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How NASA will launch and test their new spaceship on December 4

NASA has published a cool video showing how the first test of Orion—the spaceship that will take us to the Moon and Mars—will be. The Orion spaceship will be launched on top of a Delta rocket on December 4. As the flight test of NASA’s Orion spacecraft nears, the agency released Wednesday a video —…

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HTC’s Desire Eye Smartphone Will Stare Into Your Selfie-Taking Soul

Do you take selfies? Your answer doesn’t matter because almost all smartphone manufacturers think you do. That’s why iPhones now feature front-facing burst modes and some Lumias are designed with selfies in mind. Today, HTC is joining the parade with the new Desire Eye. The main attraction? A giant 13 megapixel front-facing camera right where…

Tech News Darren Orf

I Tried RE, HTC’s GoPro Competitor That Looks Like a Tiny Periscope

Point-and-shoot cameras teeter on the edge of extinction, rendered obsolete by our smartphones. But shooting with iPhones or juggling our Android handsets aren’t always the best or most comfortable; just the most convenient. What’s the solution? HTC thinks they can ease our collective mobile photography pains with a camera that looks like a periscope. It’s…

Tech News Darren Orf

Shooting Challenge: Cars on the Street

It’s fun to go to a dealership or car show and check out the cool rides. But it’s even more gratifying to spot some beauty just casually parked out on the street. So for this week’s Shooting Challenge, photograph a car you spot on the street. The Challenge Take a photo of a car you…

Tech News Mark Wilson

There Are Really Just Four Kinds of Cities In the World

Most of us want to believe that our cities are unique, special snowflakes, unlike anywhere else in the world. But anew study analyzing 131 different city grids has found that every city falls into one of four categories. Staten Island, for example, has a lot in common with the Syrian city of As-Suwayda. The study…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

What Everyone’s Getting Wrong About Home Automation

Yesterday, we posted about the potential future of the Apple TV as your smart home hub. It prompted an analysis from one commenter of what works—and what doesn’t—in home automation that was so spot-on, we’re sharing it here. I am into home automation, so I will chime in though I never plan to use HomeKit.…

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Original Star Wars Storyboards Show Iconic Scenes Before the Big Screen

Luke wasn’t always a Skywalker; the original title of A New Hope was The Adventures of Luke Starkiller as taken from the ‘Journal of the Whills.’ A signed early edition of that script is part of a super cool selection of Star Wars memorabilia up for auction, including storyboard sketches and concept art. The films…

Tech News Jordan Kushins

PlayBuzz Is the New Upworthy and Maybe a Little Grosser

Our Facebook News Feeds already runneth over with links promising to surprise and/or reaffirm your faith in any number of entities. But recently, you may have noticed that these Upworthy-esque links have gotten even more mindless. More hollow. More all-around absurd. And no, we’re not talking aboutThe Onion’s Clickhole. This is PlayBuzz. Founded by the…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

Photos of new Lego Minecraft sets leaked

Though not slated for release until November, Mir Kubikov, a chain of franchise Lego stores in Russia has prematurely placed the new Minecraft sets in their online store. Though the images are not high resolution, all the pertinent set information is there including some great images of the new Minecraft minifigures. You’re reading Leg Godt,…

Tech News Michael Schulte

Orion Is Almost Ready To Undergo Trial By Fire

NASA’s fancy new capsule for deep space exploration, Orion, is steadily counting down to its December 4th test flight. The last module was installed, the rocket is on the pad, and now we’ve got a full rundown of the testing sequence. This is actually happening! Ooooh, pretty! Artistic representation of Orion’s first test flight. Installation…

Tech News Mika McKinnon

How flying is getting a lot safer in one simple graphic

Fascinating interactive data visualization byInformation Is Beautiful Studiofor BBC Future: All the flight incidents from 2014 to 1993 in one single graphic—436 in total. The size of the circles correspond to the number of fatalities. Particularly interesting is the chart on the top right. It clearly shows that air travel has gotten much safer since…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

You Could Soon Be Using Photoshop Right From Your Web Browser

Today at the Adobe MAX event in Los Angeles, the software maker demoed a bunch of nifty new things they have brewing for future releases. One of the coolest was a web version of Photoshop that allows some pretty impressive image editing capability without the need to install any software. The demo that was shown…

