Backstory of Darth Vader's Castle in star war's Rogue one

The idea that Darth Vader had a home far far away isn't  a new idea but no film maker has been able to fit the idea in the movie until Rogue One. Star Wars concept designer Ralph McQuarrie came up with the idea decades ago.

Expanse season two here what we know

The syfy's series the expanse return with a double episode to kick off its second season on February 1st and its not  January 1st yet but people are already excited for the series.So far, few of trailers and behind the scenes are already available. 

Matthew McConaughey turn down role of Guardians of the Galaxy

Actors on the standard of Matthew McConaughey often refused the biggest roles acting business for numbers of reasons. What we rarely hear though is their reasoning , and in a new interview  McConaughey explains why he turned down a role in Guadian of the Galaxy 2, but did choose to apearin The Dark Tower movie.

Russian hackers may have exposed the US electrical grid to a future kinetic attack

Russsian hackers have been known for cyber attacks, and this week they left the US electrical grid vulnerable to attacks.

However, investigators found code associated with the hackers during an analysis of Russia's cyber attacks against Democratic Party organizations.

The code was not used to disrupt any operation so far at the Virginia utility site, the post noted citing unnamed officials familiar with matter.

Green Mountain power and Burlington Electric which is located less than 10 miles away from town of Burlington maybe the two targets, but it remains unclear .

Russia is the center of a US federal investigation into widespread hacking that targeted organisations associated with the Democratic Party during the presidential election.

Simple trick to look best in selfies from Smartphone

Here's the simple trick to your best in selfies from your smartphone

Looked at it afterward and thought , have you ever taken a selfie. That's not even what i look like...
The problem was likely wide angle distortion, the property of smartphone lenses and other super wide cameras} that render their subjects a bit odd looking and cartoonist.

Fortunately, there's simple way around the problem if you understand a bit about the optics of these device.

Manufacturers build smartphone with super wide angle lenses that can stretch and distort your face in unflattering ways.

How much alcohol it takes to get drunk?

A doctor explains how much alcohol it takes to get drunk

Addiction specialist Doctor Samuel Ball reveals how your body is only able to process so much alcohol an hour. when you're out on a Saturday night and that one drink suddenly turns eight, you may realize to late that you're not sober enough to drive home. so, its wise to stick with this one rule if you want to remain sober.

NASA astronaut talks about how his journeys into Space changed his view on life

NASA astronaut explains how his journeys into space changed his life.

Currently giving him the record for most days in space of any American astronaut, Astronaut Jeffrey Williams spent five hundred and thirty four days in space for that long. He shares his insights after observing the Earth from far distance

This is a breathtakingly beauty icicle covered waterfall in China,

Creating a spectacular view of Icicles all around the water's edge, Temperatures around the Hokou Waterfall in China recently dropped well blow freezing. The waterfall is part of the Yellow River, and even cold temperatures are expected which means more icicles could form soon. These means it could be very dangerous but, look Beautiful. 

The FBI just released a comprehensive secret code used by Russian hackers

The FBI just released a comprehensive list of the outlandish secret cod names used by Russian hackers

The Department of Homeland Security and FBI released a joint report Thursday on Russian Malicious cyber activity that included a thorough list of the peculiar secret code names used by Russian hackers. The joint analysis report, which refers to the Russian activity headlined by its efforts hack into US government and political organizations as GRIZZLY STEPPE, included a list of secret code which is names used by reported actors associated with the Russian military and civilian intelligence service who engaged in various phishing scheme aimed at foreign targets.

"SEADADDY", "HAMMERTOSS" "ENERGETIC BEAR", and "CARBERP" are some of those absurd names. Many of the names include duke" or "bear" such as the more well known alian "Fany Bear".

This report was released shortly after President Barack Obama announced new sanctions against Russsian officials, which includes the removal of 35 Russian intelligence officials currently in the United States, in addition to sactions from the Treasury Department against 2 other Russian individuals. In a Thurday statement, "Obama said the actions were not the sum total of our response"  and announced his administration would provide a report to Congress inthe coming days related to Russian's effortsto interfere in our election, as well as malicious cyber activity related  to our election cycle in previous terms.


Assuring that Washington would receive an answer if new hostile steps were taken, Russia swiftly responded.

This applies to any actions against Russian diplomatic missions in the United States which will immediately backfire at US Diplomats in Russia, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said in her statement . the Obama administration probably does not care at all about the future of bilateral relations, but history will forgive it for this apres-nous-ie-deluge attitude.

According to Scientists, 15 simple ways to relax

The great way to relax is often by Meditation and many studies back up that idea. In a meta-analysis looking at several studies of relaxation training in people with anxiety, the observed effects of meditation were greater than those observed for other intentional relaxation techniques such as autogenic training{a process tat involves making your body feel heavy and warm} and applied relaxation.Other studies have also outlined its effect as an anti-anxiety and antidepressant method.

Getting a massage maybe a great way for some of us to relieve stress and relax yes indeed.

A small study looking at the effect of back massages on Japanese students preparing for exams found that people who got them had less muscle stiffness and lower levels of cortisol a hormone associated with stress. Some caveats though the study was small, and it didn't have a control group. In other words, there's no way to know if they'd sent another group of people into a quiet room and not given them massages tat they wouldn't have seen similar results. perhaps just from being isolated from their studies.

