Learn to Use SketchUp 3D Modeling Software in 17 Easy Steps

If you’ve been learning about 3D printing and admiring so many of the fascinating new innovations that designers of all expertise and age ranges are creating today, 3D modeling may be piquing your curiosity, and on your list of interesting things to check out.

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The Factors That Affect Your Credit Card’s Interest Rate and How to Tell If Yours Is Too High

Your credit card’s interest rate isn’t just some arbitrary number. It depends on a number of different factors, and Credit.com breaks them down. The average credit card interest rate is about 12% for all accounts, according to the Federal Reserve.

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How to Properly Wrap All Your Cables so They Don't Turn Into a Tangled Mess

Did you know there’s a special way to wrap your cables that not only keeps them neat and tidy, but also makes them perfectly unfurl without tangling when you’re ready to use them? It’s the de facto way to store cables in the video, film,

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Legendary Actor Gene Wilder Dies at 83

Gene Wilder, the legendary comedic actor who starred in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Young Frankenstein and so many others, has passed away at the age of 83. More to follow.

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The History of How We Discovered All the Planets in the Solar System

Satellites such as the Kepler have been working overtime to uncover hundreds of new planets in our galaxy. But how did we first discover the planets in our local volume of space? Here are the stories of how astronomers living hundreds of years ago discovered each planet in our solar system.

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Stingray documents offer rare insight into police and FBI surveillance

Court records in Oakland reveal cases where a warrant wasn’t required to listen to calls and how much law enforcement uses the devices Court documents ordered released by a judge in Oakland, California, have revealed rare insights into how local police and the FBI use a sophisticated surve

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The IRS Has a New Web Page for People Who Make Money From the Sharing Economy

As an Airbnb host, Lyft driver, or anyone else who earns money from the sharing economy, you’ve probably had tax questions at some point. The IRS now has a site dedicated to answering those questions.

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Obama's lawyers challenge the money bail system: Can people be kept in jail just because they are poor?

President Obama’s civil rights lawyers are seeking a potentially far-reaching ruling to hold that the Constitution forbids the common practice of keeping people in jail prior to a trial, even for minor offenses, just because they are too poor to pay for bail.

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Government Hackers Caught Using Unprecedented iPhone Spy Tool

On the morning of August 10, Ahmed Mansoor, a 46-year-old human rights activist from the United Arab Emirates, received a strange text message from a number he did not recognize on his iPhone.

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Adrenaclick Is a Cheaper Alternative to the EpiPen

If you carry an EpiPen in case of a deadly allergic reaction, you’ve probably noticed the price skyrocket over the last decade. The injectors now cost over $600 and still expire after a year, so it may be tempting to carry an expired EpiPen, or none at all.

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Wooden Desktop Arcade Might Be the Most Beautiful Retro Hardware I've Ever Seen

8Bitdo, the company behind those Bluetooth SNES and NES controllers that let you play classic 8 and 16-bit games without annoying wires, is teasing this gorgeous wooden retro desktop arcade on its Facebook page, and at the Gamescom convention currently underway in Cologne, Germany.

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Breaking up with your Internet provider isn’t easy (38 Photos)

Choosy moms choose theCHIVE app. (Especially your mom)

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Beware of this Apple phishing scam!

Public service announcement: Be on the lookout for a phishing scam that tries to mimic an official Apple email. UK website This is Money recently received several reports from readers who provided examples of the phishing attacks. Sadly, they’re probably convincing for the unaware.

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No More Pills? Tiny Nerve-Zapping Implants to Fight Disease

Imagine a future where we can treat diabetes or autoimmune disorders with an electrical zap delivered by a device no larger than a speck of dust.

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AT&T's New MobileShare Plans' Costs Compared. Don't Upgrade Unless You Need More Data.

On Sunday AT&T rolled out their new MobileShare Advantage Plans and, along with them, their online comparison tool that shows you just what the new plans will cost you.

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Sony receiver lowers the costs of Android Auto and Apple CarPlay

It's not easy to add smartphone-based infotainment to your existing car, especially if you prefer Android Auto. Many aftermarket head units are either devoted solely to Apple CarPlay (like Pioneer's AppRadio 4) or mind-numbingly expensive (such as the $1,400 AVIC-8200NEX).

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PlayStation 4 Slim on the way? Leaked photos surface

Sony’s PlayStation event, scheduled for September 7 in New York, is still a couple weeks away.

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Kaleidescape's high-end movie player business shuts down

If you're familiar with Kaleidescape, it's likely related to the company's years-long battle with the DVD Copy Control Association over the right to sell disc-ripping movie servers.

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WARCRAFT Deleted Scene Puts the Orcs in a Debate Over the Fel

Director Duncan Jones‘ Warcraft film brought moviegoers into Blizzard’s epic fantasy world earlier this summer, with a story that split its time between the various races of the Alliance and the Orcs from Draenor, who were more than simply one-dimensional villains to be defeated.

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Have You Played… Star Trek: 25th Anniversary?

Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day of the year, perhaps for all time. This is my first time with Interplay’s TOS-set point and click adventure game since the 90s. I was braced for awful things. I was wrong.

