With most living rooms, your game console and your cable box are plugged into separate inputs on your TV. Microsoft is trying to change that with the Xbox One — your cable box plugs into your console, which in turn plugs into the main input on your TV. By essentially …
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Tea Party Wins Virginia Despite Losing Every Election
“It didn’t take long after Democrat Terry McAuliffe’s closer-than-expected victory in the Virginia gubernatorial race for the second guessing to begin. One of the main questions from state attorney general Ken Cuccinelli’s camp: did they lose because the national party – and its deep pockets – abandoned them? Cuccinelli strategist …
Read More »A Shift With Sergio Pardo, Head Pizza Chef at Motorino
As the head pizza chef at Motorino Brooklyn, Sergio Pardo makes about 400 to 500 pies a night. http://ny.eater.com/archives/2013/11/a_shift_with_motorinos_head_pizza_chef_sergio_pardo.php Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=eater1 Watch our new series, Consumed The Ramenrrito: Even better when you’re stoned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrniQmBOEhM&list=PLUeEVLHfB5-S6yEm-g2fbaONU6dZPOQvY Honey pizza: The crack pie of pizza: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Mdc1ANytOI&list=PLUeEVLHfB5-S6yEm-g2fbaONU6dZPOQvY Creme brulee scone: The new cronut? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbfMepZQFEU&list=PLUeEVLHfB5-S6yEm-g2fbaONU6dZPOQvY Check …
Read More »Crashing a Camera Copter in China’s Grand Canyon | National Geographic
Minutes into a flight, National Geographic photographer Carsten Peter and remote imaging engineer Brad Henning watch as a malfunctioning radio-controlled heli-cam crashes into China’s Enshi Grand Canyon. Were they able to repair it? Find out on our photo blog, “Proof”: http://proof.nationalgeographic.com/2013/10/14/crashing-a-helicopter-camera-in-chinas-enshi-grand-canyon/ ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is …
Read More »The Vergecast 101: Twitter IPO, Everpix, and the new iPads
Welcome to The Vergecast, for all things relevant and irreverent in the world of art, culture, science, and technology —and anything else that pops into the twisted minds of this week’s hosts. Join Nilay Patel, Adrianne Jeffries, and Chris Ziegler for a scintillating discussion on latest tech news. More from …
Read More »Teen Shot To Death Trying To Get Help
“Police say a homeowner told investigators his shotgun accidentally discharged, shooting a 19-year-old Detroit woman to death as she stood on the porch of his home early Saturday. Members of 19-year-old Renisha McBride’s family said they believe the African-American woman was racially profiled by the homeowner. They said McBride, whose …
Read More »NEW Video Of Crack Smoking Mayor Rob Ford
“A new video has surfaced showing Mayor Rob Ford acting wildly and belligerent and using threatening words including “kill” and “murder” with reference to an unidentified person. The video was this week being shopped around by someone looking to make thousands of dollars. The Toronto Sun discussed the video with …
Read More »Sleeping Stranger Subway Picture Goes Viral
“Oscar “Isaac” Theil, 65, was on his way home to the Kensington section of Brooklyn on the Q train when an unidentified man fell asleep on his shoulder for more than a half hour last Thursday night. Another rider was amazed at the scene — a black man sleeping on …
Read More »Culture Of Racism At High End Department Stores
“On the sales floor at the Madison Avenue flagship store of Barneys New York, salespeople would joke about customers who, in their view, didn’t belong. Often, those jokes would be aimed at the black customers, a former sales associate at the store told The Huffington Post. The former employee, who …
Read More »Upskirt Pics Are A Constitutional Right Says Defendant
“A man argued in Supreme Court this week that it is his Constitutional right to take pictures underneath the skirts of unsuspecting women on the subway. Michael Robertson, 31, from Andover, Boston, said in Massachusetts Supreme Court on Monday that his First Amendment freedom of speech rights means he was …
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