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If the fear of an audit wasn’t enough to scare you into being honest on your taxes, try this on for size: the IRS might be checking out your Facebook page. The good ol’ Internal Revenue Service is reportedly using robots to scope out public social…

Here we have a new line of USB 3.0 flash drives from Kanguru, the FlashBlu30. Coming in capacities ranging from 8GB to 64GB, these high-speed flash drives feature a durable, brushed aluminum housing, a USB 3.0 connection interface and a convenient Physical Write Protect Switch on the side to prevent overwriting files, and can deliver read and write speeds of up to 145MB/s and 45MB/s, respectively. Prices unannounced yet. [Product Page]

We’ve heard of stealth planes before, but what about stealth bikes? Well according to a report from DefenseTech, it seems that US military leaders have recently approved funding in which it would see the development of a stealth motorcycle that would allow soldiers to drive for long periods of time on rough terrain without emitting engine noise.

This is thanks to the fact that the stealth motorcycle will use a hybrid-electric engine, which unlike a typical car engine, is relatively silent (if you drive a hybrid or an electric vehicle, you know what we’re talking about). The bike will be built by Logos Technologies and according to the company, will be the first hybrid-electric dirt bike to ever be built.

According to Wade Pulliam, the manager of advanced concepts at Logos Technologies, “Quieted, all-wheel-drive capability at extended range in a lightweight, rugged, single-track vehicle could support the successful operations of U.S. expeditionary and special forces in extreme terrain conditions and contested environments.”

He later adds, “With a growing need to operate small units far from logistical support, the military may increasingly rely on adaptable, efficient technologies like this hybrid-electric motorcycle.” No word on when the development of the stealth bike will be complete or where it will be deployed.

US Military To Work On Stealth Dirt Bike , original content from Ubergizmo, Filed in Military,

XFX has also released their new Radeon R9 295X2 Core Edition graphics card. Based on a pair of 28nm ‘Hawaii’ GPUs, this dual-GPU graphics card is packed with 2x 2816 Stream Processors, 2x 512-bit memory interface, a GPU clock of 1018MHz and 2x 4GB of GDDR5 memory set @ 5000MHz. Not to mention, it also employs a hybrid cooling solution of liquid cooling + air cooling and has DVI and 4x mini DisplayPort outputs. Pricing info is still unknown at the moment. [Softpedia]

Let’s face it, we’ve all dropped our phones before, especially brand new ones where your heart actually feels like it skipped a beat at the idea of your brand new, and possibly very expensive smartphone goes crashing to the floor. For the most part our phones are relatively durable and can withstand a drop or two, perhaps with some chipping in the paint and some slight scratches as the result of it.

However which phone amongst the flagship phones is the most durable? Now we’ve seen the Samsung Galaxy S5 go up against the Galaxy S4 in a drop test in which it did surprisingly well, but how does it fare against thee HTC One M8, the iPhone 5s, and the Nexus 5? Well the folks at gadget warranty outlet, SquareTrade, decided to find that out in a test of their own.

The results? Once again the Samsung Galaxy S5 has proven that it is more than capable of holding its own. The device managed to fare better than the rest at both the drop test and the dunk test, although to be fair the Galaxy S5 is water-resistant, so that might explain how it was able to hold up under water. Interestingly enough the iPhone 5s was surprisingly durable as well.

iPhones are notorious for not working when it has been immersed in water but surprisingly not only did it survive the dunk test, but its speakers continued to function after, unlike the HTC One M8 and the Nexus 5, where both their speakers failed after being dunked underwater. In any case these are hardly the most scientific ways of testing a device’s durability but it’s still worth taking note of anyway, especially if you’re the sort with butter fingers.

Galaxy S5 Versus HTC One M8, iPhone 5s, Nexus 5 In Torture Test , original content from Ubergizmo, Filed in Cellphones, HTC, iPhone 5S, nexus 5, Samsung,