This Incredible Full Scale Lego X-Wing Is the Largest Model In History

gizmodo.com 14 hours ago

This is truly unbelievable: Lego has built a 1:1 scale model of the X-Wing fighter using an astounding 5,335,200 bricks! It's as big as the real thing, capable of fitting the real Luke Skywalker—and...

 
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Girl, 14, rocks Internet with cover of classic Van Halen guitar solo - TODAY.com

today.com 8 hours ago

Eddie Van Halen is regarded as one of the greatest guitarists of all time, and his solo on the 1978 song "Eruption" is second on Guitar...

 
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Kmart's Latest Ad Will Make You Laugh Your Gas Off

mashable.com 13 hours ago

Kmart is on a roll with its ads. The discount chain is promoting a deal on gas with a funny new video called Big Gas Savings. If you don't realize the joke already, just say "bi...

 
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Apple Ad: iPhone is Most-Used Phone for Listening to Music

mashable.com 3 hours ago

Samsung may sell more smartphones, but a new Apple ad claims that more people listen to music on their iPhones than any other phone. The 60-second ad, which broke Thursday night...

 
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Chrome 28 beta for Android brings translation bar, fullscreen on tablets

engadget.com 1 hour ago

Internationally savvy Chrome desktop users are well acquainted with the translation bar's ability to quickly make sense of sites using foreign languages.

 
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Instagram reportedly mass-deleting seemingly-random accounts for 'violation of terms'

9to5mac.com 4 hours ago

It seems many Instagram were caught off-guard today when the free photo-sharing app suddenly deleted a significant number of accounts, citing "terms of service violations" as the reason despite man...

 
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3-D Printer Makes Life-Saving Splint For Baby Boy's Airway

npr.org 12 hours ago

A 3-D printer is being credited with helping save an Ohio baby's life, after doctors "printed" a tube to support a weak airway that caused him to stop breathing...

 
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AT&T adding iPhone, 4G LTE / HSPA+ support to GoPhone starting tomorrow

engadget.com 2 hours ago

AT&T's official GoPhone prepaid policy has always officially prevented network data access for iPhones (and other 4G devices except for BlackBerry),

 
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On The Verge is coming back

theverge.com 1 hour ago

New weekly shows. New fascinating guests. New exciting antics. Absolutely no pants.

 
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AngelPad’s Sixth Batch Of Startups Includes Companies Working On Drones, Storage, And More

techcrunch.com 3 hours ago

AngelPad, the San Francisco-based accelerator founded by former Googlers, held its sixth demo day yesterday...

 
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FiOS customer discovers the limits of “unlimited” data: 77TB a month

arstechnica.com 11 hours ago

Average 50TB a month—30,000 percent higher than average—and Verizon will call.

 
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Turtle Beach gets Microsoft stamp of approval to build Xbox One headsets

engadget.com 3 hours ago

Microsoft's new Xbox comes with a console, controller and Kinect, but even if you pre-order One for yourself, you'll need to go elsewhere to pick up a

 
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Bikes Made From Trash Power Film Festival

mashable.com 3 hours ago

A group of students in France crafted wooden, energy-producing stationary bicycles from trash. These novel bikes were recently used to power a film festival screening in St. Éti...

 
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Sabrina Brady Wins 'Doodle 4 Google' Contest with Heartfelt Reunion Drawing

abcnews.go.com 6 hours ago

Image credit: Sabrina Brady/Google The instructions were plain and simple: Draw your “best day ever.” Sabrina Brady did just that and it’s landed her quite literally front and center in all of...

 
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HTC One 'Google Edition' with stock Android reportedly in the works

theverge.com 5 hours ago

HTC may follow Samsung's lead and produce a "Google Edition" of its latest flagship smartphone running stock Android. According to sources that spoke to Russell Holly at Geek, work on a version of...

 
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Back to the future: Spectacular tech 'firsts', including Apple 1, up for auction

cnn.com 18 hours ago

In this era of ever-accelerating technological development, we all tend to be so fixated on the gizmos of the future that we rarely take the time to think about the glorious technology of the past.

