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A Japanese startup has ambitious plans for on-demand meteor showers

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by on July 20, 2018 at 11:55 pm
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A Tokyo-based startup is hard at work developing a system that would deliver “shooting stars on demand.” According to a report by Japan Times, the world’s first artificial meteor shower could take place over Hiroshima as early as 2020. ALE Co., is reportedly in the final stages of developing two satellites. The first is set to be launched into space in March of next year, while the second would follow sometime mid-year. Each would have a payload of roughly 400 tiny balls whose tightly-guarded chemical formula would create a luminous display in the night sky.The balls would be re-usable, allowing…

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Here’s why you shouldn’t give your Fortnite password to strangers

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by on July 20, 2018 at 11:20 pm
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A teenager in Ohio fell victim to the oldest scam on record while playing Fortnite. Hopefully his loss will stand as a good lesson for the legions of other neophytes cutting their teeth on the popular battle royale game. What happened: The 13-year-old, named Jake, was playing a match when a stranger made him a tempting offer. He could have free skins for his character — a character that, according to Jake’s mom Amy, he’d already invested a significant amount of money in. All Jake had to do was give the stranger his account details, including his password. I’m not necessarily…

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Google Translate glitch predicts the second coming of Christ

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by on July 20, 2018 at 10:46 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence, distract, Google


Google’s AI appears to be using its Translate platform to spread some good old-fashioned doomsday prophecy. We have no way of confirming that the world isn’t coming to an end, but we’re going to go ahead and say it’s a glitch. If you type “dog” into the Google Translate service a bunch of times and then chose to translate from Maori to English, you’ll receive the following response: Doomsday Clock is three minutes at twelve We are experiencing characters and a dramatic developments in the world, which indicate that we are increasingly approaching the end times and Jesus’ return. The glitch,…

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Trump inauguration kicked off the ‘angriest’ period in Facebook’s history

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by on July 20, 2018 at 9:58 pm
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According to a new study by Pew Research Center, social media users are angrier than they’ve ever been — at least as best as we can tell using emoji. Since the inauguration of one Donald J. Trump, social media users are mashing the angry reaction more than ever. While “Like” remains the most common reaction, and “love” has been the most-used non-default reaction since it was released in late 2015, “angry” has since taken the crown, and by a wide margin. Facebook first unveiled the new emoji reactions globally in early 2016, although many users had then in late 2015.…

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Trump inauguration kicked off the ‘angriest’ period in Facebook’s history

Jul20
by on July 20, 2018 at 9:58 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider


According to a new study by Pew Research Center, social media users are angrier than they’ve ever been — at least as best as we can tell using emoji. Since the inauguration of one Donald J. Trump, social media users are mashing the angry reaction more than ever. While “Like” remains the most common reaction, and “love” has been the most-used non-default reaction since it was released in late 2015, “angry” has since taken the crown, and by a wide margin. Facebook first unveiled the new emoji reactions globally in early 2016, although many users had then in late 2015.…

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