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What Happens When You Drop the New iPad on the Ground? (SPOILER ALERT: IT BREAKS.)

It was rumored that the latest and greatest iPad would have the newest Gorilla Glass technology. Nothing was said about it when the iPad was revealed, but maybe they were hush hush about it. But after watching the latest gadget drop test from when gadget insurance provider SquareTrade that seems unlikely. SquareTrade did a head-to-head…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Let’s Not Get Too Excited About Those New iPad Sales Numbers (Updated)

Did you hear? This past weekend set all kinds of iPad sales records. Tim Cook said it! AT&T said it! And while I’m sure the new iPad was a huge part of that, let’s temper our applause. There are two generations of iPad on shelves, and AT&T has confirmed that its “record numbers” from Friday…

Tech News Brian Barrett

This Week’s TV: Fringe is back! Plus a showdown between Iron Man and Magneto!

This week on TV, Walter Bishop is back, and he’s cooking up some surprises. Also back? Supernatural’s Castiel. And Thundercats. And Mythbusters. On Once Upon a Time, the Who’s Roger Daltrey plays a talking caterpillar in Wonderland. Plus you know the Marvel movies will never give you an Iron Man-Magneto showdown — but you can…

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What, Exactly, Will Kevin Rose Do at Google?

Kevin Rose is Google’s newest employee. If you don’t know Kevin Rose, he’s the mastermind behind the rise (and fall) of the social news site, Digg. But for the last year, he’s been wrapped up in Milk, a mobile app incubator that has hatched a grand total of one app: the now-defunct social review app…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Your Playlist Sucks

Do you feel that chill? That sensation is your Bieber Fever finally breaking. Yes, the road to recovery is hard, but fortunately there is a sure fire cure. Simply take this short survey, and you could win $150 gift card to the iTunes store — where you can get a bunch of music that’s, you…

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New Snow White and the Huntsman trailer is like Middle-earth with Dopey and Grumpy

We saw these scenes from Snow White and The Huntsman at Wondercon on Saturday — now behold the latest trailer for director Rupert Sanders’ dark fairy tale. I’m getting a 1980s fantasy vibe, not unlike Legend but without the power ballads. If I were a savvy studio executive, I’d greenlight a Trixter cover of “Whistle…

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Destroying the New iPad With an Automatic Assault Rifle Is Harder Than You Think

What happens when you fire an HK53 assault rifle against the new iPad? I know, the answer is obvious, but you may be surprised. Watch this video and see. Obviously, the HK53—and the Benelli shotgun he uses later—is going to make a lot of holes on the iPad’s surface But I was surprised to see…

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How Einstein Came Up With Special Relativity

Time dilation. Length contraction. The fact that time moves faster at your face than it does at your feet. These are all experimentally verified consequences of the Special Theory of Relativity, proposed in 1905 by Albert Einstein. But the theory also helped explain one of the most nagging questions of modern physics, namely: how anything…

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Daydreaming Makes You Smarter

At high school, it’s invariably the kids that day dream who get told off. But a new study suggests that it’s those of us whose minds wander that have the best working memory—and working memory is itself directly associated to intelligence. A new study, conducted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Max Planck Institute…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

The birth of a baby elephant seal is the world’s worst puppet show

Are you eating breakfast right now? If so, then skip this tout de suite. If you are perfectly satiated, behold an elephant seal farting out its young. Sure, human birth has its distinct charms, but there’s something inexplicably hilarious about a one-second-old elephant seal pup torpedoing out, screaming at the world. [Via Arbroath]

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The Best Tablet Display: Guess Who?

