May 2, 2016

Surpassing the Books May Be the Greatest Thing That Ever Happened to Game of Thrones


Game of Thrones is clearly done taking its time. The amount of plot that happened in last night’s episode, “Home,” is staggering; it moved as fast as an old man being tossed from a bridge, and it hit as hard as Cersei’s zombie-knightmare Ser Robert Strong. It was almost too much, and that was before another final moment that I will be circumspect and merely call “gratifying.”



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Surpassing the Books May Be the Greatest Thing That Ever Happened to Game of Thrones

The UnaPhone Zenith won't let users install any apps - and here's why


There are secure phones, like government-issued BlackBerries world leaders use, or the secure-but-not-quite-as-advertised BlackPhone by Swiss company Silent Circle. Then, there are straight-up paranoid phones like the UnaPhone Zenith, which is up on Indiegogo to get its initial push.


In short, the Zenith is an Elephone P9000 (read our hands-on) running a custom operating system dubbed UnaOS. Built on top of Android 6.0 Marshmallow’s code base, the system is stripped of all Google apps, frameworks, and libraries to prevent occasions of data mining, location tracking, and advertising … – Source



The UnaPhone Zenith won't let users install any apps - and here's why

Samsung smartphones 'available' at Re 1 as part of ‘Make for India Celebrations’


Samsung India is selling smartphones for Re 1 as part of ‘Make for India Celebrations’. The buyers can pay the remaining amount in 10 EMIs, according to the company’s website. – Source



Samsung smartphones 'available' at Re 1 as part of ‘Make for India Celebrations’

Federal Court judge is forcing a woman to unlock her iPhone using Touch ID


Once again, we have a story about an Apple iPhone, a judge, and law enforcement officials who want the phone unlocked so that they can look for evidence on it. The FBI, in this case, fears that it will trigger the feature that automatically wipes an iPhone after ten unsuccessful attempts at cracking the passcode.


Paytsar Bkhchadzhyan, a 29-year old woman from L.A., was recently served with a search warrant obtained by the FBI that forces her to unlock her iPhone using Touch ID. She had pleaded no contest to identity theft and the iPhone had been seized by authorities at her boyfriend’s … – Source



Federal Court judge is forcing a woman to unlock her iPhone using Touch ID

What I learned about sexual pleasure by tapping virtual vulvas


Note: The following descriptions may be considered NSFW.


This morning at my breakfast table I learned how to pleasure another woman with my boyfriend.


Sex education site OMGYes is starting conversations about female pleasure, via some experimental new methods


In a recent chat with currently controversial feminist icon Gloria Steinem, actress and women’s rights activist Emma Watson endorsed OMGYes, encouraging fans to “definitely check it out…It’s worth it” (“it” being the site’s $29 subscription fee).


SEE ALSO: Can you be a feminist and like rough sex?




Image: OMGYES


The interactive site, backed by several research studies about the pleasure preferences of over 1,000 women, features video interviews with real women talking about their real experiences of sexual pleasure. Most notably, touchscreen video lessons of sexual stimulation techniques allow users to tap and caress a variety of virtual vulvas on-screen. …


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What I learned about sexual pleasure by tapping virtual vulvas

The tech elite are moving left this election cycle


This election cycle, the tech elite are almost exclusively backing liberals: Tesla’s Elon Musk donated to Hillary Clinton, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg gave handsomely to the San Francisco Democratic Party organization, and Microsoft’s Bill Gates gave to three Democratic congressmen. Though often seen as a libertarian stronghold, no household Silicon Valley names publicly… Read More


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The tech elite are moving left this election cycle

SAM Labs raises $4.5M to turn kids into IoT-mavens


London-based SAM Labs just announced that it raised $4.5M from a group of investors led by Imperial Ventures. In addition, the round was padded out with smart money from a number of angels specializing in high growth education technology. The investment will help the company continue its mission to introduce the Internet of Things to kids. Read More


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SAM Labs raises $4.5M to turn kids into IoT-mavens