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Brazilian Ranchers Using Agent Orange to Illegally Clear Out Rainforests

Agent Orange is a forest-clearing herbicide that killed over 400,000 people during the Vietnam War. Almost 40 years later, ranchers in the Amazon region of Brazil are still using the substance to illegally clear out 440 acres of rainforest. According to Treehugger and the Brazilian environmental agency IBAMA, ranchers have turned to Agent Orange as…

Commerce Adrian Covert Jul 6

NATO Gets Hacked for the Second Time

A group of hackers, known as Inj3ct0r Team, are saying that they’ve hacked a server that belongs to NATO. They’ve posted the compromised files, which were confidential files stored on a backup server, onto MediaFire. According to The Hacker News, the reason Inj3ct0r tapped into NATO was because of the development and financing of nuclear…

Tech News Casey Chan Jul 6

“Soulless” Rumored to Be Gathering Across the Country for Miracle Day Protests

Word on the street is that groups of the so-called “Soulless” are gathering peacefully to silently protest the impending Miracle Day, rumored to be taking place this Friday. Some believe that Miracle Day will be a day for rejoicing (probably because, allegedly, no one will ever die again), but others remain cautious. Miracle Day is…

Tech News Sponsored post Jul 6

The chemicals that make you happy. No. Not those.

Every day, we look for ways to be happy. We do terrible things, or seek great achievement, or search for true love, or sometimes take on deep spiritual quests. Because happiness can be found within — literally. Your body provides itself with many chemicals that make you happy for no good reason. Take a look…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jul 6

7 Tools to Help Your #AntiSec Hacking Antics Remain Anonymous

Lulzsec has vanished into the ether. Anonymous is lost in Orlando City. And, I don’t know what you’re doing on the internet. Don’t wanna know. But if someone were to step up in their place and expose corruption or shoddy corporate IT security, they should prepare for the oh-so-dramatic moment when the FBI rolls in…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jul 6

Is Apple using its mountains of cash to build a time machine?

People have ascribed all sorts of paranormal abilities to Steve Jobs… but could he have spurred Apple to create a time machine? That’s what an anonymous poster at Quora hinted, and the post was picked up by Forbes’ Brian Caulfield. But don’t worry, paradox-phobes. It’s not a literal time machine. Rather, it’s a way of…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 6

Microsoft Demands Samsung Pay $15 Royalties For Every Android Phone It Sells

HTC’s beginning to look like it got a good deal the other month, paying just $5 to Microsoft for every Androidphone it sells, compared to Samsung’s $15. These royalties are based on patents Microsoft holds, which Samsung’s utilizing for Android phones. Samsung’s understood to be asking for a lower rate at $10 per device, if…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 6

Scientists Argue About How To Better Store Spent Nuclear Fuel

In the wake of the meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, scientists and lawmakers are struggling to deal with the vulnerability of spent fuel, both as a hazard and as a potential terrorist target. One solution includes moving away from nuclear pools and into dry casks. According to the New York Times: Several members of…

Tech News Kwame Opam Jul 6

The story of a cat and two humans, trying to survive in post-apocalyptic, underwater Brooklyn

Fathoms is a 20 minute film that captures the sad whimsy of life on a salvage ship, roaming the drowned subways of Brooklyn. Environmental meltdown has left most of Earth underwater. We follow the story of a cat named Hippo and his two humans, Sam and Evan, are surviving in the remains of New York,…

Movies Annalee Newitz Jul 6

Spray Painting with a Skateboard Is Just As Fun As It Sounds

These skaters attached a remote control spray paint can to the bottom of their skateboards. That way, whenever they would skate, a trail of paint would follow their path. It all makes for chaotically colorful artwork. Ingeniously, the skaters chose to tag up an empty pool. Given the constant loopy back and forths that are…

Tech News Casey Chan Jul 6

Japan’s Rare Earth Metals Find May Break China’s Stranglehold on Our Gadgets

Looks like that skirmish between Japan and China last year over the neodymium and lanthanum required in the production of electronics has been resolved, now that Japan has stumbled over their own supplies in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii. https://gizmodo.com/china-withholds-valuable-materials-needed-for-electric-5646091 China produces 90 per cent of the world’s neodymium, and when arguments with Japan came…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 6

The lost Hawkman movie was a Baby Ruth commercial

While we speculate how DC Comics are going to regroup their superhero blockbuster strategy post-Green Lantern, let’s not forget that DC heroes have been manhandled worse. In 1997, Hawkman shilled a nutty candy bar. https://gizmodo.com/which-dc-comics-character-could-save-dcs-non-batman-sup-5818333 I’m not sure what the ramifications of this commercial are. Does Baby Ruth have the power to make you come…

