Geek Toys : Pathfinder Goblin Vinyl Figural Bank

Goblins ride and goblins sneak.
Goblins tribes – we havoc wreak.
We be goblins; we talk funny.
We be goblins – take your money!

This iconic Pathfinder goblin’s here to hold your d20 and your money – that is, if you trust him! A small slot in his back allows you to insert coins at will. It took us a minute to figure out he wasn’t just going to keep it all. (We thought maybe that was the joke. Don’t give your money to a goblin, kids…) But no. The back of his tabard / vest thing flips up and allows you to get…

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Geek Toys : Pathfinder Goblin Vinyl Figural Bank

Apple reportedly working on long-range wireless charging for release in 2017

Apple has long been a hold-out from releasing wireless charging devices, but according to a new Bloomberg report there’s a big reason for that.

The report claims that Apple plans to release ‘long range’ wireless charging that doesn’t need direct contact with a mat. The details are scarce, but it’s expected the Cupertino-based company will add it to iPad or iPhones in 2017.

Current wireless charging technologies, such as Qi, can transmit power at a distance of up to 35mm which means…

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Apple reportedly working on long-range wireless charging for release in 2017

Apple Ceases Free iTunes Radio Streaming Worldwide

Apple today officially ended free streaming of its iTunes Radio channels worldwide, incorporating the catalogue of stations into its subscription-based Apple Music service.

The change follows Apple’s announcement earlier this month that its free radio-listening feature would be discontinued at the end of January but would remain available to Apple Music subscribers.

As of this morning, iOS Music app users who tap on a radio station are bounced to a screen prompting them to join Apple’s premium streaming music service. …

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Apple Ceases Free iTunes Radio Streaming Worldwide

BT completes its acquisition of EE

BT has successfully escaped the gauntlet of regulatory approvals and is now able to complete the company’s purchase of EE. Picking up and absorbing the largest UK mobile operator, the £12.5 billion deal is a victory for BT, which has plans to enter the competitive mobile industry once more. 31 million EE customers will be included in the deal, which will put BT in a strong position against the competition.

BT already offers mobile phone options and EE has a limited TV and broadband service, but combining the two…

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BT completes its acquisition of EE

The Future of Astronomy: NASA's James Webb Space Telescope

An anonymous reader writes: In 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched and deployed, becoming the first space-based observatory. In the years since, many others have followed, covering the entire electromagnetic spectrum, but with nothing superseding Hubble over the wavelengths it covers. That will all change with the James Webb Space Telescope, currently on schedule and almost ready for its October 2018 launch date. The science instruments are all complete, the final mirrors are being…

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The Future of Astronomy: NASA"s James Webb Space Telescope

Zika: Here’s what we know about the virus alarming health experts worldwide

Alice Vitoria Gomes Bezerra, a three-month-old who has microcephaly, is held by her father Joao Batista Bezerra on January 27, 2016 in Recife, Brazil. (Mario Tama for Getty Images)

Mario Tama for Getty Images

Over the past several months, talk of a little-known virus went from nervous murmurs in the infectious disease community to piercing front-page headlines all over the world. The virus, Zika, quietly slips into its victims during otherwise mundane mosquito bites. Today it’s sickening millions as it charges into…

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Zika: Here’s what we know about the virus alarming health experts worldwide

Inspecting a Giant Telescope Mirror Looks a Lot Like Cleaning Your Yard

This photo of the fourth mirror for the Giant Magellan Telescope makes the cleaning and inspection of an incredible piece of engineering looks more like some dudes cleaning out their back yard.

The Giant Magellan Telescope will be an extremely large ground-based telescope situated in the Atacama Desert of Chile. It will consist of seven primary mirrors, each 27.6 feet in diameter. So far, four have already been cast at the Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab at University of Arizona—you can watch that process…

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Inspecting a Giant Telescope Mirror Looks a Lot Like Cleaning Your Yard 

This Guy Turns Kids’ Fanciful Inventions Into Real Products

Most people who spend time creating cool stuff call themselves designers, developers, or maybe makers. But Dominic Wilcox, who imagines things like robotic cereal spoons and driverless stained glass vehicles, identifies as an inventor. In his mind, inventors generate kooky ideas. Designers make them a reality.

Wilcox got his start in the invention game while attending college in his hometown of Sunderland, in the U.K. It was there that a mentor showed him a book of inventions “with a twist,” which is to say…

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This Guy Turns Kids’ Fanciful Inventions Into Real Products

Asia Tech Media Startup E27 Lays Off Half Of Team In Restructuring Move

The first major news of the year from Asia’s growing spectrum of tech media companies is in, after Singapore-based tech blog E27 instituted restructuring that has resulted in half of its 40 employees leaving the company.

E27, which was founded in 2006, is best known for its Echelon tech events across Asia and as a news site covering tech updates from the region. Last year, in a move to diversify its business and grow its attachment to the tech community, E27 introduced a marketplace for services catering…

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Asia Tech Media Startup E27 Lays Off Half Of Team In Restructuring Move

How to Hack the IKEA Food Market

I have long loved IKEA, not just for the LACK units of my college days or the little table I’m sitting at right this moment, but I love them for their food. No trip to the Swedish superstore is complete without a helping of meatballs, but their market is equally worth checking out.

They have a great frozen section, full of heart shaped waffles and delicious potato cakes, and they recently added a whole wall of corn syrup-free, per-the-pound candy, but there are a few multipurpose gems that I grab almost…

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How to Hack the IKEA Food Market

The Age Of Autonomy Is Coming

Guest author Craig Macy has spent nearly two decades serving in a variety of technical, managerial, executive, advisory, and principal roles throughout the technology sector.

