YouTube now has unreleased stand-up from Dave Chapelle, Louis CK and more
Stand-up comedians don’t get to just walk onto the set of Saturday Night Live or The Daily Show and start telling jokes. Nope, like just about every other creative field they start small and work their way up — often for free at first. Yes, even the likes of Tracy Morgan and Sarah Silverman. The Just For Laughs (JFL) comedy festival in Montreal has filmed the countless names that’ve graced its stage since 1987 and has teamed with YouTube juggernaut Maker Studios to start releasing unseen footage from the fest’s archives, according to Variety. Right now its channel only has a handful of clips (including Dave Chapelle, Chris Rock (above) and the late Bill Hicks), but JFL promises three-time-per-week updates are en route. All told, there’ll be some 500 hours of performances and when that well runs dry, the outfit plans to add footage from more recent shows. For now, at least, you’ll have something funny to sprinkle between Woodstock clips.
[Image credit: Getty Images]
Via: AV Club
Source: Variety, Just For Laughs (YouTube)
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OnePlus One StyleSwap covers have been canceled
The OnePlus One came into the game claiming to be a flagship killer, and it packed some beastly specs into an unbeatable pricepoint. However, OnePlus did not stop there. They also promised amazing customization options from a product dubbed StyleSwap covers. These covers were interchangable replacement back plates that could be changed by the user. StyleSwap covers were said to be coming in a variety of covers and even some wood options. This peeked many people’s interest as such a feature is not available from many other companies.
Unfortunately, today OnePlus announced that it would be discontinuing the StyleSwap covers before they even began. They claimed that there had been many snags in finding a way to mass produce the covers and still maintain a high quality of workmanship. Also, OnePlus discovered that the covers had not been implemented as well as they had thought. Changing the covers was proving to be very difficult and the replacements would often be loose and creaky. The loose covers could also result in battery damage. We have to commend OnePlus on not wanting to release a product that is half baked and could damage their phone, but we are still disappointed. Maybe OnePlus can iron out the problems that arose and add StyleSwap covers as a feature for the OnePlus Two.
If you still want a StyleSwap cover, OnePlus says that there is a limited number of bamboo versions that have already been produced and they will be selling the entire stock. But once they are gone, there will be no more produced.
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How a massive black hole looks in an ultra-dense dwarf galaxy
The M60-UCD1 is a dwarf galaxy that’s so dense, you’d see 1 million stars at night if you lived in it instead of the 4,000 we typically see on Earth. Now, thanks to data from Hubble, NASA found that the galaxy, which is only 1/500th the diameter of Milky Way, has a humongous black hole that takes up 15 percent of its mass. Compared to the black hole in our galaxy, which has a mass of 4 million suns, M60-UCD1’s has the mass of 21 million suns. Just take a look at the artist rendering above to see how a huge black hole would look amidst a super dense collection of stars. NASA, by the way, describes black holes as “a great amount of matter packed into a very small area” with “a gravitational field so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape.”
According to the agency, this discovery suggests that dwarf galaxies are actually remnants of larger ones, which collided with other galaxies in the past. Anil Seth, the lead author of the M60-UCD1 study recently published in Nature, says they “don’t know of any other way you could make a black hole so big in an object this small.” That could change over time, as Hawking and other great minds work to figure out how black holes actually work, because as entertaining as it is to think that they’re portals to hell, they’re (probably) not.
[Image credit: NASA, ESA, STScI-RCC14-41a]
Filed under: Misc
Source: NASA
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We just played with Nintendo’s New 3DS: Finally, an extra analog stick
You might have heard: Nintendo’s refreshing its 3DS family with two new models. Both the New 3DS as well as the larger New 3DS XL will arrive with a diddly analog stick just above the action buttons. (Throw away your Circle Pad Pros!) Plus, there’s built-in NFC for those incoming Nintendo figurines and a new microSD card reader. Unfortunately, in my fly-by Monster Hunter 4G gaming test, I didn’t have the chance to try either of those features — readers love SD slot close-ups — but it does offer an estimation of what Japanese gamers will get in less than a month when both handhelds launch. There’s still no word on an overseas release for either model, but for now, watch me prove how poor I am at Monster Hunter in our video after the break. No, far worse than that.
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This time, I was handling the big-screened New 3DS LL (That’s the Japanese version of the 3DS XL), and if we’re honest, there really wasn’t much difference from my now-obsolete 3DS XL at home on initial handling: the corners are still curved, making it, once again, far more comfortable than the OG 3DS, while both screens are bright and vivid — perfect for the palette of Nintendo’s gaming oeuvre. Now, there’s no games that appropriately make the most of the analog stick (at least, not yet). Here at TGS 2014, with Monster Hunter 4G , the right stick was assigned to camera duties, a role it shared with the d-pad and, er, about a third of the touchscreen too. Understandably, the tiny stick was the better option, as it was easier to access and offered a better degree of control.
That’s because the new stick has a rubbery finish, while its location means it’s easy to nudge a little and then swiftly return to the X, Y, A and B buttons. Then there’s those secondary shoulder trigger buttons (which should work nicely with that stick once games arrive): they’re a little smaller but they’re appropriately spaced enough that you’re not going to hit ZR instead of the primary R trigger. It’ll be interesting to see how Nintendo handles transitioning between existing 3DS hardware and these new models, which will likely require completely different controller layouts to make those new buttons worthwhile. Both models launch in Japan on October 11th — and I bravely vow to waste hours and hours on Smash Bros. in the ensuing days to bring you Engadget’s official verdict. (You’re welcome.)
