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A 29-year-old woman was grazed in the head by a bullet for not handing over her Samsung Galaxy smartphone. She was able to get treatment for the wound after the incident.
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New music is dropping all the time. It's time to get some new tunes in your ears. Here are our favorite new releases for the week, including La Roux, Common, Bon Iver, and more!
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Pulses of light are the absolute fastest way to transfer data (because nothing's faster than light), but old school fiber optic cables can only go so many places. Scientists have a new idea: use high-powered lasers to make a column of low-density air that can carry a light signal just as well as a normal cable. Yes, fiber optics made of thin air.
Back in January we stumbled across one of the most exciting iPhone accessories we've seen in years. FLIR took the thermal imaging technology it sells to law enforcement and the military and squeezed it down into a compact iPhone 5/5S case called the FLIR ONE that will finally be available for pre-order starting tomorrow for $350.
The longest pedestrian suspension bridge in the world has opened in Russia, with a 1,800-foot span. It offers breathtaking views of the Sochi landscape but it isn't really designed for your daily commute—it is part of a skypark and you can bungee jump off it for a 650-foot drop, as shown in this video.