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All-You-Can-Read Magazine App “Next Issue” Now Available for iOS

Next Issue, the Netflix-for-magazines mobile app that launched for Android devices a little over three months ago, is finally available for iOS devices, starting today! A partnership between what are arguably the five top magazine publishers around (Conde Nast, Hearst, Meredith, Time, and News Corp), Next Issue offers subscribers access to its library of 39…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

An Incomplete List of Discussion Topics from the Forums of Lady Gaga’s New Social Network

Mother Monster Lady Gaga launched the beta version of her own social network, Littlemonsters.com, back in May. Now, the free-to-join social networking site is open to the public, allowing fans of the performer to connect and communicate in discussion forums, share news items, and post Gaga-related items in a Pinterest-like manner. Here is an incomplete…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

The Stoner Channel: Slugs vs Robots, Spider-Man vs Batman, and Ken Block Blows the Doors Off of SF

Gymkhana V That is some major league hoonin’ right meow. Exoids – Aristomenis Tsirbas And for all their advanced technologies, in the end, both slugs and machines were destroyed by their common enemy—salt. [Cartoon Brew] Weed May Help Obese Diabetics Burn More Fat “Metabolic Syndrome” is a deadly trifeca of diabetes, high blood pressure and…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

How Do You Use Your iPad? Mine Is My TV

Between the shows and movies available streaming on Netflix, and those on HBOGo, I consume more TV now, with my iPad, than I did a year ago, when I still had an actual TV and a cable bill to with it. The battery life is long enough for me to get through several hours of…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

AT&T Opens Up Watson Speech-Recognition Software API to App Developers

In a blog post today, AT&T SVP for technology and network operations John Donovan made the official announcement that the API for Watson (the company’s proprietary voice-recognition software that transcribes spoken words into text) are now open to and available for app developers to access. Donovan noted that Watson API can be used for app…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

This Bowl Will Always Be Exactly the Size You Need it to Be

The Stretchy Bowl is the easy-to-store fruit basin that never wants to disappoint. Composed of a white metal base (which requires minimal assembly) and a matching metal hoop wrapped in a layer of breathable, elastic fabric, this bowl is always the right size to accomodate your haul of produce. As you add more fruit to…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

Scientists Say ‘God Particle’ May Be an Impostor

Last Wednesday everyone went crazy when CERN scientists announced proof of the existence of the Higgs boson, which theoretically gives us mass and holds the Universe together. Now, other physicists say that CERN may have found an impostor and not the popularly called God Particle. After analyzing the data collected at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider,…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

PSA: Accidentally Emailing a Nic Cage Picture Won’t Help Your Job Search

Online job boards and application hosting platforms have made seeking employment as easy and painless as such a thing can be. No longer is it necessary to pound the pavement, a fat pile of resumes tucked under one sweaty, unemployed arm. Now, submitting your resume for review can be done from the comfort of your…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

Tron: Celebrate 30 Years of This Classic Cult Movie

I saw Tron in the movie theater when it came out, 30 years ago today—July 9, 1982. I was almost ten years old and it blew me away. Like with many kids of my age, this movie—along with War Games—changed the course of my life. I’m not exaggerating. Tron and War Games (1983) were the…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Star Wars Nerds Restore Luke Skywalker’s Home IRL

Star Wars junkie Mark Dermul has a pretty sweet job: He leads tours in North Africa of different locations featured in the films. On a 2010 trip to Tunisia—er, Tatooine—he and his cohort realized that Luke Skywalker’s boyhood home—the Lars Homestead—was in serious disrepair. NPR reports how they brought it back to life. Dermul and…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

A New Breed of Camcorder for a New Breed of Citizen Journalist—Or Bootlegger, Whatevs

Just because virtually every cell phone on the face of the Earth now doubles as a camcorder doesn’t mean it does a particularly good job of it—especially when tasked with recording in low-light or noisy environments. The Q2HD from Zoom, however, is designed to record (and stream) in full HD regardless of the circumstances. The…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

London 2012 Results App: Follow Team USA at the Olympics

At the Olympics later this month, Michael Phelps could potentially win seven gold medals, at the very most. He won’t top the record-smashing eight he earned in 2008, but that doesn’t mean he won’t be exciting to follow. And the London 2012 Results App will help you do that. What does it do? Who won…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Sip Your Espresso Out of a Tiny Rocket

