Anyone who works as a freelancer these days has to be at least a bit familiar with techie things. But it isn’t just that. When I was a kid and those vaguely SF puppet shows were on the television and all the other kids wanted to be Greg Gogetem or Steve Savetheuniverse, I wanted to be the guy in a white coat and glasses called Doc or Brains. Here are some technology-related feeds I find useful and/or entertaining.
Mashable » Trap Shaq, Xtina and Zendaya on Your Nintendo 3DS
Would Shawn White and Shaq be friends? Would Christina Aguilera fight with Disney star Debby Ryan? Nintendo has partnered with celebrities to bring their likenesses into the simulation game Tomodachi Life for the 3DS handheld. In Tomodachi Life, players are encouraged to create likenesses of their friends, family and favorite stars to fill up an island of digital residents. See also: … [Link]
Mashable » Elon Musk: We Should Fear a 'Terminator' Future
Sure, Elon Musk wants to make science fiction reality by building a city on Mars. But when it comes to other sci-fi scenarios — namely, a robot apocalypse — the founder of Tesla and SpaceX is much less optimistic Musk revealed his fear of a robot uprising during an interview on CNBC on Tuesday while answering questions about his investment in … [Link]
Mashable » Martin Sheen Joins Jane Fonda-Lily Tomlin Netflix Show 'Grace and Frankie'
Netflix’s upcoming comedy, Grace and Frankie, has just landed itself a former (TV) POTUS. The West Wing actor Martin Sheen joined Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin's upcoming comedy for Netflix, where he will play Fonda's character's husband, Robert. SEE ALSO: 'Daredevil' Nabs Vincent D’Onofrio to Play Villain in Marvel Netflix Series Per the plot, Grace (Fonda) and Frankie (Tomlin) become permanent … [Link]
Mashable » Wolf Pup Will Hiccup Its Way Into Your Heart
A wolf's howl is something that can send shivers down your back. But a wolf's hiccup? That will just send you into a fit of laughter. This hiccup-afflicted wolf pup, Nikai, is the newest addition to the Wolf Conservation Center's Ambassador Pack in South Salem, New York. The eight-week-old pup will help other WCC wolves to understand the plight of … [Link]
Slashdot » NADA Is Terrified of Tesla
cartechboy writes It's no secret that the National Automobile Dealers Association has been trying to block Tesla from selling cars directly from consumers, but to date, it has been defeated countless times in many states. Now NADA put out a release and promotional video touting the benefits of dealer franchises, something Tesla has shunned. NADA mentions price competition, consumer safety, … [Link]
Mashable » In the World Cup of Hugs, Everybody Is a Winner
When teams win big and legends are born on the pitch, there's only one thing to do: hug it out. In a World Cup brimming with action, players, coaches and fans have both felt the cruel pangs of defeat and the indescribable joy of victory, so the hugs go both ways — to both comfort and to congratulate. See also: The … [Link]
Mashable » Amazon Fire Phone vs. iPhone 5S vs. Galaxy S5 vs. HTC One M8
Amazon unveiled its highly-anticipated Fire Phone Wednesday. The phone comes equipped with four front-facing 3D cameras that help enable its "dynamic perspective" head-tracking features. See also: Amazon's Fire Phone: 5 Cameras, 3D Display, a Built-In Shopping Cart The Fire Phone has some flashy features, but it's also a lot different from other flagship handsets. Check out the chart, below, to see … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Fast Food Ads vs. Reality Experiment
From MediocreFilms: Why does fast food look so much better in ads than in reality? We returned sad-looking food at McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s and Jack in the Box to see if they actually could make their food look like it does in their own pictures! [MediocreFilms | Via Neatorama] [Link]
Mashable » Chileans Swarm in Santiago After World Cup Win
A massive crowd of happy Chileans stormed downtown Santiago's streets on Wednesday, after the national team beat Spain in the first round of the World Cup at Maracana Stadium in Rio, sending the defending champions packing. See also: Chile Fans Storm World Cup Stadium to See Sold-Out Match The final score, 2-0 to Chile, sent a shock through the soccer world. … [Link]
Slashdot » Teaching Creationism As Science Now Banned In Britain's Schools
sandbagger sends this news from io9: In what's being heralded as a secular triumph, the U.K. government has banned the teaching of creationism as science in all existing and future academies and free schools. The new clauses, which arrived with very little fanfare last week, state that the "requirement for every academy and free school to provide a broad and … [Link]
Mashable » How Chile, With Rabid Fan Support, Made Chumps Out of Champs Spain
RIO DE JANEIRO — Midway through the second half of Spain and Chile's World Cup Group B match here at the legendary Estádio do Maracanã, the venue's public address man announced an official attendance of 74,101 But it felt as it someone had taken every last one of Chile's 17 million citizens, bathed them in testosterone, injected caffeine into their veins, … [Link]
Mashable » Hilarious HelloFlo Ad Is the Only Good Thing About Periods
When they say fake it 'til you make it, they rarely mean your period In HelloFlo's new two-minute spot called "First Moon Party," a young girl who is tired of waiting for a visit from Aunty Flo decides she can just fake it with a bottle of her finest red glitter nail polish. (It's basically the same thing as menstruation, … [Link]
Mashable » The $2 Billion Terror Group in Iraq
Iraq is under siege. The radical al-Qaeda offshoot known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) has swiftly captured large swaths of territory in the north and west, taking Iraqi security forces — and western officials — by surprise. The terrorist group first gained notoriety for its ability to fuel a sectarian civil war in Iraq … [Link]
Mashable » Amazon Fire Phone Harnesses Intent to Buy
Amazon’s Fire Phone, the smartphone CEO and Founder Jeff Bezos has been working on for four years, is finally out in the open and ready to connect consumers with Amazon’s growing panoply of retail products and services The all-black, slab-like Fire Phone is both more interesting technology-wise than we expected and somewhat less innovative than we thought it would be. However … [Link]
Slashdot » Was Watch Dogs For PC Handicapped On Purpose?
