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This Gadget Turns Any Object into Electronic Music

02.19.14

By Victoria Turk
Tech

Surveillance Date: An App Lets Friends Listen In on Your Romantic Encounters

02.19.14

By Daniel Stuckey
Tech

An App for Turning Your Crummy Scrawl Into Hemingway Quality Prose

02.15.14

By Thor Benson
Tech

Addiction Haunts Game Developers, Too

02.12.14

By Yannick LeJacq
Tech

Flappy Bird Phones Are Seeing Bids of $90,000 on Ebay

02.10.14

By Victoria Turk
Tech

Lyft Put Together a Ride-Share Insurance Coalition—Without Uber

02.07.14

By Max Cherney
Tech

The Leafly App Is Like Grindr for Weed

01.31.14

By Meghan Neal
Tech

The App That Tracks Who’s Tracking You

01.30.14

By Meghan Neal
Tech

The NSA Could Spy on You Through Angry Birds

01.28.14

By Victoria Turk
Music

With Ototo, Anything Can be an Instrument, Even Bananas and Tin Foil

01.22.14

By Dan Wilkinson
Tech

The Sex with Glass App Would Be Better Without Glass

01.21.14

By Victoria Turk
Tech

A Lesson in Micropayments: Apple Will Fork Over Millions For Letting Kids Rob Their Parents

01.17.14

By Mclean Gordon

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4 Shoegaze Songs to Listen to if You Don’t Know if You Like Shoegaze

If you don’t know whether or not you like shoegaze, but you want to figure it out, these four bands might help you decide.

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Music

Zachary Cole Smith Wants a Publicly Owned Music Streaming Library Built on Spotify’s Dismantled Bones

Determined assurance that there is, in fact, an alternative to capitalism? Zachary Cole Smith is speaking my language.

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By Lauren Boisvert
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Music

3 Ways Your Music Taste Changes as You Get Older

As you age, your favorite bands don’t hit the same. It’s not a bad thing, and here are 3 ways your music taste changes as you get older.

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By Dan Milam
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Music

On This Day 13 Years Ago, Drake Released the Best Song of His Career

On this day in 2013, Drake released the best song of his career and showed that he’s way better in pop star mode.

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By Caleb Catlin
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This Discreet Lockable Sex Toy Bag Is the Nightstand Upgrade Your Play Drawer Needs

I put a lock on my sex drawer. Here’s what actually happened.

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