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Jan 18, 2016
Six-Legged Giant Finds Secret Hideaway, Hides For 80 Years
Posted by Sean Brazell in category: futurism
The insect is so large — as big as a human hand — it’s been dubbed a “tree lobster.” It was thought to be extinct, but some enterprising entomologists scoured a barren hunk of rock in the middle of the ocean and found surviving Lord Howe Island stick insects.
Jan 18, 2016
WhatsApp is now free and promises to stay ad-free
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: futurism
WhatsApp is dropping its subscription fees to access the popular messaging service. WhatsApp introduced the fees a few years ago, forcing new users to pay an annual 99 cents subscription after the first year. “As we’ve grown, we’ve found that this approach hasn’t worked well,” admits WhatsApp in a company blog post today.
“Many WhatsApp users don’t have a debit or credit card number and they worried they’d lose access to their friends and family after their first year. So over the next several weeks, we’ll remove fees from the different versions of our app and WhatsApp will no longer charge you for our service.”
If you’ve been using WhatsApp for the six years it has been available then you’ve probably never experienced the subscription fees. Most original users were granted a free lifetime service, but in recent years the company introduced its subscription to new users. Recode reports that if you’ve already paid the 99 cents for the year then there won’t be a refund, but subscription fees will cease immediately.
Jan 17, 2016
Ever wonder what lies underneath animatronic heads?
Posted by Bryan Gatton in category: futurism
Official website of Boeing’s centennial, featuring story-sharing, historical videos, a traveling exhibit, educational resources, merchandise and more.
Jan 15, 2016
The future is coming! (h/t Watercar watercar.com)
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: futurism
Jan 15, 2016
Y-3 and Virgin Galactic — Shaping the future of space access
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: futurism, space
https://youtube.com/watch?v=yGi1qz1zWrw
Y-3 in space! We officially announce our partnership with Virgin Galactic to create their future pilot flight-suits.
A pioneering spirit and dedication to pushing the boundaries of possibility- Y-3 announce a space-apparel partnership with Virgin Galactic.We have been developing the intersection of fashion and space, underpinned by a shared approach to design and innovation, as they create apparel system for the world’s first commercial spaceline.
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Jan 14, 2016
A Mysterious Mammoth Carcass Could Change Human History
Posted by Sean Brazell in category: futurism
The carcass was remarkably well preserved, but something was clearly wrong. A rounded hole through the interior jugal. Deep incisions along the ribs. Dents in the left scapula. A broken mandible.
This 45,000 year-old mammoth’s life ended violently at the hands of hunters. That wouldn’t be surprising—it’s well known that Pleistocene humans were expert mammoth killers—but for the location. It was excavated from a permafrost embankment at Yenisei bay, a remote spot in central Siberia where a massive river empties into the Arctic Ocean.
That makes this brutalized mammoth the oldest evidence for human expansion into the high Arctic by a wide margin. Its discovery, published today in Science, might push back the timeline for when humans entered the northernmost reaches of the world—including the first entries into North America.
Jan 14, 2016
Bots are buying Adele tickets at Key Arena, and one state senator wants an investigation
Posted by Karen Hurst in category: futurism
Even Adele is not immune from the attack of the “Bots”
Washington state Sen. Marko Liias suspects that ticket bots are creating skyrocketing prices for the July 26 Adele concert at Seattle’s Key Arena — and he is asking the state Attorney General’s Office to investigate the matter.
