Creating photorealistic images with neural networks and a Gameboy Camera
Released in 1998, the Gameboy Camera produced 190×144 images in 4 shades of gray/green. But with some help from neural networks, those crappy images can be turned into surprisingly photo-realistic pictures.

February 17, 2017 at 11:46AM
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Leaked Footage Gives Us Our First Look At The Nintendo Switch In The Wild
Unfortunately there’s no gameplay, but this leaked footage is our best look at Nintendo’s new console yet.

February 17, 2017 at 10:45AM
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Inside the Tech Industry’s Obsession With Immortality
Meet the hackers trying to solve the problem of death.

February 16, 2017 at 06:40PM
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The Road To 
​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: The ’80s had just as much trash tech as today, the secret history of “No Stairway” and the unlikely action star success of Keanu Reeves.

February 16, 2017 at 05:49PM
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I Tried to Fight My Spotify Hacker With Music
“Let’s be clear: There are many important accounts that can be hacked, but as I found out, even having less serious accounts breached can be annoying. “

February 16, 2017 at 05:42PM
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The Most Impressive Visual Effects Are The Ones You Don’t Even Realize Are There
Everybody has seen brutish CGI that is unquestionably not real. However, subtle VFX elements are everywhere and we have no idea they’re there.

February 16, 2017 at 04:10PM
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Single Guy Tries Something Revolutionary In The Age Of Tinder: He Actually Asks Out Random Girls In Real Life
There’s something weird about the modern era when this set-up feels like the premise of a “social experiment” prank video and not just how people sometimes meet one another.

February 16, 2017 at 03:04PM
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Tom Scott Gets Lost Inside YouTube’s Mixed Reality Lab
Tom wandered over to YouTube NYC where he played fetch with a robotic pug and shot laser guns at glowing drones.

February 16, 2017 at 03:04PM
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America’s Television Graveyards – Motherboard
How millions of old CRT televisions have wound up abandoned in warehouses all over the country.

February 16, 2017 at 12:26PM
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You Should Really Stop Memorizing Your Passwords
Now’s the time to invest in a good password manager.

February 16, 2017 at 11:50AM
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