All of the recent buzz about autonomous vehicles and humanoid robots—a conversation driven by big players ranging from Google to Toyota—obscures one of the most historically important events that’s unfolding right in front of us.

 The Age of Autonomy is arriving, quietly and widely, as truly autonomous devices move onto the scene to supplant…

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The Age Of Autonomy Is Coming

Win college tuition if you're good at 'Heroes of the Storm'

If you’re good at throwing, catching or hitting objects with sticks, then it’s possible to go to college for free on an athletic scholarship. Kids who spent warm summer days indoors working out how to trounce their foes online, on the other hand, get nothing more than a raised eyebrow and a sneer from the admissions tutor. ESPN and Blizzard are hoping to rectify that situation with its Heroes of the Dorm contest, which is coming back for a second year. The tournament matches teams from various…

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Win college tuition if you"re good at "Heroes of the Storm"

Star Wars director says Episode IX will be shot on film

Colin Trevorrow, the director of Star Wars: Episode IX, say he wants to shoot the 2019 movie using real film not digital cameras. And why? Because using digital would be anachronistic. “I could never shoot Star Wars on anything but [film] because it’s a period film: It happened a long time ago,” said Trevorrow at a panel at Sundance Film Festival.

Trevorrow may have been joking about his reasons, but his commitment to film for Episode IX seems serious. After all, director J.J. Abrams shot Episode VII on film, and…

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Star Wars director says Episode IX will be shot on film

Song of the Deep Announced by Insomniac Games

by Tyler Treese, posted 20 hours ago / 2,576 Views

The next title from Insomniac Games has been announced.

Called Song of the Deep, the Ratchet & Clank studio’s latest game will star a young heroine trying to find her missing father. Check out a trailer for the metroidvania-style adventure game below!

Song of the Deep is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC this Summer.

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Song of the Deep Announced by Insomniac Games

Harrison Ford, Anthony Hopkins Will Spill Official Secrets

Harrison Ford will lead a hell of a cast in Official Secrets, a new spy thriller set to begin shooting this May in the U.K. Justin Chadwick (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom) will direct the film, which will also boast the likes of Anthony Hopkins, Game of Thrones star Natalie Dormer, and Captain America: Civil War castmates Paul Bettany and Martin Freeman.

The movie is based on a non-fiction book titled The Spy Who Tried To Stop A War: Katherine Gun and The Secret Plot to Sanction the Iraq Invasion. It focuses on…

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Harrison Ford, Anthony Hopkins Will Spill Official Secrets

10 Thrilling Movies Based On True-Life Survival Stories

In the last century, Hollywood has pumped out a number of amazing and captivating survival stories, and while many of the fictional ones are incredibly impressive, it’s the ones that are based on a true story that carry an extra spark. In the imagination, one can think of a person surviving through just about everything anything, but it means a lot more when you watch someone go through ungodly trials and then find out those events happened to a real individual.

In the past few weeks, audiences have been going in droves…

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10 Thrilling Movies Based On True-Life Survival Stories

EA: New Titanfall, Mass Effect, Battlefield Games Coming This FY

Electronic Arts has confirmed releases for the following year, including Mass Effect and a new Titanfall game.

EA confirmed that their partnership with Respawn Entertainment is still active, and that they will be releasing “a new Titanfall experience” by the end of fiscal year 2017, which is actually March 31 2017.

To be clear, we already know a Titanfall game for mobile is in development, with Respawn partnering with Nexon. Respawn explained in that announcement that they expect to…

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EA: New Titanfall, Mass Effect, Battlefield Games Coming This FY

Screen Gems Delivers an Elegant Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Poster

Screen Gems delivers a stylish new Pride and Prejudice and Zombies poster

Screen Gems has just revealed a new Pride and Prejudice and Zombies poster that stylishly combines an artistic collage of the film’s characters with a period silhouette portrait. Check it out in full in the gallery viewer below!

A zombie outbreak has fallen upon the land in Jane Austen’s classic tale of the tangled relationships between lovers from different social classes in 19th century England. Feisty…

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Screen Gems Delivers an Elegant Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Poster

Vin Diesel's XXX 3 Just Added An Unexpected Actress

You may have already noticed, but over the course of his career, Vin Diesel has had a way of making his passion projects magically materialize as if by sheer force of will. He may have talked his way into a Marvel movie; we didn’t expect to see another installment in the Pitch Black saga after Chronicles of Riddick, but then Riddick came to be; and he’s doing it again with xXx 3: The Return of Xander Cage, a franchise most thought was long dead. Production is slated to begin soon, and they just added an unexpected member…

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Vin Diesel"s XXX 3 Just Added An Unexpected Actress

Doc Brown, The Doctor & Dr. Venkman clash in Lego Dimensions trailer

Three of our favourite doctors collide in a spray of multi-colored blocks…

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Doc Brown, The Doctor & Dr. Venkman clash in Lego Dimensions trailer

Great Detective Pikachu Details Revealed

We have some of the first details for Great Detective Pikachu.

Of course, the gumshoe Pikachu with the deerstalker cap is a completely new Pikachu, and he lives in Rhyme Town, where humans coexists with Pokemon (instead of catching them and breeding them for tournaments).

