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The trailer for Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens released the day after Thanksgiving is, by now, probably the most-analyzed 88 seconds of celluloid since the Zapruder film. It has gained more than 100 million views online, to … Continue reading →

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A massive storm churned the waters of the North Atlantic on Tuesday and Wednesday. From Greenland to the shores of Norway, the storm had a huge reach, and its large hurricane-force wind field drove waves higher than 70 feet into … Continue reading →

Editors note: We invited Lou Dorchen, “The Father of the Internet,” to introduce this trailer for Hot Tub Time Machine 2. In exchange, LouNET has graciously agreed not to hack our servers and expose all of our private emails and … Continue reading →

Although Apple’s Bendgate fiasco forced everyone to think twice about the drawbacks of super-thin smartphones, the race for the slimmest handset is not over yet. Chinese manufacturer Vivo has unveiled the Vivo X5Max, a smartphone that’s just 4.75-mm (0.187-inches) thick … Continue reading →

If you thought Mad Max: Fury Road‘s first trailer — with its non-stop action, bizarre vehicles and near dayglow orange desert — was intense, get ready for the all-out insanity of its newest trailer. In Warner Bros.’ first official trailer … Continue reading →

BitTorrent indexing site The Pirate Bay, whose servers were raided by the Swedish police on Tuesday, was still down as of early Wednesday. And one of the site’s cofounders, Peter Sunde, doesn’t care if it ever comes back. In a … Continue reading →

Facebook is already the most important platform for online publishers. Now, the social network also wants to be the favorite Facebook launched a new set of publisher tools on Wednesday that provide greater ability to target posts and promote timely … Continue reading →

Google’s Hangouts app just got smarter. The search giant updated Hangouts on Wednesday with a new feature that allows you to share your location within conversations. It also added stickers, video filters, timestamps and better integration with your phone’s contacts. … Continue reading →

Zach Gage wasn’t expecting to cause a stir in the gaming industry when he created the video game Lose/Lose in 2009. Gage, then just 23-years-old and an MFA student at Parsons, sought to engineer a gaming experience that would rouse … Continue reading →