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Top 10 Ghost Towns
With their silent streets, derelict buildings, and remnants of homes and workplaces, abandoned towns offer a haunting view into the lives of once thriving communities.<p><i>Here’s a look at our top ten from around the world:</i><p><b>1. St. Elmo, Colorado</b><p>Once a booming mining town and trading post along railroad …
Great Tutorial: ’10 Things Beginners Want to Know How To Do’ in Photoshop CC
It’s likely one of the reasons Adobe decided to shift to a subscription model was so that they could bring in more beginners and amateurs that had …
Top-Secret Document Reveals NSA Spied On Porn Habits As Part Of Plan To Discredit 'Radicalizers'
WASHINGTON -- The National Security Agency has been gathering records of online sexual activity and evidence of visits to pornographic websites as part of a proposed plan to harm the reputations of those whom the agency believes are radicalizing others through incendiary speeches, according to a …
Eight Surprising Election Day Ballots Today
It is an Election Day with no presidential race, no interactive maps to refresh to see if one state or another went red or blue, no balance of the …
How to Make Perfect Scrambled Eggs
<i>Inspired by conversations on the Food52 Hotline, we're sharing tips and tricks that make navigating all of our kitchens easier and more fun.</i><p><i>Today: Three ways to get your perfect scrambled eggs -- whatever your version of perfection may be.</i><p>Scrambled eggs and toast: sounds like an ascetic breakfast, …
Chocolate Chip Cookie No Bake Cheesecake Parfaits
Easy Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecake Parfaits.<p><i>by</i> Jessica <i>on</i> September 20, 2013 101<p>It’s a BIG day.<p>A big birthday day that is. Someone in this house …
Sony SmartWatch 2, Xperia Z1, and Xperia Z Ultra go on sale in the US today
You'll need at least $1,500 if you want to own all three<p>Sony may be focusing its energies on Europe and Japan, but today it's bringing some of its latest Android hardware to the US market as well. The new flagship Android phone, the Xperia Z1, is going on sale at Sony's online store for $649.99 — …
Sony's Latest Xperia Phones, SmartWatch 2 Launch in U.S.; No Carrier Announcements Yet
After making the rounds in Europe and Asia, Sony announced today the U.S. availability of its Xperia Z Ultra and Xperia Z1 smartphones, and the …
Mobile Technology2014 Z/28: The Baddest Camaro Ever
It costs more than a ZL1, has less horsepower, and only comes with one speaker. So why would you want a Z/28? Because its the most aggressive, driver-focused Camaro ever made. Oh, and its warrantied for driving on the track.
Samsung may launch wireless chargers that work from a distance by mid-2014
The development of wireless charging has been plagued so far by high-costs, immature technology, and competing standards.<p>Currently, industry players have grouped around two technologies, inductive magnetic charging and resonant inductive magnetic charging, but only the former has made it into …
Gear & GadgetsSamsung Galaxy Round brings curve to smartphones
Smartphone makers are always looking for another way to wow buyers and get them to pay for new devices. Samsung's giving it a go with the seriously curvaceous Round.<p>Samsung has won the race to be the first phone manufacturer this fall to launch a curved smartphone.<p>The company announced late Tuesday …
PhonesThis Woman from Atlanta is the Voice Behind Siri
For better or worse, Apple’s voice activated personal assistant – called Siri – has become an integral part of the iPhone and iPad. Now, the voice actor behind all of those useful and not-so useful responses appears to have come forward.<p>It’s Susan Bennett.<p>Apple hasn’t verified her claim, but a …
Beer Experts Say These Are The 20 Best Beers In The World
Stanford University computer science post-doc Julian McAuley and assistant professor Jure Leskovec released a paper earlier this year outlining how our tastes change as we consume more products and gain more expertise.<p>Their theory was the more experience we have, the more we will like certain …
BeerSamsung’s Galaxy Gear marks official start to smartwatch war
Samsung's Galaxy Gear smartwatch will come in a variety of color band options.<p>At a press event Wednesday in Berlin, Samsung revealed three products — the new Galaxy Note 3, the Galaxy Note 10.1 and the anticipated Galaxy Gear smartwatch. There are many smartwatches out there, including the Pebble …
SmartwatchesThis bracelet could replace your passwords, your car keys, and even your fingerprints
Fingerprint readers. Face Unlock. Retinal scanners. They're all no better than your average password, at least the way Dr. Karl Martin sees it. "Your face, your iris — they're all physical features that can be stolen, that you leave everywhere."<p>Luckily, Dr. Martin has a better idea. He's planning …
Google is preparing for screenless computers
The spread of computing to every corner of our physical world doesn’t just mean a proliferation of screens large and small—it also means we’ll soon come to rely on mobile computers with no screens at all. “It’s now so inexpensive to have a powerful computing device in my car or lapel, that if you …
Artificial IntelligenceWill Google Glass change the way we think?
A new video from Google shows how people will probably end up using Google Glass in the real world — looking up information.<p><i>(Credit: Google)</i><p><b>A</b> …
PRISM is bigger than anything that came before it—but no-one knows how much bigger
The mystery surrounding how much domestic spying the US government has been conducting on its own citizens will only intensify in the coming days, as a growing number of the nine major internet companies linked to an alleged top-secret data-mining program deny they had anything to do with it.<p>The …
SurveillanceProtein Pick-Me-Up: 10 Smart Ways to Get a Midday Boost
Three o'clock seems to be the time every day when I fall into the dreaded mid-afternoon slump. My energy fades, sometimes my stomach grumbles, and I …
Healthy EatingMission Motorcycles Superbikes: Mission RS and Mission R
<b>Mission Motorcycles</b> has released its latest electric superbikes: <b>Mission RS Motorcycle</b> and <b>Mission R Motorcycle</b> which both feature innovative design, …
The Top 8 Reasons Why I’m a Big Believer in 35mm Lens Photography
After two years of testing, renting, buying and selling just about every level of Nikon and Canon lenses and cameras, I have learned quite a bit …
Brinno Announces the World’s First HDR Time-Lapse Video Camera
When it comes to creating quality time-lapse videos, many photographers relish having a serious amount of control over their result. But if you’re …
Nate Robinson's Near-Heroics Not Enough for Chicago Bulls to Survive Game 5
Nate Robinson gave it a shot (15 shots, to be precise), but the pint-sized dynamo's scoring outburst and gutsy effort weren't enough to save the Chicago Bulls from the 94-91 loss to the Miami Heat that put a period on their impressive season.<p>Apparently, missing all 12 of his shots in Game 4 also …
NBAFloyd Mayweather, LeBron James Headline SI's Top 50 Earners in Sports List
Not only are Floyd Mayweather and LeBron James considered to be the best in their respective sports, but they are also the richest athletes in the United States, according to <i>Sports Illustrated's</i> "Fortunate 50" profile.<p><i>SI</i>'s Daniel Roberts reports that Mayweather stands to make $90 million this year …
Los Angeles LakersThis is the new Nexus: a first look at Samsung's Galaxy S4 with stock Android
The best cellphone hardware has been crippled by manufacturer and carrier bloatware and skins, and Google's Nexus lineup has been hamstrung by a lack of LTE and somewhat inadequate specifications. But we've just gotten a look at the big surprise of Google's I/O keynote, a Samsung Galaxy S4 running …
Facebook Home now available for Galaxy S4 and HTC One
Since the release of Facebook Home last month, the software has been limited to a small handful of phones headlined by the new HTC First, but it appears that Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One owners can now give their phones a Facebook makeover, too. <i>Android Central</i> reports that after an update to the …