| Facebook Stickers Now Available on the Web | | Facebook stickers, the extra-large emoticons mobile users have been throwing into Facebook chats for a while now, are now also available on the web version of Facebook. Using stickers is simple: start a chat with someone, click on the emoticon icon in the lower right corner of the chat window, choose the sticker you like and click it to send it to that person.
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| Ubisoft's Database Hacked, Warns Users to Reset Passwords | | Ubisoft, best known for creating the popular Assassin's Creed video-game series, has announced that its user-account database was hacked, and is urging all users to change their passwords immediately. "We recently discovered that one of our Web sites was exploited to gain unauthorized access to some of our online systems ...
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| Aquatic Drone Takes Photos and Videos Underwater | | While their natural environment may be the sky, drones are now entering wetter territory. Ziphius is an app-controlled aquatic drone that responds to smartphone or tablet commands in real-time, according to its Kickstarter page. The drone's first incarnation will come with a remote-control app that enables users to steer it, and to take photos or videos of their underwater activities.
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| This Raspberry Pi Robot Will Make You Coffee | | 1:59:31 AM | Dhiya Kuriakose |
| Rapiro is a humanoid robot that can be programmed to do various tasks — Including make you coffee. The kit was created by a Japanese company as a “catalyst between robotics and Raspberry Pi.” The credit-card sized, Linux-based PC known as Raspberry Pi is designed to work with the basic hardware of Rapiro, allowing you to program it to do many things, such as manage your calendar or tell you the weather, in addition to making the coffee.
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| This Might Be the Worst News Graphic Ever | | Here's a lesson for all the local news graphic departments out there. When a news station in New Zealand covered a story about a bull mastiff mix that kept biting tires, it probably seemed harmless. The dog had a traumatic incident with a car as a puppy. He was calmly taken into an animal control vehicle. It was a cute, local news story. But the accompanying visual, created by 3 News, is not quite as cute.
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| Handheld Device Links Paramedics With Live Translators | | Tuesday, July 02, 2013 11:59 PM | PSFK |
| Inspired by inventor Charles Howerton's difficulties in communicating with his Spanish-speaking staff, RTT Mobile's ELSA unit is now helping law enforcement, EMTs and other first responders communicate clearly, effectively and efficiently with non-native English speakers.
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| Opera Web Browser is All-New for Windows and Mac | | Tuesday, July 02, 2013 11:37 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| Opera, an alternative web browser, unveiled a brand-new version on Tuesday that features an updated design for both Windows and Mac computers. The Norway-based software company released desktop version 15 of its browser. Among other updates, it sports a cleaner, modern look that seems to take inspiration from its competition.
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| This Bluetooth Keyboard Puts the Office in Your Pocket | | Tuesday, July 02, 2013 10:44 PM | Sean Fitz-Gerald |
| The more wireless our world gets, the more connected we seem to become. One Kickstarter product, which has made a lot of noise not even one week into its campaign, is exploiting this paradox, putting you "one fold away from work." The portable keyboard called myType is spearheaded by keyboard evangelist and MIT graduate Brunn W. Roysden.
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| Woman Builds Incredible Prosthetic Leg out of LEGOs | | Tuesday, July 02, 2013 10:18 PM | Allison Reiber |
| Christina Stephens just won today's coolest person on the Internet award. In this time-lapse video, she builds herself a prosthetic leg entirely out of LEGOs. Stephens writes, "Someone in my research lab jokingly suggested I make a prosthetic leg out of LEGOs. The joke's on you - I went home and did it." As an Occupational Therapist, she warns viewers to not try this at home.
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| Jumbo 3D Holograms of Human Anatomy Enliven Med-School Lectures | | Tuesday, July 02, 2013 9:48 PM | Sean Fitz-Gerald |
| PowerPoints? Forget it. Instructional film? Nah. White board? Boring. Instead, two UK teachers are experimenting with a more interesting way to spice up in-class lectures. Kapil Sugand and Pedro Campos, junior doctors from St. George's University of London, presented holograms of life-like images to students in their latest seminar.
