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Churchhill is the poster child for how global warming has affected both humans and animals.

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Mindboggling.

This is a great example of what I call “accidental learning”. A huge and very random list of lectures you can just pick and choose to listen to at your leisure. Everything from “Digging up Dinosaurs” to “Waterloo: Causes, Courses and Consequences” to “Solving the First Person Shooter in VR”.

Why do I get the feeling that your personal privacy is going to be a much bigger issue over the next four years?

Translation: “We’re going to pull our heads out of our asses and try to understand how we managed to screw the pooch so badly on this.”

They better get this fixed. Fast.

I want one of these.

[Via Swissmiss]

Seriously, how cool is that!

Not a great day for Apple lawyers.

PCWorld: Oh, Yahoo. It was bad enough that the company already announced a breach exposing 500 million user accounts two years after it happened. Then late last night Yahoo revealed that it had uncovered another unrelated hack exposing the account … Continued

A new kind of Mario game that you can play with one hand. In this game, Mario constantly moves forward through the courses while you use a variety of jumps to navigate. Mario will behave differently depending on the timing of your taps, so it’s up to you to show off particularly smooth moves, gather coins, and reach the goal.

Have fun.

Most guitar players are blissfully unaware of the details of the speakers they’re playing through. Sure, they may know what size the speakers are and how many are in the cabinet, but other than that, they have no idea about how much of an effect the make of the speaker can have on the sound.

It’s always good to know at least some details about you’re playing through.

Yahoo Inc warned on Wednesday that it had uncovered yet another massive cyber attack, saying data from more than 1 billion user accounts was compromised in August 2013, making it the largest breach in history.

What the hell is going on over there?

President-elect Donald Trump and some of Silicon Valley’s most powerful executives met at his Manhattan tower on Wednesday, a summit convened to smooth over frictions after both sides made no secret of their disdain for each other during the election campaign.

I find it very odd that Trump’s three kids were at the head of the table.

If you don’t absolutely need it, you really should delete your Yahoo account.

Uber has rolled out its self-driving car fleet in its hometown of San Francisco, despite lacking the proper permit that state regulators say is required.

Starting Wednesday, riders who request an UberX, one of the company’s budget ride options, may be matched with a self-driving Uber. It is unclear how many of these cars Uber has in San Francisco.

There will be people in the car for now, but I’ll be honest, I’m not sure what I’d do if one of these pulled up to give me a ride when the people are gone.

Nintendo Co will make a big push into mobile gaming on Thursday with the launch of the popular Super Mario Bros franchise on the iPhone, a risky bet because users will need to pay upfront, at a time when the gaming market is getting crowded.

While investors are hoping Super Mario Run will be a hit for Nintendo, its decision to charge $9.99 for full access to the game may limit revenues and put its fate at the mercy of loyal Nintendo console-game fans.

I’m betting it will be a huge success. Let’s face it, that’s not much money for a game that so many people enjoy.

I’ve known about these Christmas windows since I was a kid in Nova Scotia so I loved going to them when I lived near New York City. There’s nothing like seeing them in person but this site is the next best thing.

When I first heard of this lawsuit, I knew Apple was likely to lose it. But a $2 million settlement among 21,000 current and former workers is getting off really easy for the company.

Apple taking the estimate away, even if wildly inaccurate, is silly. Not fixing it, even more so. These apps aren’t necessarily any more accurate (testing will be required) but at least you’ll have some indication as to how much battery life you (might) have left.

While not a widespread problem, it doesn’t matter if your Watch has been bricked. Apple says, “We are working on a fix for an upcoming software update” but no word on when that will be available.

I think it remains to be seen if Apple has “misjudged” the market.

I still think “hoverboards” are stupid and potentially dangerous but this kid is a genius. I’d hire him to shovel my driveway in a minute.

Jean-Louis Gassée: With both the RAM limitation and “donglegate” we see self-inflicted wounds, a puzzling lack of storytelling by a company that has a long history of controlling the narrative. Apple was forced to react with labored explanations and admission-of-guilt … Continued

I have what is known as “Brown Sign Disease” (named after the color of historic markers in New England). It’s characterized by an inability to pass any historical marker or sign without stopping to read it. I would definitely take this trip and then follow it up with the “shortest journey to visit close to 25,000 pubs in the U.K.” trip.

I know some people like to read up on the security content on Apple’s updates, so here you go:

This web site is really cool. You can listen to radio stations from around the world.

I admit to loving Williams-Sonoma stores, primarily for the gadgets, but this rant about the catalog is hilarious and definitely NSFW.

Apple on Tuesday released a significant update for macOS Sierra, fixing a number of issues users had with the Mac operating system. […]