This Pikachu is bossy and pushy. He fancies women and favors a café where he always gets coffee. He’s loquacious and likes to stay standing on two feet like a human. As a result, he moves slowly, even at full…

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Great Detective Pikachu Details Revealed

Netflix 'House of Cards' Re-Elected for Season 5, With New Showrunner

We’re still waiting on a proper trailer for House of Cards Season 4, but Netflix is already taking major political swings. Frank Underwood (and hopefully Claire) will officially return for Season 5 in 2017, albeit without series showrunner Beau Willimon.

Netflix confirmed the news weeks ahead of Cards‘ March Season 4 premiere, without any immediate word of who would step in to replace Willimon. The showrunner has been with House of Cards since the beginning, while Netflix…

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Netflix "House of Cards" Re-Elected for Season 5, With New Showrunner

The Division Beta Currently Undergoing Maintenance, Returns at 4 AM PST

PC and PS4 betas will be live after maintenance.

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Ubisoft’s closed beta for Tom Clancy’s The Division is currently undergoing maintenance, likely to prepare it for launch on PS4 and PC platforms. The maintenance period began at 1 AM PST and is expected to last for three hours. After this, the beta will be live for all platforms.

The PS4 and PC beta will start at 12 PM GMT /7 AM EST/4 AM PST while the Xbox One…

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The Division Beta Currently Undergoing Maintenance, Returns at 4 AM PST

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3’s Awakening Trailers: Peter Stormare’s Back!

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 3’s Awakening Trailers: Peter Stormare’s Back!

What if The Legend of Zelda was a Little More... Badass?

1. Metal Zelda Series by Andrew Doris

 

2. Majora by Ag+

 

3. Samurai Ganondorf by dapperowl

 

 

 

 

 

More Alternative Takes on Our Favorite Franchises

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What if The Legend of Zelda was a Little More... Badass?

‘The Confirmation’ Trailer: In Which Clive Owen Tugs on Your Heartstrings and Not in a Violent Way

For those of us that remember the days when Clive Owen was on the cusp of serious action hero stardom (remember when he was supposed to be the next James Bond?), seeing the gruff actor in a seemingly warmhearted movie like The Confirmation is a little peculiar. Then again, the past few years have seen Owen going out of his way to showcase various unseen facets of his acting range. I’m glad he never took off as a major movie star because we may not have gotten his fascinating and unsettling Dr. John Thackery, as seen…

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‘The Confirmation’ Trailer: In Which Clive Owen Tugs on Your Heartstrings and Not in a Violent Way

The New Brow Pencil is the Only One You'll Ever Need

As a self-proclaimed eyebrow junkie (I’m obsessed with the


way a polished pair of brows can instantly make anyone look put together), I’ve


tried my fair share of brow products and learned the hard way that finding a


happy medium between products that are too harsh and create an overly bold brow,


or too subtle and don’t really create much of anything at all, is much harder


than it should be. With a pile of products tested and a few years under my belt,


I’ve learned that Anastasia…

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The New Brow Pencil is the Only One You"ll Ever Need

Top AIMP Plugins

AIMP is a popular music player that has the look and feel of a modern Winamp in my opinion. The player has been updated to version 4 recently, featuring a new interface (you can restore the classic interface) and other changes.

The player has a plugin system that works similar to that of Winamp and, what may surprise new users, it even supports Winamp plugins to a degree.

AIMP ships with several plugins, but you can install new ones that are made available on the official website to extend the player’s functionality…

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Top AIMP Plugins

Top AIMP Plugins

AIMP is a popular music player that has the look and feel of a modern Winamp in my opinion. The player has been updated to version 4 recently, featuring a new interface (you can restore the classic interface) and other changes.

The player has a plugin system that works similar to that of Winamp and, what may surprise new users, it even supports Winamp plugins to a degree.

AIMP ships with several plugins, but you can install new ones that are made available on the official website to extend the player’s functionality…

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Top AIMP Plugins

sychronized excavators and precision tricks

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sychronized excavators and precision tricks

Hublot Launches Refreshed LaFerrari-Inspired Watch With Sapphire

Supercar manufacturers and high-end watch companies have long been forming partnerships, and Ferrari was one of the first.


Hublot is Maranello’s current associate and it has just unveiled the MP-05 ‘LaFerrari’ Sapphire timepiece as a tribute to the Italian hypercar.

The watchmaker originally introduced its MP-05 in 2013, but now it has been improved and, as the name suggests, now uses sapphire in its construction.

Specifically, the case middle is now made from sapphire consisting of 7 individual components expertly…

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Hublot Launches Refreshed LaFerrari-Inspired Watch With Sapphire

Web Development Reading List #122: A Performance Budget Builder, Streams, And The Web Push API

I’ll make it short this week: Thank you so much for the great, constructive discussion last week about hiring people and web development basics. I took away some very interesting thoughts from it, and I hope you did so, too. Now, let’s go through the newest things I found.

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  This week, Firefox 44 has been released to the public. The new version offers better video support (VP9, WebM in addition to h.264) and adds support for Brotli compression (a new, better compression than gzip) for…

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Web Development Reading List #122: A Performance Budget Builder, Streams, And The Web Push API

GM forms team for self-driving, electric cars

DETROIT (by Joseph White, Reuters) – General Motors Co said on Thursday it was creating a team to speed up development of self-driving and electric cars, as it moves to expand its line-up of such vehicles.

Doug Parks, GM’s vice president for global product programs, was named vice president for autonomous technology and vehicle execution, as of Feb. 1.

