Ballmer’s record of being wrong about the future remains unblemished

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Even though he hasn’t been the CEO of Microsoft for a while now, that hasn’t stopped Steve Ballmer from making incorrect predictions about the future of the tech industry. Bloomberg reminds us that Ballmer just last fall told PBS’s Charlie Rose that online retail giant Amazon wasn’t even a real business because it didn’t consistently turn a profit.

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Nexus 5 rumor: Benchmark hints it will be 2015’s Android phone to beat

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We’re definitely filing this in the “rumor” category but it’s intriguing nonetheless. WCCF Tech has spotted an AnTuTu benchmark for the 2015 Nexus 5 and it hints that the next Google smartphone will be the Android phone to beat this year. In all, the 2015 Nexus 5 achieved a score of over 85,000 on AnTuTu, which positively thumps the 68,000+ score achieved by Samsung’s Galaxy S6. However, there are some reasons for caution before you get too excited.

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See how Tom Cruise pulled off the shocking plane stunt in ‘Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation’

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The return of Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt has everyone talking, but not because we didn’t expect him to do another Mission Impossible movie. No, it’s because the 53-year-old Cruise is once again doing as many of his own stunts as he is capable of doing, including one on a plane that looks more and more terrifying every time you’ve seen it.

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#TrumpYourCat is the best thing on the Internet this week – here are the funniest pictures

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The Internet loves cat pictures and it loves making fun of Donald Trump. Now many cat owners on the web are combining these two time-honored traditions like never before with the #TrumpYourCat social media campaign that involves creating makeshift toupees out of hair they’ve brushed off their cats that then get placed on top of their heads. Below we’ve chosen some of the best pictures we’ve found of Trumped-up kitties from around the Internet, most of which have been collected by the @trumpyourcat Twitter account.

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3 ways this tiny new SanDisk chip will significantly improve your next Android phone

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One of the problems smartphone owners always complain about is local storage. We can’t have enough of it, and handset makers aren’t really ready to meet our needs, as they often cut corners on base models and employ all sorts of tricks to convince buyers to pay extra for more memory or cloud storage. However, SanDisk just announced a new flash memory chip that might help certain OEMs improve their mobile memory game when it comes to future flagship devices.

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Watch a baby’s adorable reaction to being able to see clearly for the first time

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We often forget how miraculous glasses are until we see a baby with poor vision trying them on for the first time. Proud mother Jessica Sinclair recently posted a heartwarming video on her Facebook page of her 11-month-old daughter Piper trying on glasses for the first time. The baby girl is apparently extremely far-sighted, so this occasion marked the first time she ever saw her parents — or anything else — clearly. As you can imagine, she was positively thrilled with the development.

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