Check out this crazy dual-screen iPhone 6 concept

The latest concept features a superthin new iPhone with a second slide-out screen. Is it fantasy or prophecy?

















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Samsung Galaxy S5 camera shootout versus HTC One M8, iPhone 5S

Samsung's marquee Galaxy S5 is blazing fast and chock full of new features. But does its 16-megapixel camera have the chops to compete against the HTC One M8 and the Apple iPhone 5S?





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Comcast wins! (Worst company in America)

In the Consumerist's annual competition, Comcast defeated Monsanto in a pulsatingly close poll -- and just as it's trying to take over Time Warner Cable too.





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K-9 slippers keep Time Lord feet comfy

Allons-y, feet! The classic "Doctor Who" companion K-9 now comes in fuzzy footwear for Whovians, alongside tweed suit and Tardis slippers, on ThinkGeek.





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Diez conceptos científicos que todo el mundo debería saber, aunque hay más

Como cualquier lista esta es matizable y probablemente cada uno de nosotros haría una ligeramente distinta, pero para Jose A. Pérez, probablemente más conocido como @mimesacojea, y unos cuantos miembros de Naukas que le echaron una mano para elaborarla, estos son Diez conceptos científicos que todo el mundo debería conocer :

1. Todo está hecho de átomos.


2. La evolución.


3. Somos polvo de estrellas.


4. Los elementos químicos.


5. Las cuatro fuerzas.


6. El universo tuvo un comienzo y tendrá un final.


7. El ADN es universal (o casi).


8. Las leyes de la termodinámica.


9. Los continentes se desplazan.


10. Nada de lo anterior es definitivo.

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Mick Ebeling: Harnessing technology to improve lives

Inspired by the lessons of his late father, Hollywood producer Mick Ebeling founded Not Impossible, a non-profit that aims to solve human problems using revolutionary technology. Channeling the skills and technology he honed producing sequences for films like Quantum of Solace, Mick and Not Impossible launched Project Daniel, a mission to provide prostheses to children who lost limbs in the ongoing Sudanese civil war, using portable 3D-printing technology.

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Samsung Galaxy S5: Marginally modular, but less repairable than GS4

Becoming thinner and lighter while keeping the backplate removable requires compromise. That’s why the Galaxy S5 is a lot harder to repair than the Galaxy Samsung released last year. The big name in […]



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Geek Answers: Are diamonds about to get a whole lot cheaper?

People have been predicting the death of the mighty diamond industry for a long time, now. Is it actually going to happen?



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Walmart plots a low-price takeover of the organic food market

Ask 10 different people to tell you what constitutes organic food and you’re likely to get 10 different answers. Ask them whether organic is better, however, and nine of them will say that it is. That’s the data coming from Walmart’s internal research, which found that 91 percent of the giant American retailer’s customers would opt for organic foods if their prices were lower than they currently are. Never one to neglect market demand, Walmart has acted today with the introduction of a new Wild Oats range that promises to save shoppers over 25 percent when compared to buying better known organic food brands.

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Google will protect your phone by looking for sketchy apps you already installed

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Samsung Galaxy S5 first take: Can it trump the new HTC One?

The Samsung Galaxy S5 appears in US carrier stores tomorrow and I've been spending the last couple of days with the AT&T model. It's a nice evolution in the Galaxy line, but the new HTC One is offering stiff competition.



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US set to boycott Brazil's global Internet governance plans

Government-sanctioned surveillance will be a key theme but the US will avoid "excessive deliberation" on the topic



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FTC calls out Facebook, Whatsapp over privacy ahead of merger

Facebook might have its work cut out for it as it presses ahead with a multi-billion deal to buy the popular messaging service.



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Does OS X 10.10 need a facelift? The case for a flatter interface

Critics against "flattening" OS X say it takes iOSification a step too far. But does it?

There's been some talk about OS X 10.10 code-named "Syrah," getting a "flatter" look. System icons would edge more towards how they look in iOS 7, losing some of their three-dimensional quality, and certain interface elements like buttons and window interfaces might be reworked.

That raises the hackles of some long-time Mac users who fear what they see as an inexorable unification of OS X and iOS; one that began almost as soon as iOS became the operating system for Apple's dominant product lines.

