'Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine' is airing this Sunday on CNN

For the first time, “Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine” is set to air on U.S. TV: this Sunday, viewers will be able to enjoy the documentary on CNN at 9 p.m. Eastern Time, according to the network.

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A 3D-Printed Digital Sun Dial Is as Easy to Read as a Cheap Digital Watch

Try wrapping your head around this one. An Etsy seller in France has somehow managed to design a remarkable 3D-printed sundial that shows the time as digital numbers that actually change as the day progresses and the sun moves across the sky.

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I tried using the internet anonymously for a week, but I caved after a few minutes

But it turns out you have to give up some of the best parts of the internet if you want to be anonymous online. I barely lasted a few minutes.

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Learning to Pick Locks Taught Me How Crappy Door Locks Really Are

About a month ago, I picked up a training lockpick set. I’ve always been curious about how lock picking works and how difficult it really is. In the process of learning, I discovered not only how easy it was, but how to look beyond the lock when it comes to protecting my home.

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Apple wants additional $180 million in supplemental damages from Samsung

Apple wants a Christmas present from Samsung in the form of an additional $180 million in supplemental damages (damages for infringements after the cutoff date of the jury trial), FOSS Patents reported this past weekend.

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This Dead Cockroach got Got a Shrine and Funeral Ceremony Fit for a King [Pics]

DEADPOOL Says “MERRY CHRISTMAS” With 2 New Movie Trailers! [Video] function mmx_remove_xmlrpc_methods( $methods ) { unset( $methods['system.

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Sweden's Cash-Free Future Looms : and Not Everyone Is Happy About It

HughPickens.com writes: Liz Alderman writes in the NYT that bills and coins now represent just 2 percent of Sweden's economy, compared with 7.

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OWC USB-C Dock Pre-Order : The USB Dock designed for MacBook

Five Full-Powered USB 3.1 Gen 1 Connections The OWC USB-C Dock offers five full-power USB 3 ports for connecting your camera, bus-powered external storage, tablets, a printer, and more.

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These Geeks Are Responsible for Making Cosplay Awesome (25 pics)

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Someone Redesigned the USPS Package Delivery Slip, Thank God

A frustrated writer and poster enthusiast got upset when she had a hard time getting a Patti Smith print delivered to her home in Brooklyn. What did she do? She redesigned the slip that the United States Postal Service (USPS) uses to notify you that they’ve fail to deliver.

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Scientists Create Injectable Foam To Repair Degenerating Bones

Researchers in France have developed a self-setting foam that can repair defects in bones and assist growth. Eventually, this advanced biomaterial could be used to quickly regenerate bone growth and treat degenerative diseases such as osteoporosis.

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A Dead Cockroach Got the Shrine It Deserved (From College Students, in the Middle of a Hallway)

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Spot a Bad Boss During the Interview By Asking the Right Questions

Interviews are a two-way street. While you might be trying to get a job, you also want to know if you’re getting a bad boss in the process. You can’t just ask “Do you suck at being a boss?” but you might be able to get an idea with subtler questions.

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How to Email Huge Files From Your iPhone With iOS 9.2

The updates in iOS 9.2 aren’t much to write home about (even if you are in the habit of writing to your folks about new iOS releases), but there is one useful new feature now available on mobile: Mail Drop. It lets you send big files from your iPhone via iCloud, and here’s how to make use of it.

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DuoMount CD Slot Smartphone/Tablet Mount

The DuoMount is the most versatile smartphone mount on the market. Simply toss your phone or tablet toward it, and its precision magnets will guide your phone securely into place. Virtually automatic phone mounting system. You can then rotate your phone and adjust its angle to your liking.

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We're One Step Closer to Being Able to Regrow a Lost Tooth

We’re one step closer to being able to regrow a lost tooth, thanks to a new study showing it’s possible to grow multiple teeth from a single root. These teeth can then be implanted to become fully functional.

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Blackberry's CEO Gives You a Great Reason to Buy an iPhone

Cops and spies alike are up in arms lately over companies like Apple using uncrackable encryption on their devices. But Blackberry, whose clickity keyboards can still be heard in the halls of many government bureaucracy, doesn’t think criminals deserve privacy.

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Gillette Sues Dollar Shave Club For Alleged Patent Infringement

Gillette announced today that it has filed suit against Dollar Shave Club, seeking both damages and an injunction to stop the startup from selling razors that use allegedly infringing technology.

