There are ways to get in trouble with the law for just about everything: smoking weed, theft, horse theft, stealing a horse and teaching it to smoke weed, and even shouting “fire” in a crowded not-on-fire stable full of stoned horses. But numbers are pure and theoretical and definitely exempt from legal action, right? Read more…
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It’s Illegal to Possess or Distribute This Huge Number
Quaker Oats is being sued over the big “100% Natural” label on the front of its box. What else is in that big bucket o’ oats that makes the label a lie? Nothing, say the plantiffs—it is, indeed, just oats. Their complaint is that the oats were grown using pesticides. That, they claim, should be sufficient to keep the natural label off it. Read more…
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Quaker Oats Is Being Sued Because People Still Don’t Know What ‘Natural’ Means
Earlier this year, scientists confirmed the presence of gravitational waves, a cosmological feature first predicted by Albert Einstein. In recognition of this remarkable achievement, the scientists involved in the study have won the $3 million Special Breakthrough Prize. Read more…
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Gravitational Wave Scientists Win $3 Million For Being Awesome
Yesterday, Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright announced that he was the elusive creator of Bitcoin. His proclamation was immediately met with an avalanche of suspicion , with one prominent cryptography expert describing it as “flimflam and hokum.” Now, through a spokesman, Wright has promised that further proof for his claims is coming. Read more…
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Craig Wright Claims He Will Move Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin ‘In the Coming Days’
Windows/Mac/Linux: The Nintendo 3DS is a great little system , but with a maximum resolution of 400 x 240, it’s not exactly a looker. Citra is an emulator that’s still very early in development, but features a way to upscale 3DS games to 1600 x 960. Read more…
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Citra Emulates 3DS Games In Higher Definition
Moog’s first iPad app, called the Animoog, did an incredible job smashing together iPad tech and old analog instruments , back when tablets were very much a new thing . It’s nearly five years later, and Moog has launched an all-new app, digitally memorializing its classic $10, 000 Moog Model 15 Synthesizer . Luckily, the app comes at a 99.7 percent discount. Read more…
When video surfaced of a hoverboard in action a few weeks ago—not those ones that roll around on the ground, but a hoverboard that actually flies—there were plenty of YouTube comments questioning its authenticity. It is most definitely real, and its creator just set a world record for distance in a hoverboard flight. Read more…
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This Hoverboard Actually Flies And It Just Set A World Record
It’s been two weeks since Disney’s Jungle Book was released—and we still can’t quite believe the whole thing was filmed in a downtown L.A. warehouse . Now Disney is peeling back the curtain and showing us just how this incredible spectacle was created. Read more…
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Astonishing Behind-the-Scenes Video Shows How The Jungle Book Was Filmed in Downtown LA
The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s office is investigating a body discovered in a conference room at Apple’s Cupertino headquarters, according to several reports. Read more…
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A Body Has Been Found at Apple Headquarters [Updating]
It’s tough. It’s thick. It’s brown. It’s a lot like leather—but in fact this new material is made in the lab using leftovers from a brew of kombucha tea. Read more…
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This New Fake Leather Is Made From Tea