Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Comcast Thinks It's Totally Chill to Charge For Privacy

Comcast has logged yet another tally in the competition for Shittiest Company In Existence.

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Here's Your First Good Look at the Newest Ship in Rogue One, the U-Wing

The Rebels sure do love their alphabet ships, don't they?

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The 20 Most Earth-Like Exoplanets We've Found

Kepler has given us a stash of thousands of exoplanets. Now, researchers have pulled twenty from that stash that they say are the most likely to be habitable.

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Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Sorry Snapchat, Instagram Stories Sorta Kicks Your Ass

I didn't want to like Instagram stories, not one bit. I think it's not very nice of Instagram-which, if you don't remember, is owned by Facebook-to basically rip off the concept of a smaller competing app for its own benefit. Instagram has 300 million daily active users, while Snapchat has half that. Still, here I am, already four images deep in my first ever Instagram story-I have yet to update my Snapchat story today-and I must admit, dang Instagram, you did goooood on this one.

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That Pokémon Go Hack On A Tesla Touchscreen Is A Hoax (UPDATED)

Everyone is still pretty mesmerized by Pokémon Go
, the mobile game that leverages the world's love for imaginary beast enslavement. One alleged enterprising hacker seems to have gotten the game to play on the massive touchscreen of his Tesla Model S. I'm inclined to call bullshit on this one. Update: And I was right.

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