Stargazers in the northern hemisphere enjoyed the oldest meteor shower known to Earth in August 2015. The annual Perseid shower occurs when pieces of comet Swift-Tuttle hit Earth’s atmosphere at more than 133,000 mph and burn up. Here are some stunning images of the 2015 Perseid meteor shower.
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There are many Apple analysts out there — some of them are good and some of them are… not-so-good. The most amusing Apple analyst bar none, however, is Global Equities Research analyst “Acid” Trip Chowdhry, who infamously declared that Apple would “disappear” if it didn’t release the Apple Watch by last May. Street Insider informs us that Chowdhry is back with a new prediction about Apple’s next big project and it’s apparently going to be a heads up display (HUD) that measures anywhere from 27 inches to 50 inches.
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It’s unclear just how deep the issues ran on the set of Fox’s rebooted Fantastic Four, but a new story from The Hollywood Reporter paints the clearest picture of the dysfunction to date.
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It’s become increasingly common over the past few years for tech companies to reward hackers with cold hard cash whenever they discover and promptly report critical software bugs. Some companies, with Google and Microsoft being two prime examples, even officiate hacker contests to help squash as many bugs as possible.
With that as a backdrop, one would think that Facebook would have been a bit more forgiving when dealing with an intern who discovered a security flaw affecting the company’s Messenger app. Coming straight out of Harvard, Mark Zuckerberg’s alma mater, intern Aran Khanna was on the verge of starting an internship with the social networking giant this summer before having the offer withdrawn.
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Heads up: we’ve got a sweet iPad Air 2 that needs a loving home, and it could be yours…FREE. We’re giving away Apple’s most impressive tablet yet to one lucky winner at the BGR Store.
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Samsung announced the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge+ on Thursday and revealed that both handsets will be available in stores in America starting August 21st, after a week of preorders. Following Samsung’s event, U.S. carriers have made their own Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge+ announcements, revealing pricing details for both devices.
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With season 5 of Game of Thrones now in the books, and Jon Snow officially dead (he is dead, right?), many fans are already starting to speculate on what we might expect to see in future seasons Though seven seasons of GOT on HBO are reportedly planned, Game of Thrones scribe Geroge RR Martin still has to finish writing the last two books in the series. And while we have a long ways to go until we reach the series finale, Martin recently explained what users can look forward to when Game of Thrones reaches what will undoubtedly be a rousing conclusion.
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It seems like no one can release a phone that’s good enough for Android fans these days. Recently we documented Android fans complaining because the OnePlus 2, which delivers cutting-edge hardware for under $390, lacks support for NFC. Now it seems that Samsung’s just-announced Galaxy Note 5 is getting the same treatment if comments over at Reddit’s Android fan page are anything to go by.
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Phablet fans, rejoice! The Galaxy Note 5 finally arrived on Thursday, and as we noted in our hands-on preview, it’s easily the best Android phablet on the market. That said, plenty of Android fans were tempted by the iPhone 6 Plus last year, and with the iPhone 6s Plus presumably a month away from release, some fans might be waiting to see what Apple has to offer.
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What happens when a horrendous typhoon like Soudelor hits land? We’ve seen already that the typhoon’s winds are strong enough to lift Boeing 747 airplanes off the ground. And now a new video shows the typhoon is powerful enough to move a 720-ton steel ball (let’s call it a mass damper) suspended atop of a skyscraper (let’s call it Taipei 101, one of the world’s tallest buildings, measuring 1,651 feet).
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