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Attn cord cutters: New free app and site makes watching online videos like regular TV channels

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One of the many reasons cord cutting has grown so popular in recent years is the abundance of video content available online. It would take 1,000 lifetimes to watch all of the videos out there, and the amount of content continues to grow exponentially. But despite all of the great content that’s freely available, cord cutters continue to subscribe to pay services like Netflix and Hulu. One reason is obviously to gain access to their content, but there’s also another problem with sites like YouTube: It is becoming increasingly difficult to find good content.

A newly launched app and website is looking to tackle that problem by offering a curated viewing experience that delivers curated streams of continuous videos that are structured like traditional TV channels.

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‘Warcraft’ review roundup: Another underwhelming video game movie

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After spending years in development hell, the Warcraft movie is finally coming to theaters early next month. Featuring quite possibly the largest budget ever for a movie based on a video game, Warcraft is likely expected to counteract years of misguided attempts to bring popular game franchises to the big screen.

Unfortunately, early reviews paint a far more discouraging picture.

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Amazon has the only Father’s Day gift guide you’ll need this year

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Father’s Day 2016 is less than a month away and you have two choices. You can either do what you always do and wait until the very last minute to overpay for a present for your dad that he probably won’t even like, or you can check out Amazon’s great Father’s Day 2016 gift guide and take your time in picking out the perfect gift. We don’t know your father personally, but we would be willing to bet a whole bunch of money that he would prefer the second option over the first.

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Breakthrough tech could double the amount of energy generated by solar cells

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Solar power has always seemed on its surface to be the perfect solution to the world’s reliance on fossil fuels. After all, sunlight is free and abundantly available. The problem has always been efficiency, since solar panels generate power far less efficiently than other options. In fact, it takes about 40 square meters of solar panels to generate enough energy to power just one American home for a day, based on average use.

Progress is slowly being made in labs around the world, though you might not know it by looking at the recent performance of solar stocks. But now, a breakthrough in the way solar energy is collected could double the amount of power generated by solar panels without dramatically increasing cost.

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This is the OnePlus 3 feature iPhone 7 simply has to copy

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Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus, which has reached quite a level of popularity among hardcore Android users, is about to unveil its third “flagship killer,” a phone that appeared in countless rumors leading up to its June launch. A new report brings more details about the phone’s specs, including one feature Apple should definitely copy for the upcoming iPhone 7.

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Microsoft completes disposal of Nokia’s corpse with new round of layoffs and $950M hit

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For many Microsoft employees, this is just another regular Wednesday morning, but for close to 2,000 people it’s going to be a day to remember. The company announced that it’s “streamlining” its smartphone business by firing up to 1,850 people worldwide, including 1,350 people in Finland and some 500 elsewhere. The move will see Microsoft take a $950 million financial hit, and seems to mark the company’s exit from the phone business.

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Watch ‘Chewbacca mom’ take James Corden to work and freak out meeting J.J. Abrams

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Unless you’ve been disconnected from the Internet this past weekend – and who does that, am I right? – you’ve probably seen and shared the hilarious Chewbacca mom video on Facebook. The clip shows a Texas woman trying out a Chewbacca mask and enjoying every minute of it. Her contagious laugh is what turned the video into a viral sensation that has since surpassed 140 million views.

That’s all you need to know before you watch the following video, in which we see the Chewbacca mom taking James Corden and J.J. Abrams to work.

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These robots replicate enemy forces

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Millions of rounds can be unleashed at these robots and they’ll keep going on going. In part because they have state of the art armor, but also because these robots can think and behave like the enemy … and avoid getting shot.

While it sounds like a “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines” scenario, Special Operations Forces around the world are leveraging the abilities of the cutting-edge Marathon Target robots to challenge and enhance their skills.

Robots that think, communicate with each other and fight as a team …this is the future of land combat and the future is nearly upon us. These robots are currently used for advanced training – not for deployment in combat.

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