Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Benchmarks: This Thing Has a Face-Melting GPU

While most high-end Android phones currently sport Qualcomm's Snapdragon 600, there's another chip announced earlier this year waiting to hit the scene: the Snapdragon 800. Now, the first benchmarks of that new chip are in—and its GPU promises to smoke the competition.

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Ten international privacy authorities—spanning Australia, Canada, Switzerland, Israel and more—have sent a letter to Google asking for it to address privacy concerns over Glass. A letter; yeah, that'll work.

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There's Something Comforting About A Peanut-Shaped Nursery School

People say that peanuts are healthy. They're a super food or something. But the peanut is apparently good for other things too, like inspiring design. The Japanese architect Hiroshi Ueda overlapped two circles to create the peanut concept for this building, completed last year. And it seems only fitting that the

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The LEGO Movie Trailer Is Here And It Sure Is Quippy

In summer 2012 the news broke that a feature-length Lego movie was actually happening and slated for 2014 release. And it's all true! The first trailer shows LEGO figures and indicates a chosen-one-saves-the-world-type plot. Plus a lot of superhero mentions.

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Science Happens In Places That Are Beautiful By Accident

Those spikey deals look pretty menacing. It wouldn't be a bad guess to think that they're abstract art meant to invoke a Medieval torture aesthetic. But that's way off. The infinitely repeating barbs are part of the anechoic chambers at the Technical University of Denmark. Basically they absorb sound and…

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Huge Lego Wizard of Oz Build Includes a Motorized Tornado

At last weekend's Brickworld 2013 in Chicago, one Lego build stood out above all else, a 3D diorama that showcased virtually every major scene from 1939's The Wizard of Oz. The detail is incredible—and it features a tornado!

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Use PRISM Break To Reduce Your NSA-Related Paranoia

Okay PRISM. It's enough already. Erosion of privacy! Whatever. Apathy is setting in. But actually we should probably all be putting some thought into what we're doing with our private information. Maybe you're already trying to. But it can feel like the walls have eyes no matter where you go. Prism Break is a guide…

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