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Tech NewsGadgetsHow to Save a Ton of Time With Custom Searches on Android
Out of the box, Android doesn’t give you much flexibility when it comes to setting the default search in the toolbar at the top of the screen. A clever app called Custom Search Bar Widget lets you set up alternative searches for sites like YouTube, Wikipedia, IMDB, Google Maps, and more. It also completely transforms … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidJapanese Baseball Player Blasts a Ball Right Through the Stadium’s Roof
An out of the park home run is a feat few ballplayers ever achieve. But Shohei Otani, who plays baseball for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan, managed to blast a home run right through the roof of the Tokyo Dome stadium. It doesn’t appear as if the ball actually punctured a hole through the … Continued
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Gifts to Help You Survive and Prosper After the Apocalypse
All things must come to an end, including human civilization. Whether it’s a superbug pandemic tomorrow or a supernova sun in billions of years, one day, somehow, the apocalypse will arrive. You and loved ones plan on being ready for it, and ready for what comes after. Here are eleven damn useful holiday gifts to … Continued
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Jim Parsons to Play BuzzFeed Editor in Movie Nobody Asked For
Sometimes a story is so powerful, it has the ability to cross cultures and even continents. If that story is truly remarkable, however, it can even become a movie starring the guy from The Big Bang Theory that no reasonable person would ever want to see. In a series of blog posts last year, BuzzFeed … Continued
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Tech NewsKey Trump Backer and 9/11 Truther Joins Digital War on Fake News
Yes, Facebook had the tools to filter out fake news and decided not to use it, but do not fear for the future of truth, dear readers. The soldiers in the war on fake news have a new ally: 9/11 truther and prominent Trump supporter Alex Jones. Alex Jones is the founder of InfoWars, best … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidHere’s Three Magic Tricks You Can Easily Learn to Do with a Coin
It’s more fun to believe in a world where magic can possibly exist but then you see a different camera angle of a cool magic trick and realize it’s all just misdirection, tricks, and fantastic finger dexterity. But still it’s worth it just for that brief moment where you absolutely have no idea how the … Continued
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Hey Twitter, Looks Like There Was a White Supremacist Ad On Your Website
Hey Twitter, good job on finally rolling out that anti-harassment feature today. Unfortunately, you’re not out of the mud yet. Looks like at least one questionable promoted post found its way into a Twitter user’s feed. (Another user also claimed to have seen the post in her feed.) The account that allegedly put out that … Continued
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Is Donald Trump the E-Savior Vapemericans Have Been Waiting For?
Following last week’s election, many watched with trepidation to see if President-elect Donald Trump planned to make good on his campaign threats to religious liberty, women’s rights and freedom of speech (among other things). One proud vaping advocate, however, had a far different reaction: Cautious optimism. After operating for years under a federal government he … Continued
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Peach Emoji Restored to Natural Beauty After Outcry from Ass Activists
Apple considered killing the peach-butt, but the ass lobby made its demands loud and clear. In the first developer beta test for iOS 10.2, Apple redesigned all its food emojis, most notably the peach, which as we all know, is also an ass. As you can see below, the peach transformed into a significantly less … Continued
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We Finally Know How London’s Famous Killer Fog Formed
On December 5th, 1952, a veil of fog rolled over the city of London. It was the start of the deadliest air pollution disaster in British history, and more than sixty years later, an international team of chemists has figured out why. Locals paid little heed to the fog at first—after all, foggy days have … Continued
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Filthy Rich Snapchat Bro Is About to Get Even Richer
Reports have emerged that Snap, Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, has begun the process for an initial public offering that could happen as early as March. According to the Wall Street Journal, the IPO could value the company at between $20 billion and $25 billion, which means CEO Evan Spiegel is about to have … Continued
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Tech NewsHow We Might One Day Communicate With Liquids
A new machine designed at Stanford University sends digital messages without electronics, using common household chemicals. Eventually, similar systems could allow tiny devices to communicate inside the body, or be adapted to environments in which traditional electronics break down. This intriguing chemical-based communication system was developed by Nariman Farsad, a post-doctoral fellow at Andrea Goldsmith’s … Continued
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Tech NewsThis Is the Dumbest MacBook Pro Complaint
The new MacBook Pro is far from perfect. It’s expensive, the Touch Bar feels like a gimmick, it’s not upgradable, and the USB-C ports means you’ll be stuck using dongles, at least in the short-term. These are all valid reasons for Mac fans to be unhappy with the new MacBook Pro. But the silliest reason … Continued
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Man Says Galaxy S7 Exploded in His Hand: ‘I Should’ve Lost My Eyes’
Amarjit Mann told a Canadian news station that he felt his Galaxy S7 phone getting warm in his pocket while he was driving, and when he pulled out the phone, it instantly exploded in his hand. Mann says the explosion caused second-degree burns on his hand and third-degree burns on his wrist. Mann told The … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidTotally Absurd Video Shows the Opposite of What You Think Is Going to Happen
Drop a glass, it breaks. Put a fan to a house of cards, it’ll get blown away. Prick a balloon, it pops. That’s what happens in real life. But not in Preposterous, a hilariously absurd short from Florent Porta where the total opposite impossibly happens in completely random scenarios. So now the ground shatters into … Continued
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Bald Eagle Metaphor Ends Perfectly
Remember how a bald eagle got stuck in a storm drain last week? It died, but the metaphor for America lives on. If anything, it’s even stronger now. If you don’t recall, last Thursday, images of two bald eagles stuck in a storm drain were everywhere, partially due to the fact that the rescue attempts … Continued
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Tech NewsApple’s War on Upgrades Continues With the New Touch Bar MacBook Pro
Apple’s quest to make its laptops ultra slim and ultra light have led to the company increasingly soldering upgradable parts into the guts of its notebook computers. For instance, with the new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar notebooks, you’ll need to be sure to configure it with the SSD size you most desire out of … Continued
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A Shocking Number of People With Ebola Don’t Show Symptoms
Scientists have learned that upwards of 25 percent of all people who become infected with Ebola show none of the typical symptoms. The finding suggests the recent West African Ebola Epidemic was more widespread than previously thought, and that new methods need to be developed to diagnose and contain the dreaded virus during an outbreak. … Continued
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Tech NewsGoogle’s Photo Scan App Makes Backing Up Old Snapshots Easy as Hell
This holiday season, there’s a good chance you’ll wind up going through dusty old printed photos with friends and family—photos you can’t see anywhere on the web. That’s because these old photos are usually confined to a shoe box or binder hidden in the basement or storage closet. You might flip through them occasionally, but … Continued