Sky Go and Now TV both coming to British PS4s this summer

Quietly mentioned inside Sky's financial report for this quarter, the broadcaster has revealed that two of its streaming services will arrive on the PlayStation 4 in just a few months. Details are scant (it just says what we've written above), but...



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This is how ancient Egyptians moved rocks for pyramids

Long before the days of trucks and bulldozers, ancient Egyptians were building pyramids out of heavy rocks they had to haul by hand. After getting slowed down in the desert terrain, they figured out a way to make transporting heavy stones a little...



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Updated MacBook Air triggers price slashing to $799 on 2013 models

The new entry point for the MacBook Air is $899 -- from Apple at least. Retailers like Best Buy are selling the prior model for $799.

















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Plane's engine catches fire, passenger films it (naturally)

The engine of a BAe-146 jet flying in Australia starts spouting flames soon after takeoff. Who wouldn't want to get some footage of that?

















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Hitler materializes in lost family trip photos found at thrift store

Mat Ames found some negatives in a thrift store in Roanoke, Virginia. After digitizing them, a lot of the photos seemed to belong to a couple's vacation in Naples, Italy, in 1938. Among all the scenic Italian vignettes there was a creepy surprise—a sinister figure sitting in a car under the sun. It was Adolf Hitler.

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The full trailer for The Simpsons' Lego special is here

The full trailer for the Lego episode of The Simpsons—produced with the same 3D techniques as the Lego Movie but combined with 2D animation instead of 3D life action—is here. It looks interesting. I know I will watch it.

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Alibaba said to be seeking stake in Alipay, again

As the Chinese e-commerce giant prepares for one of the biggest IPOs in history, it’s reportedly looking to boost its future value even more.

















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Even Game of Thrones' dragons would like to eat a Khaleesi Burger

The Khaleesi Burger. As bloody and delicious as the Mother of Dragons and, surprise, vegetarian: "Smokey morsels of crisped shiitake "bacon," crown a regal beet gratin, smothered in Red Dragon cheese on top of a crunchy, berberre-rubbed kale patty, heirloom tomato, and slathering of sumac aioli."

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Adorable Stop Motion Man Discovers Life on Mars

Because, really, who among us hasn't come home from a grueling day at the office to find a magical miniature man made of aluminum foil sitting in the living room, watching classic films and listening to a bit of Bowie? What, seriously, just me?

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Cox wants to hop on the gigabit internet bandwagon this year

In case there was any doubt that gigabit internet access is spreading like wildfire in the US, Cox has revealed plans to introduce an ultra-fast service of its own. The cable provider tells Bloomberg that it hopes to have 1Gbps speeds available by...



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Whoa, this biker looks like he's trapped inside a video game level

What a tricky mind trip. Though it looks like this fixed gear biker is playing a video game or stuck inside a M.C. Escher drawing or a part of an optical illusion, he's actually riding on a real bike course made with real ramps and doing real jumps. It just looks crazy from our perspective

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