Foreign data thieves may be responsible for stealing Target’s customer data late last year, but it now appears that the retailer played a large part in its own misfortune. Sources speaking to Bloomberg Businessweek claim that Target not only shut off…
We probably should have seen this coming. At the Ivanpah solar power plant near Las Vegas, a massive glittering field of 170,000 garage door-sized mirrors reflects sunlight. And all those mirrors are making flying near Ivanpah not so fun—or safe.
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Cameron Booth is a seasoned graphic designer. In his spare time he also edits transitmaps.tumblr.com, the web’s finest emporium for bus maps, subway diagrams, train network maps and more. We’re enormous fans of his site and wanted to pin him down on a subject that’s close to our own hearts: what makes a good transit map?
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Watch Mickael Bimboes launching "off a massive cliff in his 3rd place run for the Swatch Freeride World Tour at Aiguille Pourrie, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France." And remember, folks—this guy got the third place. Seriously, watch it all because you are not going to believe how nuts and/or suicidal this dude is.
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Every city street is actually a block party waiting to happen, a coiled spring of neighborly hangouts and community come-together yearning for a release. Kevin Van Lierop decided to make that process a little less daunting with his "Block Party in a Box." Now your neighborhood has no excuse not to get down.
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We hope you weren’t too attached to the Nook app for Windows, because it’s going away — well, sort of. Barnes & Noble’s Nook Media subsidiary and Microsoft have amended their partnership with terms that let Nook Media stop distributing its Windows…
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg called President Obama to complain about the US government presenting a threat to the internet, claiming to be “confused and frustrated” by the recent spying and surveillance … Continue reading
If you’re ever on a United flight and your Wi-Fi craps out, there’s something you should know: You’re entitled to a full refund. Apparently, United’s flight attendants are supposed to keep this little courtesy a secret, but you can head over here to fill out a request for a service refund. The more you know.
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CuteCircuit's latest fashion line reminds us that wearable technology doesn't have to sacrifice beauty.
(Credit: CuteCircuit )
London-based designers Ryan Genz and Francesca Rosella create clothes worthy of sci-fi fashionistas. Their latest CuteCircuit collection, which debuted at this year’s New York Fashion Week, features miniskirts, jackets, dresses, and accessories with LED-lit designs controlled by an iPhone app.
“We’re trying to bring a new dimension, to have everything be controlled by iPhone or a smartphone of some kind, so there’s some way users wearing interactive garments have really cool ways to control what they’re wearing,” Genz explained behind the scenes of CuteCircuit’s fashion show.
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Genius?
(Credit: Colin Powell/Facebook)
The young think they’re all so clever.
When they get older, they realize that they were right all along.
They don’t actually get more enlightened as they age. Indeed, they look back and wish they’d been more insistent about their cleverness when they were young.
As living proof, might I present retired general Colin Powell?
Here is a man you might think of as a voice of loyalty and reason. But on Thursday, he proved himself a man far, far ahead of his time.
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