Advocatus Diaboli writes: Many PC gamers were disappointed that Ubisoft's latest AAA game, Watch_Dogs, did not look as nice as when displayed at E3 in 2012. But this week a modder discovered that code to improve the game's graphics on the PC is still buried within the released game, and can be turned back on without difficulty or performance hits. … [Link]
Mashable » The First Look at Christian Grey in the 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Movie
June 18 marks the fictional birthday of billionaire sadist Christian Grey from the novel Fifty Shades of Grey — to celebrate, Universal Pictures and Focus Features smacked us with the first photo of actor Jamie Dornan as Grey in the film adaptation of the popular book trilogy. Dornan is a 32-year-old Irish actor and — fitting for the steamy role — … [Link]
Slashdot » US Wants To Build 'Internet of Postal Things'
dcblogs writes: The U.S. Postal Service plans to spend up to $100,000 to investigate how it can utilize low cost sensors and related wireless technologies to improve the efficiency of its operations. The postal service already scans letters and parcels up to 11 times during processing, representing 1.7 trillion scans a year. It uses supercomputers to process that data. In … [Link]
Mashable » How 'Dynamic Perspective' Brings 3D to the Amazon Fire Phone
When Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced the Amazon phone on Wednesday, now officially known as the Fire Phone, most expectations centered around the long-rumored 3D feature Ending the speculation, Bezos finally unveiled the Fire Phone's 3D technology on stage at the Seattle event, completing the story that was first teased when Amazon posted a video of amazed users fiddling with a … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » OMG The Steam Summer Sale is Coming! [Video]
Tomorrow, June 19th, be ready to empty your wallets, geeks. [Kryos | Via] [Link]
New Scientist – News » Pescatarian spiders munch on fish all over the world
The first global survey of fish-eating spiders shows that they prey on fish on every continent except Antarctica, usually pouncing from the waterside 
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Mashable » Entrepreneur Barbie Puts the 'B' in Boss Lady
Don’t let the pink shift dress fool youBarbie's latest venture is all business The doll has dabbled in more than 150 careers, including holding jobs as an astronaut, doctor and even president in 1992, when the only Clinton eyeing for the spot was Bill. Now, with smartphone and tablet in hand, Entrepreneur Barbie is leaning in. See also: 12 Strange Barbies … [Link]
Mashable » 3 Lessons in Longevity From America's Oldest Brewery
The year was 1829, and times they were a-changing. Andrew Jackson had just succeeded John Quincy Adams as the United States’ seventh president. Technology was a thing: William Burt patented an initial version of the typewriter, the typographer. The U.S. population, a humble 12 million spread across 24 states, hadn’t yet expanded to the West Coast, but soon would. Although … [Link]
Mashable » Amazon's Phone Makes Sense for Amazon, Maybe Not for Consumers
Seven years after Apple's original iPhone went on sale, Amazon finally dipped its feet into the smartphone market. Amazon unveiled the Fire Phone on Wednesday, a device that is rumored to have been in development since 2009. The smartphone is priced at $199 and up, comparable to the iPhone, but it attempts to stand out with a range of novel features: … [Link]
Slashdot » Washington Redskins Stripped of Trademarks
BillCable writes: Politico reports, "In a major blow to the Washington Redskins, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday canceled six federal trademarks of the 'Washington Redskins' team name because it was found to be 'disparaging' to Native Americans. 'We decide, based on the evidence properly before us, that these registrations must be canceled because they were disparaging to … [Link]
ProgrammableWeb.com » Clypd Launches API for Automated Television Advertising
clypd, television advertising platform and service provider, has launched an API for television advertising: the TVonTap API. The API represents a fundamental shift in the TV ad space, as the API allows for automation. Automation enables the ability for TV ads to be driven by data and should alter the methods by which ad space is bought and sold. … [Link]
Mashable » Amazon's Fire Phone Is Not Friendly to Wearables…Yet
Update Wednesday, 6:04pm: Amazon tells us that "Fire has Bluetooth 3.0 for connectivity now and we’ll update to support Bluetooth LE." So that's good news for the future of Fire. Amazon's new Fire Phone will let you scan millions of objects instantly — but can you use it with your Fitbit? After taking a closer look at the Fire Phone's official … [Link]
Mashable » Univision Amps Up World Cup Coverage With Twitter Amplify
Univision is kicking off a new deal with Twitter by letting State Farm, McDonald's and Verizon run ads on tweeted videos of World Cup highlights. The 5- to 7-second ads come before game clips aired on Univision's @UnivisionSports Twitter handle. Univision Sports will tweet several sponsored highlights per game. This one from Wednesday's Netherlands-Australia game, for instance, features a quick ad … [Link]
Slashdot » 3-D Printing with Molten Steel (Video)
Steve Delaire is making a 3-D printer that uses steel instead of plastic. Specifically, he's using TIG welding to build up layers of steel, just as most 3-D printers build up layers of plastic. He says he's "still working it out," but eventually hopes to use 3-D welding to make larger than life art pieces that are strong enough to … [Link]
Mashable » Separatists in Eastern Ukraine Refuse Peace Plan
KIEV, Ukraine — Pro-Russian separatists said “nyet” to President Petro Poroshenko’s suggestion on Wednesday that they disarm just days before a proposed cease-fire by Ukrainian troops begins. Speaking to graduates at a military university in Kiev, Poroshenko said the cease-fire is a critical start to his 14-step peace plan to curb what he called the "state of war” that has engulfed … [Link]
Mashable » This Security Robot Watches Your Every Move
A new robotic security guard certainly looks friendly, but that doesn't make it any less vigilant A team at the UK's University of Birmingham created Bob the security robot to see how a robot would handle an office environment See also: The Comparative Anatomy of the Xbox One vs. PlayStation 4 Bob scans its surroundings with 3D sensors to build … [Link]
Mashable » If Super Mario's Life Were a Pop Song
Let's-a go and listen to the love story one boy exudes for gaming superstar Mario. Set to music of One Republic's top 40 hit "Love Runs Out," this "Lives Run Out" parody chronicles the life of a hardcore gamer, who eventually becomes a jobless adult living at home with his mother until — you guessed it — his game lives … [Link]
Mashable » E3 Shows More Mature Virtual Reality, But it Still Has Room to Grow
At this year's E3, virtual reality wasn't cloistered away into secret meeting rooms. For the first time in the trade show's history, VR hardware and software sat on the show floor, in an area reserved for giant first-party publishers like Sony and Nintendo. Both the Oculus Rift and Sony's Project Morpheus were playable by anyone with an E3 badge, and there … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister) Talks Game of Thrones Style with Jimmy Kimmel [Video]
