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Google recently made a change to the way it handles permissions on the Play Store. Related permissions are grouped together when you update. This makes it simpler to see what does what, but it has some potentially worrisome implications.
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Even if you’ve got the table, some choice paddles, and enough room to play, a game of ping-pong can still be undone if you can’t find a tiny plastic ball that isn’t dented. Table tennis balls are notoriously easy to damage, rendering them useless to play with, which is what inspired Philipp Günther to create the nearly indestructible 3D-printed AirBall.
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It’s time to go to work. But instead of walking a half-mile to the nearest bus stop and waiting in the searing morning sun, you tap in your location to an app and keep sipping your coffee at your kitchen table. The bus stops mere blocks from your house and delivers you to work in record time.
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Given all the rampant gadget patenting that goes on in the computer industry, it’s peculiar that computers themselves never got patented. But it wasn’t for lack of trying. Here’s the twisted tale of one of the longest patent battles in recent history.
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Watch the rapid effects of pouring sulfuric acid—sold as drain cleaner!—on to a sponge. It dissolves in seconds and some really acrid fumes are produced. You might think it would be hard to get hold of something so corrosive but similar products are available off the shelf in Walmart.
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Amazing extreme driving on two wheels by pilot Óscar Barroso and copilot David MÃguez in a curve in San Pedro de Rocas, one of the cities part of the 47th edition of the Rallye de Ourense, celebrated this weekend in Galicia, Spain.
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As the clock ticks over to 12:11am (EDT) tonight, the world will experience the first full honey moon on Friday the 13th in almost 100 years. It will appear golden and huge in the sky, so pay attention because it will not happen again until June 2098.http://ift.tt/1ku1FVj…
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