Jump inside ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ with this incredible 360-degree video
The next few months are going to be excruciating for Star Wars fans in the lead up to the release of The Force Awakens, but Lucasfilm isn’t completely without mercy.
Although we’ve heard bits and pieces about the story in the months following the release of the second trailer, a new video on the official Star Wars Facebook page might be my favorite thing the team has put together so far.
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New Samsung SSD might be the fastest in the world
If you’re looking to replace your current hard drive or SSD with a better option, then you absolutely have to check out Samsung’s 950 Pro, a new SSD that’s so fast it leaves all competitors in the dust. The 950 Pro series is supposed to launch in October and it delivers read speeds of up to 2,500MBps and write speeds of up to 1,500MBps. For those of you keeping track, that’s four times the read speed and three times the write speed of its predecessor, the 850 Pro.
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Get a lightning-fast 128GB microSDXC card for under $55 on Amazon
Just a few short years ago, a 16GB low-speed microSD card could easily cost you over $100. But times have certainly changed, and memory has gotten incredibly affordable. Case in point: You can now get a lightning-fast PNY High Performance 128GB High Speed MicroSDXC Card for under $55 shipped right now from Amazon.
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Wicked funny video: Bostonian has epic freak out after seeing a ‘sea monstah’
There’s nothing better than a Boston townie who completely lives up to every stereotype. Bostonian Michael Bergin went fishing last week when he spotted a large sun fish off the side of his boat. He proceeded to completely lose his mind about the creature and he referred to it alternatively as a “giant turtle,” a “baby whale,” a “tuna,” a “floundah” and, finally, a “monstah.” He also can’t seem to decide whether he wants to help the fish (“It needs help, dude, whatever it is, it’s dying!”) or to kill it (“We can get some big money from that if it’s a f—ing fish, man… let’s f—ing hook that s— and we’ll be on the f—ing news, man!”)
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Following widespread outrage, drug CEO will make AIDS pill more affordable
Following widespread condemnation, Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli on Tuesday night announced that he would make the AIDS drug Daraprim more affordable than the originally planned $750 per pill price point that elicited so much outrage earlier this week.
“There were mistakes made with respect to helping people understand why we took this action,” Shkreli told NBC News. “I think that it makes sense to lower the price in response to the anger that was felt by people.”
While Shkreli hasn’t yet disclosed what the new price will be, he said that a final decision will be made sometime in the next few weeks. Now given some of the information that’s come to light about Shkreli’s previous antics, one can only hope that he isn’t simply trying to bide his time in the hopes that the story will blow over, only to announce a negligible reduction in price once the fast-moving news cycle has moved on to other issues.
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Nexus 5X press renders revealed in another major leak
The Nexus 5x will be unveiled soon and we’re going to bet there will be absolutely nothing surprising about it. After showing the world leaked press renders of the upcoming Nexus 6P smartphone earlier on Wednesday, Android Police came back hours later to show off leaked press renders of the Nexus 5X as well.
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Video: Watch as a plane makes a crazy emergency landing on a street in California
If you haven’t noticed from our frequent postings about them, we find odd airplane landings to be completely fascinating. It’s a terrifying kind of thrill, seeing a pilot safely land a plane in spite of inclement weather or faulty equipment, but nothing gets the blood rushing quite like an unplanned landing in the middle of traffic.
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10 awesome paid iPhone apps on sale for free for a limited time
Today’s list of paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free is our biggest of the week so far, featuring 10 solid premium apps that can each be downloaded for free for a limited time. Tuesday’s post has a few sales that are still live though, so you can get even more paid iOS apps for free if you go back and check out yesterday’s list.
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Apple releases iOS 9.0.1, includes fixes for setup assistant and alarm bugs
Apple on Wednesday released iOS 9.0.1, the first update to its iOS 9 software. Apple says the update will fix some key bugs, including one where users couldn’t complete the setup assistant process after upgrading to iOS 9 and another one where alarms failed to go off at set times. The setup assistant bug has been referred to as the “slide to upgrade” bug where some users’ devices became unresponsive after the “Slide to Upgrade” message appeared on their screens.
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Save $150 on Amazon’s best-selling DSLR camera
If you’re in the market for a DSLR and you’re not a professional, the name of the game is value. You want to find the best camera you can for the least amount of money, and your search is over because the BGR Deals Team has done all of the heavy lifting for you. Behold: The Canon EOS Rebel T5 EF-S 18-55mm IS II Digital SLR Kit, which normally goes for $550, is now just $399.00 on Amazon.
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