Parks will oversee efforts to develop new electrical and battery systems and software for the vehicles, and report to Mark Reuss, head of global product…

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GM forms team for self-driving, electric cars

Abe Vigoda Dies at 94

NEW YORK (AP) — Character Abe Vigoda, whose leathery, sunken-eyed face made him ideal for playing the over-the-hill detective Phil Fish in the 1970s TV series “Barney Miller” and the doomed Mafia soldier in “The Godfather,” died Tuesday at age 94.

Vigoda’s daughter, Carol Vigoda Fuchs, told The Associated Press that Vigoda died Tuesday morning in his sleep at Fuchs’ home in Woodland Park, New Jersey. The cause of death was old age. “This man was never sick,” Fuchs said.

Vigoda worked in relative obscurity as a…

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Abe Vigoda Dies at 94

Geek Toys : Star Wars Bouquet - Assortment

When you search for “Star Wars Bouquet,” some pretty dang epic bridal arrangements come back. Our favorites are the ones that feature stems wrapped to look like lightsaber hilts. Of course, that makes the tossing of the bouquet dangerous in a whole new way….

For when you need an out-of-this-world way to say, “I love you” or “I know” or “Utinni!!!,” we offer this Star Wars Bouquet. With Boba Fett, Darth Vader, C-3PO, R2-D2 + 2 Ewoks & 3 Stormtroopers, it features both good and bad guys, all of whom are 17%…

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Geek Toys : Star Wars Bouquet - Assortment

5 ways to send super-personalized cold emails

Cold messages are part and parcel of every recruiter’s day. It’s the way that we connect with new candidates, and we couldn’t survive without them.
What’s pretty shocking though is that almost 90 percent of these messages aren’t personalized!

Recruiting is all about relationships, and the boilerplate templates that most candidates receive are definitely not the best way to start new relationships.

Personalization can be pretty time consuming though, so we’ve broken down five easy…

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5 ways to send super-personalized cold emails

Safari Crashing for Both iOS and Mac Users, Fixes Identified [Update: Fixed]

Safari users are today reporting an odd issue causing Apple’s web browser app to crash on both Macs and iOS devices. Several Mac users are also not receiving autocomplete suggestions when entering text into Safari’s address bar, with many pages including sites like Google failing to load completely. For many iPhone and iPad users, simply tapping on the URL bar causes Safari to crash.

URL searches, autocomplete, Top Sites and other Safari features rely on queries being sent to and returned by Apple’s servers, suggesting…

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Safari Crashing for Both iOS and Mac Users, Fixes Identified [Update: Fixed]

Samsung Gear S2 Classic available for pre-order at Mobile Fun in the UK

Samsung has finally started to make the Gear S2 Classic available worldwide, kicking things off in China. Now, UK retailer Mobile Fun has made it possible to pre-order the new wearable for £399.99. It’s essentially the Galaxy S2 but wrapped inside a more luxurious exterior.

Mobile Fun has both the 18K Rose Gold and Platinum variants available for pre-order. You have the choice of rose gold plating with an ivory leather strap, or a platinum finish with a black leather band. Should you be interested to learn more…

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Samsung Gear S2 Classic available for pre-order at Mobile Fun in the UK

Intel Gets Called Out Again For Their M.I.A. 3.0 X.Org Driver

An anonymous reader writes: The xf86-video-intel 3.0 DDX driver has been in development the past two and a half years without seeing an official release. The last development release even of xf86-video-intel 3.0 Git was 13 months ago with the xf86-video-intel 2.99.917 release. At that time it was said by Intel’s lead DDX developer, “3 months have passed, we should make one more snapshot before an imminent release.” Since then, there’s been no communications about a stable release of this DDX…

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Intel Gets Called Out Again For Their M.I.A. 3.0 X.Org Driver

HP teams up with designer Isaac Mizrahi to make a flashy women’s smartwatch

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Another smartwatch hit the market today with a considerably quieter launch compared to most others. HP has collaborated with fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi to create the Isaac Mizrahi Smartwatch, a $249 luxe timepiece for women featuring Swarovski crystals, multicolored leather bands, smartphone notifications, and activity tracking.

Following in the footsteps of Fossil, HP says it wanted to give women a watch that uses smart features “without sacrificing style.” The device has a traditional analog face and a…

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HP teams up with designer Isaac Mizrahi to make a flashy women’s smartwatch

Uber's Cutting Its NYC Prices by 15 Percent Today

Your ride across New York City just got more affordable. Uber is set to reduce the cost of its Uber X and XL rides by 15 percent in the city from 7am this morning.

Uber will apparently cut its Uber X base fare from $3 to $2.55, while the per mile rate will drop from $2.15 to $1.75 and the per minute rate will fall from 40 cents to 35 cents. A similar 15 percent reduction will also be made to Uber XL. The fare slash was first reported by the New York Post and has since been confirmed by Uber, according to…

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Uber"s Cutting Its NYC Prices by 15 Percent Today

Augmented Reality Rock Climbing Turns a Sport Into a Videogame

A few months ago, we showed you a video made by Brooklyn Boulders of the gym’s Augmented Reality rock climbing wall. A coder created a program that turned the ordinary wall into a real-life video game, where you could rack up points as you scaled up and across the vertical face. Now, Brooklyn Boulders is working with the creator of the game, Jon Cheng (a member who runs his startup Randoori) to implement it in their gyms.

It started when the gym let Cheng show off his idea, called Time Trial, at its monthly Community…

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Augmented Reality Rock Climbing Turns a Sport Into a Videogame

Cronofy, The Calendar API Helping Businesses Keep Customer And Staff Diaries In Sync, Scores $1.6M

Cronofy, the U.K. startup that offers a calendar API to help businesses and their customers synchronise calendars, has raised a $1.6 million seed round led by Firestartr alongside Amsterdam-based venture capital firm henQ.

