On my Nexus 4, I don't even have to tap the Mic if I'm in Now, I just say "Google..." and it starts listening. It's a lot easier for me to get to Now (long press home, slide up) than it is to whack the tiny Mic icon.

5 might be a bigger number than 3, but GDDR5 is simply DDR3 that has been specialized to work with Graphics processors (GPUs), hence the "G". Each has it's pluses and minuses, but as far as general computing (IE AI, matchmaking, physics calculations, basically everything but rendering the image every frame) DDR3 is…

3 of the 8 gigs aren't "going to the OS", they're going to the Apps environment. You may not see the distinction, but it's there. Saying "3 gigs goes to the OS" implies that at all times, 3 gigs of RAM are needed to keep the system running. That's false. There are articles on Giz and Kotaku about this: As far as we…

HAH! I came down here to comment the exact same thing. I keep hearing it in Anne's voice from Red Mars.

I can't agree more. This, for all it's crazy angles and colors and fucking targetting HUD, is coherent.

That is the entire point of this article! Scientists are interested in the extremely long lifespan/low self-discharge of these piles, but cannot open them up to see what's inside that's lasted so long without ruining the device. Congratulations on your excellent reading comprehension.

Watch the linked video and read the associated article, not the youtube at the top of the page. The officers were inside the car, having just radioed the plate number to dispatch. The driving officer either has some serious luck, or serious reflexes. When the gunman exits his vehicle, he has the gun shouldered, he is…

Re: NSFW links at work. On many occasions, our lone IT guy has said not to worry about clicking them, because the shit he and his other IT buddies send to each other on the daily make your puny Helen Hunt bush basket look like child's play.

What's the user behavior you have in mind? My routine on old Deadspin was to use the sidebar to navigate story to story. I wish it, or a suitable replacement, was still around. I say that because the "Back" button does not work. It either reloads the same article I was just on, or takes me back to the top of…

That probably explains why you think it's dumb. Enjoy life in the echo chamber!