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If you've ever been shopping for blinds, you'll be shocked to learn that a little shade can cost a lot of money. 
Police in Northampton, England, are searching for a man who allegedly stole a venetian blind from a store on Sunday afternoon. 
CCTV captured footage of the man, who did a pretty great job concealing the blind by stuffing it down one leg of his pants and up the back of his jacket. The blinds were quite large, but luckily, his hooded jacket provided some added coverage. &nbs

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One week after it unveils new hardware, Microsoft will shift focus to software and its Office suite. The company just sent out invites for a media event on November 2nd in Manhattan, where CEO Satya Nadella, Office CVP Kirk Koenigsbauer, and "special guests" plan to reveal how Microsoft will "empower every team to achieve more."
The invite's language seems very business-oriented, so the event will be in all likelihood be concentrated on collaboration and new ways for those in the enterprise to "

I saw my first hologram display this past summer from a company called Looking Glass. Now another company is working on a similar product called the Holovect, which just launched on Kickstarter. Both products aim to bring holograms to developers and then eventually consumers. Well, technically, Holovect says it doesn't peddle a hologram display. It's in the business of "volumetric vector images." Okay Holovect. We get it. The products differ in their presentation. Volume is a box,

Apple's next fall event will be on October 27, according to a new report from Recode, during which Apple is widely expected to unveil the next generation of the MacBook Pro. And it's about time.
The last time Apple significantly updated its top-of-the-line MacBook Pro was back in 2012. Since then, the laptop has been updated to include a Retina display and a Force Touch trackpad, but a major revamp has been long overdue.
Bloomberg has previously reported that a fall hardware

Our CineFix series, What's the Difference, previously looked at how The Walking Dead differed from the original Image Comics graphic novels in its first season. But as The Walking Dead entered its second season, writers made even larger changes.
From the relative role of Hershel’s farm, to the fate (and existence) of various characters, we’ll go through every difference between the comics and the TV show.
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A coalition that includes the ACLU, EFF, and 50 other organizations has asked the Department of Justice to investigate how the FBI and police are using large-scale facial recognition databases in criminal investigations. The letter comes alongside a new report that claims around half of American adults are effectively part of these databases.
The report, released by the Georgetown Law Center on Privacy and Technology, draws on both existing data and material obtained through public records reque

Gender diversity is an urgent problem in the tech industry, but it's not one that is likely to be totally solved anytime soon. 
That's according to Sarah Clatterbuck, director of engineering at LinkedIn and lead for the company's Women in Tech program. 
"I am thinking about this as a very long-time horizon investment," Clatterbuck said on Mashable's Biz Please podcast. "This is a success that I look forward to towards the end of my career — having the entire industry reflect the

The Chainsmokers' inexplicable success is matched by the public's unfiltered loathing towards the electronic duo because, well, they seem like huge jerks. 
Still, a couple dudes bragging about banging models as they get used to fame and fortune is, sadly, par for the course. But dissing Rihanna and Lady Gaga on your way up? That's taking things too far.
But don't worry — Mother Monster's here to put them in their place.  
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Apparently Facebook hoaxes are still alive and well in the year 2016. 
An old one is making the rounds this week, and everyone really needs to stop freaking out. The hoax tells Facebook users to repost a paragraphs-long status to to ensure their privacy. 
The two statuses, per CBS News: And: In case you still had questions, no, reposting either of these statuses will not protect you from any Facebook encroachment on your privacy. 
According to Snopes, the hoaxes go back

Eagle Flight is the first virtual reality game to leave me breathless.
Ubisoft's debut VR game puts you behind the eyes of a soaring eagle in a tattered post-apocalyptic Paris. Nature has reclaimed the city, giving you the freedom to explore, defend your territory from other winged threats and fly through carefully arranged sets of hoops.
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There are also feathers and fish to collect, because that's how Ubisoft open world games roll.
If t

Sweethearts on a movie date, parents potty-training their toddlers and candy lovers everywhere are rejoicing.
Starting May 2017, M&Ms will begin selling caramel-filled M&M candies nationwide, the company revealed in a press release. 
SEE ALSO: Top 20 worst Halloween candies we need to stop giving outA video posted by M&M'S (@mmschocolate) on Oct 18, 2016 at 8:56am PDT
M&M is no stranger to innovation and in the past has introduced varieties including pretzel, crispy (so popu

Paid Content bySingapore Tourism BoardOn a breezy weekend in September, ten lucky individuals set about their daily routine – heading out to adventure around town, meeting up with friends or grabbing a quick bite for lunch. They pulled out their smartphones and tapped on a beloved app, Lyft, just as they’d done many times since the phrase “ride-sharing” became as quintessentially San Franciscan as Instagrams of the Golden Gate Bridge shrouded in fog.Little did they know t

