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Bill Gates’ greatest fear for humanity is absolutely terrifying — and likely to happen

Holy moly. When one of the world’s smartest men puts the likelihood of a major catastrophe happening at “well over 50… Read More

Bill Gates vs. Steve Jobs: Steve Wozniak talks about Nat Geo’s new show ‘American Genius’

The road to genius superstardom is hardly paved with daisies and chocolate. It takes a lot of work to get… Read More

This Pizza Hut box transforms into a movie projector

These ad campaigns jazzing up your food experience are getting better and better. Not to be outdone by the Tray Typer,… Read More

These Minecraft numbers will blow your mind

It’s amazing what data can do to paint a picture. Here Wired Video has crunched the numbers behind the world… Read More

Sound Transit’s train on track, U-District one step closer to being ideal tech hub

The University District is one step closer to becoming a more attractive tech hub. Sound Transit announced this week that… Read More

Disney is working on making popular animated characters into robots

Your favorite Disney characters at its theme parks might soon be robots. Disney Research is developing a way to bring… Read More

The highest-rated show on Netflix isn’t ‘House of Cards’ anymore

A lot of people were watching this fight very closely. Eventually something had to knock House of Cards, Breaking Bad and… Read More

Watch Bill Nye try to comprehend the white woman’s universe on ‘Inside Amy Schumer’

Finally, science and ridiculous belief systems collide head on in this skit on Inside Amy Schumer. Bill Nye tries to… Read More

New ferry reservation system faces — and mostly passes — Memorial Day test

The online ferry reservation system implemented to alleviate traffic to and from the San Juans appears to be working. That’s… Read More

Melinda Gates is No. 3 in Forbes’ ‘World’s Most Powerful Women’ list

Melinda Gates joined some highly esteemed company in the latest Forbes‘ list. According to the media giant, the co-chair of… Read More

In China, these lucky workers get to go to Star Trek’s Enterprise every day

In a move that can only be described as the ultimate display of fandom, a Chinese company has built its… Read More

Forget food: In Silicon Valley, chugging protein drinks is the latest trend

Food is so pre-bubble burst of the ’90s. Why stop and eat when you can guzzle away at protein packs… Read More

This excellent short film features some of the coolest biohacks in the Pacific Northwest

Biohacks —  or ways to monitor, improve or even modify the human body — are incredibly compelling. It’s the stuff… Read More

Adult FriendFriender hack exposes about 4 million users — and intimate details of their sex lives

This Adult FriendFinder hack is turning out uglier than one would think. Sure, hacks always put customers’ sensitive data at… Read More

From space to schools, Elon Musk takes on the education system by starting a new school

In an interview for Chinese television, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk says he has created a new kind of grade school… Read More

This Canadian just blasted away the world record for hoverboard travel

Hoverboards. One of those technologies we were promised a long time ago that never really seemed to deliver. Until maybe… Read More

Coldplay and ‘Game of Thrones’ cast just made one very bad musical

Musicals are usually a bad idea. And when Coldplay’s Chris Martin gets the idea that he’s going to do a Game… Read More

Late Night wars on YouTube: Jimmy Fallon’s official site rules, but David Letterman is tops with fans

The king of late night David Letterman said goodbye in grand style last night — see his last celebrity-studded Top… Read More

Calliope Games’ ‘Titan Series’ offers 9 new table games from the world’s greatest designers

Want to get your hands on some of the newest table games developed by some of the greatest designers in the… Read More

No bunnies in the buff here, Playboy launches app that is safe to use at work

Can a once iconic media brand reimagine itself for the digital age? That’s one of the biggest challenges men’s lifestyle… Read More

First batch of Hillary Clinton’s emails now public

If you have a spare 15 hours today, why not brew up some coffee and kick back with some Hillary… Read More

A million followers in under 5 hours, Obama shatters Twitter world record

He just joined Twitter, but President Barack Obama is proving quite popular. His account @POTUS gained over a million followers… Read More

‘Silicon Valley’ takes shots at failed Microsoft and Apple products

How bad was a fictional product launch on HBO’s Silicon Valley? Zune bad. In Sunday’s episode, as Business Insider noted,… Read More

Nikon’s camera that links photos to heartbeats is so simple even a dog can do it

What if your dog could snap a shot of stuff that excited him? That’s the latest idea behind Nikon’s “Heartography,”… Read More

Seattle’s battery-powered streetcar testing ‘moving along,’ set to open this summer

In another step to alleviate our transportation woes — and help keep our city on the green path — the… Read More

Keeping it green: Seattle ranks No. 5 in energy efficiency among U.S. cities

Congrats, Emerald City. Seattle is the fifth most energy-efficient city in the United States. In the rankings released this week… Read More

Bill Nye’s solar-powered satellite launch a success

The Planetary Society — led by CEO Bill Nye — successfully launched the first prototype of the LightSail, a mini, solar-powered satellite,… Read More

Twitter

Twitter’s battle of the sexes: Why men get more retweets than women

How the genders communicate on Twitter may very well affect how often they are retweeted. According to this study from NYU linguistics… Read More

Warren Buffett and Bono backstage at the Gates Foundation, and more celebrity spotting

What happens when Warren Buffet and U2’s Bono get together at the Gates Foundation? They chat about philanthropy, of course.… Read More

Paul Allen parties Bollywood style at Cannes

Keeping up with the jet-setting ways of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is almost as exhausting as keeping tabs on the… Read More

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