Television Cyriaque Lamar Jul 6

iLuv’s ArtStation Pro Makes Your iPad Look Sorta Like an iMac G4

This speaker dock by iLuv has the added bonus of turning your iPad into a mid-aughts desktop computer. You place the iPad above the speaker, and the arm allows it to swivel between landscape and portrait modes. It will even comes with a bluetooth keyboard and remote when it’s released. Galaxy Tab owners can expect…

Tech News Kwame Opam Jul 6

Most water in the universe comes from superheated geysers erupting on young stars

A proto-star has been observed shooting water from its poles out into space. It may continue to do so for over a thousand years. Scientists think that this process may account for much of the free-floating water in the universe. A new star is slowly condensing over in the Perseus constellation. L1448-MM is surrounded by…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jul 6

You Don’t Need Instagram to Gets Those Vintage Hues, With These Photoshop Actions

There’s barely any discernable difference between the Instagram photos and the Photoshopped images in Daniel Box’s collection, that non-iPhone users will be able to fool everyone by posting their vintage-hued pics all around the web. Download the Photoshop actions, and get foolin’ with the first four filters, while Box finishes up the rest. [Daniel Box…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 6

Tiny Ships, Tiny Aliens, Tiny Galaga 30th Collection

It’s been nearly 30 years since Galaga stormed onto the arcade scene, delivering to fans of fixed shooters an arguably better version of Galaxian.… [Kotaku]

Tech News Kotaku Jul 6

It’s Easier to Get High in Denver Than to Buy a Latte

Apart from the fact that it’s the Mile High City, Denver’s medical marijuana dispensaries now outnumber their Starbucks. Even as early as January of last year, Denver was being called “America’s Cannabis Capital”. It’s clear where the trends are heading, you guys. One chain will break away from the pack, dressed head to toe in…

Tech News Kwame Opam Jul 6

WSJ: The iPhone 5 Will Be Thinner, Lighter and…Complicated?

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the next iPhone is going to be thinner and lighter than the iPhone 4, which isn’t exactly unexpected. But apparently, being thinner and lighter is making the next iPhone a pain to make. Citing suppliers of components to Apple, the WSJ also says the next iPhone will pack…

Tech News Casey Chan Jul 6

EcoModo – The Best of Treehugger

This week on TreeHugger, DIY battery projects, a cabinet made of 80,000 bamboo skewers, a hotel with tube-ular views, new super-sand cleans water, t-shirts that use sound to charge phones, and more! 1. 80,000 Bamboo Skewers Protect a Hedgehog-Like Cabinet The “Magistral Cabinet” is an imposing piece of furniture covered by 80,000 bamboo skewers. 2.…

Tech News Jaymi Heimbuch Jul 6

An absolutely insane rumor reveals the potential new star of Transformers 4. Plus new videos for Captain America and Rise of the Planet of the Apes!

We don’t know much about The Dark Knight Rises, but we do know it involves tons of parachuting. A former Doctor Who companion may be about to star in a major scifi movie. Plus Olivia Wilde talks Cowboys & Aliens! Plus it turns out a crucial scene from the book won’t be in Harry Potter…

Television Alasdair Wilkins Jul 6

Brazilian Ranchers Using Agent Orange to Illegally Clear Out Rainforests

NATO Gets Hacked for the Second Time

“Soulless” Rumored to Be Gathering Across the Country for Miracle Day Protests

The chemicals that make you happy. No. Not those.

7 Tools to Help Your #AntiSec Hacking Antics Remain Anonymous

Is Apple using its mountains of cash to build a time machine?

Microsoft Demands Samsung Pay $15 Royalties For Every Android Phone It Sells

Scientists Argue About How To Better Store Spent Nuclear Fuel

The story of a cat and two humans, trying to survive in post-apocalyptic, underwater Brooklyn

Spray Painting with a Skateboard Is Just As Fun As It Sounds

Japan’s Rare Earth Metals Find May Break China’s Stranglehold on Our Gadgets

The lost Hawkman movie was a Baby Ruth commercial

iLuv’s ArtStation Pro Makes Your iPad Look Sorta Like an iMac G4

Most water in the universe comes from superheated geysers erupting on young stars

You Don’t Need Instagram to Gets Those Vintage Hues, With These Photoshop Actions

Tiny Ships, Tiny Aliens, Tiny Galaga 30th Collection

It’s Easier to Get High in Denver Than to Buy a Latte

WSJ: The iPhone 5 Will Be Thinner, Lighter and…Complicated?

EcoModo – The Best of Treehugger

An absolutely insane rumor reveals the potential new star of Transformers 4. Plus new videos for Captain America and Rise of the Planet of the Apes!

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