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Xbox One: Everything You Need To Know About Microsoft’s New Console Less gaming console, more “all-in-one entertainment” device.

Microsoft’s New Kinect: Much More Than Mere Motion Control Why not build it into the Xbox and save on the plastic?

This Guy Built The Most Incredible Spider-Man Suit Ever But can he see or breathe?

First Footage Of An F-35B Taking Off Straight Into The Air Vertical take-off! Vertical take-off!

Steven Spielberg Is Directing A Live-Action Halo Series I’ll believe it when I see it. Look what happened to the Halo movie!

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Logan Booker Today 7:30 AM

Welcome old friends and lost travelers! One way or another you have found your way to whitenoise! But what is this place? And what can be your roll here? Good questions! The shortest, easiest answer to both question is: Just about whatever you want it to be.

21 May 2013

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Breakfast Wrap: Best Of Monday Night

Elly Hart Yesterday 8:00 AM

Here’s Your First Blurry Look At The PS4 High-pitched string instruments, slow pan towards an obscured object while images flash across the screen… it’s like the climax in a horror movie.

It’s Official: Yahoo Is Buying Tumblr, Promises ‘Not To Mess It Up’ So more ads and no porn? Not quite.

Why Brushing Your Teeth Makes Orange Juice Taste Like Death What about when it freezes the inside of your mouth when you drink cold water?!

The First Jolla Smartphone: Quirky And Android-Friendly But it’s not an Android phone.

Maths Jokes, Explained Is that headline a joke? It was a joke, wasn’t it.

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What’s Yahoo Announcing At Its Event Today?

Leslie Horn Yesterday 6:00 AM

This morning, Yahoo announced it was buying Tumblr for $US1.1 billion, along with a GIF and a promise “not to screw it up”. The Mayer-ship is hosting a “product-related” event in New York City today. We’ll be there covering it live. But just what’s the company talking about?

18 May 2013

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How Google Maps Helped A Chinese Abductee Find His Family

Jamie Condliffe 18 May 2013 3:30 PM

Over 23 years ago, Luo Gong — just five years old at the time — was on his way to kindergarten in the Sichuan region of China, when he was abducted and taken over 1609km to Fujian in the southeast. But now, he’s used the power of internet to find his family again.

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Google On Glass: You’ll Just Know When Someone’s Spying On You

Jamie Condliffe 18 May 2013 12:00 PM

Yesterday saw Google face a lot of questions over Google Glass privacy: not only was it grilled by developers at I/O, but the US Congress also sent it a list of eight questions it wants answered. It’s response? Don’t sweat it; you’ll know if someone is spying on you, silly.

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Breakfast Wrap: Friday Night’s Finest

Logan Booker 18 May 2013 8:00 AM

Explore The Dark Side Of Your Desk With This Wooden Curiosity Model Cute, geeky and full of robot. We wouldn’t have it any other way.

How Big Is The New Enterprise Compared To The Old One? The Death Star was quite large, wasn’t it? Shame it enjoyed exploding all the time.

This Great Chris Hadfield At Home Parody Reminds Us Why We Love Space And why we love Chris Hadfield, the world’s most entertaining astronaut.

Friday Drinks! The Most Awesome Ways To Open A Beer Beats smashing it on the ground and trying to lick up the malty goodness amongst the glass shards and pavement gunk.