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Google built an ‘Infinite Bad Guy’ generator using 15,000 YouTube covers Sponsored Links Google/YouTube Search for ‘Bad Guy’ on YouTube and you’ll find thousands of covers alongside Billie Eilish’s official music video. To celebrate the track, which has now passed one billion views, and the community of covers that’s grown around it, Google has created…
Sony shut down a company’s plan to sell custom PS5 covers Sponsored Links Customize My Plates If you’ve been following the leadup to the PlayStation 5’s November 12th release date, you’ll know that a company called PlateStation had emerged in mid-October to offer a way for people to customize the new console. For $40, the…
Custom PS5 covers are already a thing Sponsored Links Platestation Like the proverbial Model T, the PlayStation 5 will launch in any color you like, as long as it’s white. If that doesn’t match your decor or taste, a company called PlateStation has unveiled a series of third-party colored plates to make your console look…
AppleCare+ now covers two incidents of accidental damage per year Sponsored Links Chris Velazco/Engadget Amid all the Watch and iPad news Apple just dropped, it quietly updated its AppleCare+ policies to make them more generous. The service will now cover two incidents of accidental damage every 12 months, instead of two incidents every 24 months.…
IKEA Sonos Symfonisk speakers get colorful new covers IKEA’s Symfonisk speakers are a great bargain: Sonos-compatible speakers but priced like any other piece of IKEA stuff. The downside in this instance was that you could only get them in a utilitarian white-and-grey or black-and-dark-grey color scheme. Thankfully, the Verge has spotted the addition of new…
Ford’s electric Mustang dragster covers a quarter-mile in 8.27 seconds Just the other day we saw Lucid Motors put its EV on the drag strip, and now Ford has released video of its purpose-built electric Mustang. It claims that the Mustang Cobra Jet 1400 prototype raced down the quarter-mile in just 8.27 seconds at 168…
Lucid Motors claims its first EV covers a quarter mile in 9.9 seconds Sponsored Links Lucid Motors One week ahead of its big reveal event, Lucid Motors is ready to brag about how fast its all-electric luxury sedan is. In a video shared today, Lucid Motors shows its Lucid Air covering a quarter mile of…
Vintage Scientific American Covers by Fish Illustrator Stanley Meltzoff Andrea Gawrylewski For the first century of its existence, Scientific American was primarily a listing of the latest inventions and patents. But in 1948, the magazine was sold and the new owners wanted to reimagine the publication’s mission, hoping to make it more timely…
Blizzard releases an ‘Overwatch’ soundtrack that covers all 21 maps Sponsored Links Blizzard Entertainment Rich, orchestral music is one of the hallmarks of Overwatch, and you can now listen to more of it outside of the game whenever you like. Blizzard has released a soundtrack album called Overwatch: Cities And Countries, which includes tunes linked…