The key for relaxation is by regular exercise.

The key to relaxed mind is a body, according to the Harvard Medical School: The relaxed body will in turn, send signals of calm and control that help reduce mental tension.

One way to relax the body is by excising it may sound counter-intuitive, but working out can help the body release mood elevating hormones, like endorphins, and reduce levels of stress hormones like adrenalineand cortisol.   

Adoption of phablet surged over the holiday

The phablet adoption surged over the holiday period

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The adoption Global phablet was surged over the holiday season period, according to Flurry. In the week leading up to Christmas and the start of Hanukkah, 7% of new device activations were for phablets smarphones with screens 5 inches or large marking an increase of 10% oints from the same period in 2015.

The growth annual indicates that phablet  are on track to become the main form foctor of smartphones worldwideby mid-2017. The phone medium sized such as the iphone 7 accounted for 45 percentage of new device activations during the week leading up to the holidays, Flurry notes.

This means, that's down 9% points from the 54 percentage of device activation the form factor comprised in 2015. Although this is partly a result of phone makers moving away from building phones with medium sized screens the shift is due to the growing popularity of phablet among consumers.

The adoption of the devices could be a good for developers and brands since the larger screens also help encourage longer apps usage. The larger screens of phablets such as th iphone 7 Plus and Samsung Galaxy S7 tend to lend themselves to abetter apps knowledge making navigating menus, watching videos and playing games more enjoyable. Phablet owners launch 21 percentage more apps than owners of 4 inch smartphone . They also have a 3.% higer average session length than four inch devices according to Localytics.  

When you diving a cars you already deciding who to kill

Self driving cars are already deciding who to kill.

An autonomous vehicles are already making profound choices about whose lives, according to expert, so we might want to pay full attention.

Any time car makes a complex maneuver , it is implicitly making trade off in terms of risks to different parties, Iyad Rahwan, an MIT cognitive scientist, wrote in an email stated that.

the most well known issues in AV ethics are trolly problems moral trade questions dating back to the era of trollies that ask whose lives should be sacrificed in an unavoidable crash. For example, if a person fallsonto the road in front of a fast moving AV and the car can  either  swerve into a traffic barrier potentially killing the passenger or go straight, potentially killing the pedestrian, what should it do?

Colleagues and Rahwan have studies what humans consider the moral action in no win scenarios  You can Judge your own cases at thier crowd sourced project.

The most ethical decision maybe the one that gets the most AVs on the road, in the long run.After all AVs are already much safer than human drivers, and it's been projected that they could elimate 90% of traffics fatalities.

However, getting to that point, will require the creation of laws and the avoidance of missteps that might trigger dire controversies or lawsuits. it will require ethics  in other words.

As Rahwan and colleagues, Jean Francois Bonnefon and Azim Shariff wrote in the New York Times:

Driver less cars are adopted sooner, the more lives will be secured. But taking seriously the psychological as well as technologica challenges of autonomous vehicles will be necessary in freeing us from tedious, wasteful and dangerous system of driving that we have put up with for more than a century. 

Serena Williams marrying Reddit Cofounder

Serena Williams marrying Reddit Cofounder Alexis Ohanian.

Superstar Tennis player Serena Williams is marrying Reddit cofounder and combinator partner Alexis Ohanian, according to a Thursday post she made on where else Reddit .

Ohanian and Serena have been in relationship since last 2015, following her relationship with musician Drake.

According to Serena  Alexis whiskes her away to Rome to the place where they first met before popping the question.

Discussion fromcomment  "i said yes".

Serena post was on r/isaidyes.  a community she apparently made just to share this story .

Alexis replied you made me the happiest man on the earth.

The two couple has kept a relatively low profile though, in November 2015 Serena Williams made made headlines when she chased down a man who stole her phone at San francisco's Mission Chinese restaurant while out with Alexis Ohanian.  

Best Netflix original show

The best netflix original shows of 2016 according to critics.

Netflix is pumping out so many shows these days it's hard to keep track of which ones are worth your moment

To help out, we need put together a  list of the best Netflix series that released new episodes in 2016. The list may includes old favorites that had new seasons this year like  Orange is the New black, blockbuster newcomers like  "the Crown".

This left off some popular Netflix shows that are still going but didn't get any New updates in 2016 Marve's Jessica Jone for example.

How was the ranking constructed?

To get knowledge of how Netflix's 2016 shows that stacked up against one another we turned to the reviews aggregator Metacritic which pulls in critic and audience  reviews from all over the world. then. We looked only at dramas and comedies Netflix had originated {not co-produced or taken over}. We then picked 1 ones that got the best combined Critics rankings. 

There were a few surprises in the data. Cult mega hit  "Stranger Things" was only in the middle of the packwhile Lady Dynmite which has relatively little buzz was a critical darling.

Watch times square test its New Year's conflitte

What times square test New Year's conflitte in the rain to make sure it can withstand any weather condition.

New Year's Eve in times Square is a massive spectacle that requires much of planning. Part of that planning includes testing the confetti to make sure it will look flabbergasted while slowly floating to the ground no matter what the weather might be. here's the 2016 test, where the confetti had to prove it could survive a rainy day in New Yort city.