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| Watch the Best Video Bombs of 2012-2013 NBA Season | | Tuesday, July 02, 2013 8:58 PM | Quenton Narcisse |
| The 2012-2013 NBA season wrapped up just three weeks ago, but it already feels like an eternity for basketball fans. If you're bummed out, don't fret — we have a mashup of the best b-ball video bombs of the year. There's a heavy dose of shenanigans from the two-time NBA champions Miami Heat, as well as notable players like John Lucas, Blake Griffin, Andrew Bogut and Jeff Green making wacky faces for the camera.
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| iPhone Dock Smoke Alarm Alerts You During Sleep | | Tuesday, July 02, 2013 8:49 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| Every year in the United States, about 3,500 Americans die in fires, according to the U.S. Fire Administration. Household smoke alarms can help save lives, and a new iPhone dock design could work as a secondary detector in your bedroom. Seattle-based Tonic Product Design created an iPhone dock and accompanying app that can warn you while you're sleeping when smoke or carbon monoxide is detected.
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| News Anchor Shreds Air Guitar on Live TV | | Tuesday, July 02, 2013 8:42 PM | NowThisNews |
| Reporter Roger Clark, of New York's local news station NY1, decided to end a segment on the Northeast Semi-Finals for the U.S. Air Guitar Championships with his own air guitar performance of Rush's "Tom Sawyer." In the video below, Clark shows that what you lack in skill, you can make up for with enthusiasm — and scissor-kicks. SEE ALSO: The 10 Most Viral YouTube Videos of 2012 Image via iStockphoto, 4x6.
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| Snoop Lion Tells Reddit Why He Wants to Smoke With Darth Vader | | Tuesday, July 02, 2013 8:31 PM | Sean Fitz-Gerald |
| Rapper-turned-rastafarian Snoop Lion (a.k.a. Snoop Dogg) took to Reddit on Monday for an extensive Ask Me Anything session, in which he invited Redditors to chat with him, his wife and even his kids. He talked about the moment he realized he was famous, gave a sentimental shout-out, teased a Michael Jackson collaboration, took job applications, crowdsourced for music partners and more.
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| ACLU: Tracking Your Cellphone Location Should Require a Warrant | | Tuesday, July 02, 2013 8:11 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| Should the government get a warrant before it obtains seven months' worth of your cellphone location data, which details practically everywhere you've been in that time? The U.S. government argues it doesn't need to, and a district court judge agreed. But the American Civil Liberties Union disagrees, arguing that such sensitive information should be protected by the Fourth Amendment and thus require a warrant.
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| Telescopic Contact Lens Gives You Terminator Vision | | Tuesday, July 02, 2013 7:56 PM | Discovery News |
| A new contact lens is being developed that would allow wearers to zoom in and zoom out on focal points, just like the Terminator. SEE ALSO: New Platinum Age of Maps The telescopic lens is just over a millimeter thick and is composed of a central unmagnified optical path, surrounded by a ring of movable components that magnify the view 2.8 times.
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| 13 Penny-Pinching Cats in Japanese Supermarkets | | Tuesday, July 02, 2013 7:46 PM | Brie Hiramine |
| We knew this would happen eventually — cats not only rule the Internet, they're also invading places once thought to be strictly feline free. In Japan, Twitter users are snapping photos of cats spotted in and around convenience stores. It's more common than you'd think. And surprisingly, these kitties are mostly left to their own devices. SEE ALSO: 10 Cat Beards to Tickle Your Whiskers The takeaway? There's just something about ...
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| Does Microsoft Help the NSA Hack Your Computer? | | Tuesday, July 02, 2013 7:34 PM | TechNewsDaily |
| Earlier this month, a Bloomberg News investigative piece revealed that Microsoft, anti-virus software maker McAfee and numerous other American technology firms shared advance information about vulnerabilities in their software with the U.S. government. Such knowledge, Bloomberg reported, could be weaponized, giving the United States a tool to break into the computer systems of adversaries — or of its own citizens.