Dr. Raymond Soneira of DisplayMate Technologies separates the best smartphone, tablet, HDTV, and multimedia displays from the worst with his Display Technology Shoot-Out series. So there’s no one more qualified to tell you if that new iPad retina lives up to the hype: Introduction The iPad has been a phenomenal runaway success – to a…

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Kermit the Frog Is Not a Fan of Twitter

Technology and non-human lifeforms are not mutually exclusive things. And in a very poignant, hard-hitting interview with USA Today, the de facto leader of the Muppets, Kermit the Frog, sat down to discuss his favorite and least favorite technologies. Kermit is something of a tech curmudgeon, proclaiming a dislike of thumb typing, texting, Twitter, multitasking.…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Women can have orgasms from exercising, say scientists

A scientific study has now confirmed what many women have known for ages, which is that certain types of exercise can induce orgasm. Indiana University health researchers Debby Herbenick and Dennis Fortenberry have just conducted a study of hundreds of women who report “exercise induced orgasms” (EIO), or “coregasms.” Most of the women were not…

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NetZero Is Alive and Offering Free 4G Data Now (Updated)

NetZero, the lovable late 90’s free internet provider, is back from the dead (though it never really died) with a new, more relevant option: free 4G data. Yep, if you buy a NetZero hotspot or USB stick, you can get data for free. Of course, the free-ness of it all has its limitations. NetZero can’t…

Tech News Casey Chan

This is what a week-long car crash looks like

At an installment for the AV Festival in Newcastle England, an automobile accident is unfolding at the thrilling rate of 7 millimeters an hour, thanks to extremely slow hydraulics. This doomed VW Golf is the brainchild of Jonathan Schipper, who previously crashed two muscle cars over a span of six days. “With a dramatic inevitability…

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Outlet Alarm Lets You Wake To the Roar of Power Tools

If the incessant beeping of your regular alarm clock doesn’t get you bounding out of bed in the morning, Kihyun Kim’s alternative might. It controls a set of built-in outlets that can power up another electrical device when it’s time to wake. Sure, you could plug a lamp into one of those outlets if a…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

How Einstein (Sort of) Fixed All of Physics with the Special Theory of Relativity

The Special Theory of Relativity. It’s the most famous thing the most famous physicist ever did, but what makes it so special? Turns out, it helped prove that we could, uhh, move. Seriously. Here’s the latest in MinutePhysics’ crusade to educate the stupid, stupid world about Einstein. [MinutePhysics]

Physics & Chemistry Kyle Wagner

Escape from Canada’s Manga Censorship Dungeon

Last summer, civil liberties groups Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and Comic Legends Legal Defense Fund helped defend Ryan Matheson, an American citizen who faced a year in Canadian prison for possession of child pornography. Why? The charges against the 27-year-old software engineer had come via Canadian customs officers who found manga on Matheson’s laptop.…

Books & Comics Jason Thompson

Find out if your house will be underwater by 2100

We all know sea levels are rising — since 1880, global sea levels have risen by about 8 inches, and the rate of rise is increasing every year — but what sort of effect can we expect these increases to have on our day-to-day lives? One way to measure their impact is to forecast the…

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Educational Apps’ Advertising Introduce Kids to Scientology, Guns, Casinos and Sex

If you have kids, better watch out for free educative apps with ads in them. Apparently, they can be a backdoor for R-rated messages about hot dating, guns and, even worse, scientology. Check out the image for a small sample. The first case was caught by a man living in Austria. His 6-year-old son was…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

What Happens When You Drop the New iPad on the Ground? (SPOILER ALERT: IT BREAKS.)

Let’s Not Get Too Excited About Those New iPad Sales Numbers (Updated)

This Week’s TV: Fringe is back! Plus a showdown between Iron Man and Magneto!

What, Exactly, Will Kevin Rose Do at Google?

Your Playlist Sucks

New Snow White and the Huntsman trailer is like Middle-earth with Dopey and Grumpy

Destroying the New iPad With an Automatic Assault Rifle Is Harder Than You Think

How Einstein Came Up With Special Relativity

Daydreaming Makes You Smarter

The birth of a baby elephant seal is the world’s worst puppet show

The Best Tablet Display: Guess Who?

Kermit the Frog Is Not a Fan of Twitter

Women can have orgasms from exercising, say scientists

NetZero Is Alive and Offering Free 4G Data Now (Updated)

This is what a week-long car crash looks like

Outlet Alarm Lets You Wake To the Roar of Power Tools

How Einstein (Sort of) Fixed All of Physics with the Special Theory of Relativity

Escape from Canada’s Manga Censorship Dungeon

Find out if your house will be underwater by 2100

Educational Apps’ Advertising Introduce Kids to Scientology, Guns, Casinos and Sex

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