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So This Guy Definitely Invented A Working Jetpack
Remember that video that emerged last year that appeared to show a dude flying a jetpack around the Statue of Liberty? Yeah, it was legit. This thing is legit.
Here Are The Best And Most Ridiculous Evil Clown Safety Alerts
At this point, “creepy clowns” have been spotted in over a dozen cities, and at least one has supposedly lightly scratched a young boy. Whether or not we’re ready to admit it, our days of being able to walk down the street dressed as an evil jester with a chainsaw are over. Clown Purge has arrived.
Google is flagging The Pirate Bay as a 'phishing' site – again
Google blocked access to The Pirate Bay, flagging the torrent site as a potential threat. The issue was quickly resolved, but now we're in for round two.
Backpage.com Raided; CEO Arrested in Texas
State agents raided the Dallas headquarters of adult classified-ad portal Backpage.com and arrested Chief Executive Carl Ferrer. Texas officials allege that adult and child sex-trafficking victims were forced into prostitution through escort ads posted on the site.
Silicon Valley Fuel Cell Maker Bloom Energy Has Filed For An IPO
But quietly, so we can't yet see its financials.
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WAVE HELLO TO THE PILOTS
Dang, Look At This Camera Zoom (And Zoom And Zoom)
The iPhone 7 Plus may have 2x optical zoom, which is exciting until you see what this camera with 200x zoom can do.
BitTorrent tipped in massive upheaval as CEOs fired, BT Now shutdown
Back in April, BitTorrent announced that Jeremy Johnson and Robert Delamar were its new co-CEOs. The company has been making a big and deliberate push into the media industry since, launching BitTo…
Hurricane Matthew Is a Nightmare Scenario for Kennedy Space Center
All signs are pointing toward deadly hurricane Matthew slamming directly into Space Coast—home to Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station—on Friday. If that unfortunate prediction comes true, it’ll be the worst storm to hit the iconic Florida spaceport since it was built in 1962.
You don't need a ridiculous PC to run Oculus Rift anymore
Thanks to the new 'asynchronous spacewarp' tech you can play it on a $500 computer.
RIP, SAMSUNG
Replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Phone Catches Fire On Southwest Plane
The phone in question was a replacement Galaxy Note 7, one that was deemed to be safe by Samsung.
Spotify and Apple Music get unofficial mixes, the best part of SoundCloud
SoundCloud's big differentiator is its offering of unofficial, user-uploaded content that the major labels don't release and that isn't on Spotify or Apple..
Verizon reportedly asks for $1B discount on Yahoo sale
The wireless company, set to buy Yahoo for $4.8 billion, reportedly wants the price lowered after Yahoo has been caught in recent controversies.
Samsung Expects to Post Slight Gain in Operating Profit
Samsung Electronics expects to report a slight gain in operating profit for the third quarter compared with a year earlier, even as the South Korean smartphone giant wrestled with a global recall of its premium Galaxy Note 7 smartphone.
League Of Legends Will Finally Be Getting Replays
If you’re trying to improve yourself as a gamer, watching replays of your games and the replays of others is one way to go about it. This is...
Matt Drudge is an idiot who could be making a hurricane more dangerous
Thanks to the rise of Donald Trump, conspiracy theorists are having a moment — and it's now an imminently dangerous one. Right now Hurricane Matthew, a Category 4 storm, is headed toward Florida....
Most Comcast customers now have a 1TB home internet data cap
Comcast's home internet data caps are going live for a majority of customers starting November 1st, the company announced today. Called the "Xfinity Terabyte Internet Data Usage Plan," the cap...
Salesforce may be the only bidder left in race to acquire Twitter
Reports implying Google, Apple and Disney will not be bidding for Twitter leaves Salesforce only horse left in race – Twitter anxious to conclude acquisition this month.
Verizon, Not Google, Will Handle System Updates For Their Pixel Phones
One of the benefits of owning a Nexus device is that your updates will come straight from Google themselves, thus ensuring that there are no hurdles...
Disney, 'Blade Runner' are taking Oculus to Hollywood
Mickey and the Replicants? Facebook's Oculus is bringing cuddly Disney characters and dystopian "Blade Runner" stories to its virtual-reality system.
OpenStack’s latest release focuses on scalability and resilience
OpenStack, the massive open source project that helps enterprises run the equivalent of AWS in their own data centers, is launching the 14th major version of..
Patent trolls: The FTC will cut down on the number of infringment cases
The US Federal Trade Commission proposes reform to cut down on the frequency of patent-infringement lawsuits.
Amazon’s music service for Echo users will launch in the next few weeks
Amazon is planning to launch its long-rumored on-demand music service, which will compete with Spotify and Apple Music, by the beginning of next year, according to a source close to the situation....
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