Instant Badminton Court: Just Add a Lazy Sunday Afternoon

Instant Badminton Court: Just Add a Lazy Sunday Afternoon

There’s a greater chance of an alien spacecraft landing on earth in the next five minutes than there is of a badminton net surviving more than one summer afternoon. They’re not exactly designed to be long-lasting, or easy to setup, which is why this all-in-one badminton court kit could be a great investment as the snow starts to melt away.

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The ‘Superbad’ and ‘This is the End’ team is adapting a book about the ’90s video game war

The duo behind This is the End is making a movie about the the ’90s battle between Nintendo and Sega. That’s right, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg (who also wrote and executive produced 2007’s Superbad) are adapting Blake Harris’ forthcoming account of…

Moviefone call-in service to shut down

Joining the list of things starting to make you feel old, Moviefone, the service that allowed movie-goers to call in for show times, will be going the same way as … Continue reading

This Split-View Mountain Lodge Is the Ultimate Ski Shack

This Split-View Mountain Lodge Is the Ultimate Ski Shack

Somewhere hiding on a hillside northwest of Oslo, there’s a magical little lodge. Well, at 1,400 square feet, this house designed by Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter is actually a pretty decent-sized lodge. And, boy, is it pretty.

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Facebook’s Plan to Conquer the World — With Crappy Phones and Bad Networks

Facebook’s Plan to Conquer the World — With Crappy Phones and Bad Networks

Facebook has already conquered America. Now, it wants to take on the rest of the world–especially the parts where people weren’t even online yet.

    



Facebook is finally giving up on its email service, which is a great opportunity to remind you that

Facebook is finally giving up on its email service, which is a great opportunity to remind you that Facebook has had an email service this whole time.

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Samsung Galaxy S5 Hands On: A Tiny Dimpled Step Into the Future

Samsung Galaxy S5 Hands On: A Tiny Dimpled Step Into the Future

The new Samsung Galaxy S5 may not seem like a huge leap forward on paper. But between the zippy camera, the fingerprint sensor, the heart rate monitor, and a new dimpled body that almost feels like a throwback, it’s worth a closer look. We got one. Here are our first impressions.

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Verizon expects to reach its own internet traffic deal with Netflix (update: AT&T too)

Many suspect that Netflix’s bandwidth deal with Comcast won’t be an isolated event, and it turns out that those suspicions are well-founded. Verizon chief Lowell McAdam tells CNBC that he expects a Comcast-like internet peering agreement at some…

Jeopardy "Hacker" Method Is Used By Other Players—Including Watson

Jeopardy "Hacker" Method Is Used By Other Players—Including Watson

Arthur Chu returns to television today, the Jeopardy champion with the unconventional playing style who’s either hacking or ruining one of America’s most popular game shows. But Chu’s supposedly unorthodox methods are not all that radical: IBM’s Watson uses those same tactics to beat humans.

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Switched On: Android (tablet) inside

Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology.

Inexpensive 7-inch tablets were everywhere in 2013 and became, as Switched On noted in December, a populist platform that fulfilled the promise of the sub-$100 PC….