I don't think iOS and OS X are headed for a singularity any time soon. But I would welcome more visual consistency between iOS and OS X. Ready to burn me at the stake? Hold your torch for just a minute and hear me out.

iOS feeds Apple a lot of OS X's new users. Every day people wander into Apple retail stores to buy a Mac who have never had one before, but have experiences with iOS products like the iPhone and iPad. That experience informs them. So does their experience with other platforms like Android and Windows.

So new Mac users are already trained to use a flatter interface than what they currently get with OS X. And flattening OS X would certainly enforce a more consistent visual interface with iOS 7.

New Mac users benefit, old Mac users have to adapt. Is it worth the pain? Year in and year out, Apple says that about half of the people walking in to Apple retail stores to buy a Mac are first-time Mac owners. That's a lot of users coming to the platform who aren't carrying the baggage of past Mac operating systems.

So there's a case to be made in favor of unifying that experience. But it also seemingly flies in the face of what Apple's own senior vice president of worldwide marketing, Phil Schiller, has said. When asked about a singular interface for tablets, phones and computers, Schiller said, "What a waste of energy that would be."

Schiller made the comment to Macworld back in January, on the occasion of the Macintosh's 30th anniversary. But in context, Schiller's comments were a criticism of Microsoft, which employs a singular "Metro" interface across its product lines. Clearly "one interface to rule them all" is not the direction Apple wants to move in.

A move towards a flatter OS X interface wouldn't necessarily be contrary to what Schiller and company have discussed. OS X has evolved many times in its life. Anyone remember OS X's "lickable" Aqua interface? For that matter, OS X itself was a major user interface transition from "Classic" Mac OS.

Apple's very happy to blur the lines between iOS and OS X when it makes sense. Mavericks introduced Maps and iBooks, for example, two apps that had been up to then exclusive to iOS. Apple's worked very hard to simplify the exchange of data between platforms so it's as seamless as possible.

Mavericks' updated iWork applications — Pages, Keynote and Numbers — were rebuilt around their iOS counterparts to help facilitate an easier workflow. That move has met criticism and resistance from longtime Mac iWork users who have lost features and functionality, but Apple's philosophy is clear: the longterm benefits of a uniform workflow outweigh the short term discomfort from users who are set in their ways.

So don't be surprised if Mavericks' successor looks a bit different than you're accustomed to. But change, in this case, can be good, and could help facilitate the transition of even more new users to OS X. A healthier OS X ecosystem is a good thing for anyone who cares about the Mac.

Does the idea of a more iOS 7-like visual interface for OS X thrill or frighten you? Let me know what you think in the comments.

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Sonos adds Google Play Music support, updates apps next month

The Google Play Music app will now offer a "casting" option so that users can stream to any Sonos speaker within their local network directly from the app. Sonos will also be updating its Android and iOS app with a new user interface, and a handy new universal search option.

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Captain America’s red, white, and blue bike resurfaces in stuntman’s collection

Captain America: The Winter Solider features plenty of motorcycle action, but before Cap was played by Chris Evans, he starred in two TV movies alongside this Yamaha still owned by the stuntman who rode it.

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Traveling Abroad? Careful What You Carry Back… In Your Guts

If you do any kind of challenging travel — adventure travel, backpacking, even just going to less-developed parts of the world — you’ve probably evolved some sort of protective routine. You get shots, take your malaria medication, wash raw things before eating them and take a water filter for the bad places. (Please tell me […]

















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Fossil X-Rays Reveal Daddy Long Legs Had an Extra Pair of Eyes

Harvestmen (also known as daddy long legs) aren’t spiders, and if you could (or wanted to) lean close enough, you’d be able to see one of the few physical features that distinguish them from their arachnid cousins. It’s in the eyes: Spiders usually have 6 or more, but the harvestman has only one set, tightly […]

















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Google is reportedly gearing up to let anyone in the United States buy Glass--for about a day.

Google is reportedly gearing up to let anyone in the United States buy Glass—for about a day. In other words, you won't have to be a fancy Glass Explorer as long as you have the $1500 to pay for the specs. The full consumer rollout of Glass is supposed to hit later this year. [Verge]

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