Martian debunk, Comcast takes NBC Universal, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: February 12, 2013
Martian debunk, Comcast takes NBC Universal, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: February 12, 2013
2013-02-12
it's Tuesday februari 12 2013 I'm
Stephen Greenwood and this is 90 seconds
on the verge brought to you by the color
or a mysterious metallic like object
seen on the surface of Mars appears to
be nothing at all last month the
Curiosity rover took a picture of what
looked like a metal door handle jutting
out from the Martian bedrock a scientist
affiliated with the NASA mission however
has said that it's likely just a rock
polished to a high-sheen by wind come on
there's no way we'd find the secret
Martian hatch until curiosity season 2
Intel will be launching an internet TV
device later this year general manager
erik huggers confirmed that the company
will be launching a set-top box with
quote beautiful industrial design
intel's box will also have a built-in
camera the camera could be used to
provide personalized show
recommendations or let viewers sync up
across the world for a quote real social
experience so change out of those
pajamas and get off the couch and
finally comcast has announced that it
will assume full ownership of
nbcuniversal the company is buying out
the forty-nine percent of the media
conglomerate currently owned by GE which
will give comcast one hundred percent
ownership the cost the cool sixteen
point seven billion dollars comcast is
also throwing in another 1.4 billion to
pick up the properties at rockefeller
plaza in new york and CNBC's
headquarters in New Jersey silly comcast
you're supposed to pick up rockefeller
plaza before 30 rock goes off the air
and that's it for today's top stories
coming up tomorrow meet the first Muppet
AI that passed the Turing test in song
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