The investment comes post-pivot after the company dropped its rather convoluted consumer offering, called One Diary, to focus purely on its then fledgling B2B model.

“We’re the plumbing that connects apps and services with peoples calendars,” explains Cronofy founder Adam Bird. “Our customers…

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Cronofy, The Calendar API Helping Businesses Keep Customer And Staff Diaries In Sync, Scores $1.6M

Kotaku Leave The Division’s Poor Dog Alone | Deadspin And Now, Your Absolute Worst Poop Mishaps | Je

Kotaku Leave The Division’s Poor Dog Alone | Deadspin And Now, Your Absolute Worst Poop Mishaps | Jezebel Girl Believes She’s a Cat Trapped in a Human’s Body and I Believe Her | Gizmodo A Mysterious Sonic Boom Caused Tremors in New Jersey |

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Kotaku Leave The Division’s Poor Dog Alone | Deadspin And Now, Your Absolute Worst Poop Mishaps | Je

Three Reasons Why Open Source Will Have A Great 2016

When Netscape released its Web browser’s source code to the public in 1998, it seemed like a Hail Mary move for a company embattled by Microsoft.

Now barely a week goes by without a commercial tech company announcing the launch of a new platform, app or extension—and its source code. Among them is Microsoft, a company whose then-CEO, Steve Ballmer, called the open-source Linux operating system a “cancer” in 2001.

In the last year we’ve seen Apple release the code behind the Swift programming language; Google, TensorFlow, a…

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Three Reasons Why Open Source Will Have A Great 2016

Driverless pods to hit the streets of Greenwich

To help with the project, TRL has recruited a handful of experts. These include Westfield Sportscars, a West Midlands company that builds classic automobiles. TRL says it was will act as an “integrator and manufacturer,” designing and testing the vehicles to ensure they meet road safety standards. Joining them are Oxbotica, a research-based team that was spun out of Oxford University’s Mobile Robotics Group. In short, they’ll be working on the autonomous bits — the software and hardware that deals with mapping,…

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Driverless pods to hit the streets of Greenwich

Droneboarding needs bigger drones or smaller humans

Okay, there’s a lot going on here so let’s break things down. Is it impractical to use quadcopters to tow a toddler on a snowboard? Yes, very. Did the battery on the drone in this video last long? Probably not. Did the kid go very fast? He’s barely moving. Is this a great idea? Of course, of course, of course.

Using a consumer grade drone to tow people on snow (or on water?) makes about as much sense as strapping a giant fan to someone’s back while they’re paragliding — but people do that and it looks like…

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Droneboarding needs bigger drones or smaller humans

Open World Survival Game Conan Exiles Announced

by William D’Angelo, posted 19 hours ago / 2,888 Views

Funcom has announced an open world survival game called Conan Exiles. It is set in the world of Conan the Barbarian.

View the announcement trailer below:

“You are an exile, one of thousands cast out to fend for themselves in a barbaric wasteland swept by terrible sandstorms and besieged on every side by enemies. Here you must fight…

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Open World Survival Game Conan Exiles Announced

It Follows Star Will Fear The Walking Dead

Daniel Zovatto from last year’s horror hit joins the AMC Walking Dead prequel series.

AMC’s Fear The Walking Dead has recruited actor Daniel Zovatto for its upcoming second season. Zovatto was seen on the big screen in last year’s horror hit,…

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It Follows Star Will Fear The Walking Dead

Stephen Amell to Appear on DC’s Legends of Tomorrow as Old Man Oliver

Stephen Amell will guest star on DC’s Legends of Tomorrow

It was previously teased that we would be seeing older versions of fan-favorite characters on DC’s Legends of Tomorrow and now we know who, Stephen Amell’s Oliver Queen!

In the sixth episode of the series, the titular “Legends” will travel to the year 2046 where they will meet not only a goatee-sporting and one-armed Oliver Queen, but also his son, Connor Hawke.

“Every once and a while, we do an episode where the 10-year-old me has to pinch…

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Stephen Amell to Appear on DC’s Legends of Tomorrow as Old Man Oliver

Toyota Camry

The Toyota Camry has its roots in the Toyota Celica when the Celica Camry was introduced 30 years ago as a four-door version of the Toyota Celica which was meant exclusively for the domestic Japanese market. The original Celica Camry was essentially a restyled Toyota Carina with styling cues taken from the 1978 Celica Supra. The popularity of the four doors Celica Camry encouraged Toyota to think of a new separate model line for the Camry.

So in 1982 the Camry became a separate model line available in two versions, a…

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Toyota Camry

Winter Storm Jonas left Washington D.C. with over 2 feet of snow, cementing cars in place— just giving the bureaucrats an perfect opportunity to hand out over $1 million in parking tickets, $65,600 in fines and 656 towed vehicles

The District announced that they will continue to ticket and tow abandoned or parked vehicles lining any snow emergency route.

“Don’t park your car illegally, and that includes parking it kind of in the middle of the street next to the snow bank,” said D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser.

Cars need to be 12 inches from the curb, not a snow mound, the mayor added.

Snow removal crews are aiming to plow streets from curb to curb, meaning any vehicles impeding their progress will be removed. Cars left in traffic lanes on any road are…

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Winter Storm Jonas left Washington D.C. with over 2 feet of snow, cementing cars in place— just giving the bureaucrats an perfect opportunity to hand out over $1 million in parking tickets, $65,600 in fines and 656 towed vehicles

Dubuc Motors Turns To Crowdfunding To Launch Electric Sports Car

Last time we heard about the upstart Canadian automaker was in 2014, but now it has resurfaced with a crowdfunding campaign to bring its Tomahawk sports car to the market.


