In winter, ice encroaches on Lake Michigan. In summer, sediment and algal blooms from runoff cloud the waters. But on a perfect day earlier this month, the ice had melted to reveal waters so clear, you could see decades-old shipwrecks lying at the bottom of the lake.
Google Now is the opt-in, “just a swipe away” assistant that keeps track of everything going on in your digital life. It’s a powerful little tool meant to usurp all the Siri and Cortana alternatives, and Google made a huge stride today to make that happen, adding over 70 new apps to Google Now like Spotify, Feedly, and RunKeeper.
Tomorrow, when the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the highest-profile death penalty challenge in seven years, the justices will begin ruling on this question: Does Oklahoma’s use of the common surgical sedative midazolam fail to make prisoners unconscious during lethal injections, thus violating the Eighth Amendment’s protection against “cruel and unusual punishment”? For many court watchers, however, a subject of special scrutiny will be the credibility of Oklahoma’s key expert witness, Dr. Roswell Lee Evans, who has testified that inmates “would not sense the pain” of an execution after receiving a high dose of midazolam.
Polk Audio and Definitive Technology are the latest to leverage Spotify’s Connect, a feature that allows the music streaming service’s music to be streamed through whatever devices you have that are compatible with it. Joining the list of compatible devices are Polk’s Omni wireless speakers, as well as the Definitive Technology Wireless Collection comprised of five audio offerings. This support … Continue reading
In Antarctica, Blood Falls spew forth unto the white landscape, gushing dark red liquid into the purity of the snow and ice. This unsettling image is giving scientists hope that one day they might find a mass equally strange on the Red Planet. Blood Falls belch deep water from far beneath the surface of the Antarctic dry valley, showing how … Continue reading
Long form video is the first thing that comes to mind when one thinks of visual entertainment, but the Internet is packed full of short-form videos, and they provide seemingly endless snippets of amusement for a wide array of preferences. It isn’t surprising, then, that many studios have cropped up that specialize solely in short-form videos, the kind you’re likely … Continue reading
Twitter has announced their quarterly earnings, and it’s a mixed bag. While they’ve got plenty of positive things to say, and the upside is huge, the social service once again lost money. For Q1 2015, Twitter reports they had a net loss of $162 million, but revenue of $436 million, up 74% year-over-year. A positive rise, but ultimately short of … Continue reading
The International Space Station has yet another problem on its hands. Russia’s Progress 59 supply ship (you’re looking at Progress 47 above) appears to have suffered a communications breakdown shortly after entering orbit, and it’s been spinning out …
D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die is a wacky, weird and fairly wonderful point-and-click adventure originally released on Xbox One for Kinect. Fast-forward a few months and, now, it’s heading to PC. Creator Hidetaka Suehiro, AKA “Swery,” confirmed the PC por…
The Apple Watch is handy for a lot of things, and now you can use the wearable when you tune your axe. Thanks to the folks at IK Multimedia, when you employ the company’s chromatic UltraTuner app for iOS, note info is beamed to your wrist while tunin…
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