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NASA Just Made All Its Research Free Online

Yesterday, NASA announced a massive new public project that will make all of its publicly funded research available online for free. A new portal, Pubspace, will host thousands of NASA research articles on topics like the toxicity of lunar dust or the make up of Earth's early atmosphere.

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Inmates Made Thousands Of Unsafe Helmets For U.S. Troops

After multiple investigations, the Department of Justice found that a company that employed prisoners to build U.S. military helmets produced thousands of defective products, putting combat soldiers at risk.

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Halfbrick Soft-Launches Action Platformer 'Dan the Man' on iOS

Back in March during GDC we were treated to a nice demo of Dan the Man, an action platformer from Halfbrick that is based on the awesome web series of the same name. I've always loved those web cartoons, and it was hard not to want to simply play through a game that was just like it.

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EFF Accuses T-Mobile of Violating Net Neutrality With Throttled Video

An anonymous reader writes: T-Mobile's new "unlimited" data plan that throttles video has upset the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), which accuses the company of violating net neutrality principles.

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How carbon nanotubes could give us faster processors and longer battery life

Carbon nanotubes are one of those supermaterials — a cylinder with a diameter of one or two nanometers — that are full of dreamy applications, ranging from supercomputers to ultra-efficient smartphones.

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When Martin Shkreli Calls A Pharma Company Out, You Know It Screwed Up

The extensive price hike for a vital, life-saving drug for many with allergies is causing concern among doctors, patients, and politicians—along with a guy responsible for an extensive price hike himself.

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FAN TRAILER : X-Men VS Avengers Epic Battle [Video]

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Inside Apple's ultra modern World Trade Center store

Apple's newest New York City retail store, which opened its doors Tuesday, is an ultra modern visual extravaganza.

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Husbands’ Hilarious Tweets About Marriage (29 pics)

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Can’t Afford Coding Camp? The Feds May Have a Loan for You

When he was just a senator from Illinois, Barack Obama ran for President on the platform that college should be affordable to anyone who wants to go. Now that he holds the office, his approach has shifted ever so slightly.

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TiVo is pulling the plug on Series 1 DVRs September 29th

Whenever you buy something with a promise of "Lifetime" service, the question is exactly how long that will last. For owners of the very first TiVo DVRs who shelled out for promised Lifetime service, the answer is about 17 years.

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Mr. Robot season 3 confirmed

USA Network will air a third season of Mr. Robot, Deadline, said on Tuesday. The news doesn’t come as a huge surprise. Season two of Mr. Robot has earned mixed reviews and its ratings are down somewhat as a result, but the first season is still racking up awards.

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Stranger Things Vinyl Toys [Pics]

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Gymnastics Was Slightly Different In 1950 Compared To 2016 (VIDEO)

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The best electric and gas ranges

This post was done in partnership with The Sweethome, a buyer's guide to the best things for your home. Read the full article here. After 35 hours of research, we think that the Samsung NE59J7630SS is the best electric freestanding cooking range for most people.

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Shhh... Only Dreams Now

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Michael Jordan does right by recent viral fan (Video)

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Gamer Problems Then & Now [Comic]

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Adblock Plus bypasses Facebook's attempt to restrict ad blockers (update)

The war between Facebook and ad blockers is heating up. Just two days after the social network announced plans to restrict software that removes its advertising, the popular utility Adblock Plus has already unveiled a workaround.

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Hackers arrested after stealing more than 30 Jeeps in Texas

This article has been updated with comments from FCA. It seems the news regarding vehicle hacking continues to get worse, especially when it comes to products from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. Last year, a Jeep Cherokee in St. Louis, Missouri, was wirelessly hacked from Pittsburgh.

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Some Of The Most Delicious Food You Must Eat If You Go To Germany (29 pics)

Weisswurst translates to white sausage, and despite its rather plain appearance, this Bavarian specialty is a breakfast staple. Make sure to peel off the skin before eating. If you're looking for a hearty meal, look no further than schnitzel, which is breaded and fried meat.

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Hacker Builds a QR Code Generator That Lets Him Into Fancy Airport Lounges

Nowhere is the distinction between the haves and have-nots more apparent than when waiting for a flight at the airport. But it turns out you might not need an actual first class ticket to get into a swanky airport lounge—just a custom Android app that spits out a boarding pass-spoofing QR code.

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Incipio acquires Griffin, adding yet another accessory maker to its portfolio

Incipio just keeps getting bigger and bigger. Shortly after after announcing that it had acquired up budget headphone maker Skullcandy, the Irvine-based accessories conglomerate has picked up Griffin for an undisclosed amount.

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US Copyright office doesn't want the FCC to unlock cable boxes

Raise your hand if you hate paying your cable provider a monthly fee to "rent" their mediocre cable boxes month after month.

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Kanye west was trolled by Ikea, then the world (22 Photos)

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A Look Into the Life of a Jukebox Repairman

Music is always better when there’s a story attached to it. And streaming songs onto a Bluetooth speaker doesn’t tell as good of a story as playing songs on an old jukebox. So let’s revel in the life of Perry Rosen, one of the last vintage jukebox repairmen around.

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Apple announces its first security bounty program at Black Hat 2016 with up to $200K payouts

With over a billion active devices and in-depth security protections spanning every layer from silicon to software, Apple works to advance the state of the art in mobile security with every release of iOS.

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