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Tech NewsGadgetsAndroid Users Can Now Be Free From Their Netflix Viewing Mistakes
With much of the U.S. still under orders to shelter in place, there’s not much to do besides stay home and binge watch streaming video. Thankfully, for people who’ve been watching a lot of Netflix on their mobile Android device, Netflix has finally made it possible to remove shows from your Continue Watching row. Up … Continued
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SciencePhysics & ChemistryWhy xkcd Creator Randall Munroe Wrote the World’s Most Extreme ‘How To’ Book
While waiting for your flight to board, you look at your phone and realize its battery is at 1 percent. You look around but can’t find a power outlet. There might be practical solutions to this problem. Or, you could follow Randall Munroe’s instructions and attach a paddle wheel to an escalator in order to … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsThe Most Extreme Way to Take a Selfie, According to xkcd Creator Randall Munroe
The following is an excerpt from How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems, a new book from cartoonist and science communicator Randall Munroe. How To is available on Amazon here. We sometimes think of our eyes as a pair of cameras, but human visual systems are so much more sophisticated than any camera—it’s … Continued
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Tech NewsFakesLibra Scammers Are Promising Early Access to Facebook’s Digital Currency to Steal Private Information
If you search YouTube for Facebook’s Libra, you’ll find plenty of videos that tell you how to buy the digital currency. The problem is that many of the videos are published by scam artists who are apparently trying to steal your personal information. How do we know they’re scams? Libra hasn’t even been launched yet. … Continued
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Tech NewsNewsLast Call: Flickr Starts Deleting Your Old Photos on March 12 [Updated]
Update: Flickr has extended the deadline to March 12. See below for more details. Flickr, one of the best social media services of the 2000s, will begin mass deleting photos tomorrow, February 5. If you’d like to keep any of the photos that you uploaded to the service and maybe forgot about, now is the … Continued
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What Are ICOs and Why Are They Getting Banned in China?
Over the weekend, China banned initial coin offerings (ICO) and briefly paused the seemingly unstoppable price increase of bitcoin. But the cryptocurrency has already bounced back. With the likes of Paris Hilton, Kim Dotcom, and John McAfee all jumping into the ICO world in one way or another, it seems worth asking what the hell … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidHow To Make a Tiny Popsicle Stick Violin to Play When Your Friends Start Whining
It took Antonio Stradivari months to create one of his instrumental masterpieces, but you can make yourself a tiny wooden violin in just a few hours using popsicle sticks, toothpicks, coffee stirrers, and string. It can’t be used to play Mozart, but you can still pretend to play it whenever your friends start complaining about … Continued
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How to Read a Silicon Valley Diversity Report So You Don’t Get Hoodwinked
On Tuesday, Facebook released its annual diversity report with a mighty claim. For the first time in three years, the company said it actually increased its proportion of black employees, from 2 percent to 3 percent. But here’s the thing: Facebook hasn’t released the hard numbers that would actually prove that. By omitting this crucial … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidWatching Someone Make a Camera Lens From Scratch Explains Why No One Makes Camera Lenses From Scratch
The next time you complain about spending thousands of dollars on a precision camera lens, stop and think about all the all hard work that went into its design and creation. As camera maker Mats Wernersson reveals, were you to make a lens yourself, you’d be spending days ensuring every last component was flawless. In … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidHow to Turn Nerf’s Newest Blaster Into a Foam Bullet Fire Hose
It was only announced last week, and it’s not supposed to be available until later in the year, but somehow YouTube’s LordDraconical managed to get his hands on Nerf’s new Rival Nemesis MXVII-1oK. He promptly gutted it and then upgraded it to turn it into a wacky foam bullet-shooting monster. https://gizmodo.com/nerfs-colossal-new-gun-blasts-100-rounds-at-70-mph-1791572357 To upgrade the new … Continued
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How to Fix Facebook’s Fake News Problem in 3 Easy Steps
Everyone seems obsessed with Facebook’s fake news problem. So we here at Gizmodo have come up with a simple 3-step solution. If we all just follow the steps below, Facebook’s fake news is gone forever! Click on this link. Click “Delete Your Account” Type in your password. And you’re done! Tell your friends!
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Tech NewsSploidHow to Make an Awesome Fire Tornado with No Moving Parts
I don’t think it’s possible to make anything cooler with your own two hands than this homemade multicolor fire tornado that spins around and weaves itself together with absolutely no moving parts. The only thing you need to do is cut up a glass cylinder and then offset the half-cylinders a little bit to let … Continued
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io9How to Turn a BB-8 Toy Into an Authentic-Looking Movie Prop
The marvels of modern manufacturing allow toymakers to add incredible detail to their products. But the reason the BB-8 toy you bought looks almost nothing like the BB-8 seen in The Force Awakens is because you need to add a weathered, worn finish like the film’s prop makers did. However, you don’t need to be … Continued
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How to Keep Trolls Out of Your Instagram Comments
Instagram is now making it easier to keep trolls out of your comments. A new feature that which was announced in June lets users filter out potentially offensive comments from their posts. Users can also filter out their own list of words or phrases. Speaking to Mashable, Instagram wouldn’t comment specifically on what words or … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidHow to Build an Electric Foundry to Melt Metal
If you’re interested in melting metal, and you totally should be because it’s basically the most fun way to recycle soda cans, The Art of Weapons details how to make an electric foundry for metal casting. Using charcoal to heat up a foundry can get a bit dirty so it makes much more sense to … Continued
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Tech NewsCombining a Blender, Chainsaw, and Motorcycle Is Summer Done Right
Looking for a fun weekend project that promises to improve every last part of the forthcoming summer? Do what Instructables’ Mike Warren did and combine a gas-powered chainsaw with a blender to make a machine that churns the smoothest frozen margaritas on the planet, without the need for a power cord. Warren has posted a … Continued
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You’re Washing Your Hands Wrong. Here’s How to Wash Your Hands the Right Way
Apparently, there are two schools of thought when it comes to washing your hands. There’s the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) approved way, which we all do already. Which is wrong. And there’s the WHO (World Health Organization) method, which is better and cleaner and “microbiologically more effective”. Which is right. The CDC … Continued
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