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Rumors broke over the weekend that Google might bring its gigabit internet Fiber connection to Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham, NC next, but it's not stopping there. The Tennesseean reports Nashville has an announcement planned, while the Wall Street Jo...

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Is there anything worse than entombing yourself in a warm sleeping bag only to realize you'll need to face the cold of night again to turn off the lantern in your tent? For those who like their camping on the comfier side, Brunton's new Lightwave Amp can be controlled remotely using a Bluetooth connection to an app on your smartphone.

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We've noted how the FCC has been working hard to increase the minimum definition of broadband from 4 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up to 25 Mbps down to 3 Mbps up. As part of that push the agency has been making the rounds noting how roughly two-thirds of American households don't have more than one choice at speeds above 25 Mbps. Not too surprisingly the broadband industry isn't a fan of a change that will highlight the lack of competition in the market, and has been vocally complaining about the standard price hike.

It was the cable industry's turn to complain last week, an NCTA filing with the FCC (via Multichannel News) complaining that the need for 25 Mbps is only "theoretical" (because who would want to be forward-looking, right?):

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...the two parties that specifically urge the Commission to adopt a download speed benchmark of 25 Mbps Netflix and Public Knowledge both offer examples of applications that go well beyond the current and regular uses that ordinarily inform the Commission s inquiry under Section 706. Netflix, for instance, bases its call for a 25 Mbps download threshold on what it believes consumers need for streaming 4K and ultra-HD video content despite the fact that only a tiny fraction of consumers use their broadband connections in this manner,10 and notwithstanding the consensus among others in the industry that 25 Mbps is significantly more bandwidth than is needed for 4K streaming.

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Given that cable's biggest competitor, phone company DSL, usually can't support these kinds of speeds, you'd think cable companies would be in favor of a faster standard. After all, DOCSIS 3.0 (and soon 3.1) can offer speeds significantly faster, for much less money, than most DSL lines can. But it's not actually being able to provide the speeds that cable is worried about.

To legally justify its upcoming net neutrality rules and efforts to pre-empt protectionist state broadband law, the FCC intends to lean heavily on its Congressional mandate to ensure broadband's being deployed in a "reasonable and timely" timeframe. Highlighting that there's no competition at speeds above 25 Mbps gives the FCC ample ammo in that fight, and the cable industry knows it.
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For those wondering what New Line plans to do with its upcoming reboot of Stephen King's It, get ready for something "very scary."

In an interview with EW, producer Seth Grahame-Smith revealed that the two-part film adaptation of King's 1986 creepy-clown novel "will bring back some of the viciousness of the book that they couldn’t do with the

miniseries because it was for broadcast. I think it’s going to be very scary, but I also feel like you’ve got

Cary

who is going to direct these kids -- and he’s incredible at casting, incredible at shooting. He’s incredible with tone and atmosphere. One of the things I wanted to do is be a part of one of the really good King adaptations. As we know, there is an echelon of King adaptations that are classics. There are some that are okay. There are some that we’d rather forget.”

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There are well-established laws governing the ratio of porn quality to mainstream entertainment quality. That's why it's delicious to watch people get their first taste of weird, not-very-realistic virtual reality porn.

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A remastered version of David Cage's 2005 game Indigo Prophecy (also known as Fahrenheit) was briefly spotted on Amazon as being available for pre-order as a Steam download.

While the page has since been taken down, Eurogamer snagged an image showing the listing. See it below:

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To say Emma Watson is a goddess among geekdom is an understatement. She grew from a child in the Harry Potter series to a lovely, poised, graceful woman. Good news for fans of the talented actress, as she recent took to her Twitter and announced she will be playing the role of Belle in the new, Live-action movie version of the Disney classic, Beauty and the Beast.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to go try out for the role of Beast immediately.

[Story via Twitter, H/T to ToplessRobot]

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600K views for this BMW ad in just a few hours.

In its latest installment of, “Don’t be freaked out by our food” videos, McDonald’s is taking on the question of whether or not it uses real eggs. Because if you’ve ever wondered or heard that the egg in a McMuffin is round because it was sliced off some kind of mechanically formed roll of egg-like stuff, you’re not alone.

You’re not alone, but that’s not actually the case, as McDonald’s shows in its latest video in a series taking a peek behind the grease curtain.

As one of McDonald’s chicken suppliers explains in the video, there are two different kinds of eggs that come out of their facilities and into Mickey D’s restaurants everywhere: Whole eggs in the shell, which are used for egg McMuffins; and liquid eggs that are used in other products like McGriddles, scrambled eggs and breakfast burritos.

Liquid eggs get individually cracked by machines that look like they belong in Edward Scissorhands, chilled and then sent off in silo trucks to distribution centers.

Those eggs deemed just the right size — neither too big nor too small — for McMuffins are inspected by shining lights inside them to check for defects, before they’re refrigerated and shipped out.

When the eggs arrive at McDonald’s, they’re prepared fresh every day for egg McMuffins (excluding egg white McMuffins), and are cracked into round molds to make the right shape for stacking into sandwiches and cooked up on the griddle. That’s why they’re round, and not because of what could only be an unsavory eggloaf situation.

For more eggs, watch the video below.