 
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The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Planet Online

gizmodo.com 1 hour ago

Between ads for action figures, micromachines, and sugar-laden cereals, there used to be a time when Saturday morning commercials were just as riveting as the cartoons they interrupted—especially for...

 
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Amanda Bynes Arrested in New York: Report

variety.com 2 hours ago

Actress Amanda Bynes was arrested in New York City for reckless endangerment on Thursday and taken into custody for psychiatric evaluation, according to NBC New York.

 
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Apple-1 Computers Jump in Value at Auctions

nytimes.com 11 hours ago

Apple-1 computers, built in Steve Jobs’s family garage, have sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars in recent auctions, a run-up reflecting the company’s mystique.

 
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Pregnant Woman 'Dies,' Gives Birth To Healthy Baby, Revives

huffingtonpost.com 5 hours ago

Every baby's birth is a miracle to its parents, but little Elayna Nigrelli had a tougher time than most...

 
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You Don’t Hate the Xbox One, You’re Just Jealous

gizmodo.com 6 hours ago

Gamers seem to hate the Xbox One...

 
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Miinome Seeks a New Era of Genome Marketing | MIT Technology Review

technologyreview.com 1 hour ago

In your DNA are clues to your health, your ancestry, and maybe even your purchasing preferences.

 
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LEGO Unveils Giant X-Wing Fighter in Times Square

mashable.com 13 hours ago

Lego unveiled a huge Star Wars X-Wing fighter ship -- made entirely out of LEGO bricks -- in Times Square.

 
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Twitter Lets Brands Find Viewers of Their TV Ads

nytimes.com 4 hours ago

A new product, Twitter Amplify, will help brands match advertisements with Twitter commentary by viewers.

 
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A Tactical Apron For Chefs Who Take Their BBQ Very Seriously

gizmodo.com 11 hours ago

For some, barbecuing is simply a means to heat food that involves the opportunity to play with fire. For others, it's as serious an operation as open heart surgery...

 
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Australian Police Move To Make 3D Printed Guns Illegal - Slashdot

yro.slashdot.org 45 mins ago

lukehopewell1 writes "'Untraceable, undetectable, cheap and freely available.' That's how Australian police have described the 3D-printable gun known as The Liberator today as they announce that they...

 
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Online Video-Ad Network Tremor Video Files For Its IPO

techcrunch.com 3 hours ago

Video ad network Tremor Video has filed for its long-awaited public offering. The company's shares will trade on the NYSE at TRMR and it wants to raise at least $86 million...

 
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Lost Apollo 11 Moon Dust Found in Storage

mashable.com 4 hours ago

Vials of moon dust brought back to Earth by the first men on the moon have been found inside a lab warehouse in California after sitting in storage unnoticed for more than 40 ye...

 
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AT&T adds admin fee to wireless bills, stands to rake in millions

theverge.com 13 hours ago

AT&T has introduced a new "Mobility Administrative Fee" to its postpaid contracts. The $0.61 monthly fee ($7.32 per year) is being categorized "below the line" alongside tax and fees as an...

 
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Morgan Freeman Falls Asleep During Live TV Interview

mashable.com 9 hours ago

Morgan Freeman's new film has already produced at least one awesome moment.

 
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Steve Jobs Emails Show How to Win a Hard-Nosed Negotiation

mashable.com 12 hours ago

The U.S. government’s price-fixing lawsuit against Apple goes to trial next month in New York. Ahead of its court date, the U.S. released emails that purport to show Apple was t...

 
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Cockroaches Evolving To Avoid Roach Motels - Slashdot

science.slashdot.org 3 hours ago

sciencehabit writes "Only a few years after roach motels were introduced in the 1980s, they lost their allure for an increasing number of German cockroaches...

 
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I was struck by lightning yesterday—and boy am I sore

arstechnica.com 10 hours ago

Ars technical director: "I, I, I... think we need to call 911."

 
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The 'Dance of the Planets' Is a Real Thing That's Happening Now

mashable.com 4 hours ago

Get out your tuxes, everyone! We're about to see "the closest grouping of three planets until January 2021."

 
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