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Where the Progress Bar Came From
Mar 07, 8:41PM
We've all spent hours—maybe even days—of our lives cursing the slow crawl of the dreaded progress bar. But did you ever stop to think about how much worse it might be if the bar wasn't there in the first place. Fortunately, thanks to one grad student's genius idea back in the 80s, we'll never have to find out.
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Privacy Watchdog: Don't Trust Facebook with WhatsApp
Mar 07, 8:33PM
The corporate narrative around WhatsApp's obscurity-to-billions story centers around values. The company's founders, we're told, respect our privacy above all else—except $19 billion dollars from a company no one trusts to respect our privacy. Now one group is asking for government intervention.
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A Remote Control Sofabed For Your Laziest Houseguests
Mar 07, 8:20PM
Like Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, sofabeds put two wonderful things into one even awesomer package. People like sitting, and people like sleeping—it's the perfect combo. So how could a sofabed possibly ever be improved? With an electric mechanism that automatically unfolds and retracts the mattress, with the cushions still attached.
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Here's 4 Minutes of Captain America Kicking Ass in The Winter Soldier
Mar 07, 8:01PM
A trailer's one thing , but to get a feel for just how badass Captain America: The Winter Soldier will be, might we recommend this four minute scene? Why yes, yes we might!
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Visit an Incredible Winery Built Out of Abandoned Boats
Mar 07, 8:00PM
If you were driving through the remote Guadalupe Valley in Baja, you might mistake it for an ancient, dried-up port town: A cavalcade of overturned boats scattered across the desert like whale skeletons. In fact, this is Vena Cava Winery, and those old boats house its production facilities.
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The Tiny Figure On This Watch Gets Tired When It Needs a Winding
Mar 07, 7:40PM
When you're wearing an old-school watch that requires winding every few days, the last thing you want is to look down to discover it stopped ticking hours ago. That's why mechanical watches usually include a power reserve indicator, but none are as unique as the tiny creature on MB&F's new Legacy Machine N°1 Xia Hang.
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13 GIFs That Will Make You Incredibly Anxious
Mar 07, 7:20PM
GIFs are a blast. They can teach you how to knit or learn you some science . They can also make you incredibly anxious. How? Just check these out and you'll see what I mean. Well, after they finish loading.
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The Cartoonist of the Future's Dynamo Drawing Machines
Mar 07, 6:50PM
The cartoonist of the future wouldn't have to lift a finger, thanks to tomorrow's wonderful machines. At least that was the idea behind this 1923 cartoon by H.T. Webster.
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Put Your College Colors on a New Moto X (And Get a Student Discount)
Mar 07, 6:47PM
If you're a college basketball nut in need of a new smartphone, Motorola's got you covered like a seven-foot defender, with a whole new line of college-themed color combinations you can plaster on a brand new Moto X. Just in time for March Madness!
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Cheap Flat Cable Earbuds, Yoga 2 Pro, Rosetta Stone [Deals]
Mar 07, 6:45PM
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In addition to sounding great for the price, these MEElectronics earbuds offer higher end bonuses like a flat cable, volume buttons, and a microphone. Not bad for $21.
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Meet the World's Top Virus Hunter
Mar 07, 6:40PM
Ian Lipkin, world-renowned virus hunter, is often jetting off to far-flung countries—countries in the middle of strange epidemics, that is. From SARS in China to MERS in Saudi Arabia, his lab has discovered or characterized over 500 viruses previously mysterious to humans. But what's it like working on the frontlines of an epidemic? How do you identify a virus you can't even see? Gizmodo got in touch with Lipkin to ask some questions about the life of a virus hunter.
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Wireless Emergency Lights Can Brighten Up Your Next Power Outage
Mar 07, 6:20PM
Public places are equipped with emergency backup lights so that in the event of a power outage people can find their way to safety. So why shouldn't your home have that too? The ReadyBright system from Mr. Beams lets you easily install emergency backup lights all around home—which is probably a minefield of toys if you've got kids—that automatically power up when the power disappears.
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Norman Foster on Apple's HQ: Over 1,000 Bikes, Four-Story Glass Doors
Mar 07, 6:00PM
Spaceship Apple is freaking huge: A 2.8 million square-foot orb on a 176-acre parcel serving 12,000 employees in oh-so-suburban Cupertino. While talking to Architectural Record, architect Norman Foster defended the headquarter's massive size and weird shape, and revealed some intriguing new details.
