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Streaming In Australia: There's No One Service To Rule Them All
Australians, all let us rejoice. For we are getting decent streaming services after an age of waiting. Netflix is coming, Presto is here, Stan is awesome. We’re being told that streaming will change our content consumption habits and our lives from 2015 onwards, and that’s probably true. But keep this one simple truth in mind: there is still no one service to rule them all.
Will 2015 Be The Year Piracy Dies?
The Pirate Bay is up. No wait, down. Try this one instead. Kickass Torrents had its domain seized. Oh wait it’s over here now. Demonoid isn’t as good as it used to be after it came back. People are being prosecuted and the government is really coming for us. Is 2015 the year that widespread piracy finally dies?
A Game Called Zyro Uses Flying Drones As Intelligent Tennis Balls
If you thought drones were only good for spying on people or filming incredible crashes, you’re only half-right. A new Kickstarter wants to turn quadcopters into intelligent tennis balls, badminton shuttlecocks, and even frisbees so players won’t need proper courts, line judges, or even decent skills to play a variety of games.
Sesame Street Perfectly Parodies House Of Cards
Though only parents and maybe a handful of Underwoodian kids watching would understand the parody, Sesame Street pretty much nailed House of Cards in a skit about the Three Little Pigs. Frank Underwolf stars and recreates the same feel of the political drama — soliloquies, political plotting, etc — only with muppets instead.
Electron Microscopes Can Reveal Filed-Off Serial Numbers
To make it difficult for law enforcement to trace stolen cars or weapons, thieves will usually grind off their metal vehicle identification numbers or serial numbers. And while techniques for trying to recover those numbers do exist, they’re not as accurate as a new method developed by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology — or NIST — that uses a scanning electron microscope to detect imperfections in the metal’s crystalline structure.
We Need Ground Rules On How To Keep Our Brain Data Private
There’s still no technology in the world that lets you listen in on someone’s thoughts. But fMRI advances are making it easier than ever to measure, interpret, and even reconstruct brain activity, and a growing market of wearables with electroencephalographic (EEG) components and brain-computer interfaces means that there are more ways to map our brainwaves than ever before.
How To Leave All Your Accounts To Someone Else When You Die
Here’s a sobering thought: You’re not going to be around forever. So who gets all those emails, photos and rocking tunes you’ve been amassing over the course of your life? Here’s how to prepare pass on your digital estate to your next of kin on all the major platforms before you shuffle off this mortal coil.
Suunto Ambit2 (HR) Review: The Smartwatch For Badasses
The Suunto Ambit2 (HR) won’t read you your email and doesn’t know Will.i.am’s phone number. But, it will tell you your precise location anywhere on earth and powerfully monitors your physical exertion. How many beers did that climb burn? http://indefinitelywild.gizmodo.com/achieving-hima…
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