge Hattori Hanzō’s Katana wielded by Black Mamba in Kill Bill.
Adam Victor Brandizzi, Tertiarymatt and 3 others like this
31 Jul 23:53
Well, that didn't take long. After a month of asking for individual investors to pony up some money through the crowdfunding site StartEngine, Elio Motors announced today that it has reached the $25 million level. Now, that doesn't mean that Elio jus...
Elio Motors crowdfunds $25 million to build its 84 mpg 3-wheeler
by Autoblog
Well, that didn't take long. After a month of asking for individual investors to pony up some money through the crowdfunding site StartEngine, Elio Motors announced today that it has reached the $25 million level. Now, that doesn't mean that Elio jus...
Randy Laue, Cooper Griggs likes this
31 Jul 06:20
MAN WITH A SPADE - dribbblepopular: Inside Out...
by reindesign
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31 Jul 06:19
NASA researchers working with the Spitzer Space Telescope announced on Thursday that they had indeed found the closest rocky exoplanet to our own. It's a tiny burg called HD 219134b that's just 21 light years from Earth in the Cassiopeia constellatio...
NASA space telescope discovers Earth's closest rocky neighbor
by Andrew Tarantola
NASA researchers working with the Spitzer Space Telescope announced on Thursday that they had indeed found the closest rocky exoplanet to our own. It's a tiny burg called HD 219134b that's just 21 light years from Earth in the Cassiopeia constellatio...
Tertiarymatt, Paul and 2 others like this
31 Jul 00:09
Cecil the Lion
by snopes@snopes.com
Cooper GriggsCan we just stop killing Africa's wild animals all together please?
NEWS: Walter Palmer, an American dentist, is accused of illegally killing Cecil the Lion after luring him out of a Zimbabwean game reserve.
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30 Jul 23:36
Nokia has just revealed a new camera for filmmakers called OZO that can capture virtual reality videos. But unlike similar devices from GoPro and Samsung unveiled in the past months, it's not a flattened circle with cameras but a spherical ball-like ...
Nokia's virtual reality camera is designed for filmmakers
by Mariella Moon
Nokia has just revealed a new camera for filmmakers called OZO that can capture virtual reality videos. But unlike similar devices from GoPro and Samsung unveiled in the past months, it's not a flattened circle with cameras but a spherical ball-like ...
Cooper Griggs likes this
30 Jul 23:22
A team of researchers from Osaka University recently fired the most powerful laser on the planet: a 2 petawatt pulse, that's 2 quadrillion watts, albeit for just one trillionth of a second. It's called the LFEX (Laser for Fast Ignition Experiments) a...
Japanese scientists fire the world's most powerful laser
by Andrew Tarantola
A team of researchers from Osaka University recently fired the most powerful laser on the planet: a 2 petawatt pulse, that's 2 quadrillion watts, albeit for just one trillionth of a second. It's called the LFEX (Laser for Fast Ignition Experiments) a...
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30 Jul 22:53
Facebook started teasing its internet-beaming planes last year, but now we're seeing one that it actually built. Pictured above is Aquila, a solar-powered, 140-foot unmanned plane that's designed to deliver internet connectivity from altitudes of 60,...
Facebook made a solar-powered plane to deliver internet
by Edgar Alvarez
Cooper GriggsThat center section is reminiscent of the stealth bomber.
Facebook started teasing its internet-beaming planes last year, but now we're seeing one that it actually built. Pictured above is Aquila, a solar-powered, 140-foot unmanned plane that's designed to deliver internet connectivity from altitudes of 60,...
Cooper Griggs likes this
30 Jul 20:42
Netflix's new sci-fi adventure, Sense8, follows eight people who suddenly develop psychic powers with each other. To commemorate the series, which is directed by The Matrix's Wachowski siblings, Netflix teamed up with J. Michael Straczynski, the guy ...
Netflix synthesizes a brainwave symphony for 'Sense8'
by Andrew Tarantola
Netflix's new sci-fi adventure, Sense8, follows eight people who suddenly develop psychic powers with each other. To commemorate the series, which is directed by The Matrix's Wachowski siblings, Netflix teamed up with J. Michael Straczynski, the guy ...