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New Oppo N3 Render! Amazon Announces New Fire Devices! – ManDroid Daily
The ManDroid Daily is here for you my friends, and hopefully it satisfies your Android needs. Amazon decided to announce some new products that are sure to aim to impress. A new Oppo N3 render surfaced that seems to be a little more legit than the last render we got. Your guess is as good as mine on which one is the real one. Enjoy the Daily!
Android News
New Oppo N3 render
Amazon Fire HDX 8.9
Fire HD Kids Edition
Fire HD Tablets in 5 colors
Fire OS Sangria
Motorola commercials behind the scenes
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Google’s CEO is pushing for hyper-efficient airports and other moonshots
The Google we already know controls our pockets, makes sense of the web and wants to understand our behavior. That one company already has such extensive reach is pretty crazy, which also raises a weighty question: What would a Google 2.0 look like? According to a new report from The Information, CEO Larry Page has been trying to figure out just that. As the story goes, he rounded up the company’s brass over a year ago to suss out what big problems were really worth tackling and to set Google’s course accordingly.
Some of the concepts, like the creation of a Page-controlled research and development division, only make sense considering all the cool stuff co-founder Sergey Brin has gotten his fingers into at Google X. Still others are, as you might expect from a man worth billions, a little more out there. Consider the tedium of travel — Page wasn’t content to let Google X have all the fun trying to fix transport with its self-driving cars, so he pondered the possibility of making air travel more hyperloop-y by building a new kind of uber-efficient airport (though how it’d work is really anyone’s guess). Oh, and the thought of building an entire model city apparently crossed his mind too (might we suggest a self-sufficient oil rig first?). At the very least, one of those Google 2.0 initiatives — the company’s push to make its services available to kids — is known to be inching toward fruition.
Pushing Google to rethink its role as a major technological force in the world may seem like a big move on Page’s part, but that’s nothing new. He is, after all, the guy who tried to get rid of all the company’s project managers (in fairness, there were only six at the time) in one shot early on in Google’s life. The search giant already has a handful of moonshots under its belt, and if Page’s plan sticks around, they may just be a sign of a bigger, broader Google to come.
Source: The Information
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You can now tinker with the code of ‘Commander Keen’s’ lost episode
It’s easy to indulge your Commander Keen nostalgia with most of the game series, but the “lost” Keen Dreams episode has proven elusive outside of less-than-official copies. As of now, though, you can do something about recreating those adventures through Tuberia — Javier Chavez and team have fulfilled a crowdfunding promise by publishing legal source code for Keen Dreams‘ original DOS version. If you want, you can now port the game to newer platforms and otherwise tweak the code to your heart’s content. Chavez and crew have yet to get their own ready-to-play edition going, but it’s already up for consideration on Steam Greenlight. Consider giving it a thumbs-up if you want to resume your fight against the spud soldiers.
[Image credit: Steve Hall, MobyGames]
Via: Hacker News
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You’ll be able to drive a car in ‘Final Fantasy XV’
Timed perfectly for this year’s Tokyo Game Show, Square-Enix’s unveiled a new teaser for its next (long in development) Final Fantasy. There’s boyband hairstyles, broody protagonists, big-ass swords… and a fancy car you drive around in. Watch, and wait — FFXV‘s still coming.
Filed under: Gaming, Sony, Microsoft
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Engadget Daily: iPhone 6 and 6 Plus review, the future of virtual payments and more!
Did you hear? iOS 8 is ripe for the picking, and lucky for you, we’ve already taken it for a test drive. Read on for Engadget’s news highlights from the last 24 hours, including our iPhone 6 and 6 Plus review, everything you need to know about virtual payments, and more!
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What’s new with Amazon’s Fire OS 4.0 “Sangria”?
Amazon has just announced four new Fire tablets and along with them comes the next iteration ofFire OS, named “Sangria.” Sangria is based off of Android 4.4 KitKat but is coated with goodies and adjustments from Amazon. The user interface has seen some improvements, but what really makes this update interesting is the features that come packed with it.
The most notable feature is the addition of profiles. With profiles, the tablet can be shared between multiple people with each one having their own account with personalized settings. Profiles can have different Twitter and Facebook accounts, settings configurations, games, email, and more. This will be extremely useful for parents whose children want to play on their tablets. Just make a profile for the kids that tailors the content specifially for them.
Family Library is still in the works but it promises the ability to sync your family’s content across multiple devices. This way a family can share books, movies, and games without having to sign-in to different accounts or share the same device.
Sangria also comes with ASAP (Advanced Streaming and Prediction) which is popular on Amazon Fire TV. This feature predicts which movies and television shows you will want to watch next and prepares instant playback for them before you even start watching.
Smart Suspend is another very useful feature that promises to provide extended battery life. When the device is not in use, Smart Suspend turns wireless on and off to conserve battery. Amazon is touting that it can provide 25% more standby time which is quite impressive.
A few other improvements include the addition of Firefly technology seen on the Fire Phone, the ability to edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents, and support for printing and Private Browsing Mode in the browser.
Sangria focuses on tapping into Amazon cloud which allows a deeper cross-platform and cross-device syncing. Announcing Sangria along with four new Fire tablets was a good move by Amazon because they can show that Sangria is an operating system that is made for the whole family.
You can read the entire press release here and check out the new line of tablets and Fire OS 4.0 “Sangria” here.
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