Social media can be full of trolls and fake news but this uplifting story shows what happens when people unite their forces for a good cause. 

Thousands of people have donated to a crowdfunding platform to save Mothe-Chandeniers chateau in Trois-Moutiere, Western France. 

With a contribution of at least €51 (£45; $61) each, a total of 6,500 Internet users have managed to raise €500,000 to buy the 13th century castle. 

The crowdfunding platform Dartagnans.fr, which focuses on restoring cultural heritage, organised the campaign along with the cultural organisation “Adopt a Castle”.  Read more…

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Source: Mashable | The internet got together to buy and restore this beautifully decrepit French castle

When Samsung released its 256GB storage chip, we were impressed. 

Today, Samsung has doubled down on that. Literally. The Korean company announced it’s begun production of a 512GB chip, the most powerful chip the industry has ever seen, reports BusinessWire. 

This chip will give upcoming flagship Samsung phones unparalleled storage capacity. They’ll be able to store 130 10-minute 4K video clips. (A 64GB chip could store only 13.)

Phones with the new chip will feature increased speed and performance as well. A full, 5GB HD video can be transferred from 512GB chip to a solid-state hard drive in about six seconds, Samsung says, which is over eight times faster than it takes to transfer one from a typical microSD card. And the phones will be advanced enough to handle multiple demanding operations at once, such as downloading a video while also searching through big files in dual-app mode.  Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Samsung is making a 512GB chip to give smartphones an insane amount of storage

R2-D2 is a droid of many tools and uses. He’s about to get even handier thanks to this R2-D2 screwdriver.

This Star Wars-themed screwdriver comes with three different screwdriver heads to match up to any DIY job. The screwdriver also acts as storage for all those interchangeable bits so you can keep everything in one place. 

The R2-D2 screwdriver is typically $16, but you can grab one now for 63% off.

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Source: Mashable | Borrow a screwdriver from R2-D2 for less than

Outgoing Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat has offered some not-so-great excuses over the years about why he didn’t cast a female Doctor and, as his final outing approaches with the upcoming Christmas episode “Twice Upon A Time,” he’s offering up one last bad excuse. 

Speaking to the Radio Times (via io9) about the upcoming final hurrah and the impending regeneration of the titular character from one played by Peter Capaldi to Jodie Whittaker, Moffat placed the blame on… politics.

He later added, “It’s going to work, I know it is. More and more of the audience were asking for it. It is absolutely the right choice.” Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Outgoing 'Doctor Who' showrunner still coming up with terrible excuses for not casting a female Doctor

If you’re in line to be gifted a MacBook Pro this holiday season (even if it’s from yourself), you’re most likely equal parts excited and apprehensive. Why apprehensive, you ask? With every new Apple product comes the inevitable disappearance of something or other—and this time it’s the trusty USB port.

If you currently own a MacBook Pro, you already know how frustrating it can be to vie for USB ports among all of your devices. But with the new version, they’ve done away with the USB A functionality altogether, leaving you in a bad, bad place when you’re looking to plug in your favorite keyboard or tried-and-true hard drive. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Every new MacBook Pro owner needs this gadget to solve Apple's USB port problem