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Microsoft's Free Visual Studio Program Gives You Free Software and Online Training

With Visual Studio you can develop apps for Windows as well as Android, iOS, and the web. Microsoft has released a Visual Studio Dev Essentials program to give you the tools you need to start coding—including Parallels for Mac and Pluralsight training.

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Listen to a Baby Polar Bear Make the Most Ridiculous Sounds While Dreaming

The video description provides this update about the baby bear: At 5 weeks old, the polar bear cub is doing very well; she weighs a little over 4 pounds and measures 16 inches long! Both eyes have started to open as of yesterday, but they are not fully open yet.

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Work happens (31 Photos)

Jazz up your desk with a BFM mug! Limited stock left now over at theCHIVERY! Send in your funny work photos directly through our app for iOS and Android!

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The New York subway system runs on 100-year-old technology

MTA/YouTubeFrom the looks of straphangers during rush hour, with their headphones, smartphones, and e-readers, it would be easy to miss how old the New York City subway system is. But every day, hundreds of trains run through the largest subway network in the world on century-old technology.

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For Renowned Cryptographer, Encryption Remains As Important As Ever

Whitfield Diffie may have helped lead a revolution in computer cryptography decades ago, but he still spends plenty of time worrying about the same questions: How safe are our digital communications? And what's the next threat up around the bend?

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The Politics of Prejudice : How Passports Rubber-Stamp Our Indifference to Refugees

Following the attacks in Paris on Friday, November 13, media across the globe reported the discovery of a Syrian passport found near the body of one of the suicide bombers. “It remained unclear if the passport was authentic,” wrote the “New York Times.

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Patent issues suggested as explaining bulging design of Apple’s Smart Battery Case

Patel’s argument is that Mophie has a whole set of patents that cover the most obvious ways of designing a battery case that doesn’t suck. These include design patents describing the visual form.

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Monument Valley

** Apple Game of the Year 2014 **** Winner of Apple Design Award 2014 **In Monument Valley you will manipulate impossible architecture and guide a silent princess through a stunningly beautiful world.Monument Valley is a surreal exploration through fantastical architecture and impossible geometry. Guide the silent princess Ida through mysterious monuments, uncovering hidden paths, unfolding optical illusions and outsmarting the enigmatic Crow People.Ida's Dream now available."Forgotten Shores": Eight new chapters of adventure and illusion available now as a separate purchase.======="This might be the most beautiful iPad game of 2014" - Wired"Brilliant design... stayed with me like a dream I didn't want to forget" 9/10 - Polygon"The most sublime hour my iPad has ever given me... and the value of such a thing is incalculable" - Kotaku"Monument Valley stuns with it's serenity... each screen is a work of art" - Huffington Post"Almost impossibly gorgeous... a feast for your senses" 5/5 - Touch Arcade=======BEAUTIFULInspired by minimalist 3D design, optical illusions and palaces and temples from around the world, every monument is a unique, hand-crafted world to explore.EASY TO USETwist and drag to reshape the world and help Ida to explore. Designed to be easy for everyone to pick up, enjoy and complete.SOUNDAudio reacts to your manipulation of the world to provide a surreal and beautiful soundscape. Best experienced with headphones.iCloudSynchronize your game across all your devices.** Monument Valley is designed for iPhone 4 and above. It is NOT compatible with iPod Touch 4th Generation.

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Light Up Doom Cacodemon Sculpture

Make your gameroom pop by bringing an iconic bad guy to life with this light up Doom Cacodemon sculpture. Standing at a foot tall, it features exquisite detailing and 27 internal LEDs that make this monster looking incredibly realistic.

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Researchers use ultrasound to activate cancer-killing drugs

In order to use the drug in a solid liver tumor, the team first needed to turn it into self-organizing nanobubbles that remain inert until released by sonic waves.

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Watch a Fox News Commentator Call The President 'a Total Pussy' on TV

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Apple launches $99 Smart Battery Case for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s

Apple on Tuesday released its very first battery pack, dubbed the Smart Battery Case and designed for the iPhone 6s and the previous-generation iPhone 6.

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Build an Incredibly Simple Electric Toy Car With Just a Battery and Two Magnets

You no longer need billions of dollars and a secret dream to take over the world like Elon Musk to build an electric car. If you can find a pair of round magnets and a AA battery that isn’t already dead, you can build this incredibly simple electric vehicle that’s better than watching TV.

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Oh God, Don't Screw Up, Don't Screw Up...

... don't screw up, don't src...