Jimmy Kimmel thinks no one drinks wine like Cersei Lannister, so he invited Lena Headey, the actress impersonating the character, to have a little chat with him Game of Thrones style. [Jimmy Kimmel Live] [Link]
Mashable » 'LittleBigPlanet 3’: Imagining New Possibilities in Co-Op Gaming
The current trend in multiplayer games is to focus on online experiences, but sometimes you just want to crash on the couch with your favorite people for some co-op play. Even though pickings might look slim in the current crop of games, this fall has some exciting new titles in store See also: Hands On With the Beautiful, Mysterious World of … [Link]
New Scientist – News » Weird organisms emerge from the deep, dark biosphere
We have read the genomes of enigmatic microbes that scrape a living far underground and in rivers under the ocean bed – our best view yet of this alien world 
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Slashdot » Amazon Announces 'Fire Phone'
Amazon has unveiled the Fire Phone. It runs a modified version of Android, and it will launch exclusively for AT&T's network. The screen is a 4.7" IPS LCD (they tested from 4.3" to 5.5", and decided 4.7" worked best for single-hand use), with an emphasis on brightness. It runs on a quad-core 2.2GHz processor with 2GB of RAM, and an … [Link]
Mashable » Earth's Most Abundant Mineral Now Has a Name
Earth’s most abundant mineral lies deep in the planet's interior, sealed off from human eyes. Now, scientists for the first time have gotten a glimpse of the material in nature, enclosed inside a 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite. The result: They have characterized and named the elusive mineral. The new official name, bridgmanite, was approved for the mineral formerly known by its chemical components … [Link]
Slashdot » Google To Take On Apple's CarPlay
cartechboy (2660665) writes with news that Google is working on software to complete with Apple's CarPlay car dashboard software: Google is set to unveil its own automotive operating system known internally as Google Auto Link. The search giant plans to unveil its system at a software developer conference this month. Interestingly, Auto Link is the first production developed in conjunction … [Link]
Mashable » Chile Fans Storm World Cup Stadium to See Sold-Out Match
RIO DE JANEIRO — It was a scary moment outside Maracanã Stadium about an hour ahead of the Spain-Chile match on Wednesday after a mob of around 100 fans wearing Chilean soccer jerseys overran World Cup security officials and broke through an entrance to storm the park. FIFA officials said the fans, who did not have tickets, forced their way into … [Link]
Mashable » Twitter Now Supports GIFs
Twitter gave its users a GIFt on Wednesday. The company announced that GIFs, the animated images on continuous loop, can now be shared and viewed on Twitter's iPhone, Android and web versions See also: 35 GIFs You Need After a Long Weekend GIFs will now appear in your timeline with a play button, like other video content. You can upload GIFs … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Are You Alone: Explaining the Science of YOU [Video]
From Youtuber Kurzgesagt: Are you alone? To answer this question we have to take a look what “you” are first. What are you made of and where you stand in this universe. Are you your body? Your atoms? And how are your parts connected to the big picture? [Kurzgesagt] [Link]
Mashable » Breeding Racehorses May Have Just Gotten Easier
Attention horse lovers: A new technique could make it easier to breed the next Secretariat or Flicka. Four new foals have been born from frozen embryos, a tricky task given the structure of horse embryos. The baby horses were born healthy after spending 11 months gestating in mares at a stud farm in France. The new technique could one day help … [Link]
New Scientist – News » Energy trilemma: Can power be cheap, clean and secure?
When it comes to electricity supply, we're caught in a vicious triangle. A bold scheme that pays big business to switch off could be part of the solution (full text available to subscribers) 
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Mashable » 'True Blood' Musical: A Sucky or Fangtastic Idea?
HBO’s True Blood TV series meets its true death when the seventh and final season wraps up in August, but Sookie Stackhouse and the Bon Temps gang may be revived for a musical. The show's composer Nathan Barr has pitched True Blood: The Musical to the powers that be at HBO, with help from True Blood star Stephen Moyer, who last … [Link]
Mashable » Amazon's Appstore Is Coming to BlackBerry
BlackBerry users will soon have access to a lot more apps. The Waterloo-based company announced Wednesday it would be brining Amazon's Appstore, which includes more than 200,000 Android apps, to its platform. See also: BlackBerry: Call It a Comeback (Maybe) The move will coincide with the launch of BlackBerry 10.3, slated for the fall, and will bring many popular apps like … [Link]
Mashable » Amazon's Firefly Feature Scans the World Around You, and Lets You Buy It
Amazon made a slew of announcements on Wednesday, including a new smartphone — the Fire Phone — and a new service dubbed Firefly. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said Firefly will make identifying products, songs and even TV shows as simple as whipping out your camera. Firefly is something of a hybrid of the Google Goggles (which is built into Google's search … [Link]
Mashable » Testing Quantum Technology Means Getting Around Gravity
There is an up-and-coming set of technologies that uses the strange properties of atomic particles predicted by the theory of quantum mechanics, which is the physics of the very small stuff. This technology promises to bring us computers that are faster than all the machines we have ever produced before put together, as well as communication tools no snooping agency can … [Link]
New Scientist – News » Harvey, the robot farmer fixing the US labour shortage
It's getting harder to find people to work on farms in the US – robo-farmers are shifting plants and could soon be picking strawberries in their place 
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Slashdot » Wireless Industry Lobbying Hard to Keep Net Neutrality Out
Taco Cowboy writes: The net neutrality issue has become a hot topic recently, but on the mobile side, net neutrality rules are absent. Why? The wireless companies successfully convinced regulators four years ago to keep mobile networks mostly free of net neutrality rules. Now that FCC officials are looking into whether wireless networks should remain exempt from net neutrality rules, … [Link]
Mashable » Hank Is the Most Badass Bulldog With a Custom Stair Lift
Stairs are overrated anyways. Hank the Bulldog doesn't like stairs either. A rare heart condition means this old pup has a difficult time getting up and down the stairs, so his owners built him a custom doggy stair lift to help him with those pesky steps. Sort of like the one your grandma never let you ride as a kid. … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » GTA V: PS3 vs. PS4 Graphics Compared Side-by-Side [Video]
Impressive! As you can see, the PS4 edition looks much, much better than the PS3 version. It’ll also probably be the case with the Xbox one version as well. -Pre-order GTA V for next gen consoles on Amazon.com [DigitalFoundry] [Link]
New Scientist – News » Hackers reverse-engineer NSA's leaked bugging devices
Using documents leaked by Edward Snowden and a new form of radio, hackers have recreated the bugs that US spies plant to steal personal information 