Kendall Jenner isn't holding back in this interview with W magazine. 
The model sat down with Lynn Hirschberg to talk about her early modeling days, her first kiss and of course, her enthusiasm for her "tits being out."
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Warning: This post contains a video that describes some occasions of sexual assault.
Meryl Streep, Amy Schumer and Rose McGowan are among the famous faces that appear alongside women who have experienced sexual assault in a powerful new video condemning Donald Trump.
The clip, entitled "It's Not OK" and produced by pro-Clinton group Humanity for Hillary, mixes footage from the leaked 2005 audio tape in which Trump talks about touching and kissing women with first person accounts of sexual assaul

LONDON — When it comes to misogyny on Twitter, we're all in this together. A new study has found that misognyistic tweets were written by women 52 percent of the time and men 48 percent. 
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The study — conducted by social intelligence company Brandwatch on behalf of anti-bullying charity Ditch the Label — used both automated and manual data analysis tools to analyse almost 19 million public tweets to

LOS ANGELES — AMC is giving The Fear of the Walking Dead fans an early fix of the show with a new season of its webseries.
Titled Fear of the Walking Dead: Passages, the 16-part series helps build to Season 3 of the post-apocalyptic spin-off, which will air in 2017.SEE ALSO: AMC renews 'The Walking Dead' for Season 8
The web series, which launched last year with Fear of the Walking Dead: Flight 462, amassed 4.6 million video streams. The show, which is produced by Fear of the Walking Dead

Police departments across the country may know what you look like, even if you don't know how they got your photo. 
About half of American adults are already in a "law enforcement face recognition network," according to a new study published Tuesday by researchers at Georgetown University's Center on Privacy and Technology.
SEE ALSO: Social media companies suspend Geofeedia's access after reported police tracking
"This technology is not limited to serious criminals," Alvaro Bedoya, one of t

Robots are now just as good at transcribing speech as humans. According to a paper published yesterday, a team of Microsoft engineers in the Artificial Intelligence and Research division reported their system reached a word error rate (WER) of 5.9 percent, a figure that is roughly equal to that of human abilities. “We’ve reached human parity,” said Xuedong Huang, the company’s chief speech scientist. “This is a historic achievement.” After decades of testing,

Tesla has changed the language on the Model 3 marketing page of its website, which now says that "production" of its Model 3 vehicle would begin by the end of 2017. Previously, the text said "Deliveries begin late 2017." Though the new language suggests a delay in the Model 3 rollout, Tesla says it doesn’t.
"Today’s website update doesn’t reflect any change in our plans," a Tesla spokesperson tells The Verge. "We still plan to begin Model 3 deliveries in late 2017, and we adjus

Curt Schilling wants the world to know that bloody pitching performances are his thing. 
The former Red Sox pitcher played through an ankle tendon injury in Game 6 of the 2004 American League Championship Series. His gritty performance — which helped Boston reach the World Series and win it for the first time in almost 100 years — and subsequent bloody sock are etched in baseball lore.
So when another postseason pitcher gushed blood on Monday, Schilling comparisons ensued, and t

Caterina Cestarelli doesn't always know what will trigger an excruciating migraine. Sometimes it's skimping on sleep or missing a meal. Other times it's smelling a powerful perfume.
Whatever the trigger, it usually leads to the same place: Her tiny New York City bedroom, with lights off and blinds drawn, as she waits for the painful throbbing, waves of nausea and distorted vision to subside. 
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It’s generally pretty easy to tell which candidates people support based on the things they post and like, but now Facebook is making your endorsements really obvious. The company today quietly added an endorsement feature that anyone can use to prominently display their colors and invite endless family feuds about politics. Candidates now have an Endorsement tab on their pages, from which you can click just click on ‘endorse.’ Thankfully, Facebook does provide some

Oh hey, a new Nick Jonas video.
"Voodoo" shows the singer wandering through the streets of New Orleans with friends, ready to party.  
The video might include the most trippy visuals the singer has released in his solo career with illustrations scattered throughout and a lot of slow motion and sped up shots morphing around the singer as he makes his way through the city and finds a marching band to dance with. Things get real weird when the office snacks run out
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Khloe Kardashian responded to reports that Donald Trump made some particularly atrocious comments about her appearance during her stint on Celebrity Apprentice by brushing it off. Trump's just not worth her time. 
“I'm very good on energy, and I just never really vibed with him from the start,” Kardashian told the Los Angeles Times, casually dissing the Republican presidential nominee. 
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Concierge medicine isn't just for the rich anymore, and the app Heal has raised $26.9 million to prove it. 
The startup, which looks to eliminate wasted time and money in healthcare through on-demand, at-home doctor's visits, announced its first major funding round on Tuesday. 
SEE ALSO: Apple's push into healthcare now includes Apple Watch data
Heal says its platform is a long-term solution to problems in healthcare — not an alternative when the doctor's office is closed. 

