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Humanity may accidentally declare war interstellar alien civilization
Imagine yourself in a world not much different from Earth, which orbits a star, not much different from our Sun. Temperature and atmosphere are perfect for the existence of liquid water on the surface, but a mixture of oceans and continents guarantees that life will be stable conditions for prosperity for billions of years. Evolutionary…
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You Can Really Feel the Samsung Note 9’s $1000 Price Tag
SmartphonesSamsung Galaxy Note 9 SmartphonesSamsung Galaxy Note 9 Galaxy Note 9 What is it? A big, powerful, and expensive 6.4-inch phone Price Starts at $1,000, $1,250 for 8GB/512GB version (varies by carriers) Like Superb battery life, S-Pen functions as a mini as a remote, Dex mode is easier to use, best-in-class display, big specs Don't…
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Paris’ Solution to Its Public Urination Problem Is Open-Air Piss Boxes
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Don’t Get Nostalgic for This 20th Anniversary: Apple’s iMac G3 Was an Awful Computer
Image: Apple Today marks the 20th anniversary of the iMac G3, the original iMac that was designed by Jony Ive and was one of the first computers released by Steve Jobs after he rejoined Apple in 1997. It launched on August 15th, 1998. But before you go and get all misty-eyed over Apple’s cute little…
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Astronomers Directly Detect Iron and Titanium on an Exoplanet for the First Time
Artist’s impression of planet KELT-9b orbiting the star KELT-9Illustration: NASA/JPL-Caltech Scientists directly observed the signal of iron and titanium atoms in the atmosphere of an exoplanet 600 light-years from Earth, a new paper reports. KELT-9b is a planet entirely alien to our own Solar System—it’s 2.88 times the mass of Jupiter, with a year lasting…
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Doctors Aren’t Being Candid About the Money They Get From Big Pharma
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New Leak Suggests Next Fitbit Charge Will Skip the One Feature It Really Needs
Image: Android Authority In its heyday, the Fitbit Charge was, for most people, the best wearable you could buy. It was incredibly functional, focused, and attractive enough to only gently scream your fitness aspirations to whoever caught a glimpse of it on your wrist. That was long ago, before smartwatches got sleeker, slimmer, and more…
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What Am I Worth to Advertisers? My Obsessive Quest to Put a Price on My Attention
Illustration: Sam Woolley (Gizmodo) 319. That’s the number of discrete s, both online and off, served to me over the course of one Tuesday in July. I know because I counted each and every one. Why catalog the informational noise that, in many cases, our brains have quite literally trained themselves to ignore? Hidden in…
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You Can Shout ‘ENHANCE!’ Like a TV Detective With This Voice-Controlled Browser Game
Screenshot: Nicole He (ENHANCE.COMPUTER) Half the fun of watching CSI years ago was the over-the-top crime scene technology that detectives had at their disposal. Their impossibly-capable photo-processing software could turn a handful of pixels into a poster-sized print. It was equal parts ridiculous and hilarious, which is probably why this voice-controlled, image-enhancing browser game is…
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Google Releases Political Ad Database and Trump Is the Big Winner
Image: Gizmodo Google has finally opened up about political ad-spending on its platforms and published a living archive of who’s paying what for your eyeballs while you’re just trying to consume some content. As we head into the heart of the midterm elections, Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign is outspending everyone. Google’s advertising library is…