Dubuc Motors wantsa to raise $25 million through StartEngine – and if its goal is accomplieshed, it plans on selling the Tomahawk from 2017 onwards.

Unlike other North American electric startups, like Tesla Motors and Faraday Future, Dubuc won’t be chasing high sales, offering just its sports car at around $100,000.

That car will apparently have an…

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Dubuc Motors Turns To Crowdfunding To Launch Electric Sports Car

Combining UX Design And Psychology To Change User Behavior

Have you ever wondered why your users do not interact with your product the way you hope? Persuading people to perform a particular action, like signing up or buying a product, is a challenge in most industries, especially when you want that action to be performed repeatedly.

As UX practitioners, we try to create the best conditions for users to complete their tasks, and yet even the most usable interface is sometimes not enough to engage users. Why is that?

To understand the reasons behind what drives users to…

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Combining UX Design And Psychology To Change User Behavior

5 vital user-acquisition concepts for mobile role-playing games

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When it comes to mobile game user acquisition, I call it “the art of growing the game profitably.” However, it’s unfortunate that, in terms of user acquisition, “growing the game” doesn’t always mean getting higher revenue and, therefore, better profit — there are many games in the market that grow their user bases, but fail at growing revenue.

In fact, getting the highest ROI from user-acquisition campaigns is becoming more challenging each day. The…

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5 vital user-acquisition concepts for mobile role-playing games

The 2015 Panic Report

The complete Panic Family, circa 2015.

Welcome to the 19th year of Panic.

That’s one heaping teaspoon of life-time, but you know what? It doesn’t feel like it. I think it’s because things at Panic are always evolving — gradually evolving, but evolving still, like any good business. Things are always being learned. Ideas are always being tested. You’re treading water in some areas, but not in others. There’s enough change that each year has a certain “feeling”, a certain texture that can only be…

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The 2015 Panic Report

Geek Toys : Dragon Age Inquisition Alistair 1/6 Scale Figure

Spoiler warning! If you’ve already played through Dragon Age: Origins, feel free to click and drag to highlight the hidden sentence below.

Maybe he became the King in your Dragon Age playthrough, or maybe he ended up a drunken lout.

Whatever happened to him, Alistair was a good chap. Yeah, alright, he whined a bit, but boy did he come in handy in a fight! Plus, his character was inspired by two of our favorite Whedonverse characters: Xander Harris and Malcolm Reynolds. Yup, that little piece of…

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Geek Toys : Dragon Age Inquisition Alistair 1/6 Scale Figure

The ‘Hey Arnold!’ intro remade in GTA V is hilarious

YouTuber Merfish is a pro at recreating famous scenes from movies and TV in the open-world game Grand Theft Auto V; visit his channel and you’ll spot The Powerpuff Girls, Teletubbies and even a trailer for Batman v Superman, all set in the fictional city of San Andreas.

His latest clip is perhaps my favorite: a frame-by-frame remake of the intro to the 1990s Nickelodeon animated series ‘Hey Arnold!‘

Merfish nails everything from the costumes to the camera angles (with some creative…

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The ‘Hey Arnold!’ intro remade in GTA V is hilarious

Apple Seeds Second iOS 9.3 Beta to Public Beta Testers With Night Shift Control Center Toggle

Apple today released the second beta of an upcoming iOS 9.3 update for public beta testers, just a few days after seeding the second iOS 9.3 beta to developers. iOS 9.3’s second public beta comes a week after Apple released iOS 9.2.1, a minor update, to the public.

Beta testers who have signed up for Apple’s beta testing program will receive the second iOS 9.3 update over-the-air after installing the proper certificate on their iOS device.

Those who want to be a part of Apple’s beta testing program can sign up to…

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Apple Seeds Second iOS 9.3 Beta to Public Beta Testers With Night Shift Control Center Toggle

Oppo to unveil innovative power solution and smartphone camera tech at MWC

Oppo will take to this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) to unveil what the company claims to be a ground-breaking power solution, as well as new smartphone camera innovation. The popular smartphone company shipped 50 million units in 2015 and will certainly be looking to utilize said events to further develop the Oppo brand to penetrate its targeted markets.

The new smartphone camera innovation fits comfortably in Oppo plans to focus on photography for 2016. The company previously announced that the F series will be a…

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Oppo to unveil innovative power solution and smartphone camera tech at MWC

Congress Gives Federal Agencies Two Weeks To Tally Backdoored Juniper Kit

I thought government security organisations of the three letter variety were busy trying to convince
us that security backdoors and ‘special’ access for government level players was a good thing?

Surely they should just be promoting this as a feature, that enables the rounding up of literally millions
of pedophiles, drug addicts, and terrorists Real Soon Now?

Oh, wait, they are not sure its only THEIR backdoors? Dont tell me other governments may also be
involved? But surely if its good for one government to have access, its…

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Congress Gives Federal Agencies Two Weeks To Tally Backdoored Juniper Kit

VMware Fusion, Workstation team culled in company restructure

Members of VMware’s “Hosted UI” team—the developers responsible for the virtualization company’s Workstation and Fusion desktop products—were apparently laid off on Monday as part of a restructuring of the company that was announced yesterday. The developers were just a part of a larger layoff as the company moved to cut costs and brought aboard a new chief financial officer.