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Instagram is now doing even more to push its users to its new Stories feature. 
The app is now surfacing Stories in its Explore section in an effort to encourage greater discovery. 
Now, when you head to Instagram's Explore section, Stories will appear at the top of the page, much like they do in your normal feed. Like the rest of the Explore section, Stories are personalized based on what Instagram thinks you're interested in.
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Your list of parental responsibilities is about to take a weird turn.    
Gone are the simpler days when you could send a kid out into the great wide world after a few basic lessons on right and wrong and birds and bees. The next generation will need some other, more advanced teachings.    
The first people to visit Mars are sitting in school today. That means, sooner rather than later, our family discussions at the dinner table will start including the very real ch

If the idea of deep space travel conjures up mental images of a winged shuttle — or simply a dusted-off Apollo capsule — your imagination could use a little recalibration.    
Not since the Moon landing have humans ventured beyond "Low Earth Orbit." That means, to travel beyond the Moon, considered by NASA to be "deep space," you'd need a spacecraft that builds on the best of previous space programs while developing new systems.     
Instead, you'd

The Microsoft Surface has defeated New Englands Patriots coach Bill Belichick.
In an unusually longwinded rant to reporters Tuesday, Belichick declared that he will abandon his device — the official tablet of the NFL — in favor of pen and paper.
SEE ALSO: Patriots suffer Microsoft tablet glitch during Broncos game
"I'm done with the tablets," he said during a rant about malfunctioning gadgets that lasted more than five minutes. "I’ve given them as much time as I can give t

Patriots coach Bill Belichick thinks Microsoft’s Surface tablet makes his job harder. So hard in fact that he’s "done with the tablets" and is converting back to paper pictures, Belichick told reporters on a conference call today, according to Fox Sports. It isn’t an issue with Microsoft’s product in particular, but rather the entire idea of using modern touchscreen computers on the sidelines of an active NFL game. Belichick says it’s a "personal decision" and that

Facebook is seeking endorsements for the next president of the United States.
Facebook users can now go to the official Facebook pages of Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump and select "Endorse." 
SEE ALSO: It looks like Facebook motivated a lot of people to register to vote
The new feature launched on Tuesday and has instructions that can be found here on Facebook's official Help Center.  Image:facebookFacebook users can choose to show the endorsement publicly — to all of Facebook's

When you hear the phrase "air traffic photos," what comes to mind? Most likely some dull graphics documenting airplane patterns. (Is that actually what they are? I really don't know.)
Either way, Mike Kelley, an LA-based architectural photographer, is revolutionizing the process of capturing air traffic with his series "Airportraits," which features gorgeous shots he's taken of airplanes from all over the world.
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Showtime released a teaser for the new Twin Peaks sequel coming in 2017, featuring cast members talking about returning to film. The teaser doesn't show any new footage or reveal much of anything, but the seeing what the returning actors look like now is truly a gift in itself.
The clip features a host of original actors like Kyle MacLachlan (Agent Cooper), Miguel Ferrer (FBI forensics specialist Albert Rosenfield), Kimmy Robertson (the adorable Lucy), Harry Goaz (Andy), and James Marshall

Want to eat a dead face made of bread? Cool. Netflix has answered your prayers with a new recipe called French Onion Barb.
Basically, it's a regular French onion soup adorned with a large, cheesy floating Barb head. Poor Barb, but this looks delicious.
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In the realm of photo sharing, Amazon wants to be king.
Amazon Prime subscribers already enjoy unlimited photo storage, although if your family members use different Amazon accounts, those pics have been walled off from each other. Not anymore, though: With the launch of Amazon Family Vault, Prime members can invite up to five family members (or friends) to share photos.
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To make photo sharing easier, those additional members will

Every week, I swing for the fences with one massive theory about the future of Westworld. Am I wrong? Am I right? We probably won’t know for sure for years, so why not enjoy the present?
I will never forget the first time I saw Memento, or as it was known at the time, the movie starring the woman from The Matrix, the pimp from Risky Business, and the man with the strong chin. The Christopher Nolan film arrived in theaters less than a year after The Sixth Sense, and in many ways, it felt li

Instagram Stories are about to get a lot more public. The company today announced it’s bringing Stories to its Explore tab, making it easy to find new Stories from random people around the world. When you open up Explore, you’ll find a new ‘suggested stories’ section at the top including content only from people you’re not already following, from pretty much anywhere on the planet. As with images and videos, Instagram says the results are tailored to your interests

Halloween is but a fortnight away, and ‘Frightgeist‘ is cooking up a special brew of costumes that might allow you to shelve that slutty kitten costume this year (men and women). Topping the list is a duo of characters — Harley Quinn and Joker — from the universally-hated film ‘Suicide Squad.’ ‘Superhero’ is next, for those that are feeling powerful but lack the decisive nature to decide between other top 15 choices, such as Wonderwoman, Batm

What’s a gadget? Does it have to be smart? Does it have to talk to you or push the boundaries of technology? Can a gadget be boring, like battery-level boring? A newgizmo called the "smrtFOB" is definitely a gadget. It might be the most gadgety gadget that’s designed to keep other gadgets alive. The smrtFOB is a module power bank that’ll send users notifications when it needs to be charged. It’s got Bluetooth built-in so it can be tracked and comes with swappable Lightnin