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Music

This Guy Invented a System That Lets You Play Music Really Loud Without Pissing Off Your Neighbors

04.14.15

By Iago Fernández
Patenting a Magic Trick Is Tricky Business

02.05.15

By Mark Hay
Tech

Apple Patented a Solar-Powered, Dual-Sided Touchscreen Laptop

01.28.14

By Ben Richmond
Tech

To Unclog the Patent System, the Patent Office Says Yes to Crowdsourcing

10.01.12

By Michael Byrne
Tech

Samsung Asks: What Has Apple Actually Invented?

08.15.12

By ALEC LIU
Tech

Apple’s Patent War on the Galaxy

07.03.12

By ALEC LIU
Tech

Ones and Zeros: Earth’s Two Moons, a Net Neutrality Weapon, and Belly Button Bacteria

08.04.11

By Ones Zeros

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Horoscopes

3 Zodiac Signs That Can Expect a Romantic Valentine’s Day—and 2 That Will Have a Bad One

Big feelings, fast plans, and a short fuse can all coexist. That’s romance, I guess.

13 minutes ago

By Ashley Fike
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Life

How a K-Pop Star Turned This Rocky Ledge Into a Tourism Magnet

Lincoln’s Rock used to be a quiet, rocky ledge with beautiful, wide-open views that only a few people in the know knew about.

31 minutes ago

By Luis Prada
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News

Did NASA Find Life on Mars 50 Years Ago and Accidentally Kill It?

Back in 1976, NASA’s Viking Landers looked for life on Mars and came up empty. Today, a group of scientists thinks we accidentally killed it.

43 minutes ago

By Luis Prada
Pictures by Nick Dove

Harder Culture

Sunset on the Dark Enlightenment? Inside Nick Land’s San Francisco ‘Arrival Party’

At an exclusive gathering, Grimes, Curtis Yarvin, and a swarm of Silicon Valley influencers honored the doomsaying father of accelerationist philosophy. VICE was there.

53 minutes ago

By Nick Dove
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Horoscopes

Tonight’s Moon Phase: February 13, 2026

Wondering how tonight’s moon will impact you? Here’s everything you should know about the current moon phase.

55 minutes ago

By Sammi Caramela