“VMware… announced a restructuring and realignment of approximately 800 roles,” a company spokesperson said in a press release Monday,…

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VMware Fusion, Workstation team culled in company restructure

These Gecko Gloves Can (Kind of) Turn You Into Spider-Man

If you were upset at the news that Spider-Man is an impossible dream, don’t despair. A set of gecko gloves created by a Stanford researcher make the ability possible once more.

Earlier this month, University of Cambridge zoologist David Labonte pointed out that geckos are the largest animals able to maneuver along vertical walls because of scaling limitations as animal body size increases. That may be the case for purely biological creatures, but humans have a technology card to play—and Elliot Hawkes…

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These Gecko Gloves Can (Kind of) Turn You Into Spider-Man

The US’ Top Game Design School Will Now Publish Its Own Games

The University of Southern California is home to one of the world’s best game design programs. This spring, it hopes to push that reputation farther with USC Games Publishing, a label that would bring innovative work by students and faculty to PlayStation and Xbox, PC and mobile. Although the first titles will come from within USC, the goal is to embrace the broader development community and create a system that gives game designers near-total creative control to be innovative, artistic, or just plain…

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The US’ Top Game Design School Will Now Publish Its Own Games

More Money Into The Cloud As NewVoiceMedia Gets $30M For Its Contact Center Solutions

As more businesses move their IT from on-premise solutions and into networked, cloud-based services, startups that are building products for them to do this are raking in yet more funding as they grow. NewVoiceMedia, a UK business that offers a solution for companies to run their customer contact centers and sales services in the cloud, has picked up an additional $30 million in funding.

The latest round is led by new VC firm BGF Ventures, with participation also from existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners…

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More Money Into The Cloud As NewVoiceMedia Gets $30M For Its Contact Center Solutions

How Drinking Too Much Soda Can Affect Your Body

You probably know that soda isn’t the best thing for your body, but have you ever wondered what would happen if you didn’t drink anything else? These are the health hazards you might run into if you down too many cans of cola.

Having a can of your favorite soda every day isn’t going to kill you if that’s how you like to treat yourself. But if you replace drinking water with soda, you’re certainly not doing your body any favors. This video from the AsapScience YouTube channel shows exactly how…

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How Drinking Too Much Soda Can Affect Your Body

13 Steps To Take Before Your Business Ventures Abroad

While exciting, expanding your company internationally comes with a host of risks and challenges. From factoring time zones into meeting calendars to navigating differences in culture, there’s a lot more than the upfront cost to think about when you’re expanding abroad.

See also: How Skimlinks Built A Company As Global As Its Product

To help you figure out a first-time expansion, 13 members of Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) offer their best advice on specific challenges you might face, and how to best deal with them…

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13 Steps To Take Before Your Business Ventures Abroad

Bungie has a new CEO

In a short statement, Parsons wasted no time in addressing Destiny fans: “I want you to know my number one priority, and Bungie’s, is and always has been to deliver great games that we can all share together,” he says. “I also believe you have yet to see our studio’s best work. My new role here at the studio will be entirely focused on fulfilling that promise.”

After an unconfirmed Kotaku report claimed that Destiny’s next instalment has been pushed back from its September launch and the recent rollback on matchmaking…

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Bungie has a new CEO

UN panel recommends banning lithium-ion battery cargo on passenger planes

The international argument over the safety of transporting lithium-ion batteries by air continues to swing back and forth, with a UN panel now recommending a total ban of cargo shipments of such rechargeable batteries on passenger planes. Similar restrictions were rejected by the UN last October, but according to a report from the Associated Press the regulations are now back on the negotiating table.

A single defective battery can start a chain reaction

The debate over lithium-ion batteries has become more…

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UN panel recommends banning lithium-ion battery cargo on passenger planes

Greatest Video Game Composers: David Wise

by Taneli Palola, posted 6 hours ago / 589 Views

One of the most difficult things to do in the video game industry is to somehow stay relevant while the medium itself constantly evolves. This holds true for composers just as much as anyone else working in the industry. Many don’t last for more than a few years before giving up and moving onto other mediums. Still, there are always those who manage to…

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Greatest Video Game Composers: David Wise

Watch the New Trailer for Kubo and the Two Strings

LAIKA Studios is prepping its fourth full-length animated feature, Kubo and the Two Strings, for release later this year. The home of previous dark fantasy efforts like Coraline, ParaNorman and The Boxtrolls is continuing along the same genre track, this time telling a story of spirits, warriors, monsters and destiny set in a fantasy version of Japan.

The film features the voice talents of Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, Rooney Mara, Ralph Fiennes, George Takei, Brenda Vaccaro and more, and is directed by…

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Watch the New Trailer for Kubo and the Two Strings

Bates Motel Season 4 Poster Goes All Psycho on Us

Bates Motel Season 4 poster released

A&E Network has debuted the new Bates Motel Season 4 poster, which you can check out below! The new season will premiere on Monday, March 7 at 9 p.m. ET/PT and will be followed by the premiere of Damien at 10 p.m. If you missed it, you can watch the Bates Motel Season 4 teaser here.

Bates Motel Season 4 stars Vera Farmiga in her Emmy nominated role as Norma Bates alongside Freddie Highmore as Norman. From writers and executive producers Kerry…

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Bates Motel Season 4 Poster Goes All Psycho on Us

Arrow Just Delivered A Shocking Moment That Could Change Everything

Warning: major spoilers ahead for the Episode 11 of Arrow Season 4.

