Category Archives: News

Sprint’s mission to fix its image, one house call at a time

By Roger Cheng The struggling carrier expands its Direct 2 You program, which brings a customer rep to a place of your choosing, to New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Denver.

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The 404 Show 1,620: Steve Guttenberg, self-driving cars, gold members, Ubercasting, VR (podcast)

By Jeff Bakalar On today’s show we wrestle with the idea that a self-driving car may need to sacrifice your life over the lives of others, the future of VR, Taylor Swift and the state of streaming music, Mr. Robot and much, much more.

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Women In Russia Are Posing With Shawarma, Probably Because Putin

By Kaila Hale-Stern

Earlier this month, a trend took Russia by storm, spurred by a group on social media called “Beautiful Girls and Shawarma.” Women in droves took pictures whilst consuming the traditional Arab food. Why, you ask, why? The origins of the meme are quite the riddle wrapped around a kebab.

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Source:: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/RZgfusbqTAI/women-in-russia-are-posing-with-shawarma-probably-beca-1713969619

      

The giant vortex in this Texas lake is like something out of a cartoon

By Eric Mack Floods tend to create all kinds of dangers in their path, including some you wouldn’t expect, like the whirling water vortex recently spotted in Lake Texoma.

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The giant vortex in this Texas lake is like something out of a cartoon

By Eric Mack Floods tend to create all kinds of dangers in their path, including some you wouldn’t expect, like the whirling water vortex recently spotted in Lake Texoma.

…read more

Source:: http://cnet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34938/f/645093/s/47933f6c/sc/31/l/0L0Scnet0N0Cnews0Ca0Evortex0Edraining0Ethis0Etexas0Elake0Eis0Elike0Esomething0Eout0Eof0Ea0Ecartoon0C0Tftag0FCAD590Aa51e/story01.htm

      

This New Software Turns Any Object Into a Rubik’s Cube Puzzle

By Andrew Liszewski

Turning a cube into a rotating multi-colored puzzle isn’t terribly difficult. Ernő Rubik did it back in 1974 without the need for a computer. For other shapes, though, like a complicated 3D bunny, you need to figure out the perfect way to slice it up so that every sub-section can rotate freely. But thankfully there’s now software that can automatically do that for you.

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Source:: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/WzyVLfsOMqg/this-new-software-turns-any-object-into-a-rubiks-cube-p-1713482440

      

The Best Way to Map Radiation? Bento Boxes Stuffed With Geiger Counters

By Bryan Lufkin

Back in 2011, a team of volunteers crammed Geiger counters into bento-shaped boxes to map the radiation following the Fukushima meltdown. It turned into the biggest collection of radiation data in history. Next up: tackling air pollution.

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