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How to Browse Windows Folders Using Tabs
Gizmodo - 14 Jun 2016 19:15
Tabbed browsing has changed the way we surf the web, making it ridiculously easy to load sites in the background and switch between a bunch of pages in seconds. Now, you can get the same interface for browsing through yo...
This Is How Determined Ryan Reynolds Was to Get Bea Arthur in Deadpool
Gizmodo - 14 Jun 2016 19:35
Deadpool's love of Bea Arthur has been a long-running joke in the comics, and one that got the most subtle lip service in Merc with a Mouth's hit movie thanks to the late Golden Girls actress appearing on one of Wade Wil...
Scientists find the largest known planet to orbit two stars
Engadget - 14 Jun 2016 07:33
The notion of planets in a Tatooine-like system with two or more stars isn't strange (they've been known since 1993), but a truly massive planet hasn't been seen before... until now. Scientists using NASA's Kepler space ...
Reddit gives r/news mod the boot, but says there's no censorship
Slash Gear - 14 Jun 2016 05:08
The tragic shooting in Orlando recently spurred renewed claims about rampant censorship on Reddit's "r/news" subreddit, where many comments were deleted, posts were deleted, and one mod was witnessed telling people to ki...
Twitter makes it easier to block the trolls that won't go away
Slash Gear - 14 Jun 2016 04:15
Twitter, which has previously been under fire over claims that it doesn't do enough to stop abusive users, has introduced a newly streamlined blocking process that makes it quicker than ever to block a user. Blocking a u...
Vizio reveals new home theater sound bar range
Coolest Gadgets - 15 Jun 2016 01:00
When it comes to having a decent home theater system, there are many different players out there in the market who are vying for a slice of the pie, which is good news for consumers since this means there are many differ...
Nissan's 2020 fuel-cell plans put bio-ethanol in the tank
Slash Gear - 15 Jun 2016 00:38
Nissan is getting into the fuel-cell car business, but unlike rivals like Toyota and Honda, it's not looking to hydrogen to power its environmentally-friendly vehicle. Instead, Nissan is looking to harness bio-ethanol el...
Dark matter might be made of black holes
Engadget - 14 Jun 2016 16:15
So just what is dark matter made of? Astronomer Alexander Kashlinsky of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland thinks the mysterious cosmic stuff could be made of black holes that formed soon after the Big Bang...
Everything we saw at Ubisoft's E3 event
Engadget - 14 Jun 2016 07:04
Ubisoft's annual bit-too-weird E3 event went as scheduled, with acid-colored dance routines, weird ironic (?) Ubisoft creatives in comedy skits I didn't quite understand, oh, and a bunch of games. That included closer lo...
Batman is coming to PlayStation VR this October
Engadget - 14 Jun 2016 05:39
Within the midst of a bunch premium VR offerings set to come to PlayStation's incoming headset, here's a new one: Batman: Arkham VR. While the tease didn't let much out of the bag, the Joker is involved, and made some cl...
The Garage Watch A Beautiful Time-Lapse Of A Flathead Ford V8 Rebuild | Lifehacker Should I Wait to
Gizmodo - 15 Jun 2016 01:49
The Garage Watch A Beautiful Time-Lapse Of A Flathead Ford V8 Rebuild | Lifehacker Should I Wait to Buy the Newest 4K Xbox One and PlayStation 4 Consoles? | io9 This Is How Determined Ryan Reynolds Was to Get Bea Arthur ...
Amazon may be fined $350k for improperly shipping 'liquid fire'
Slash Gear - 15 Jun 2016 01:46
Amazon could be hit with a $350,000 fine from the FAA for allegedly shipping a package that contained the corrosive drain cleaner "Amazing! LIQUID FIRE." The package is said to have been shipped in violation of regulatio...
Pokemon Sun and Moon details: Battle Royal multiplayer
Slash Gear - 15 Jun 2016 01:27
Today we're having a peek at a few new Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon details, starting with the 4x player multiplayer mode called Battle Royal. This is a new battle format that'll appear for the first time in Pokemon Sun ...
DNC's research on Trump stolen by Russian hackers
Slash Gear - 15 Jun 2016 01:06
The Democratic National Committee's data on Donald Trump was stolen by Russian hackers, according committee officials. The hackers were reportedly part of or working for the Russian government, and they managed to make o...
Facebook adds SMS to Messenger for Android
Engadget - 15 Jun 2016 01:05
A few months ago, Facebook was reported to be testing SMS integration in its Messenger app for Android. Now, that feature is officially live. It's entirely optional, so you'll need to enable it. To do so, head over to Se...
Food Packaging With Total Calories Ruins Everything
Gizmodo - 15 Jun 2016 00:53
Ignorance is bliss, and no where is that more applicable than when it comes to the food we eat. It's no surprise that many guilty pleasures are far from ideal when it comes to your health, and if packaging listed the tot...
The Air Force Had a Totally Accidental Computer Disaster
Gizmodo - 15 Jun 2016 00:52
Last Month, Lockheed Martin, the government contractor which operates the servers that store sensitive information about internal Air Force investigations, came to realize that all of the data on said servers was missing...
Smash Mouth's Desperate, Endless Twitter Battle
Gizmodo - 15 Jun 2016 00:50
In 1997, when Guy Fieri and three of his friends released hit single "Walkin' on the Sun," they knew they'd finally made it. What they didn't know, however, was that they'd be beating anonymous Twitter eggs over the head...
Is Apple's New Meditation App More Full of Shit Than Deepak Chopra?
Gizmodo - 15 Jun 2016 00:45
Hundreds of so-called "mindfulness" apps already clutter the web. Now Apple is integrating such an app into its watch, and pitching it with a quote from new-age garbage peddler Deepak Chopra--just a few days after Chopra...
Totally Savage Driver Uses Smoke Screen and Throws Spikes at the Police During Car Chase
Gizmodo - 15 Jun 2016 00:45
Ripped straight from the wild scenes of a car chase in a spy movie that's way too unrealistic, this most baddest of asses used a shield of smoke and threw spikes at the police car that was chasing him.
Mars may have had explosive volcanoes
Engadget - 15 Jun 2016 00:39
The prevailing wisdom is that Mars has long been a stable planet. Without tectonic plates, it didn't have the violent upheavals that lead to earthquakes and explosive volcanoes here on Earth... did it? Not so fast. Scien...
The abilities and limitations of SiriKit, Siri's olive branch to other apps
Ars Technica - 15 Jun 2016 00:37
Apple doesn't give developers new toys without imposing plenty of conditions.