Leaked Microsoft Lumia 850 renders show a thin, metallic Windows 10 smartphone that might be coming soon

Months before Microsoft announced the Lumia 950 XL, Lumia 950, and Lumia 550 as its first Windows 10 smartphones, we heard that the company was also working on a Lumia 750 and a Lumia 850. Since the 750 and 850 weren’t unveiled at the same time with the 950 XL, 950, and 550, some believed that they may have been cancelled. However, according to @OnLeaks, the Lumia 850 is still part of Microsoft’s plans.

Interestingly, it’s said that the Lumia 850 is built around a metal frame, and measures 155.9 x 77.23 x 6.92, thus becoming the thinnest Lumia smartphone to date. Assuming that these dimensions … – Source

Leaked Microsoft Lumia 850 renders show a thin, metallic Windows 10 smartphone that might be coming soon

What to know about 'The Wiz' star Shanice Williams, now that you're obsessed with her

If you watched NBC’s The Wiz Live, you’ve probably joined the millions who immediately fell in love with Shanice Williams — the charming 19-year-old TV newcomer who played Dorothy. So, who is she, where did she come from — and how’d she learn to sing like that?

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1. She won the role at an open casting call

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The Game Awards' biggest surprise was greeted with a chorus of boos

The seemingly never-ending saga of Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima — is he or isn’t he working at Konami? — took a strange twist at The Game Awards 2015.

After Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain star Kiefer Sutherland accepted the award for the year’s best action game, host Geoff Keighley made an unexpected statement. He said that Konami wouldn’t let Kojima attend the event, prompting a wave of boos to ripple across the crowd.

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“Mr. Kojima had every intention of being with us tonight, but unfortunately he was informed by a lawyer representing Konami just recently that he would not be allowed to travel to tonight’s award ceremony to accept any awards,” Keighley said. …

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Astro A40 TR Headset Plus MixAmp Pro Release Date, Price and Specs - CNET

Combining great gaming audio and chat with a fully customisable look and feel, the Astro A40 TR headset and MixAmp Pro sounds great and looks even better.

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A member of One Direction got a real life tattoo on 'The Late Late Show'

For their last Late Late appearance, One Direction played dodgeball. It was hilarious, beautiful and awe-inspiring. This time, show host James Corden convinced Harry, Niall, Liam and Louis to play Tattoo Roulette, a game that looks more like Deal Or No Deal and results in a member of 1D getting an actual real life permanent tattoo in front of a live studio audience

Niall, who is yet to allow needle and ink anywhere near his pure Irish skin, did not enjoy the experience, whilst the other One Direction members took a slightly more devil-may-care kind of attitude. Only one could lose (or win), only one One Direction member would get a tattoo. But who? …

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A member of One Direction got a real life tattoo on 'The Late Late Show'

New Apps and Services for Renters

New companies are springing up to help renters find homes, break leases, sublet, find roommates and avoid brokers’ fees.

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New Apps and Services for Renters

Telltale, Warner Bros. and DC working on a Batman game

Telltale Games has revealed that it is working on a Batman game with Warner Bros. and DC Comics.

The game will be released on consoles, PC, Mac, and mobile devices. It will be in the same episodic format that Telltale games are known for. The name is yet to be announced and the game will release some time in 2016. A teaser trailer will be released next week.

“At Telltale, we’ve been honored to bring our unique approach to interactive storytelling to some of the biggest entertainment franchises in the world, and we’re excited to announce that we’ll soon be exploring what it means to be Batman in an all-new series starting next year,” said Kevin Bruner, Co-Founder and CEO of Telltale Games. “This iteration of Batman will give fans a first-hand opportunity to dive deeper into the complex life and mind of Bruce Wayne, the duality of his own identity, and the struggle of responsibility in saving a city overcome with corruption and villainy.”

“Telltale has an established track record of creating award-winning content for some of the best properties in the world,” said David Haddad, President, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. “We look forward to working with the team as they deliver a new interactive way for fans and gamers to experience the rich narrative world of Batman.”

With Warner Bros. being involved, it’s clear this is not purely just a Batman game but will likely tie in with the movie set to release early next year. We can probably expect the game to release some time…

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Telltale, Warner Bros. and DC working on a Batman game

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg: 10 little-known facts

As the controversy rages on, we bring to you some not-so-commonly known facts about the ‘socially-challenged geek’ who has evolved into a confident CEO presiding heading the world’s top social network with over 1.5 billion users.

