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Sorry, moochers! Looks like Spotify has patched the vulnerability that let you download any song in its 20-million strong library as an MP3 for free. Oh, well; it was fun/illegal while it lasted.
Trolls are the worst but funny trolls are shake-your-head enjoyable. You can’t help but appreciate their mastery of that craft. Textastrophe is the perfect example of that. He texts people who leave their numbers in public and weaves an epic conversation that makes clowns, Moonbounce renters, movers and other poor innocent bystanders regret ever putting…
As the injured man later explained to police, “It got into my hand and it went bad. So I lopped it off at the wrist.” 3rd year Supinfocom Arles student, Roxane Martinez, produced this amusing short using 3dsMax 2013 and After Effects CS6.
It’s definitely true that Oculus Rift VR goggles are capable of wonderful miracles for a 90-year-old. As for normal people? We can barely keep our heads on or even stand up straight. This poor guy strapped himself to an Oculust Rift roller coaster simulation and almost destroyed the entire room trying to stay balanced. It’s…
Google is supposedly working on a redesign of Google Maps that’ll kill the all familiar sidebar and replace it with a full screen map. It’s a cleaner look that already makes the current constricted layout seem dated. The unofficial Google System blog reports that in addition with a full screen map, Google will also add…
As the country has done before, Syria cut off the Internet for all its citizens earlier today a little before 3PM Eastern Time. As in all Internet access has completely disappeared. Google’s Transparency Report, which shows traffic to Google, reveals that Syria pretty much no longer exists on the Internet. Back when the Syrian government…
You love the Internet. You’re not alone, obviously. That guy in the cubicle next to you is on the Internet too. That girl checking her email while walking down the street loves the Internet too. Your mom who messages you on Facebook, yeah, she’s on it too. Everybody uses the Internet. But what is the…
At long last, Spotifyhas launched the web-based interface it introduced last year. Unfortunately, it left a gaping security vulnerability that leaves the songs wide-open to download with a simple Chrome extension. (Update below) I just downloaded a brand new record by a very popular recording artist in less than 10 seconds using this extension. This…
Snapped from Concordia Research Station in Antarctica, this is a photo of the last sunset the base will see for the next three months of permanent darkness. Concordia is one of three permanent research bases in Antarctica, from which crew members study glaciology, seismology, and astronomy. It’s just about the coldest spot in the world—temperatures…
While designers may suffer this the most, pretty much anyone who’s typed anything, well, ever has struggled to find the perfect font to suit their means. Normally, you’d be forced to settle for something that only approximates your vision, but rarely will you find exactly what exists so clearly in your imagination, which, let’s face…
Airports, parks, stadiums—where are the nation’s filthiest public toilets? An unscientific survey of the country’s shared facilities finds that a single porta-potty at a playground is the absolute worst, followed closely in revulsion by a row of porta-potties, a dog racing rack, and the back of a long-distance bus.
According to the Smithsonian Institution researcher Gary Hevel, one trillion cicadas—a giant insect the size of a human finger—are about to take over the East Coast. Some had said it would be a mere 30 billion, which were already enough bugs to go to the moon and back. How gross this could be? University of…
Glitch art can get rather repetitive these days. But when the very subject of your glitch art is Kramer repeatedly sliding into Jerry’s apartment?? Well, the mold has been broken. Michael Richards’ blustery entrances are a national treasure of television. Watching them melt together in pixelated splashes creates an impressionistic dance of nostalgia. Monet—move over.…
If dinosaurs had held your veggies when you were a kid, would you have ever passed them off to the dog? Probably not, because these dino corn cob holders are awesome. So maybe you’re old and have things like your health to worry about now, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still appreciate these kitschy…
Hospital infection rates are on the rise with 1 in 20 Americans already being admitted to the hospital this year, according to CDC estimates, and in some instances, winding up more sick than when they arrived. These infections kill around 100,000 vulnerable patients and cost the healthcare industry $30 billion annually. To combat hyper-infectious agents…
You’ll be able to try out the next update to Windows 8—codenamed Blue or 8.1 or whatever you prefer—at the end of June, during Microsoft’s BUILD Conference. The public preview will be released then, according to Microsoft.
It’s easy to assume that these stunning and totally surreal images are the work of Photoshop’s helping hand, but all the photographs you see before you, unbelievable as they may be, are the work of nothing more than a photographer, a camera, and impeccable timing. All taken by different photographers, the various water-framed skylines extend…
Time Warner Cable’s TV app for Android will suddenly become WAY more useful starting (probably) next Tuesday. They’re adding a bunch of features, including access to 4,000 shows on demand and live TV for older Android phones (running 2.2 or higher).
Until smartphone batteries last for weeks on end, carrying a backup charging cable wherever you go will be a necessary evil. But at least you don’t have to deal with a perpetual tangle of wires if you import SoftBank’s new Itomaki AC Adapters. They’re shaped like a thread spool letting you wind your cable around…
Starting today, you can now opt into Boingo’s on the go Wi-Fi subscription service with the tap of a button from your iOS device and have it billed directly to your iTunes account. [iTunes]