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| Virtual 'Wolverine' Stunt Puts Fans in Surly Hero's Shoes | | Tuesday, July 02, 2013 7:19 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| To mark this month's release of The Wolverine, the sixth installment in the X-Men film franchise, 20th Century Fox International is creating a virtual "Be the Wolverine" experience that gives fans superpowers just like the Weapon X research facility did to Wolverine. Weapon X in the X-Men world transforms humans and mutants into fighting machines with superpowers.
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| YouTube Commenters Debate the Next Best Game Consoles | | Tuesday, July 02, 2013 7:03 PM | Chelsea Stark |
| In the world of Internet debate, YouTube comments should always carry the biggest weight in your decision-making process. Oh, wait, that's backwards. If anything, the above video, created by ShesellSheShells, proves that the conversation surrounding the upcoming console wars should not be left to YouTube commenters. Unless, of course, you like laughing at other people.
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| Windows 8 Surpasses Vista in Popularity | | Tuesday, July 02, 2013 6:49 PM | Samantha Murphy |
| In what's good news for Microsoft, Windows 8 has become a more popular operating system than its much criticized Vista platform.
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| Homemade Star Wars Movie Will Rock Your Jedi Socks | | Tuesday, July 02, 2013 6:27 PM | Allison Reiber |
| Calling all Star Wars fans! Scratch that — we're calling all fans of everything that is all-around awesome. Here, we present a perfect shot-for-shot recreation of the famous "Death Star Trench Run" scene starring Chris Hardwick and Jonah Ray from Nerdist. You may shake your lightsabers in approval now.
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| 12 Photos That Capture What It Means to 'Be Yourself' | | Tuesday, July 02, 2013 6:03 PM | Annie Park |
| For this week's Mashable Photo Challenge, we invited you to celebrate the beauty of individuality by capturing the phrase "be yourself" — through a lens. It was all about illustrating what makes you, you — whether it was your interests, personality, style, or hobbies. We received a ton of great submissions over the weekend, ranging from artistic portraits and self-portraits to creative collages.
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| 'Dumb Ways to Die' Parody Gives Rio Some Safety Tips | | Tuesday, July 02, 2013 5:44 PM | Neha Prakash |
| The PSA that kept Australians safe from the perils of death now has some Brazilian flavor. In November 2012, "Dumb Ways to Die," swept the Internet as the morbidly snappy sensation that highlighted all the stupid ways you could meet your demise — including accidentally selling both kidneys online. Now, the tune is detailing the many ways you may be offed in Rio de Janeiro.
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| Mitch McConnell Releases Autotuned Attack Ad on Rival | | Tuesday, July 02, 2013 5:34 PM | Hannah Orenstein |
| Attack ads now sound like a T-Pain song. At a press conference Monday, Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes announced plans to run for the United States Senate against incumbent Mitch McConnell. The Senate Minority Leader's team reacted quickly with a 90-second autotuned ditty entitled "What Rhymes With Alison Lundergan Grimes?" posted on McConnell's official YouTube channel.
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| 'The Boxtrolls' Animated Movie Trailer Highlights Same-Sex Parents | | Tuesday, July 02, 2013 5:27 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Creators of 2012's Academy Award-nominated animation ParaNorman are teasing a new 3D stop-motion film, The Boxtrolls, in a trailer that emphasizes families come in all shapes and sizes. The movie appears to follow ParaNorman's footsteps by highlighting gay characters. Near the end of ParaNorman, the film reveals Mitch is gay. The revelation in a children's movie angered some viewers, while others praised the inclusion.
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| Apple to Power Reno Data Center With Solar Energy | | Tuesday, July 02, 2013 5:18 PM | AppAdvice |
| Apple is planning on constructing a huge solar farm alongside its Reno, Nev. data center in a bid to ultimately power the location using 100% renewable energy. What’s more, through a unique partnership with NV Energy, Apple’s solar farm will also supply renewable power to the local grid, the Cupertino, Calif. company said in a statement shared with All Things Digital.
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