After last week’s intense midseason premiere saw Team Arrow dealing with the fallout of Damien Darhk’s assassination attempt that left Felicity without use of her legs, Arrow went back to business as usual (somewhat) in “A.W.O.L.” Unlike most episodes, however, the focus was primarily on Oliver’s two first partners rather than on Oliver himself. While Felicity was coming to terms with her paralysis, Digg dealt with the new status quo with his…

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Arrow Just Delivered A Shocking Moment That Could Change Everything

The PC Gamer Show: Far Cry Primal, Steam controller music

Every Tuesday at 1 PM Pacific we broadcast The PC Gamer Show live from our office. It’s your chance to get your questions answered live on Twitch, and hear us talk about gaming news, hardware, and what we’re playing.

This week, Tim tells us about his time with Far Cry Primal, we take a look at The Witness, Her Story 2 has been announced, and more—including a Catfantastic quiz featuring a singing Steam controller, and our usual Twitch Chat Q&A. 

Watch along today on Twitch, and toss us some…

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The PC Gamer Show: Far Cry Primal, Steam controller music

Monster Hunter X Sells 3.2 Million Units This Quarter, Raising Capcom's Sales And Profits

Monster Hunter X was the highlight of Capcom’s Q3 FY2015 report, selling 3.2 million units.

Released in Japan in late November, Monster Hunter X immediately outsold the lifetime digital sales of its predecessor, Monster Hunter 4G, in a staggering four days. Six days after release, it was already at 2 million units sold.

Monster Hunter X’s solid performance, along with Dragon’s Dogma Online, released on PC, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation 4, Monster Hunter Explore, released on mobile,…

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Monster Hunter X Sells 3.2 Million Units This Quarter, Raising Capcom"s Sales And Profits

Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World Acquired by Magnolia

Werner Herzog’s Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World acquired by Magnolia Pictures

Magnolia Pictures announced today that it has acquired worldwide rights to Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World, a playful and intellectually-searching new documentary by legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man, Cave of Forgotten Dreams) that offers a bold exploration of the past, present and constantly evolving future of the Internet. Praised by critics after its world premiere at the Sundance Film…

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Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World Acquired by Magnolia

What American Horror Story Season 6 Will Probably Be About

Waiting for the new season of American Horror Story to reveal its subject matter every year is arguably as exciting as anything that happens during any of the episodes. While nothing official has been announced just yet, it looks like Season 6 of American Horror Story will focus on one of the spookiest things the Internet age has given the world: Slender Man.

The haunting and featureless Slender Man became an Internet phenomenon in the past decade, stretching beyond its forum-based roots to enter the lexicon of…

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What American Horror Story Season 6 Will Probably Be About

EA unveils Star Wars Battlefront freebies and Season Pass info

Electronic Arts has announced the settings for three of the four planned DLC packs included in the Star Wars Battlefront Season Pass, beginning with Outer Rim, a trip to Sullust and Tatooine that’s scheduled to happen in March. Ahead of that will be a handful of free updates, the first of which will go live tomorrow with a new option to create private matches, plus Daily Challenges, Community Events, and some free stuff.

Tomorrow’s update will include a Tatooine Survival map called Raider Camp that will support the…

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EA unveils Star Wars Battlefront freebies and Season Pass info

Monster Hunter X Sells 3.2 Million Units This Quarter, Raising Capcom's Sales And Profits

Monster Hunter X was the highlight of Capcom’s Q3 FY2015 report, selling 3.2 million units.

Released in Japan in late November, Monster Hunter X immediately outsold the lifetime digital sales of its predecessor, Monster Hunter 4G, in a staggering four days. Six days after release, it was already at 2 million units sold.

Monster Hunter X’s solid performance, along with Dragon’s Dogma Online, released on PC, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation 4, Monster Hunter Explore, released on mobile,…

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Monster Hunter X Sells 3.2 Million Units This Quarter, Raising Capcom"s Sales And Profits

Eddie the Eagle Clip: Hugh Jackman Inspires Olympic Greatness

A new Eddie the Eagle clip featuring Hugh Jackman and Taron Egerton

Hugh Jackman (X-Men: Days of Future Past) trains Taron Egerton (Kingsman: The Secret Service) as famed Olympic skier Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards in Eddie the Eagle, which just released a new clip. Check out the inspiring Eddie the Eagle clip below!

Edwards became a national hero by becoming the first competitor to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping during the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. He was a…

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Eddie the Eagle Clip: Hugh Jackman Inspires Olympic Greatness

The Kubo And The Two Strings Trailer Is Epic And Magical

While computer animation rules the market for animated films these days, Laika stands as one of the proud purveyor of stop motion animation. Their latest film, Kubo And The Two Strings, promises to be another jewel in the crown of the studio that brought us such films as Paranorman and The Boxtrolls. You can see why in the breathtaking trailer below.

 

Kubo And The Two Strings tells the story of the titular protagonist: a young boy with a two stringed instrument that has a mythical punch to its tunes. Which is a good…

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The Kubo And The Two Strings Trailer Is Epic And Magical

​How to defend on CS:GO’s Cobblestone map

Cobblestone has seen many iterations over the years. Up until this current version, it’s been heavily CT-sided. Since this isn’t the case anymore, you will have to be a bit more creative if you want to score those rounds.

First, let’s talk about the map itself. Most games tend to be centered around the B-site. There are several reasons for this. First of all it’s easy to isolate defending players on B with smokes. Secondly the terrorists will generally use AK47 whereas you are stuck with M4A4 or M4A1-s….

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​How to defend on CS:GO’s Cobblestone map