IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (CNET) 10/08/2015

Lego gets 6-year-olds to rebuild their own country
Technically Incorrect: In a charming celebration of Singapore's 50th anniversary, Lego creates a vision of Sinagpore's future and then asks kids to change it.

The 4-mile-tall pyramid mountain on dwarf planet Ceres is glowing
NASA's Dawn spacecraft finds that the largest object in the asteroid belt is also a huge mystery, as the craft takes a closer look.

Study says horses make faces like humans, no offense intended
Why the long face? A new study from the University of Sussex says horses use their lips and eyes to express emotion much like humans do.

Winning Wasp and peak Paul Rudd: 6 reasons 'Ant-Man' has legs
Commentary: The latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is fun to the final stinger. CNET's Kelsey Adams shares her favorite parts of the picnic and lets the spoilers fly.

This wand tethers to your smartphone for real-life wizard wars
Make like a real-life Harry Potter with this gaming wand, now trying to work some magic on Kickstarter.

These images of the star-smeared sky aren't what you think (pictures)
Artist Vanessa Marsh makes beautiful photos of skies filled with stars and nebulae, but she does it without a camera -- or a sky.

Ex Twitter CEO Dick Costolo plans to leave company's board, say reports
Costolo will reportedly relinquish his seat on the board of directors once a new full-time CEO is found, or by year's end.

Space, swords, bones: 3D-printing (literally) makes our world
Forget those silly little figurines. The real work in 3D-printing will go into things that matter, like bone grafts, full-size bridges -- even a building on the moon.

Want to be totally secure on the Internet? Good luck
At Defcon, one of the largest tech security conferences of the year, there's no such thing as total security from hackers.

Yahoo is trying to become one of the smartphone cool kids
The Internet giant wants to make sure it's relevant on mobile devices -- especially among young people. Is the budding portfolio of CEO Marissa Mayer pointed in the right direction?

Apple said to host iPhone, iPad, Apple TV event Sept. 9
Lumping the devices together, as Buzzfeed reports, could indicate Apple doesn't have huge changes in store.

Uber drivers can now accept tips electronically, without Uber's help
Before now, all tips for Uber drivers had to be done in cash. But in-car advertising company Vugo is hoping to change that by adding a gratuity feature to its app.

Learn how to set money on fire without actually burning it
The Bearded Science Guy shows you a cool way to make it look like you're burning cash without violating Title 18, Part 1, Chapter 17, Section 333 of the US Code.

See Uber drivers -- and a passenger -- brawl over wing mirror
A tech company CEO captures the pulsating moment in London when Uber drivers lose their cool.

Lincoln Continental's 30-way power seats treat your cheeks individually
Lincoln's forthcoming Continental will feature innovative seats designed with health and wellness in mind.

The 404 Show 1,625: Palmer Luckey's TIME cover, Fantastic Four post-mortem, does CG suck? (podcast)
Just how bad of a look is Palmer Luckey's TIME Magazine cover? Plus: Fantastic Four is described as "the worst comic book movie ever" which forces us to talk about bad CG in movies and the modern plot twist.

Why Destiny: The Taken King won't let you upgrade your Legendary gear
You can't boost your old legendary weapons and armor for the expansion, and Bungie explained why.

Watch Stephen Colbert's geeky farewell to Jon Stewart
Stephen Colbert, the Sam to Jon Stewart's Frodo, gets overly geeky in this "Lord of the Rings"-themed farewell to Stewart on Jon's final episode of "Daily Show."

This cat's dinner hinges on its skill in hunting RFID-tagged toys
A tech-enabled feeding system keeps a modern house cat busy hunting special balls that trigger his meals.

Netflix rips a hole in the space-time continuum with 'Mr. Peabody and Sherman' reboot
Ingeniously called "The New Mr. Peabody and Sherman Show," Netflix's reboot will be a cartoon series produced by DreamWorks Animation.

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IT News Head Lines (CNET) 10/08/2015

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