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Scott Weiland, Stone Temple Pilots lead singer, dead at 48

LOS ANGELES — Scott Weiland, the Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver frontman whose deep, grinding vocals helped bring grunge rock to the mainstream, has died, Mashable has confirmed. He was 48.

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Gunpowder in the air, bodies on the ground: What it was like inside that San Bernardino shooting

As victims were moaning, alarms were blaring, fire sprinklers were gushing and the smell of gunpowder was in the air. It was sensory overload in the San Bernardino, California conference room attacked Wednesday morning by two armed assailants wearing tactical gear

San Bernardino Police Lt. Mike Madden was the first responder to arrive at the holiday party turned tragedy and on Thursday night he described a chaotic scene to a huddle of reporters at a press conference

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America is desperate to know what happened to Toto in NBC's 'The Wiz'

Toto’s not in Kansas anymore. Or Omaha. Or, for that matter, anywhere on NBC’s live broadcast of The Wiz.

In The Wiz Live, Dorothy’s beloved dog is played by two recently rescued, 10-year-old cairn terriers named Scooter and Ralphie. Toto appeared in the opening number — and, since the tornado, has been AWOL. So, WHERE IS TOTO, NBC?

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WHERE HAVE YOU GONE, TOTO?

Fans and viewers are desperate to know what happened to him. Did Toto die in the Tornado in this universe? Did Dorothy forget him in Munchkinland? Someone please find Toto. …

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Teen calls out cyber bullying in bold Facebook post

A teen girl turned a cruel cyber bullying situation into a teachable moment with a Facebook post shaming her bullies.

On Monday, Canadian high school student Lynelle Cantwell was shocked to learn that she’d been included on an anonymous Ask.FM straw poll called “Ugliest girls in Year 12 at hth [Holy Trinity High].” But instead of staying silent, she shared her anger on Facebook.

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Image: Lynelle Cantwell/facebook

In the days since, the post has garnered more than 3,000 shares and comments of support

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Pantone selects two colors of the year to represent gender equality

Forget rose gold, the newest color trend is Rose Quartz.

The pale pink color is one of the two colors Pantone — the global authority on color — has chosen as the colors of 2016. The second color, a cool pale blue shade called Serenity — blends with the warm pink hue of Rose Quartz to create a gentle, calming effect.

This is the first time that the company has released two colors of the year, dating all the way back the first color of the year in 2000.

In a press release, Pantone said its decision to elect two colors of the year for 2016 was a statement motivated by a push toward gender equality and fluidity in modern society. …

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TV binging, exercise skipping linked to poor cognitive function

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Passing on the gym to snuggle on the couch and binge watch whole seasons of your favorite show this weekend may not bode well for your brain.

In a 25-year study that tracked more than 3,000 young adults into midlife, researchers found that those with the highest television watching and lowest physical activity scored worse on certain cognitive tests than their fit, less TV-addicted counterparts. In particular, couch potatoes had slightly lower brain processing speeds and worse executive function, but they scored just as well as other participants on verbal memory tests. The findings, reported in JAMA Psychiatry, may suggest that such bad TV and exercise habits early in life could set people up for faster cognitive decline in later life, the authors said.

However, the researchers can only speculate on cognitive decline for now, because they only tested cognitive skills at the end of the 25 years—not at the beginning. Therefore, it’s possible that participants with slightly lower cognitive function scores at the end of the study had those same low scores at the start and just enjoy spending lots of time lounging in front of glowing screens. Researchers can’t tell from the data as is.

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McLaren's MP4-X is a hybrid, shape-shifting race car from the future

Today is a big day for both sides of the McLaren car business. While the consumer arm of the company is debuting its new 675LT Spider, the racing arm, responsible for the Formula 1 team, is showing off a futuristic concept of a race car.

Either way, it’s a good day to be a car fan.

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The concept race car is called the MP4-X and, as you can see, it’s very sleek indeed. And that’s part of the idea. Intriguingly, McLaren brags that the concept’s chassis “changes shape” to “adapt to different aerodynamic demands.” Granted, it doesn’t say how exactly the chassis shift takes place, but we like the idea nonetheless. …

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