Tech News Michael Hession

The Apple Products Most Overdue For an Update

Well, it’s official: Apple is holding an event on Oct. 16th that will reportedly air out its stale iPad. But as they often do, the invitation to the event included a cryptic tagline: “It’s been way too long.” Taken at face value, it’s simply a note about how long it’s been since Apple released a…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Norway’s New Currency Design Is Perfectly Pixelated High-Concept Art

With last week’s news that Oslo had pulled out of the 2022 Winter Olympics, I got really sad—mostly that we wouldn’t see the beautiful identity from the architects at Snøhettabrought to life. But here’s a consolation: Snøhetta won a competition to redesign Norway’s currency. And the pixelated landscapes they designed are absolutely gorgeous. The competition…

Tech News Alissa Walker

Why We Still Use QWERTY Keyboards (Even Though They’re Awful)

How intuitive are modern keyboards? It can take a beginner ages to really get up to speed with a QWERTY keyboard, and without some form of formal training, most people wind up becoming one-finger typists. Just look at it. Or this one, beautiful though it may be. Or even these. Notice something common about them?…

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Fitbit: We Do Not Currently Have Plans to Integrate With HealthKit

With HealthKit finally rolling out on iOS 8, users are anxiously anticipating which devices will sync with the health tracking app. Those who use Fitbit’s wide range of products are out of luck, as the company announced it will not integrate with Apple’s ecosystem, but rather, is working on its own new products. According to…

Tech News Alissa Walker

AT&T Will Repay $80 Million In Shady Phone Bill Charges

The Federal Trade Commission announced today that AT&T will pay $105 million for hiding extra charges in cellphone bills. The best part of the news? $80 million of it will go back into the pockets of people bilked by AT&T. Earlier this year, the FTC went after T-Mobile for a similar shady business dealings, a…

Tech News Sarah Zhang

Learn Sous Vide With This Discounted Circulator, and More Deals

We featured this deal awhile back, but in case you missed it, this $170 sous vide circulator will completely transform your cooking. Highly-recommended. [Anova Sous Vide Immersion Circulator, $170] Gillette makes some great blades, but man are they expensive. Here’s a coupon to save $6 on select refill packs. [$6 off Select Gillette Products] Of…

Tech News Shep McAllister

3D-Printed Machine Gun Folds and Shoots Endless Paper Airplanes

It doesn’t matter what side of the debate you’re on when it comes to using 3D printers to make guns, how could anyone being against using the technology to build a machine gun that folds and fires an endless barrage of paper airplanes? There are a few off-the-shelf parts in Dieter Michael Krone’s wonderful creation,…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Ex-Doctor Who Spinoff The Minister of Chance deserves a Movie adaptation

British audio drama The Minister of Chance has been running for a good few years now – and the team behind it are looking to bring The Minister’s adventures to film with a new kickstarter project starring the likes of Paul McGann, Sylvester McCoy and Julian Wadham. The Minister of Chance itself has one of…

Tech News James Whitbrook

How NASA will launch and test their new spaceship on December 4

HTC’s Desire Eye Smartphone Will Stare Into Your Selfie-Taking Soul

I Tried RE, HTC’s GoPro Competitor That Looks Like a Tiny Periscope

Shooting Challenge: Cars on the Street

There Are Really Just Four Kinds of Cities In the World

What Everyone’s Getting Wrong About Home Automation

Original Star Wars Storyboards Show Iconic Scenes Before the Big Screen

PlayBuzz Is the New Upworthy and Maybe a Little Grosser

Photos of new Lego Minecraft sets leaked

Orion Is Almost Ready To Undergo Trial By Fire

How flying is getting a lot safer in one simple graphic

You Could Soon Be Using Photoshop Right From Your Web Browser

The Apple Products Most Overdue For an Update

Norway’s New Currency Design Is Perfectly Pixelated High-Concept Art

Why We Still Use QWERTY Keyboards (Even Though They’re Awful)

Fitbit: We Do Not Currently Have Plans to Integrate With HealthKit

AT&T Will Repay $80 Million In Shady Phone Bill Charges

Learn Sous Vide With This Discounted Circulator, and More Deals

3D-Printed Machine Gun Folds and Shoots Endless Paper Airplanes

Ex-Doctor Who Spinoff The Minister of Chance deserves a Movie adaptation

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‘Supergirl’ Will Feature David Corenswet’s Superman in a Sort of Big Brother Role

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SpaceX Starlink Satellite Malfunctions, Breaks Apart in Orbit

‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Stinks

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Iran Threatens to Attack U.S. Tech Companies Starting April 1

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DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

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MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

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