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Tesla Crash Test Fire Criticised for Being “Faked” (Or Misleading At Best!)
One of the biggest concerns when it comes to electric cars is the rather catastrophic effect a damaged lithium battery unit can have. There are, after all, plenty of videos showcasing such things (predominantly with Tesla’s) on the internet. – Following a report via NPR, however, a major insurance firm…
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One of the Internet’s Biggest Memes is Getting a Documentary
Presuming that you had internet access at some point between 2003-2005, you almost certainly encountered the above viral image. For those of you struggling to make it out, that is indeed a person duct-taped to the ceiling playing Counterstrike. Taking place at a LAN party (something of a rather outdated…
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Somone Dressed Up as a TV is Randomly Delivering TVs
Before we begin, I have to point one that since joining eTeknix I have on more than a few occasions written strange headlines. In fact, there’s something of an expression in the office that ‘if it’s weird, give it to Mike’. Want some proof? Well, a more recent one that…
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Tesla Driver Goes Viral After Charging Up at a Strangers House
Some people may have certain (mis?)conceptions surrounding Tesla drivers. Specifically, that as they own an electric car (one of the most fashionable and expensive brands around), that it might give their keepers a ‘holier than thou’ approach to other people. Well, in a report via Jalopnik, a driver in Florida…
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GoFundMe Refunds Over $400,000 As Scam Is Revealed
GoFundMe The GoFundMe website is one of a small number of very popular websites which allows the public to donate towards collections or good causes. Proving to be a very popular means of getting a ‘good will’ story out there, on occasion, such fundraising attempts can explode. How? Well, by…
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Vine Successor ‘Byte’ To Launch Spring 2019
Vine Successor ‘Byte’ To Launch Spring 2019 January 2017 effective saw the end of the Vine. The highly popular app allowed people to create short 10-second videos, generally, on completely irrelevant subjects, that could, if you were lucky, go viral. It’s popularity largely stemmed from the fact that the videos…
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Dog That Performs CPR Melts The Internets Heart
Dog That Performs CPR Melts The Internets Heart Learning CPR is a very good thing to do. Not only can it help you save someone’s life, but given that many places teach these classes for free (or a very nominal fee) what excuse do you have really? One of the…
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Prince “Let’s Go Crazy” Dancing Baby Video Is Finally Settled
YouTube Video Of Baby Dancing To Prince’s “Let’s Go Crazy” Is Finally Settled After 11 years It has been a few years since the sad and untimely passing of Prince, but that doesn’t mean that his legend doesn’t live on. If not in his music, then in his image protection…
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Volvo Self-Park System Runs Over Pedestrian
A new video has gone viral the past weeks showing what appears to be a major fail from Volvo’s self-park system, but as it seems neither the car nor the technology was at fault. Instead it was, as with pretty much any accident, most likely the fault of the driver.…
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Neknominate And You Could Be Facing A Manslaughter Charge!
It’s not uncommon for us to hear of new trends and crazes that are doing their rounds on the likes of Facebook such as the seven-second vine videos and the Harlem shake that did its rounds on YouTube as well, but this latest ‘craze’ as such is one that I…
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Qualcomm Add Mobile Technology to a Bus Stop
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpdcUakdQVA[/youtube] Qualcomm seem to be in the news a lot lately with lots going on including the unveiling of the first global LTE baseband chip and the introduction of quick charge, but now they’ve decided to have a bit of fun with unsuspecting dwellers waiting for a bus. Qualcomm wanted…
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AMD Branches Into Haircare Products?
Something that has just surfaced into many email inbox’s around the world has suddenly caused quite a stir and for a very good reason as it simply makes no sense whatsoever. The marketing bods at AMD must have really been racking their brains lately to think this one up as it is…
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