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Mashable » Amazon's Fire Phone: 5 Cameras, 3D Display, a Built-In Shopping Cart
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled a smartphone, an extension of the company's Kindle Fire line of tablets, at an event in Seattle, Washington, on Wednesday. Called the Fire Phone, the smartphone will launch on July 25 (preorders begin now) and will be exclusive to AT&T in the U.S. It will cost $199.99 for a 32GB version and $299.99 for 64GB, with … [Link]
Mashable » 'Game of Thrones,' 'Brady Bunch' Mashup Perfectly Explains Westeros
This video contains spoilers for Seasons 1-4 of Game of Thrones. Dum, dum, da da dum dum … The Game of Thrones theme song has made a place for itself in the annals of television history. But the dramatic song gives us no context to the characters who give the show life (and death) See also: The 20 Most WTF … [Link]
Mashable » Most Americans Support Obama's Climate Plan, Even If Their Bills Increase
A new poll released on Monday shows widespread public support for Barack Obama’s controversial carbon emissions reduction regulations proposed on June 2 The poll, conducted by Hart Research Associates and Public Opinion Strategies for NBC News and the Wall Street Journal, found that 57% of Americans approve of a proposal that would require companies to cut greenhouse gas emissions that cause … [Link]
Mashable » Rebels Bust Out Their Glue Guns for a Homemade Battle of Hoth
Rogue Two to Rogue Leader, we've got incoming cardboard. In the latest installment of the Homemade Movies series, YouTube channel CineFix recreates the Battle of Hoth from Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back with cardboard ships, wires and just about anything else you might have lying around the house. See also: 30 'Star Wars' Facts You Didn't Know … [Link]
Mashable » 25 Pets That Don't Need Thumbs to Take a Cute Selfie
The word "duckface" just got a whole new meaning. While snapping a shot of your own face is still wildly popular on social media, people just can't compete with their furry friends when it comes to selfies. Dogs, cats and even guinea pigs are getting a taste of Internet fame through some self-indulgent photo session — and they like it. See … [Link]
Slashdot » Why China Is Worried About Japan's Plutonium Stocks
Lasrick (2629253) writes A fascinating account of why China is so worried about Japan's excessive plutonium stocks: combined with its highly sophisticated missile program, "Chinese nuclear-weapons specialists emphasize that Japan has everything technically needed to make nuclear weapons." It turns out that Japan has under-reported a sizable amount of plutonium, and there have been increasing signs that the country might … [Link]
New Scientist – News » Human brain's ultimate barrier to open for first time
It's neuroscience's final frontier. Tiny bubbles will open the blood-brain barrier to sneak drugs into tumours – and we might treat Alzheimer's the same way 
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New Scientist – News » Water that stays liquid below freezing probed by lasers
Drops of pure water supercooled to -46 °C have been probed for the first time after being hit with speedy laser blasts in a vacuum 
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New Scientist – News » Talking dolphins and the love story that wasn't
The Girl Who Talked to Dolphins explores a 1960s project to teach a dolphin English, but its true significance has been buried in sexual innuendo 
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Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Honest Game Trailer: Final Fantasy VII [Video]
From Squaresoft, the company that doesn’t understand the meaning of the word final, comes the best installment of the legendary series… that you’ve actually played: Final Fantasy VII. [Smosh Games] [Link]
Mashable » Deadmau5's Nyan Cat Ferrari Is Yours for $380,000 or Purrfect Offer
Deadmau5 transformed a Ferrari into a Nyan Cat-themed "Purrari" this year, but now after putting it to good use at the Gumball 3000 international motor rally this month, the electronic music producer is selling it on Craigslist and AutoTrader to the highest bidder. People can claw their way to owning it by spending at least $380,000. If Deadmau5 sells it for … [Link]
Mashable » It's Now Easier to Travel Across the U.S. by Bus
Traveling by bus is often cheap, but it can be a pain to organize trips across long distances. Wanderu, the booking service that provides travelers with bus and train itineraries across companies, is expanding its coverage to hundreds of destinations in the midwestern United States. "The midwest is the last piece of the puzzle," Wanderu CEO and founder Polina Raygorodskaya told … [Link]
New Scientist – News » Today on New Scientist
All the latest on newscientist.com: anthropologist tackles Alzheimer's, Middle Eastern borders, smell-o-message, war on pain, brainwave sync and more 
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Mashable » This App Lets You Say 'Yo' to Your Contacts. That's It. (Wait, Is It?)
Moshe Hogeg had a problem: He was tired of sending countless text messages to his assistant, asking her to come into the room. So Hogeg, CEO of the photo and video sharing service Mobli, asked Or Arbel, a former iOS designer at the company, to create a solution. What Hogeg wanted, as Arbel recalls, was an app that had "one big … [Link]
Slashdot » Restored Bletchly Park Opens
Graculus (3653645) writes with this excerpt from the BBC: Codebreakers credited with shortening World War Two worked in Bletchley Park, in structures built to last only a few years. Now, following a painstaking restoration, they have been brought back to life and Wednesday's official opening marks a remarkable turnaround from top secrecy to world wide attraction. With no photographs of … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Dress Makes Data Exposure More Literal
A New York designer has created a dress that exposes her skin in proportion to the amount of data she has — knowingly or otherwise — exposed about herself online. Xuedi Chen says the project is designed to explore questions about how personal information is made public when somebody uses online services: “Since I have already ceded control of my … [Link]
Mashable » How Amazon Is Trying to Outdo Apple: Create More Awe
When he was still in high school, Jeff Bezos designed his own mini summer camp for fourth through sixth graders. Precociously enough, he called it the DREAM Institute, and charged $600 a pop. Bezos was a voracious reader, and the DREAM Institute was to be a boot camp for the mind: in one summer, the younger kids would be required to … [Link]
Slashdot » Freecode Freezeup
LeadSongDog (1120683) writes The venerable Freecode site has today gone static, blaming low traffic. No new content is being accepted, but they continue to serve existing content. They recommend projects consider moving to Sourceforge. Probably obvious, but Freecode/SourceForge/Slashdot share a corporate parent. 
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Mashable » Durex Lampoons Melodramatic Soccer Players in 'Don't Fake It' Campaign
Though there doesn't appear to be an obvious link between condoms and the World Cup, Durex has found a way in. The condom maker has released a video featuring amateur soccer players melodramatically faking injuries. The over-the-top histrionics, which are not far off from what we've seen in Brazil so far this year, tie in with the hashtag #DontFakeIt See … [Link]
Mashable » The World Cup Logo: Propaganda, Metaphor or Just a Drawing?