Aside from taste, the point of drinking espresso is that in a sense, you want to blast off with all the fuel caffeine provides. And these adorable rocket espresso cups allow you to express that quite literally. Each mini-rocket costs $40, which is a little steep for a glorified ceramic thimble, but the cost doesn’t…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Apple OS X Mountain Lion Gold Master Is Out

The Gold Master version of Apple’s OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion is now available on the OS X Dev Center. Gold Master versions are the final build that ships to customers, so what we see here will be what you’re using later this month when the retail version comes out for $20. Apple also seeded…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Behold the Super-Efficient Microchip That Can Harvest Power from Heat, Light, and Vibration at the Same Time

You’ve heard of electronics harvesting electricity from heat, light, and vibration sources individually, but this new chip from MIT is the first that can do all three at the same time. Listen carefully and you’ll hear the Energizer bunny quaking in its boots. Previous efforts at such a microchip could only utilize one power source…

Tech News Michael Zhao

Why I Hate My Camera

Steve Giralt is a pro photographer in NYC. But just because his life revolves around his camera doesn’t mean it’s a love fest. Here’s why he has beef with his photo gear. Unlike most photographers, I hate my camera. I have read hundreds of stories on the internet where photographers argue about which cameras are…

Tech News Steve Giralt

Do Drone Pilots Deserve Medals?

Today, almost all combat medals are reserved for people in actual warzones. But increasingly, bad guys in those warzones are being killed by people far, far, far away. Should it matter where in the world a trigger finger sits? The Washington Post reports that “The Pentagon is considering awarding a Distinguished Warfare Medal to drone…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Take a Break in a Floating Tea House

This backyard tea house designed by David Jameson in Maryland is Japanese-inspired, but it’s not the architecture from centuries that’s doing the influencing. Instead, the modern structure—which implements steel beams, glass, and a healthy dose of wood—takes its cues from a Japanese lantern, made evident by fact that it’s suspended from the metal above. The…

Tech News Adrian Covert

1954 Flying Car for Sale

Ever dreamed of owning your own flying car… from the 1950s? If you happen to have $1.25 million lying around, you can make that happen! It seems every year we see companies like Terrafugia and Moller promise that the flying car will soon be an everyday reality. But people often forget flying cars have been…

Tech News Matt Novak

Verizon Makes Its Best Android Phone Worse, Again

Verizon ruins everything we love. Or at least it seems that way sometimes. The carrier has confirmed to the Verge that its version of the Samsung Galaxy S III will come with a locked bootloader, making it much harder to root. Here’s what Verizon told the Verge: Verizon Wireless has established a standard of excellence…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

All-You-Can-Read Magazine App “Next Issue” Now Available for iOS

An Incomplete List of Discussion Topics from the Forums of Lady Gaga’s New Social Network

The Stoner Channel: Slugs vs Robots, Spider-Man vs Batman, and Ken Block Blows the Doors Off of SF

How Do You Use Your iPad? Mine Is My TV

AT&T Opens Up Watson Speech-Recognition Software API to App Developers

This Bowl Will Always Be Exactly the Size You Need it to Be

Scientists Say ‘God Particle’ May Be an Impostor

PSA: Accidentally Emailing a Nic Cage Picture Won’t Help Your Job Search

Tron: Celebrate 30 Years of This Classic Cult Movie

Star Wars Nerds Restore Luke Skywalker’s Home IRL

A New Breed of Camcorder for a New Breed of Citizen Journalist—Or Bootlegger, Whatevs

London 2012 Results App: Follow Team USA at the Olympics

Sip Your Espresso Out of a Tiny Rocket

Apple OS X Mountain Lion Gold Master Is Out

Behold the Super-Efficient Microchip That Can Harvest Power from Heat, Light, and Vibration at the Same Time

Why I Hate My Camera

Do Drone Pilots Deserve Medals?

Take a Break in a Floating Tea House

1954 Flying Car for Sale

Verizon Makes Its Best Android Phone Worse, Again

Whatever Just Happened with ‘Fruit Love Island,’ Nobody Won

AMC Puts a Stake in ‘Talamasca’ After One Season

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