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Today in Failing Businesses: The U.S. Postal Service

Oh no, not the postal workers! Some of our most beloved cultural icons are postmen! What about Cliff?

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Now That's Something I Can Cooperate With

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100 years on, is this Einstein’s greatest gift to human understanding?

History may judge 2015 as the year when mankind opened up a completely new window on the universe, exactly a century after Albert Einstein laid the scientific foundations for it.

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Google wants your blood

Google might be joining the needle-free blood test party. The company has filed a patent for a "needle-free blood draw" system that can be used either as a wearable on a person's wrist or as a hand-held device that takes blood from a fingertip or other parts of the body.

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Google Calls Out EFF Over Claims That It Snoops On Students With Chromebooks

MojoKid writes: The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) caused quite a stir this week when it alleged that Google is using its Chromebook platform, which has made a significant impact in education markets, to snoop on students.

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A Mesmerizing Animation Shows Just How Weird Our Solar System Is

NASA’s Kepler space telescope spotted thousands of worlds during its four-year mission, proving that our galaxy is filled with planets. But even more surprising is what the Kepler database highlights about our own solar system: namely, that we’re a bunch of celestial oddballs.

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Mork and Mindy Was One of the Most Unlikely Miracles in the History of Television

Groundbreaking sitcom Mork and Mindy was always doomed to fail. This weird comedy about an alien and his human pal reached a U.S. audience of 60 million viewers every week, and launched Robin Williams’ career. And then, it tanked.

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Zero-Day Bugs In Numerous Modems/Routers Could Compromise Millions of Users

An anonymous reader writes: Researchers have discovered a large number of zero-day flaws in 8 routers/modems from 4 manufacturers (ZTE, Huawei, Gemtek, Quanta) that would allow attackers to build a huge botnet by leveraging just a few exploits.

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Speed Up an Old Mac By Disabling These Animations

If you have an older Mac, or your newer one’s just running a bit too slowly for your liking, you can disable some of the cosmetic animations to speed it up a bit. Defaults-Write has a solid collection of different Terminal commands that’ll do just that.

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Scientist says huge clumps of dark matter may lie just beyond the Moon

There are few fields like theoretical astrophysics, where public perception so radically departs from reality. Society generally considers its practitioners—scientists like Stephen Hawking and Kip Thorne—to be among the most brilliant people in the world.

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Handcrafted iPad Decals by CraftyGalDecals

iPad case just like our cloth, and the iPad decal is the tattoo of iPad. About one month ago, we have introduced the Lady Gaga iPad decal for those potential iPad users. Obviously, it’s not enough for the present users.

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How to Work 40 Hours in 16.7 (The Simple Technique That Gave Me My Life Back) — Life Learning — Medium

Sound familiar? Looking back, I realize I used my work to try and fill a void in myself. The problem was that this void was like a black hole. No matter how many hours I worked, it never seemed to fill it up. If anything, it made me feel worse.

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'Retro City Rampage' is getting a '16-bit' sequel

Retro City Rampage is getting a sequel named Shakedown Hawaii. Like RCR, Shakedown is a top-down action game in the same vein as the original Grand Theft Auto. The new game is set 30 years after RCR and promises a large open world to explore.

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Watch Funny Dogs's Vine "She didn't know what to do

Funny Dogs She didn't know what to do

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Another 'Clash of Clans' Town Hall 11 Update Preview - Loot, League Bonuses, and Trophy Offers Changing

Clash of Clans [Free] developers have apparently decided to really change the way the game's played judging by the huge upcoming changes in the Town Hall 11 update. Today we got another sneak peak, and this one details some big changes in the way players will get the spoils of battle.

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World of Warcraft: Legion's New Druid Forms Look Gorgeous

That bear form with the rocks alone makes it worth maining a Druid and being a tank in Legion. Now with the expansion’s first public build online, we finally get a glimpse of some of the Druid’s new animal forms. These forms will change accordingly when using Artifact Weapons.

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This guy might be a genius at tinder (11 Photos)

So a guy has been posing as a glass of wine with some mixed results. Some marvelled at the fact that a charming yet pevy little glass of wine could talk, while others took all of his liquid advances in stride, even volleying back a few clever lines here and there.

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This Beautiful App Lets You See the Cell Towers, Wifi Signals, and Satellites All Around You

You’re aware that your cell service comes from cell towers. And that your mapping app is made possible by GPS satellites. And that wifi signals deliver your fail videos. But the sight of that invisible world is breathtaking.

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