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Hillary Clinton is going public with her email

The latest in Hillary Clinton’s email debacle: the former secretary of state says that she wants the public to see… Read More

Everything is awesome — especially this Lego photography exhibit

The geekiest art opening of the year is coming to the Bryan Ohno Gallery in Seattle’s International District Thursday night.… Read More

Here’s Marvel’s latest ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ trailer

Wow, these just keep coming, no? Trailer 3 is out today, and hurrah, filled with lots more spectacular action, witty… Read More

New study says your smartphone is ruining your life

A new study’s findings warn that smartphones are seriously messing with your quality of life, even causing addictive and narcissistic… Read More

Ian McKellen playing Sherlock Holmes is sheer brilliance

Sherlock Holmes is one of the most popular, revered characters of all time, so it’s insanely brilliant that Sir Ian… Read More

Go ahead and give yourself advice with YouTube’s #DearMe campaign

If you could go back and tell your younger self anything what would it be? That’s the idea of YouTube’s… Read More

Dubai will build Museum of the Future by 2017

If you’re headed to Dubai in the next couple years, you might want to stop by the Museum of the… Read More

Meet the iBobber: This smartwatch app and floating sensor may help you land fish

Just in time for boating season, ReelSonar has launched the iBobber Smartwatch Fishfinder App to better help anglers find their… Read More

Work at Rover, get a puppy

As if you needed another reason to get a dog, Rover unveiled a new work initiative this week: If you… Read More

Paul Allen’s latest discovery: A high-tech World War II warship, at the bottom of the sea

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and his research team have found the wreckage of one of the world’s largest battleships off… Read More

Science has figured out what makes Indian food so tasty

It’s lunchtime, and by the end of this, if you’re not hankering for some Indian food, there’s probably something wrong… Read More

Need some stock photos for your blog? Use these of Vince Vaughn for free

In almost too funny to be true: those incredibly awkward, awful photos — usually of white people in bad suits —… Read More

Yahoo releases ‘Community’ season 6 trailer filled with tech-inspired humor

It’s officially the “age of Yahoo,” or at least that’s what it says via the new Community trailer that was… Read More

Cool hack: Guy turns drone into ‘Star Wars’ TIE Fighter

Drones are seemingly everywhere these days and tend to look a lot alike, but this one upgrade will have you… Read More

HBO Go now available on PlayStation 4

In the nick of time for that Game of Thrones premiere, Sony announced that an app will be available later today… Read More

‘Ex Machina’ trailer is creepy, sexy, scary look at A.I.

The new sci-fi thriller Ex Machina from British writer/director Alex Garland (28 Days Later) taps into everything intriguing about our modern-day… Read More

Ford getting into electric car game to compete with Chevy’s Bolt and Tesla

Oh, times have changed. The days of the big, bad SUVs are hopefully long gone, making way for the electric… Read More

Meerkat is the live video app that makes Twitter oh-so-much-more fun

Meerkats used to be adorable little creatures found in Africa. But now, Meerkat is an incredibly addictive, easy-to-use, live-video streaming app that… Read More

Ringworld author Larry Niven tapped for top science-fiction writing honor

He’s never had a book or short story turned into a major motion picture. But ask any fan — or… Read More

‘Shark Tank’s’ Mark Cuban set to star in Syfy’s ‘Sharknado 3’

That incredibly so-bad-it’s-almost-good Syfy channel phenomenon Sharknado is back! And this time it’s bringing Mark Cuban with it. Cuban will… Read More

Disney series to feature Lego droid versions of every ‘Star Wars’ movie

Love Legos? How about Star Wars? Today’s your lucky day. Disney XD is planning a new show, Lego Star Wars:… Read More

Pay tribute to Leonard Nimoy with Spock pancakes

There are many ways to pay your respects, but this one is pretty creative. This YouTube video shows how to make… Read More

Tinder Plus to launch today in U.S., looking for love now about $10 per month

Tinder Plus is reportedly arriving today. The app meant to facilitate the ease at which you hook up in the near future… Read More

Xiaomi Mi Note a solid ‘contender’ for smartphone market, just not in U.S. yet

Xiaomi may be a serious contender in the smartphone market soon. At least, that’s according to the reviews of some… Read More

Costco strikes credit card deal with Citi and Visa, shifting away from American Express

Get ready to whip out your Visa card at Costco in 2016. After the news that it was ending its deal… Read More

IKEA wants your smartphone and tablet to get a charge out of its new furniture

IKEA is introducing a new line of furniture that will charge your smartphone and tablet for you. Dubbed IKEA Wireless,… Read More

Star Trek Mr. Spock

EMP Museum to display tunic worn by Leonard Nimoy from his role as Spock

The EMP Museum in Seattle will be displaying a tunic worn by Leonard Nimoy in his career-defining role as Spock… Read More

Leonard Nimoy, Star Trek’s iconic Spock, dies at 83

Leonard Nimoy, who once wrote the autobiographical I Am Not Spock but later came to embrace and even gently make fun… Read More

It’s all BS … and that’s the best part of this new font

Had enough of tech buzzwords? There’s a font for that. For all of us who have suffered through once-meaningful terms… Read More

By Deutsch: Ute Kraus, Physikdidaktik Ute Kraus, Universität Hildesheim, Tempolimit Lichtgeschwindigkeit, (Milchstraßenpanorama im Hintergrund: Axel Mellinger) English: Ute Kraus, Physics education group Kraus, Universität Hildesheim, Space Time Travel, (background image of the milky way: Axel Mellinger) [CC BY-SA 2.0 de (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/de/deed.en) or CC BY-SA 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons

Incredibly huge, 12-billion-sun massive black hole found – and it grew big, fast

Interstellar‘s bad boy (and central plot device) has got nothing on this astronomical discovery. A mammoth black hole — and… Read More

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