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The LIVR Hoax: Everybody's Favorite New Drunkbro App Is Fake
Mar 07, 5:42PM
Yesterday, the developers of an app called LIVR began cold-calling tech writers. The pitch was fun! A social network you can only access when you're drunk, thanks to a breathalyzer accessory. If it seems like the platonic ideal of SXSW catnip, that's because it was engineered to be exactly that. LIVR is a hoax.
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New Ruling Means Commercial Drones Are Finally Legal… Sort Of
Mar 07, 5:20PM
An Earth-shaking piece of news hit the drone community on Thursday night. A National Transportation Safety Board judge dismissed a fine that the Federal Aviation Administration had levied against the pilot of a commercial drone. The FAA has no legal authority over small aircraft, the judge said.
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Samsung Galaxy Devices Now Get a Rad Free Music Service Called Milk
Mar 07, 5:00PM
Samsung's got a new streaming music service called "Milk" that gives free—and importantly, ad-free—tunes to owners of Galaxy devices.
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A New Defense Department Satellite Shoots Out Smaller Sats
Mar 07, 4:40PM
The unfolding drama between Russia and the Ukraine along the Crimean peninsula is developing, rapidly and unpredictably—certainly not in-sync with the orbits of our overhead surveillance assets. But if we could somehow get a few purpose-built (and presumably rapidly-prototyped) cube sats up there, the US Air Force could place extra eyes in the sky on-demand, and keep a closer watch on what's happening on the ground. And that's where Northrop Grumman's new Modular Space Bus comes in.
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How Hipsters Ruined the Bowery
Mar 07, 4:20PM
With news this week that the famous Salvation Army—a haven for the homeless on the Bowery—would be replaced with an Ace hotel—a haven for hipsters—some would say it's the end of an era. But they'd be wrong. That era ended a long time ago.
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The NSA Has a Secret Advice Column for Its Paranoid Employees
Mar 07, 4:01PM
Even having access to (nearly) all the information in the world doesn't mean you have all the answers. Which is, apparently, why the NSA created its very own, accessible-through-private-intranet-only agency-wide advice column. Because when you're working for the NSA, you can bet you're going to be paranoid as hell.
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These Iconic Landmarks May Be Underwater Within 2,000 Years
Mar 07, 3:40PM
Intellectually, we all know that sea level rise is real—but it's hard to imagine exactly how it'll effect us in the long term. A new study does just that by calculating which UNESCO Heritage Sites are most at-risk for being submerged by the rising tides. The results are devastating.
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The NYC Subway Was Another World In 1980
Mar 07, 3:20PM
The annual Armory Show has kicked off here in New York City, showcasing art from around the world, though perhaps still most widely known for its controversial 1917 show, when Marcel Duchamp displayed a repurposed urinal as art and the minds and morals of the art world collectively exploded.
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Phew, Massachusetts Will Make Upskirting Illegal After All
Mar 07, 3:10PM
After this week's head-scratching Massachusetts Supreme Court ruling that said the state's Peeping Tom laws didn't make it illegal to take creepshots in public places, the state's lawmakers hurriedly approved new legislation banning the act. The AP states the new law penalizes anyone who "photographs, videotapes or electronically surveils" another person's sexual or intimate parts without that person's consent, carrying a 2.5 year, $5,000 penalty; double if the victim is under 18 years old. The bill will reach Gov. Deval Patrick today, and he's vowed to sign it. Finally, some sense. [AP]
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Is Eating Your Boogers Good for You?
Mar 07, 3:00PM
Does physically taking boogers out of your nose, putting them in your mouth and swallowing boost your immune system? The short answer is probably not. You ingest your snot all the time without needing to channel it through your mouth. So if there is a benefit here, you get it without needing to munch your nose nuggets.
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The Navy's New Underwater Internet
Mar 07, 2:40PM
You use Wi-Fi everyday, but have you heard of its cousin, Li-Fi? Devices that use blinking lights to transmit data could provide the wireless Internet of the future.
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Mad Men-era Legend Milton Glaser Designed the New Posters for Mad Men
Mar 07, 2:20PM
84-year-old Milton Glaser—one of the world's most sought-after graphic designers, who left an indelible mark on advertising in the 1960s—has designed the posters and promotional pieces for the next and final season of Mad Men.
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