Pay What You Want for the Back-End Developer Bootcamp
A lot of fuss is made about design, but no app or game works without some serious back-end code. If you'd like to get some programming skills, this bundle of eight courses is ideal — it covers three key back end languages, and you pay whatever you like.
The Army Just Open-Sourced Its Security Software
The U.S. Army is open-sourcing a code it uses to analyze cyberattacks. For the past five years, whenever a Department of Defense network has been compromised, the Army has used the Dshell framework to do forensic analysis on the attacks.
I Want to Ride in This Hot Tub Tug Boat
Toot toot! I have discovered the apotheosis of transit and it is a hot tub tug boat. HotTug is both real and as incredible as it sounds, a hot tub that doubles as a BOAT.
How to Watch Superbowl XLIX Online
Superbowl XLIX is tomorrow. Cord-cutting SportsHeads need not fret: If you don't have a TV, it's pretty easy to watch it online this year. NBC is streaming it for free on its website, and even if you don't have cable, you'll be able to watch from within the U.S.
What's the Weirdest Thing You've Ordered From the Internet?
You can buy almost anything online. There are lots of normal options, like shoes or groceries. But you can also order a ton of whacky shit, like a life-size statue of obese Arnold Schwarzenegger or a TaskRabbit to come stand motionless and unblinking in your kitchen while you dance around them to the music of…
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Timex's Popular "Weekender" Watches Are In Impulse Buy Range Today
Timex's Weekender Watches are the most popular we've ever listed in our Commerce segments. They're extremely versatile and come in a variety of colors, and today they're marked down to the $30 range, plus an additional 30% off with code WEEKEND30. [Amazon]
Google Earth Pro Is Now Available for Free
Google Earth Pro, the premium version of Google's popular Google Earth service, is now free. Google sliced the price from $400 a year, so this is a pretty solid deal. If you like to make 3D measurements or create HD videos of virtual trips around the world, I'd jump on this. You can download the software key directly…
A Friendly Reminder: Bitcoin Is Not Anonymous
Hello my cryptocurrency-lovin' friends. I just want to have a casual chat, but not that casual, because I'm worried about some of you. Some of you who may be operating under the assumption that Bitcoin is anonymous. It is not.
Snapchat's First Webseries Is Exactly as Terrible as You'd Expect
Snapchat has unleashed its first ephemeral scripted webseries, Literally Can't Even. The first five-minute episode, "Sip & Surf Party XXX," is available today on the Snap Channel in the app's new Discover platform.
Planet Earth In Infrared, At 4k Resolution
Here's something you don't see every day: An ultra-HD time-lapse of Earth, as seen in infrared.
Magic Leap Ripped Off Those Awesome UI Concepts
Magic Leap is secretly building a headset that could blend computer graphics with the real world. Recently, we lucked into a treasure trove of illustrations from Magic Leap about what that future might hold. There's just one problem: Magic Leap didn't actually create all those awesome UI concepts. It copied them.
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The Pirate Bay Is Back (Update...And It's Down)
Update, 2:57 pm: Looks like it's down again. Will report back when I hear more about the outage.
If You Want a 100% Sunny Wedding Day You Can Pay $150k to Explode Clouds
This sounds fake as hell but it does have some scientific backup: A luxury travel company is offering a $150,000 cloud-killing package to guarantee sunny wedding days in the south of France. Pilots will consult with meteorologists to fly planes near the ceremony space three weeks leading up to the wedding. The planes…
Google's 3D-Scanning Project Tango Just Got a Little More Real
Google ATAP (that's Advanced Technology and Projects) is where wonderful things are born. Things like the animated magic of Glen Keane's Duet or the modular Project Arasmartphone. It's all great stuff, but it's also all experimental—if a project doesn't make enough progress in two years, it's dead. But Google's…
The Case Against DRM Needs to Be Made Now
DRM, or digital rights management, is a digital lock placed on media content and devices. Supporters say DRM protects businesses and artists from piracy and theft. Sounds good, right? Opponents say it kills innovation, doesn't stop piracy, and helps malware distributors. This month, a group led by the Electronic…
This anti-bullet wall can stop bullets from penetrating and ricocheting
Somehow a wall filled with these hard ceramic balls is bulletproof. It stops bullets from penetrating through the wall and even prevents bullets from ricocheting off the wall too. It's basically the best shield against a gun we have.
Cute miniature kitchen allows you to cook tiny breakfast on tiny pans
Japanese toy company Konapun has this cute but fully-functional miniature kitchen that is just perfect to cook a real Thanksgiving dinner for your hamster—or his favorite breakfast.
Secret message found inside WW2 bullet is the end to a very funny story
August, 13, 1944. The British 8th Army occupies Florence. The Allies finally break out of Normandy. Meanwhile, somewhere in the south of Tuscany, a soldier writes this encrypted message and hides it inside a bullet. In 2015, someone found it and deciphered it. It was the end of a hilariously absurd story.
Timeline shows the potential future of Russia's next-gen fighter jet
Here's the potential timeline for Russia's T-50 PAK-FA, the fifth generation multirole fighter that will get the designation Su-50once it gets into production on January 2016. The nemesis to the American F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II will fly with the flag of Russia, South Korea, India and Iran.
Watch a super hydrophobic knife cut through a water droplet
Black magic and sorcery and deals with the devil and breaks in The Matrix and possibly other dimensions. That's what super hydrophobic material is made out of. Like this super hydrophobic knife that just slices through a water droplet and cuts it in two. Are we really sure science can explain what my eyes are seeing?
Fire Fighters of the Future Race to Save Their City
Even in a technologically-advanced future, we'll still need to put out fires.
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