RIO DE JANEIRO — Usually, a logo is just a logo. But when it comes to the official emblem of the 2014 World Cup — a global sports mega-event with more political and social baggage attached to it than many in recent memory — some see more Much, much more See also: Beyond the World Cup's Cushy FIFA Bubble, Real Life … [Link]
New Scientist – News » Saturn's largest moon was once a titanic snowball
If Titan sometimes freezes over entirely, it would help to solve the moon's methane mystery, and a probe to Pluto may offer the first test of the idea 
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Slashdot » How Sabu Orchestrated the Hack of FBI Contractor ManTech
Daniel_Stuckey (2647775) writes Weeks after he started working quietly as an FBI informant, Hector Xavier Monsegur, known by his online alias "Sabu," led a cyber attack against one of the bureau's very own IT contractors. In July 2011, at Monsegur's urging, members of AntiSec, an offshoot of the hacking collective Anonymous, took advantage of compromised log-in credentials belonging to a … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » The $5 Cosplay Challenge [Pic]
Four friend recently issued a challenge to each other: Go to a dollar store with just $5 and purchase everything necessary to create a costume. Behold the results: 
Zero – Mr.Niko Chu Iron Man – The Will Box Thor – ThatGuyYouKnowww Mega Man – Douglas Paredes [Via Kotaku] [Link]
Mashable » Pantene Ad Wants Women to Stop Saying 'Sorry'
Sorry we're not sorry. In its latest ad, Pantene urges women to stop with all the apologizing. The one-minute spot shows several common occasions of women using the word "sorry," from asking questions in the workplace to asking for help with the kids See also: Dove Short Film Embraces 'Selfies' to Redefine How We Perceive Beauty The ad then replays … [Link]
New Scientist – News » Battle rejoined to save nature's 'crown jewels'
This week in Doha, Qatar, the World Heritage Committee is asking governments to address threats to some of the natural world's greatest treasures 
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Mashable » The 12 Most Painful Moments of the World Cup So Far
The World Cup has broken hearts (and noses) on and off the pitch in the first week of play This year, there's an extra measure of drama — at the cost of both physical and emotional anguish for fans and players See also: 15 Pitch-Perfect World Cup Celebrity Doppelgangers The U.S. team took a physical beating in its 1-0 victory over … [Link]
Mashable » Adobe Ink and Slide Are Super-Smart Tools for Artists and Architects
Steve Jobs did not like styluses. When he introduced the iPhone in 2007, he called the finger “the best pointing device in the world.” "Who wants a stylus?" the late Apple CEO and founder famously said, "You have to get them and put them away. You lose them. Yuck! Nobody wants a stylus." See also: 18 Drawings You'll Swear Are … [Link]
Mashable » 'The Sims 4' Lets the Characters Get Really Weird
It’s been a long wait for fans of The Sims to get a new update to the popular game. Now, they only have a few months left before the fourth installment will unleash its particular brand of interpersonal fun. This franchise from Maxis has always had a penchant for the silly, and that tradition looks to continue with the delightfully goofy … [Link]
Mashable » Adobe Launches Lightroom for iPhone, Updates Creative Cloud
It’s a big day for Adobe. The company updated all of its mobile apps on Wednesday and released new versions of most of its Creative Cloud suite of desktop apps, including Photoshop and Illustrator. The new mobile apps include Lightroom for iPhone as well as three new iPad apps: drawing apps Line and Sketch and image-editing app Photoshop Mix. See also: … [Link]
Slashdot » Code Spaces Hosting Shutting Down After Attacker Deletes All Data
An anonymous reader writes Code Spaces [a code hosting service] has been under DDOS attacks since the beginning of the week, but a few hours ago, the attacker managed to delete all their hosted customer data and most of the backups. They have announced that they are shutting down business. From the announcement: An unauthorized person who at this point … [Link]
Mashable » Celine Dion Offers to Keep Lonely Airport Guy Company
All by himself? Hardly Nearly 15 million views later, Richard Dunn's unapologetic Celine Dion lip-syncing has captured the attention of the world And now — in a weird twist of Internet fate — it's captured the attention of Celine Dion. See also: 13 Ridiculous Travel Accessories No One Will Ever Need In a recent video, she responded to Dunn, saying: … [Link]
Mashable » Behind the Scenes of OK Go's New Single, 'Writing's On The Wall'
OK Go, the band known for its highly technical and visionary music videos done in one take, released a new single on Tuesday called "Writing's on the Wall." The band's careful choreography is often even more mesmerizing than its music. Bassist Timothy Nordwind said the video “is all about illusions, perspective and perspective tricks," and that his favorite part is … [Link]
Mashable » Iraq Terror Group Boasts of Violent Numbers in Annual Report
The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, known as ISIL or ISIS, a radical al-Qaeda-inspired group, is extremely well organized. The group has a sophisticated social media strategy that allows it to boast of its advances, and, apparently, it publishes annual reports that showcase its war operations. The group, with an estimated 15,000 members, has taken control of northern Iraq … [Link]
Mashable » 4 Ways to Build a Board You Won't Hate
This article is part of DBA, a new series on Mashable that features insights from leaders in entrepreneurship, venture capital and management. Two hours into a recent board meeting, I was fried. My eyes had glazed over, and I found myself wondering: Why do some board meetings leave me energized while others suck the very life out of me? I did … [Link]
Mashable » Watch Kevin Hart Conquer His Roller Coaster Fears With Jimmy Fallon
Jimmy Fallon has relocated The Tonight Show to Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida, this week, which means only one thing: forcing his guests to film segments while riding roller coasters Unfortunately, actor and comedian Kevin Hart was Fallon's first victim. He was forced to conquer his roller coaster fear on the Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit, which is 167 feet tall, … [Link]
O'Reilly News and Commentary » Expect no, but fight for yes
Editor’s note: this is the transcript of DJ Patil’s commencement address to the 2014 graduating class at UC Santa Cruz’s Jack Baskin School of Engineering; it is published here with permission. Thank you, Dean Ramirez and the distinguished faculty here … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » The Best Cover of the Game of Thrones Theme EVER [Video]
