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The 404 Show 1,597: Troubling tales from Las Vegas (or CES 2015 wrap-up) (podcast)

By Jeff Bakalar Jeff and Iyaz discuss another debaucherous CES out in Las Vegas that included curved TVs, Walkmans, twin washers and Snoop Dogg.

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Ice fishing with fireworks gets explosive results

By Anthony Domanico Watch what happens when Nils Bremer shoots off fireworks under the icy surface of a frozen lake in Sweden. Then, obviously, don’t try this at home.

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NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft begins its Pluto mission

By Anthony Domanico After a nine-year journey, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has kicked off its mission to explore everyone’s favorite dwarf planet, Pluto.

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Tech Retrospect: Google retools Glass project, while the 3DS gets reborn

By Tim Stevens Google will stop selling the initial version of its connected eyewear, but that doesn’t mean it’s dead. Also, Nintendo’s New 3DS is coming to the US, and Facebook goes to work. All that and more in this look back at the week in tech.

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28 new sci-fi, fantasy and geek-friendly TV shows coming your way in 2015

By Rich Trenholm As Netflix and Amazon take on the TV networks, we pick some of the brand new shows we hope will be worth getting square eyes for.

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28 new sci-fi, fantasy and geek-friendly TV shows coming your way in 2015

By Rich Trenholm As Netflix and Amazon take on the TV networks, we pick some of the brand new shows we hope will be worth getting square eyes for.

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Robots roam hallways of SF’s newest hospital, lending a helping hand

By Dara Kerr A fleet of 25 new workers roll through the hallways of UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay, delivering meals and medicine, among other tasks formerly completed by humans.

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For video game industry, 2014 couldn’t escape slumping software sales

By Nick Statt Latest figures show that retail game sales staggered during the holidays, while retail software sales remain a consistent theme for an industry shifting to online purchases.

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‘The Expanse’ on SyFy is like ‘Game of Thrones’ in space

By Anthony Domanico SyFy has just released a trailer for its upcoming series “The Expanse,” which sees a hardened detective and a rogue captain race across the solar system to expose a conspiracy.
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