This Is the World's First 8 TB Hard Drive

This Is the World's First 8 TB Hard Drive

Bigger is better. Seagate just shipped the world’s first 8 TB hard drives to “select customers”, a new milestone for fitting gobs of data on a single 3.5-inch platter.

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Social Media Users Unlikely to Disagree With Consensus, Online and Off

Social Media Users Unlikely to Disagree With Consensus, Online and Off

In the utopian vision of the internet, social media provides a platform where we can share opinions, debate and argue; a space for free discussion and constructive discourse. Turns out, the opposite is true.

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Twitch, the video game streaming service that Amazon recently bought, is allegedly being attacked by

Twitch, the video game streaming service that Amazon recently bought, is allegedly being attacked by Lizard Squad, the same group that claimed responsibility for bringing down Sony’s PlayStation Network, Microsoft’s XBOX Live, Riot Games’ League of Legends and Blizzard Entertainment’s Battle.net over the last few days.

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3D-printed 'bump keys' are a tech-savvy lockpicker's best friend

We’ve all locked ourselves out of our homes or offices at least once, but what do you do when there aren’t any handy spare keys laying around? Well, seeing as how we live in the future, you could always 3D print one. Printing a plastic replica of a…

Coolest Cooler etches a new Kickstarter record

Hailing from Portland, Oregon is the Coolest Cooler, the latest device to take the #1 slot on Kickstarter. The campaign sought only $50,000, but has now exceeded the $10mil mark with a few days of funding left. It has now squeaked past the Pebble’s funding, becoming the most-funded project in the site’s history. The Coolest Cooler gives the ordinary camping … Continue reading

64-bit Chrome for Windows offers stability and speed

chrome-devicesGoogle has just announced that the 64-bit version of the Google Chrome on Windows has reached stable status and is now rolling out in version 37 of the browser. While most of the architectural changes happen under the hood, users are promised to feel the benefits of the switch to 64-bit in areas of performance, stability, and security. “64-bit” might … Continue reading

Why Are Stars Star-Shaped?

Our Sun is spherical, so why is it that other stars look… star-shaped in the night sky? Actually, it’s all down to the quirks of light and your (imperfect) eyes.

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If you're on Verizon, your calls are about to sound clearer and work with video over the company's n

If you’re on Verizon, your calls are about to sound clearer and work with video over the company’s network in the next few weeks. The carrier has finally announced support for Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) services, dubbing the feature Advanced Calling 1.0.

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Honestly, risk is a function of impact and probability–and that low battery is pretty inevitable th

Honestly, risk is a function of impact and probability—and that low battery is pretty inevitable these days. [Truth Facts]

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Tokyo's Shibuya gets a big-screen Google voice search terminal

Arguably, the whole convenience of Google’s search and map skills (and by association, the voice-guided version) is the fact it’s on your smartphone — which is right in your pocket. However, In a bid to explain to Tokyo-ites that there’s more to the…