This will now be everybody’s new official version of the Game of Thrones theme. You’re welcome. Peter Dinklage rule. Aslo: HODOR. [James Yuill] [Link]
Mashable » Washington NFL Team Loses Trademark for 'Disparaging' Name
The controversy over the Washington Redskins has taken another turn after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office canceled the trademarks for the team's name on Wednesday. Team owner Dan Snyder has come under fire recently for refusing to change the name, which is widely seen as insensitive to Native Americans See also: What If Tech Companies Were Sports Teams? The decision … [Link]
Slashdot » Amazon's Android Appstore Coming To BlackBerry
New submitter Hammeh (2481572) writes "BlackBerry announced they have reached a licensing agreement with Amazon to provide the Amazon Android Appstore to be shipped with BlackBerry OS 10.3, which is due to be released this fall. The Amazon Appstore will exist alongside the current BlackBerry World, bringing more than 200,000 Android apps directly to BB 10.3 devices. As part of … [Link]
Mashable » 'Brutally Tough and Deeply Troubling': GM CEO Mary Barra Faces Recall Grilling
General Motors CEO Mary Barra will address the House of Representatives' Energy & Commerce Committee on Wednesday over an ignition switch glitch that has been linked to 13 deaths and 5.8 million recalls. Committee members are expected to grill Barra about the company's negligence over the issue and the role of an engineer, Ray DeGiorgio, who played an instrumental role in … [Link]
Mashable » How Not to Make Your Cat Internet Famous
Internet cat culture is big business these days, with the top tier felines making endorsement deals, booking commercials and even starring in their own movies. It's the gold rush of pet aficionados, and people are trying to cash in while they can. See also: The Complete Hiss-tory of Cats on the Internet One girl will attempt to do what so … [Link]
Mashable » Fab Buys a Furniture Company for 'Tens of Millions of Dollars'
Fab’s business may be facing tough times, but at least the company will have plenty of furniture to fall back on. The ecommerce startup announced Wednesday morning that it has acquired One Nordic Furniture Company, a European company that makes "Nordic interior design originals." See also: Fab CEO: Rumors That We're Shutting Down Are 'Bullsh*t Hate' The exact price tag for … [Link]
Mashable » Instagrammer Crusades Across Europe Wearing Only a Bathrobe
Your #NoFilter is no match for this relaxed traveler. Instagram user BathrobeCrusader has been touring Europe since May 23, cloaked in a glorious blue bathrobe. See also: The 10 Types of Instagram Users We spoke with the mysterious robe-trotter via email, where he responded to all of our questions in the third person. He is committed, he is cultured and he … [Link]
New Scientist – News » Add scents to your messages with an aromatic app
The oSnap app lets you send complex aromas attached to messages and pictures that recipients can download and smell using a gadget called an oPhone 
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Slashdot » EU High Court To Review US-EU Data Safe Harbor Agreement
jfruh (300774) writes with news that a complaint in Irish Court against Facebook for possibly sharing personal data of EU citizens with the NSA has escalated to the European Court of Justice which will review the continuance of the U.S./EU Safe Harbor Framework in light of PRISM. Under European laws, personal data of EU citizens can't be transferred to countries … [Link]
Mashable » NASA's Dark Energy Telescope Could Spot 3,000 New Planets
A mission NASA is designing to probe the nature of mysterious dark energy could discover thousands of alien planets as well. NASA's proposed Wide-field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) mission aims to help researchers better understand dark energy, the puzzling stuff that makes up about three-quarters of the universe and drives its accelerating expansion. But WFIRST — which is tentatively scheduled to … [Link]
Mashable » Samsung Launches Super-Powerful Galaxy S5 in Korea
Samsung has launched an upgraded variant of its flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S5, in its home market of Korea The Samsung Galaxy S5 LTE-A, has a 5.1-inch screen with a super-crisp QHD (2560×1440 pixel) resolution, making it the smartphone with the highest pixel density around (557 ppi) See also: LG G3: The Prettiest Smartphone You Can Buy For comparison, LG's recently … [Link]
Slashdot » Yahoo's Diversity Record Is Almost As Bad As Google's
theodp (442580) writes Comparing Yahoo's diversity numbers to Google's, writes Valleywag's Nitasha Tiku, is "like comparing rotten apples to rotten oranges." Two weeks after Google disclosed it wasn't "where we want to be" with its 17% female and 1% Black U.S. tech workforce, Yahoo revealed its diversity numbers aren't that much better than Google's, with a U.S. tech workforce that's … [Link]
Mashable » Live Blog: Amazon Launches Its 3D Smartphone
SEATTLE — It's been rumored for years that Amazon has been working on a smartphone of its own, but today is the day we'll finally see it rear its head. Its probable 3D, six-camera'd head, that is. The company is expected to launch its first-ever smartphone at a mystery event held at Fremont Studios in Seattle on Wednesday, and we'll be … [Link]
Mashable » These Ads Will Terrify You
Ads aren't always annoying fun — they can also be terrifying! Elliott Morgan explores whether the trend of scaring people into buying stuff actually works And yesterday, Elliott was examining Jupiter's intentions towards Earthlings Read more…More about Advertising, Social Media, and Youtube
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Mashable » Apple Debuts Its Lowest-Priced iMac
Apple’s online store was offline this morning with a "We'll be back" message posted in its place. It wasn't "broken," Apple had simply pulled the curtain closed so it could push forward a new $1,099 21.5-inch iMac. Its lowest-priced model to date. Traditionally, the Apple Store closes in the minutes or hours before a major product announcement, but there are times … [Link]
Mashable » Top 10 Water Parks for a Wet Hot American Summer
You can barely blink without breaking a sweat, and you can't even imagine wearing pants — the first heat wave of the year has officially arrived Some beat the heat by blasting the AC, only moving when Netflix has the gall to ask if you're still watching. Others head to the nearest body of water. But, for an adrenaline-filled afternoon, thrill-seekers … [Link]
Mashable » Burberry Launches Twitter-Based Calendar Invites
