Most interesting news stories of 2015: Q3

The third quarter of the year was perhaps the most action-packed. And not just because Apple’s launch events customarily take place in this period, as do Samsung’s Note series releases. No, there was plenty of other stuff going on.

It was the Nokia C1 that made headlines again with two of the top three stories depicting the alleged Finnish (or Finnish-Chinese) return to the smartphone world. Placing in between those two, the announcement of Xiaomi’s MIUI 7 Android overlay proved to be bigger news than almost…

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Most interesting news stories of 2015: Q3

Police: 2 killed, at least 7 injured in Tel Aviv pub shooting - CNN

(CNN) [Breaking news update, published at 12:04 p.m. ET]. The number of people injured in Friday"s shooting in Tel Aviv, Israel, stands at seven — four seriously hurt and three moderately — police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told CNN. This is in … Read the full article on CNN »

Police: 2 killed, at least 7 injured in Tel Aviv pub shooting - CNN

Taliban Attack Kabul Restaurant, Setting Off Shootout - New York Times

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban launched their first attack of the new year by setting off a bomb on Friday at a French restaurant in Kabul once popular with foreigners, and gunmen then engaged in a protracted shootout with the police. At least one … Read the full article on New York Times »

Taliban Attack Kabul Restaurant, Setting Off Shootout - New York Times

Emo Kylo Ren is a devastating Twitter parody of Star Wars’ new villain

Star Wars‘ new villain is like its old villains: he wears a mask, he carries a big red lightsaber, and he dresses in a lot of black. That’s no spoiler to say — you can see as much from the movie’s poster — but the rest of this article will be full of them. If you’ve not seen Star Wars yet, and if you don’t know who Kylo Ren is, then stop reading here.

For everyone else, I think we can agree — Kylo Ren kind of sucks. Despite his supposedly prodigious Force powers, he’s bested by a tweedling orange ball, he…

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Emo Kylo Ren is a devastating Twitter parody of Star Wars’ new villain

We’ll be helping Amazon to deliver a one-stop shop for everything CES

CES is a double-edged sword for tech journalists. It’s the largest consumer electronics trade show in the United States and one that constantly looms on the horizon like an ominous cloud filled with the promise of long hours and sleep-deprived nights. At the same time, it’s a space where we can gawk at remarkable innovations that will soon shape the future of the industry, redefining technology as a whole and paving the way for more advanced application as they do. That said, wouldn’t it also be nice if you could…

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We’ll be helping Amazon to deliver a one-stop shop for everything CES

NASA Photographs What It Calls a Space Lightsaber

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Right inside the Milky Way!

By Alex Osborn

The Force is apparently quite strong in the Milky Way, as a new photo from NASA’s Hubble…

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NASA Photographs What It Calls a Space Lightsaber

Kids have a blast at an early New Year"s Eve party - Chicago Tribune

Langdon, 5, (front) and Addison Robbins, 6, (back) of Elmhurst look at an exhibit during a countdown to New Years Eve at the DuPage Children"s Museum in Naperville, Ill. on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. Langdon, 5, (front) and Addison Robbins, 6, (back) of … Read the full article on Chicago Tribune »

Kids have a blast at an early New Year"s Eve party - Chicago Tribune