Courts are increasingly turning to Urban Dictionary to clarify modern slang...
Sure, the Oxford English Dictionary tries to stay on top of current trends by adding new words every year (GIF was its word of the year for 2012), but there's still a vast vocabulary of strange...
View ArticleAshton Kutcher on Twitter: ‘the media kind of fucked it up’
Ashton Kutcher was one of the first celebrities to really embrace Twitter, becoming the first user to exceed one million followers back in 2009. However, there's no doubt his relationship with the...
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Jony Ive’s iOS 7 redesign reportedly eliminates ‘heavy textures’
Rumors have been flying around about a major visual redesign to Apple's iOS ever since Jony Ive took on an interface design role following the departure of senior VP and mobile software head Scott...
View ArticleiOS 7: redesign rumors gain steam as Jony Ive takes control
While it's no surprise that Apple is planning to introduce the next generation of iOS this summer, rumors suggest that the company's mobile OS will get a major visual facelift for the first time. With...
View ArticleGmail for Android redesign with new navigation bar revealed in Google I/O slide
It looks like Google has a redesigned version of Gmail coming up, if a slide shown off during a developer event at Google I/O last week is any indication. As spotted by Android Police, a slide during...
View ArticlePlant revived and growing after being frozen in a glacier for hundreds of years
Up in the northern reaches of the Canadian Arctic, researchers have discovered that a category of plants buried by the Teardrop glacier hundreds of years ago is alive and well, despite having been...
View ArticleAmazon Studios launches Storyteller tool to automatically create storyboards...
Amazon Studios has just announced a new tool called Amazon Storyteller, which promises to help would-be filmmakers and scriptwriters more easily realize their visions by translating scripts into...
View ArticleiOS 7’s new Photos app adds filters, automatic sorting, new sharing features
As part of Apple's massive iOS 7 update, the buit-in Camera and Photos apps have received huge changes. When you're shooting, you can pick a square, Instagram-style aspect ratio and add filters. Once...
View ArticleNew ‘Super Smash Bros.’ for Wii U and 3DS coming in 2014, features Mega Man...
Nintendo has just announced the newest entry in its chaotic series of fighting games — a new Super Smash Bros. will be coming to the Wii U and 3DS in 2014, and for the first time Mega Man will be a...
View ArticleTraktor Kontrol Z1 brings physical controls to your iPad DJ setup for $199.99
Traktor DJ for iPhone and iPad showed that Native Instruments could bring a strong DJ experience to iOS, but the apps were inherently limited by the complete lack of physical controls. To try and...
View ArticleNintendo shows first gameplay video for 3DS-bound ‘The Legend of Zelda: A...
Many fans of the Legend of Zelda franchise believe that its 1992 Super NES entry, A Link to the Past, remains the finest game in the series. Nintendo announced that it would be bringing a direct...
View ArticleAshton Kutcher’s ‘Jobs’ to open nationwide on August 16th following a...
Early impressions of the Ashton Kutcher-led Jobs were decidedly mixed, but you'll soon get an opportunity to judge the Steve Jobs biopic for yourself. According to Deadline, Open Road Films has...
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Time Warner Cable reportedly paying producers to keep TV off the web
While there's a growing population of cord-cutters — those who get their TV from the internet rather than traditional cable services — there's still a large amount of content (like sports and HBO)...
View ArticleThe dark side of the SkyMall catalog
If you've taken a US flight in the last couple decades, there's a pretty good chance you've encountered the ubiquitous SkyMall catalog. It's like the in-flight version of a train wreck — you know...
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Japan’s nuclear power reactors set to reopen later this year under tighter...
Back in March of 2011, Japan suffered its worst nuclear disaster ever as the Fukushima nuclear power plant suffered a series of equipment failures and meltdowns due to a massive earthquake. It was the...
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Vdio on-demand now open to all
It was a long time coming, but Rdio finally launched its streaming movie and TV service Vdio in April — though it was only open to those who were already paying for an Rdio subscription. Today, the...
View ArticleNew wireless, solar-powered ‘bionic eye’ gives sight to blind rats
Scientists have been utilizing a variety of different bionic eye and retinal implant technologies as a way to restore sight to blind people, and today a group of researchers from Stanford University...
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Clearwire’s board backs aggressive new acquisition offer from Sprint
It looks like at least one facet of the drama between Sprint, Clearwire, and Dish will soon be coming to a close: Sprint has just submitted another increased bid to purchase the remaining shares of...
View ArticleGoogle’s transparency report now tracks malware and phishing sites
Google's transparency report, which shows real-time traffic to Google's services around the world, copyright removal requests, and data requests from government agencies, has added a new data source...
View ArticleWatch ABC live TV-streaming app now requires a cable subscription
When ABC started offering live streaming TV to its iOS app, anyone in New York City or Philadelphia was able to tune in. Unfortunately, that early promotional period is over — users of the Watch ABC...
View Article‘Filter Fakers’ catches Instagram users who try to pass off bogus #nofilter pics
Instagram has met with runaway success over the last year, which has helped settle the debate over the service's filters — like them or not, they're not going anywhere anytime soon. Despite the...
View ArticleXbox boss Don Mattrick reportedly leaving Microsoft for Zynga
Don Mattrick, the head of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business that oversees the company's Xbox division, is reportedly stepping down to take a high-level position at Zynga. According to All...
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Two men had all traces of HIV infection removed following a bone marrow...
We've seen several breakthroughs in HIV treatment this year — early treatment "functionally cured" a child and helped fourteen adults go off HIV drugs — and now researchers from Boston's Brigham and...
View ArticleFlipboard and Path coming to Windows Phone 8, Hipstamatic launching...
During its event revealing the new Nokia Lumia 1020 smartphone, the company also announced some major new apps for the Windows Phone 8 ecosystem — Flipboard and Path will soon be available for Windows...
View ArticlePebble touts over 275,000 total orders and more than one million app downloads
The smartwatch craze shows no signs of abating, and there's little doubt that Pebble was one of the first companies to really push the concept into the mainstream over the last year or so. We already...
View ArticleSprint cuts price of its unlimited plans to $80 per month, offers customers...
Sprint has just announced some big changes to its pricing schemes — the carrier will cut the price of its plans and guarantee unlimited data for customers so long as they keep their Sprint contracts...
View ArticleNintendo says gamers will have to wait until fall for Wii U performance boost
Nintendo just pushed out a software update for the Wii U — but unfortunately, it isn't the update that Nintendo said it would deliver this summer to increase the console's rather laggy performance....
View ArticleEric Schmidt has a Moto X and he’s using it right now
Google chairman Eric Schmidt took part in the annual Allen & Co. business conference yesterday — and took the time to show off Motorola's latest hardware. Italian site Corriere.it has posted...
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Apple gives musicians iPad control over updated Logic Pro X
While Apple may focus most of its software efforts on consumer-facing products like iOS and iLife, the company hasn't forgotten about its pro customer base. Apple has just released Logic Pro X, the...
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Starting tomorrow, you’ll be able to reserve and buy an Apple Watch in stores
It's been clear that sooner or later, Apple would start selling the Apple Watch through its huge network of retail stores, and now it looks like the time has come, for some countries at least. As noted...
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