Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Painful Failure for First Launch of U.S. Air Force Rocket From Hawaii

During its first trial launch tonight, the U.S. Air Force’s experimental Super Strypi did not make it to space. Instead, it seems to have suffered a ‘rapid unscheduled disassembly’ somewhere over Hawaii, which in normal-people speak means the $45 million rocket blew up.

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Wireless Charging Standards Just Got Slightly Less Confusing, But Still Suck

Wireless Charging Standards Just Got Slightly Less Confusing, But Still Suck

While regular people have spent the last five years wondering what’s wrong with cables, the nascent wireless charging industry has been battling over standards. Thanks to a recent industry shakeup, there are now only two different types of wireless charging for everyone to ignore.

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Ryan Reynolds Trolls Pint-Sized X-Men In "How Deadpool Spent Halloween"

Ryan Reynolds Trolls Pint-Sized X-MenĀ In "How Deadpool Spent Halloween"

Ryan Reynolds dressed up as Deadpool for a Halloween video in which he tries to unite a motley crew of kid X-Men, Deadpool-style.

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Why Hollywood Protects Its Sign So Fiercely

Trademark law can be a tricky thing, but people normally have a good idea when they’re illegally using a likeness. Wait, you do know that filming the Hollywood sign without permission can get you sued, right?

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Are Twitter's New Hearts Clickier Than Stars?

Are Twitter's New Hearts Clickier Than Stars?

Twitter morphing stars into hearts is being almost uniformly heralded as a business decision —numbers aren’t good; anything is better—but let’s look at it from an interaction design perspective. Could this tiny twist make more people literally heart Twitter?

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