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Shark Week bites: Discovery criticized for hugely misleading documentary

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As reported on The Verge. By Jacob Kastrenakes The megalodon was real, but the movie is fake    Viewers have rallied around the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week for decades over its unabashed love of science and its glorification of violent sea creatures. But this year’s event, which kicked off last night with the documentary Megalodon: The Monster Shark That Lives, may have committed a cardinal sin: lying to viewers about sharks.   THE REAL MEGALODON WAS MASSIVE…

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Ashton Kutcher And Josh Gad On The Making Of JOBS

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As reported on TechCrunch. by JORDAN CROOK On August 16, Steve Jobs biopic “JOBS” will hit theaters nationwide. The movie follows the story of a young Jobs deciding to start Apple, building the world’s first personal computer out of his garage, and going on to lose the company he built only to be asked to take the helm once again, years later. Ashton Kutcher, who took on the role of Jobs and even ended up in the hospital along…

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Solar-powered Ubuntu laptop boasts 10-hour battery, 2-hour charge time

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As reported on Engadget. By Mariella Moon A blazing sun and the outdoors don’t exactly make for an ideal computing environment — unless you’re toting a ruggedized laptop that harnesses energy from sunlight like the Ubuntu-running Sol. Created mainly for use in developing countries with intermittent (or non-existent) electricity, it’s equipped with solar panels that soak up the sun when unfolded. According to OMG Ubuntu, its creators from Canadian company WeWi Telecommunications claim Sol’s battery, which can last…

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News

Jeff Bezos buys The Washington Post for $250 million in cash

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As reported on Engadget. By Donald Melanson Some big (and surprising) news in the media industry today: The Washington Posthas just confirmed that it and its affiliated publications have been acquired by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos for $250 million in cash. The paper notes that Amazon itself “will have no role in the purchase,” and that Bezos “will buy the news organization and become its sole owner when the sale is completed, probably within 60 days.” It also goes…

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Microsoft

Microsoft cuts Surface Pro price by $100 following Surface RT reductions

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As reported on The Verge. By Tom Warren   Microsoft is discounting its Surface Pro tablet this weekend, following heavy reductionsto its Surface RT costs recently. The 10 percent price cut to Surface Pro reduces the cost of the 64GB and 128GB models by $100 each in the US. Not all regions appear to have Surface Pro price cuts just yet, but the US, Canada, Hong Kong, and Taiwan are all showing price cuts on both…

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Business

FlightCar Offers Users Up To $400 To Rent Their Cars Out For A Whole Month

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As reported on TechCrunch. by RYAN LAWLER Got a car you don’t ever really drive? Wanna not pay for parking or worry about shuffling it around on the street every couple of days? Have an interest in actually making some money from that car that you’re not actually using while it’s sitting around on the street? Well, car rental startup FlightCar might be able to help you out with the launch of a new program in which it…

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Google

In Mastering Machine Intelligence, Google Rewrites Search Engine Rules

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As reported on TechCrunch. PETER YARED AND CAMERON OLTHUIS Editor’s note: Peter Yared is the CTO/CIO and Cameron Olthius is the VP of Search for CBS Interactive, a Comscore Top 10 Internet destination.  Google has produced a car that drives itself and an Android operating system that has remarkably good speech recognition. Yes, Google has begun to master machine intelligence. So it should be no surprise that Google has finally started to figure out how to stop bad actors…

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Spotify brings curated playlists to Android and iOS

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As reported on Engadget. By Brian Heater Sick and tired of picking your own music to play all the time? Spotify’s been working to up its recommendation game, through the launch of features like social andDiscover, now pushing things even further with Browse. The feature brings curated playlists to the music streaming service, starting with a “gradual” rollout on iOS and Android today, followed by the rest of Spotify’s platforms at some point. The playlists, chosen by Spotify…

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Google adds touch controls to experimental version of Chrome

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As reported on Engadget. By Daniel Cooper The latest build of Canary, the bleeding-edge test-bed for Google Chrome, reveals that the company is working on touch-centric features for its desktop browser. By swiping left and right, for instance, users will be able to avoid the chore of hitting the back and forward page buttons — while pinch-to-zoom and on-screen keyboards are also available to try out. Now, of course, you just need some hardware to take advantage of the new features.

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Complete Idiocy Makes for Pretty Amazing Fireworks Photos

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As reported on Wired. BY PETE BROOK View as gallery Chances are you enjoyed some fireworks earlier this month for July 4th. But we’re sorry to tell you that Mexico does explosions better than the United States. The proof is in Thomas Prior‘s heart-racing photographs from the National Pyrotechnic Festival in Tultepec. The annual nine-day festival attracts more than 100,000 people to bathe in the glow of pyrotechnicians’ expert displays. The main event is the Pamplonada — a seven-hour running of…

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