Fashion brand Burberry used Twitter's Cards feature to let users subscribe to the brand's calendar, an addition that other brands could potentially use to cultivate an engaged following on the platform. See also: Why Burberry Wants to Bring the Online Experience to Stores, and Not Vice Versa Cards, which Twitter introduced in 2012, lets developers add multimedia experiences to their tweets. … [Link]
Mashable » 5 Phone Charging Myths, Debunked
"Don't use your phone while it's charging," "don't leave it plugged in overnight" and "always let it die completely" — these are just a few popular myths about smartphone batteries. When it comes to battery life, there are many little rules for what you can and can't do with your smartphone. While plenty of real rules exist, there are several … [Link]
Mashable » Ukraine President Offers Cease-Fire
KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine's president said Wednesday that government forces will unilaterally cease fire to allow pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country a chance to lay down weapons or leave the country, a potential major development to bring peace to the country. Petro Poroshenko's plan, announced following conversations with Russian and German leaders, aims to end two months of … [Link]
Slashdot » Elon Musk's Solar City Is Ramping Up Solar Panel Production
MarkWhittington writes: Elon Musk is well known as a private space flight entrepreneur, thanks to his space launch company SpaceX. He is also a purveyor of high end electric cars manufactured by his other company, Tesla Motors. But many people do not know that Musk has a third business, Solar City, which is a manufacturer of solar panels. On Tuesday … [Link]
Mashable » The Single Person's Guide to Nicholas Sparks Movies
The Notebook turns 10 this month, which means the story of Allie and Noah has reminded you for a full decade that you'll probably die alone. While Nicholas Sparks' movies can be a little corny and a tad repetitive, they also serve as harsh reminders that you have no one to build you a telescope. See also: The Ultimate Ranking of … [Link]
New Scientist – News » Our humming brains help us learn rapidly
Synchronised brainwaves may explain our ability to rapidly analyse information, allowing us to think through options before the right one is laid down as a memory 
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Mashable » How to Enable Emoji on Android
Without an emoji keyboard, your Android device isn't complete The craze for these tiny pictographic icons have changed the way we express ourselves, and have become a must-have feature on our smartphone and tablet keyboards. See also: 10 Emojis We Wish Existed Whether it's through pre-installed add-ons or third-party apps, Android users have a number of ways to access these colorful … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Amazon Deal of the Day: 50% Off The LEGO Movie (Blu-ray + DVD + UltraViolet Combo Pack) – $17.99
For today’s edition of Deal of the Day, Amazon has The LEGO Movie (Blu-ray + DVD + UltraViolet Combo Pack) for just $17.99. That’s 50% off on the movie’s regular list price of $35.99. An ordinary Lego construction worker, thought to be the prophesied ‘Special’, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil tyrant from gluing the Lego … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Funny Animated Sci-Fi Short: An A-Hole in Time [Video]
A trigger-happy jerk goes back in time. Shenanigans ensue. [Ricepirate] [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » The Perpetual Slinky Machine [Video]
A machine that lets you mindlessly stare for hours at a slinky that just never stop going down.. and down… and down. The perfect toy for all you procrastinators out there! [Project NESM | Never Ending Slinky Machine | Via] [Link]
Mashable » Everyone's Bringing Back Kids Shows — Here Are 5 We'd Reboot
Reading Rainbow did it. So did The Magic School Bus. Those multi-colored Teletubbies? They did it, too. And just yesterday, so did The Powerpuff Girls. Yes, every show from your childhood is staging a comeback. And why shouldn't they? As audience hunger for slices of nostalgia pie grows, why should kids shows be left out of the mix? We can't help but … [Link]
Mashable » What's Up With This Green Coca-Cola?
U.S. consumers this fall may start seeing a green bottle of Coca-Cola on their shelves, a mid-calorie cola known as Coca-Cola Life that's the first Coke launch since 2006. Coca-Cola Life, which is based on a mix of sugar and stevia, has 89 calories for a 330ml serving vs. 139 calories for the same serving of regular Coke, hit Argentina and … [Link]
Mashable » 'Game of Thrones' Fan Art Rams Twitter Like a Giant
When you play the game of fan art, the entire Internet wins. Coinciding with Game of Thrones' pulse-pounding Season 4 finale, the illustrators of Twitter let loose with amazing fan art. See also: 6 Blunt Character Changes HBO Made to 'Game of Thrones' The @Sketch_Dailies account, which posts daily sketch prompts, initiated the onslaught of art with their request for Twitter's … [Link]
O'Reilly News and Commentary » Four short links: 18 June 2014
Javascript Cryptography Considered Harmful — tl;dr: “don’t”. If you don’t trust the network to deliver a password, or, worse, don’t trust the server not to keep user secrets, you can’t trust them to deliver security code. The same attacker who … [Link]
Mashable » 'Fargo' Season Finale: The 10 Most Gosh Darn Shocking Moments
Season 1 of FX's Fargo wrapped up a stellar run Tuesday night and, um, let's just say there was a lot of blood. But what else did you expect? Certainly, there were some characters we thought would end the season safe. And, yes, not everyone died. Who did, though? SEE ALSO: 'Louie' Season 4 Finale Recap: He Gets the Girl (Unfortunately) … [Link]
Mashable » Why History Is Against Amazon's 3D Phone
The history of 3D technology in mobile devices is mercifully short. While 3D imagery has found limited success on larger screens (thank you, Avatar), smartphones and tablet displays have been almost universally restricted to two dimensions. That's why it's extremely odd that Amazon is apparently taking its own stab at mobile 3D with the unveiling of its smartphone on Wednesday. Reports … [Link]
Slashdot » Android Needs a Simulator, Not an Emulator
An anonymous reader writes Jake Wharton, Android Engineer at Square, has written an article about one of the big problems with building apps for Android: developers need a simulator for testing their software, rather than an emulator. He provides an interesting, technical explanation of the difference between them, and why the status quo is not working. Here are the basics … [Link]
Mashable » World Cup Day 6: Game On, But Where Is Brazil?
