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Weekends with Engadget: DARPA’s mad science projects, Google’s 3D-mapping tablet and more!

This week, we dove into the history of DARPA, explored the hand-drawn world of Cuphead, took an in-depth look at Google’s 3D-mapping tablet and interviewed two people who managed to cut ties with technology. Read on for Engadget’s news highlights… … Continue reading

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How would you change the Lumia 720?

Just like the Star Trek movies, we’ve mostly preferred the even-numbered ranges of Nokia Lumia handsets to the odds. We heaped praise on the 620, for example, with equal vitriol being poured onto the 520 that nestled beneath it. The … Continue reading

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Isis mobile payment platform to change its name to avoid association with militant group

Near the end of 2010, a group of telecommunications and commerce businesses joined forces to form a mobile payment venture called Isis. It was a solid brand name: Short, simple and easy to remember. Unfortunately, ISIS is now associated with … Continue reading

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I want this delicious burger on a stick in my mouth right now

Corn dogs? Not a fan. A corn dog-inspired burger-on-a-stick made of "pickled beef frank and a slice of crispy pork belly, sandwiched between two smash-cooked beef patties, dipped in a jalapeño, whole kernel corn batter, fried, and drizzled with honey"? … Continue reading

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How to re-download movies, music, and TV shows to your Mac or PC with iTunes in the Cloud

If you purchase movies, music, and TV shows from iTunes, it doesn’t matter what device you purchased them on, in most cases they’re available to you via iTunes in the Cloud, part of iCloud, from anywhere. Aside from your iPhone … Continue reading

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Bill Gates Wants to Turn Your Birth Control On With a Remote

As far as contraception innovation goes, for the past several years, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has been leading the pack . Next on the list? Revolutionizing actual bodily implants. Say hello to wireless birth control. Read more… Source: … Continue reading

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This Week’s Top Comedy Video: The Onion Reviews Planet of the Apes (NSFW)

Peter Rosenthal’s here this week to review the new Planet of the Apes movie. No, not the one from 2011. No, not the one from 2001. Nope, not 1973, 1972, 1971, 1970, or 1968. No, the other one. Read more… … Continue reading

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Amazon sidesteps French ban on free shipping by charging a penny

France’s “anti-Amazon” law prohibiting free shipping and discounts has now gone into effect, and Amazon quickly announced that it had conformed — technically. Though it no longer ships books for free, it only charges 0.01 euro, conforming to the… Source: … Continue reading

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BlackBerry opens BBM for Windows Phone beta

“We’ve gotten an incredible number of requests for BBM to come to Windows Phone,” BlackBerry proclaimed in its post announcing BBM for Windows Phone beta today. Whether that means 10 or 10,000 of you have been begging for the service … Continue reading

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Apparently, the US Navy got itself some cool alien spaceships

The Northrop Grumman X-47B carrier-launched drone really feels like the future of aviation in this image taken on board the USS Harry Truman. And, while it looks like some alien spaceship from a sci-fi show, the final version of this … Continue reading

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