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Embed Your Devices in This Lovely Dock Like the Sword in the Stone

Playing up the ultra-thin design of modern electronics, this beautiful cypress wood dock, known simply as the Kinodai, features four pre-cut slots, making it seem as though your devices are embedded in the wood like an ax head in a tree stump. It’s functional, too, with a removable top that lets you hide power cables…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

How Human History Could Have Turned Out (And Probably Should Have)

In this infinite universe of ours, every event that occurs and every choice that we make continually split away into countless individual timelines—alternate realities, if you will. So who’s to say that Bigfoot, Kraken, Martians, even Cthulu himself aren’t perfectly real but simply residents of a now divergent reality? Matthew Buchholz, author of Alternate Histories…

Tech News Matthew Buchholz - Alternate Histories of the World

Here’s the Second Hidden Piece In Banksy’s “Secret” NYC Street Show

Banksy, the mysterious (er, kind of mysterious) British street artist who popularized stencils in the 2000s, is in New York this month to stage a 30-day exhibit that takes place entirely on the streets. His first piece, yesterday, has already been painted over. But we were able to locate today’s feature, which is hidden below…

Tech News Nicholas Stango

This IBM Scientist Predicted Netflix Before The Internet Even Existed

If you predicted the decline of deadtree books or the rise of services like Netflix streaming, say, 25 years ago, you’d be considered a damn good prognosticator. But what if you predicted those things back in 1964—before the internet even existed? Amazingly, a scientist from IBM did just that, long before any of these things…

Artificial Intelligence Matt Novak

Scientists Can Now Extract Stem Cells from Brains Using Magnets

Nothing about how a bunch of Oxford researchers recently pulled neural stem cells out of the brains of living rats seems feasible. The cells are hard to isolate. Brains are fragile. Okay, brains are very fragile. But they’ve done it, and the procedure could shed fresh light on diseases like Parkinson’s and multiple sclerosis. The…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Scientists searching for unknown animals in the South Pacific

The American Museum of Natural History has sent a team of scientists to the Solomon Islands equipped with “high-resolution underwater cameras, a submersible, and an on-board genomic sequencing lab.” They are searching for “dragons, living lanterns and other-worldly animals.” Here are some other other-worldly animals found by other expeditions.

Sploid Jesus Diaz

Deals: Windows 8.1, Amazon Warehouse, iPhone 5S/C, $20 Otterbox

The start button you’ve always wanted. Top Deals Pre-Order Windows 8.1 Pro ($180) | Promo code EMCYTZT4525 Pre-Order Windows 8.1 | Microsoft Windows 8.1 is now available for pre-order, and we’ve got the first deal on the Pro version. It’s a free upgrade for those who already own Windows 8, so you know, don’t buy…

Tech News Shane Roberts

The State of Cheating in Android Benchmarks: Everybody’s Doing It

Samsung has been blamed before for fudging the Galaxy S4 and the Galaxy S3 in order to make the phones perform faster than it does naturally in benchmarks. But Anandtech has run the numbers and found that pretty much every smartphone maker is cheating. Based off of extensive research, Anandtech concludes: We started piecing this…

Gadgets Leslie Horn

Here’s How Police Mapped the Seedier Side of San Francisco’s Chinatown

In the 1880s, San Francisco’s Chinatown was a den of thieves, sin, and debauchery—at least according to the police. To that end, the SFPD set about creating a comprehensive map of the neighborhood’s vices. But was this effort genuine public service or was it merely an attempt to villainize a rapidly growing minority population? According…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Absurd feature shows how impossibly ridiculous this Samsung phone is

The 5.7-inch Galaxy Note 3 is so stupidly huge that nobody can use it comfortably. However, to accommodate all the idiots who think that a bigger phone is better no matter how ridiculous it is, Samsung decided to include a normal-size phone mode that leaves the rest of the screen blank. I wonder how many…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

What homesexuals can teach heterosexuals about sex

Playboy Safe for Work has a two-part interview with Dr. William Masters and Virginia Johnson—who helped spark the sexual revolution—”about their research and what homosexuals can teach heterosexuals about sex.” It’s from 1979, but it’s still a fascinating read.