Now, at last, the World Cup can begin Wait, didn't the tournament start last Thursday? Yes, but only as of Tuesday has every team in the finals played once (and in the case of Brazil and Mexico, twice). The last group to grace our screens played its opening matches; Belgium struggled to defeat Algeria 2-1, while Russia was very nearly disgraced … [Link]
Mashable » Social Media Day 2014 Is Official in These Cities
Social media connects millions of people around the world. In 2010, Mashable launched Social Media Day to celebrate this global revolution, and highlight the ways social media and digital innovation have come to define this generation. See also: The Power of Expanding Your Network by One Last year, thousands of people around the world celebrated the day, from Australia and Costa … [Link]
Slashdot » Unisys Phasing Out Decades-Old Mainframe Processor For x86
angry tapir writes: Unisys is phasing out its decades-old mainframe processor. The chip is used in some of Unisys' ClearPath flagship mainframes, but the company is moving to Intel's x86 chips in Libra and Dorado servers in the ClearPath line. The aging CMOS chip will be "sunsetted" in Libra servers by the end of August and in the Dorado line … [Link]
Mashable » Genetically Engineered 'Super Bananas' Begin Human Trials
If bananas weren't a super food before, these "super bananas" make a case for the fruit's place among the nutritious elite. Bananas genetically engineered to improve the nutrient-deficient lives of millions in Africa will soon be sent to the U.S. to start human trials, according to a release. See also: Rejoice! Now You Can Use a Banana as a Keyboard The … [Link]
Mashable » TMI: Your Mood on Facebook Can Affect Your Friends
The Debbie Downers in your Facebook News Feed are messing with your mood. A team of social scientists from Cornell University, the University of California, San Francisco and Facebook released a study detailing how your emotions expressed in posts and status updates can actually "spread" to your friends. See also: Facebook Is Trying to Be Less Creepy The team randomly selected … [Link]
Slashdot » Emotional Contagion Spread Through Facebook
Daniel_Stuckey sends this quote from Motherboard: It hopefully doesn't come as a surprise that your friends shape who you are. But we tend to think of that on a micro level: If your close circle of friends tends to have tattoos, wear polo shirts, or say "chill" a lot, it's quite possible that you'll emulate them over time — and … [Link]
Mashable » Document the Beauty of Wildlife for Our Photo Challenge
Photographing wildlife can be a challenging task. Whether you're trying to snap a shot of squirrels in your front yard or a majestic herd of horses on an open field, patience is the virtue you'll need. Wild animals can't be told what to do, where to look and how to pose. You just have to be ready to capture any sudden … [Link]
The Joy of Tech » JoT #2012: Three-eyed Raven, the video game!
Spoiler alert… I heard a Weirwood call my name! If you enjoyed the comic, please retweet, Like, or share the URL. Thanks! [Link]
Mashable » Nailed It: Demi Lovato Slays 'Give Me Love' Bridge in Duet With Ed Sheeran
Well, this is impressive Fast-forward to the 3:23 mark in this "Give Me Love" duet, featuring Demi Lovato and Ed Sheeran, when the pair launches into the passionate bridge. Lovato takes Sheeran's song to another level, particularly at 3:40, with powerful Janis Joplin-esque raspy growls. See also: Ed Sheeran's Ellis Island Concert: Ferries, Fireworks and Freak Storm "Skyscraper" singer Lovato … [Link]
Mashable » Toronto Mayor Rob Ford: 'I Will Be Returning to City Hall' This Month
TORONTO — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford will return to work in late June after completing a two-month stint in rehab, Mashable confirmed Tuesday. "I will be returning to City Hall on Monday, June 30th 2014, in the later portion of the afternoon, to resume my duties as Mayor of Toronto," according to a letter addressed to Toronto city clerk Ulli Watkiss, … [Link]
Mashable » By the Numbers: Ebola Outbreak in West Africa
The deadly Ebola virus — for which there is no cure or vaccine — has killed more than 250 people in west Africa since March in one of the worst outbreaks in years, with Doctors Without Borders calling it an "unprecedented" epidemic. The current Ebola outbreak started in Guinea; it quickly spread throughout the country, and then to neighboring Liberia and … [Link]
Slashdot » Google and Facebook Can Be Legally Intercepted, Says UK Spy Boss
mpicpp sends this news from the BBC: The U.K. government has revealed that intelligence service GCHQ can snoop on British citizens' use of Facebook, Twitter and Google without a warrant because the firms are based overseas. U.K. spy boss Charles Farr said that such platforms are classified as external communications. The policy was revealed as part of an ongoing legal … [Link]
Mashable » OJ Simpson's Car Chase Would've Been Way Different If He Used Waze
What if OJ Simpson's car chase had happened today, instead of 20 years ago? Like any savvy Californian, his driver and buddy Al Cowlings would've used Waze, for starters. SEE ALSO: Waze Now Lets Celebrities Voice Turn-By-Turn Directions 
A screenshot of Waze's recommended route for OJ Simpson, taken just after 6 p.m. on Tuesday.And knowing that Cowlings would have used the … [Link]
Mashable » This App Can Send Scented Text Messages
For foodies desperate to make their food porn as realistic as possible, a new app could finally attach what's missing from all those pictures of gourmet meals: smell Harvard University professor David Edwards, along with a team of students, created an iPhone app called oSnap that can take photos and send accompanying scents to the recipient. The app premiered June 17 … [Link]
ProgrammableWeb.com » Today in APIs: Expedia API Launched to Help Travel Agents Access Inventory
Expedia's new API is at the the heart of its Travel Agent Affiliate Program. Chinese dissident and artist Ai Weiwei bellows out names of over 5,000 killed in Sichuan earthquake, shares recording as dataset used in hackathon. Plus: Microsoft unveils a machine searning service for prediction, and Zimbabwe's EcoCash API is launched.
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ProgrammableWeb.com » Spotify Launches New Version of Its Web API
Spotify, one of the most popular online streaming music services in the world with more than 20 million subscribers, today unveiled a new version of its web API that gives developers the ability to create robust streaming music applications.
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Mashable » Facebook's Slingshot: A Prettier, More Desperate Version of Snapchat
After its accidental rollout and subsequent removal from the App Store last week, Facebook's latest standalone app, Slingshot, has officially launched. The app, the company's latest (and likely last) effort to create a true Snapchat competitor, allows users to send disappearing photo and video messages. But Facebook isn't framing Slingshot as a messaging app; rather, those who have been working on … [Link]
Mashable » If Amazon Launches a Phone, It Will Have a Serious App Problem
At this point, it's all but guaranteed that Amazon will be introducing its own smartphone at a big Willy Wonka-esque event on Wednesday. While we're busy ruminating over the specs, the design and the standout features, I'm left with a larger question: Can Amazon build a phone with the essential services it needs to compete? After all, a smartphone is more … [Link]
Slashdot » IRS Lost Emails of 6 More Employees Under Investigation
phrackthat writes with an update to Friday's news that the IRS cannot locate two years worth of email from Lois Lerner, a central figure in the controversy surrounding the IRS's apparent targeting of Tea Party groups for extra scrutiny. Now, the IRS says there are another six workers for whom the agency cannot locate emails. As with Lerner, they attribute … [Link]
Mashable » Canada Government Approves Oil Pipeline to Pacific Coast, But Obstacles Remain
TORONTO — Canada's government on Tuesday approved a controversial oil pipeline to the Pacific Coast that would allow oil to be shipped to Asia, which would be a major step in the country's efforts to diversify oil exports. Enbridge's Northern Gateway project, along with the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, is critical to Canada, which needs infrastructure to export its growing oil … [Link]
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