Cooper Griggs and -1 others like this
30 Jul 20:41
If you've ever wondered why Uber will show you a horde of available cars but still quote you an oddly long wait time for a ride, you now have an explanation: some of those cars don't exist. Motherboard has learned through a study that the app's map a...
Some of the cars on Uber's maps don't really exist
by Jon Fingas
Cooper GriggsLOL! I always wondered about that.
If you've ever wondered why Uber will show you a horde of available cars but still quote you an oddly long wait time for a ride, you now have an explanation: some of those cars don't exist. Motherboard has learned through a study that the app's map a...
Sophianotloren and -1 others like this
30 Jul 20:40
Engineers at NASA's Langley Research Center have completed the second phase of a project that aims to improve the reliability of Emergency Location Transmitters (ELTs). These devices are meant to send your coordinates to emergency responders after a ...
NASA crashed another Cessna to improve emergency locators
by Andrew Tarantola
Cooper GriggsGads that's a painful photo to see.
Engineers at NASA's Langley Research Center have completed the second phase of a project that aims to improve the reliability of Emergency Location Transmitters (ELTs). These devices are meant to send your coordinates to emergency responders after a ...
30 Jul 20:37
AT&T refuses to pay the FCC the $100 million fine it got slapped with, claiming that it didn't keep data throttling a secret from its subscribers at all. Ma Bell was given with such a hefty penalty, because the agency determined that it slowed down s...
AT&T rejects $100 million fine, claims it followed the rules
by Mariella Moon
Cooper GriggsThe gall of these corporations.
AT&T refuses to pay the FCC the $100 million fine it got slapped with, claiming that it didn't keep data throttling a secret from its subscribers at all. Ma Bell was given with such a hefty penalty, because the agency determined that it slowed down s...
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30 Jul 20:27
Got my #burningman #goggles (at Mar Vista, Los Angeles)
Got my #burningman #goggles (at Mar Vista, Los Angeles)
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30 Jul 20:26
Amazon has announced that it's signed a deal with ousted Top Gear presenters Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond for a new motoring show. The stars of the popular BBC franchise left the program earlier this year when Clarkson was fired as ...
Amazon snaps up former 'Top Gear' trio for new motoring show
by Daniel Cooper
Amazon has announced that it's signed a deal with ousted Top Gear presenters Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond for a new motoring show. The stars of the popular BBC franchise left the program earlier this year when Clarkson was fired as ...
Cooper Griggs likes this
30 Jul 20:26
Officials in California's San Bernardino County are tired of drones grounding their airborne firefighting efforts, that's why they've decided to take action. They're now offering a total of $75,000 in rewards to catch the pilots who flew their UAVs o...
CA offers $75,000 to catch firefighter-interrupting drone pilots
by Mariella Moon
Cooper Griggs"Catch" More like shoot out of the sky.
Officials in California's San Bernardino County are tired of drones grounding their airborne firefighting efforts, that's why they've decided to take action. They're now offering a total of $75,000 in rewards to catch the pilots who flew their UAVs o...
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30 Jul 20:25
A firm that builds environmental sensors is teaming up with Google to turn Street View cars into mobile pollution sniffers. Three of the search engine's mapping vehicles have been equipped with hardware to measure harmful compounds in the atmosphere ...
Google's testing pollution-sensing gear in its Street View cars
by Daniel Cooper
A firm that builds environmental sensors is teaming up with Google to turn Street View cars into mobile pollution sniffers. Three of the search engine's mapping vehicles have been equipped with hardware to measure harmful compounds in the atmosphere ...
Stontu, Sofía Henao and 2 others like this
30 Jul 20:25
The Air National Guard has sent a drone -- an actual MQ-9 Reaper and not a small hobbyist machine -- to help find a missing schoolteacher in San Francisco. He was last seen riding his blue motorcycle on July 17th. The drone was deployed on Wednesday ...
Military drone helped look for missing schoolteacher
by Mariella Moon
The Air National Guard has sent a drone -- an actual MQ-9 Reaper and not a small hobbyist machine -- to help find a missing schoolteacher in San Francisco. He was last seen riding his blue motorcycle on July 17th. The drone was deployed on Wednesday ...
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