Sploid Jesus Diaz

8 Insane Revelations From the Alleged Silk Road Kingpin’s Indictment

Just a few hours ago, it came to light that the feds had shut down Silk Road, the internet drug bazaar, and indicted Ross Ulbricht (aka Dread Pirate Roberts), its alleged founder. The complaint is full of money, murder, and madness. Here are the most insane bits: Trouble in the Silk Road empire led Ross…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich

The Galaxy Note 3 Has a Hidden Tiny Screen Mode For Your Tiny Hands

If, like many of us, your hands are too small to to comfortably use the Galaxy Note 3’s giant 5.7-inch display, you’re in luck. Android Central has uncovered a hidden tiny screen mode for your tiny baby dwarf hands. It may look a little silly, but tiny screen mode is actually pretty darn useful. To…

Tech News Leslie Horn

A Starry Mural That Hums When You Touch It

“Do Not Touch” is a bummer of a directive to give to curious kids. So when designer Scott Garner was selected for a Tough Art residency at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, he opted to create something that encouraged engagement with the piece itself, as well as with the people surrounding it. Garner describes his…

Tech News Jordan Kushins

Feds Seize Silk Road, Everybody’s Favorite Illegal Drug Website

Once upon a time, you could sign on to Silk Road and buy everything from LSD to Moon Rock molly with Bitcoin. That time is now over because the FBI along with a few other federal agencies have seized the domain and shutdown the drug-dealing site. The only question is, what took them so long?…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

A Projector Camera That Adds Wacky Animations Can’t Just Be for Kids

Photography is a lovely hobby for adults who’ve developed the requisite patience to wait for the perfect shot. But for kids? Not so much. They demand more instant gratification, so Hasbro has created the Showcam, a digital camera targeted at kids that lets them add effects and hilarious animations to photos, and even project them…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

This Massive Cargo Ship Will Harness the Wind With Its Hull

It doesn’t matter how efficient we make their engines or how many solar panels we install on their decks, the world’s largest cargo ships—those water-bound leviathans on which international trade depends—will require massive amounts of fuel for the foreseeable future. However, this conceptual super-carrier could potentially save billions of barrels of petrol every year just…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

What Moving an Entire Town Was Supposed to Look Like In the Future

Back in 1900, the German chocolate company Hildebrands included with their chocolates some promotional postcards with illustrations of what the year 2000 might look like. The cards featured personal flying machines, moving sidewalks, and even machines that would help move entire city blocks. Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan has the fascinating story of six towns that were more…

Tech News Matt Novak

NYT: The NSA Tested Out a Plan To Collect Tons of Phone Location Data

According to a report by the New York Times, the NSA tested a system to collect location data from American cellphones in bulk back in 2010 and 2011, before ultimately tabling any plans to roll it out. For now, anyway. Information about the project was declassified by Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper, but…

Tech News Eric Limer

How a Porsche, a Meteorite, and $4 Million in Gold Ended Up In a Museum

It’s not uncommon to see $4 million worth of art in a museum. It’s less common to see $4 million worth of solid gold bricks in a museum. It’s called Tower of Power, and it will require a 24/7 security guard as long as it remains at the New Museum as part of a retrospective…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Embed Your Devices in This Lovely Dock Like the Sword in the Stone

How Human History Could Have Turned Out (And Probably Should Have)

Here’s the Second Hidden Piece In Banksy’s “Secret” NYC Street Show

This IBM Scientist Predicted Netflix Before The Internet Even Existed

Scientists Can Now Extract Stem Cells from Brains Using Magnets

Scientists searching for unknown animals in the South Pacific

Deals: Windows 8.1, Amazon Warehouse, iPhone 5S/C, $20 Otterbox

The State of Cheating in Android Benchmarks: Everybody’s Doing It

Here’s How Police Mapped the Seedier Side of San Francisco’s Chinatown

Absurd feature shows how impossibly ridiculous this Samsung phone is

What homesexuals can teach heterosexuals about sex

8 Insane Revelations From the Alleged Silk Road Kingpin’s Indictment

The Galaxy Note 3 Has a Hidden Tiny Screen Mode For Your Tiny Hands

A Starry Mural That Hums When You Touch It

Feds Seize Silk Road, Everybody’s Favorite Illegal Drug Website

A Projector Camera That Adds Wacky Animations Can’t Just Be for Kids

This Massive Cargo Ship Will Harness the Wind With Its Hull

What Moving an Entire Town Was Supposed to Look Like In the Future

NYT: The NSA Tested Out a Plan To Collect Tons of Phone Location Data

How a Porsche, a Meteorite, and $4 Million in Gold Ended Up In a Museum

Deadpool Will Deface ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Classics for a New Secret Lair

Apple’s Siri Isn’t Just Going to Use One Chatbot. It’s Going to Use All of Them

Why ‘For All Mankind’ Season 5 Is the Key to the Rest of the Series

ASUS ZenScreen 15.6-Inch Portable Monitor Is Now Cheaper Than Black Friday in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

Early Wildfires Are Surging Across the US—and Trump’s New Fire Agency Isn’t Ready

INIU Brings Another Power Bank to the Spring Sale as SnapGo Keychain Portable Charger Drops to Its Lowest Price

Attorney Hit With Historic Fine for Citing AI-Generated Cases

Travelers Experiencing the Longest Security Lines in TSA History

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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