The ’90s are back: Crystal Pepsi is making a comeback
Crystal Pepsi, the often mocked soft drink Pepsi released in the early 90s, is poised to make a long-awaited return. According to Ad Age, competitive eater Kevin Strahle relayed a message he received from Pepsi earlier in the week which strongly suggests that the cola that famously looks like Sprite but tastes like Pepsi is about to make a comeback.
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Crazy man in the U.K. wears Batman-like costume, actually saves two people from being mugged
This is no joke: a man in London decided to start helping ordinary citizens the good old “Batman” way. The masked crusader has saved at least two people from muggings and has been spotted by bystanders in at least three different incidents.
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This is what it looks like when your plane takes off… vertically
Unless you’re the thrill seeking type, you might want to avoid, at all costs, the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. Ahead of the 2015 Paris Air Show, Boeing wanted to show off what the Dreamliner can do and the result is positively frightening.
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Nokia had developed a gorgeous Apple Watch rival… but Microsoft still killed it
The Apple Watch has its flaws, but it’s definitely one of the best smartwatches out there. There aren’t many worthy rivals for it just yet, and a new discovery reveals that Microsoft may have killed an amazing smartwatch project after having inherited it from Nokia.
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The Leftovers returns to HBO this fall – watch the first trailer here
The Leftovers didn’t have quite the same impact as True Detective or Silicon Valley when it debuted last year, but it got enough people interested in its overarching mystery to get picked up for a second season. In season 2, the show has moved to the fictional town of Mapleton, TX which you can see in the teaser trailer below.
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Eerie photos show vines slowly consuming an abandoned village
If you’ve ever played games like The Last of Us or watched movies like I Am Legend, then you know one of the eeriest details shown in those worlds is the way plant life slowly takes over the remains of human civilization after an apocalyptic cataclysm. Mashable draws our attention to some photos that were recently taken of an abandoned village called Shengshan in China.
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Cool iPhone apps that do amazing things your Android can’t
The iPhone vs Android debate will likely never be settled. Fans of each platform will stubbornly defend their choice and will be unwilling to accept that sometimes the grass might be greener on the other side. Sometimes, amazing Android apps will be able to do things the iPhone can’t. Other times, it’s iPhone users who get to gloat by having access to some awesome apps that aren’t available on the other side.
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Google announces its Twitch rival, YouTube Gaming
Gaming is a massive part of the YouTube scene. It has been for years, but when it comes to live streaming games on the service, Google’s offerings paled in comparison to Twitch. It wasn’t even a competition, but on Friday, a Twitter account for YouTube Gaming sprung up out of nowhere, detailing the service that will compete with Twitch in 2015.
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Someone remade the opening credits of Full House in GTA V, and it’s perfect
It’s 2015, and for whatever reason, Full House has been in the news fairly consistently over the past few months.
First, Netflix announced that it would officially be producing Fuller House, a sequel series in which many of the original actors will reprise their roles from the ABC sitcom. Then we learned about some sort of weird Lifetime documentary called The Unauthorized Full House Story. It looks terrifying.
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Key Android M features that Google swiped from iOS
At this point, it’s kind of unclear who’s stealing what between Apple and Google. Android has implemented plenty of features over the years that the iPhone has since adopted, but as PhoneArena elucidates in a comparison piece, Android M appears to have taken some inspiration from iOS as well.
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