Google's Santa tracker can teach kids how to code this Christmas

Like millions of private citizens around the world, Santa Claus is under surveillance. This December, thanks to Google's Santa Tracker, people will be able to keep tabs on the mythical gift-giving...

by José Lourenço via Facebook at December 02, 2014 at 07:24PM

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If you switch to iPhone, here’s what you’ll miss

If you ditched Android today and got a shiny new iPhone you can bet you'd miss plenty. Here are the little (and big) things you'd miss about Android if it was gone.

by José Lourenço via Facebook at December 02, 2014 at 07:10PM

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Now There's A LEGO Baby Groot

Forget the dancing Baby Groot toy making its way onto shelves—now we want the dancing Baby Groot [...]

by José Lourenço via Facebook at December 02, 2014 at 07:05PM

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Stephen Colbert's Defense Of The New Lightsaber Is Awesomely Nerdy

Stephen Colbert has something to say to all of the scruffy nerfherders who insist that the crossguard lightsaber in the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer is impractical: he's been a Star Wars fan a whole two weeks longer than the rest of us and he's using his knowledge to school us on lightsaber design.

by José Lourenço via Facebook at December 02, 2014 at 06:59PM

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World-first artificial enzymes suggest life doesn't need DNA or RNA

Scientists in the UK have created synthetic enzymes - vital catalysts needed to support life - from scratch, using genetic material created in the lab.

by José Lourenço via Facebook at December 02, 2014 at 09:22AM

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Feds Use 18th Century Law to Force Apple to Unlock Encrypted Phones

The Department of Justice is going to absurd lengths in order to unlock encrypted smartphones. It's using a law from the 1700s to force Apple and at least one other company to cooperate with law enforcement officials in investigations dealing with locked, encrypted phones. And the courts, so far, are letting it happen.

by José Lourenço via Facebook at December 01, 2014 at 09:52PM

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Why We Should Mine The Moon

To date, all human economic activity has depended on the material and energy resources of a single planet; understandably, perhaps. It is conceivable though that future advances in space exploration could change this by opening our closed planetary economy to essentially unlimited external resources…

by José Lourenço via Facebook at December 01, 2014 at 09:15PM

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David G. McAfee

"The single biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place." — George Bernard Shaw

by José Lourenço via Facebook at December 01, 2014 at 09:10PM

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Dr. Michio Kaku

#giveabook

Give a man a tie, it disappears in his closet. Give a man a book, worlds appear in his mind. For every post or tweet using the hashtag #GiveaBook Penguin Random House will donate a book to @SavetheChildren. As many as 25,000 books!

by José Lourenço via Facebook at December 01, 2014 at 09:05PM

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Dr. Oz Invites "Medium" Theresa Caputo On His Show, Bamboozles Audience With Cold Reading

Reality television star Theresa Caputo explains the benefits of choosing the medium life path and connecting to spirits.

by José Lourenço via Facebook at December 01, 2014 at 11:24AM

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