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Mutant flowers from Fukushima nuclear disaster are blowing up the Internet
The impact of the 2011 nuclear disaster at Fukushima is still being felt and a new photograph that’s going viral on the Internet this week is a reminder of just how damaging such catastrophes can be. Per Business Insider, a photograph taken this past May and posted on the Twitter account of @san_kaido purportedly shows daises near the disaster site that are wildly deformed, as you can see in the picture above.
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Comcast has created a monster… and its name is Netflix
Oops. Netflix has quickly grown from a nifty little site that streams a bunch of old movies to a game-changing entertainment powerhouse that makes it easier than ever to cut the cord. Long story short, it has become pay TV providers’ worst nightmare. Users love Netflix, investors love Netflix, and the company’s future looks brighter than ever as the cord cutting trend picks up steam.
Typically, service providers try to downplay Netflix’s impact on their business. Of course, one need only look at cable company’s subscriber trends to see how seriously Netflix and similar services are affecting these companies’ bottom lines. In an interesting moment of candor, however, one top cable company lobbyist admitted that Netflix is indeed hurting its business.
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Meet the iPhone 7 that will never be
Since we don’t expect Apple will make any major changes to its iPhone lineup this year with the iPhone 6s or iPhone 6s Plus, concept designers are looking ahead to 2016’s expected iPhone 7 release as their source of inspiration. A new concept video posted by GdgtCompare.com imagines an iPhone that takes cues from both Apple’s own classic iPhone 4 model and from Samsung’s current Galaxy S6 models.
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Comcast to start market trial of 10Gbps broadband tech in late 2015
Comcast later this year is going to start a market trial of an incredibly promising new broadband technology capable of delivering maximum download speeds of 10Gbps and maximum upload speeds of 1Gbps. This news comes to us via Multichannel News’ Jeff Baumgartner and it was announced earlier on Thursday by Comcast Cable CEO Neil Smit, who said Comcast would start the trial sometime in Q4 2015.
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Leaked images give us our best look yet at the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge+
Although the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge launched to critical acclaim earlier this year, Samsung knows it has plenty of work left to do in 2015 if it wants to compete with the next-gen iPhone. The supersized Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge+ handsets have yet to be officially revealed, but with an expected launch date of August 12th, the leaks can no longer be contained.
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How have you lived this long without knowing these 10 hidden iPhone tricks?
Some people like to pretend they know it all when it comes to Apple’s iPhone. I promise: you don’t know it all. Even if you’ve been carrying an iPhone in your pocket since the first day the handset became available back in 2007, you still don’t know everything there is to know about all of the phone’s features, because there are just too many things baked into iOS to remember them all.
Don’t worry, that’s why we’re here…
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Major breakthrough transforms polluted water into drinking water
Removing pollutants from water and soil might be easier than we ever imagined thanks to the work performed by researchers from the University of Regensburg in Germany and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the U.S. The scientists have discovered a way to remove pollutants with the help of nanoparticles without leaving behind any byproducts.
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The 9 best paid iPhone apps on sale for free for a limited time
We showed you eight great paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free yesterday, and there were definitely a few particularly good options in that post. In fact, a few of them are actually still on sale for free if you hurry. Today, we’re back with nine more apps though, and you have plenty of time to browse through them and snag your favorites. But don’t wait too long, of course…
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Apple announces details about its 2015 Back to School promo worth $200
Apple on Tuesday announced details of its 2015 Back to School promotion that will let qualified buyers get a free pair of $200 Beats headphones with the purchase of an iMac, MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air or Mac Pro. Qualified buyers — which include K-12 “faculty, staff, students, and parents that are individual end users” — can choose to receive a $200 credit for either a pair of Beats Solo2 On-Ear Headphones or Beats Solo2 Wireless On-Ear Headphones. We should note that the Wireless On-Ear Headphones have a retail value of $300 and that any buyers will be responsible for paying off the remaining $100 if they go with the wireless option.
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