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Tech

Betting Against Net Neutrality, Companies Offer Gamers a Paid Solution to Lag

12.14.17

By Matthew Gault
Tech

African Esports Are Ready to Explode, but Video Game Publishers Are Holding Them Back

08.30.17

By Jacob Kleinman
Tech

Beware the Microsecond

04.10.17

By Michael Byrne
Tech

Now That It’s Easy to Encrypt Our Chats, Encrypting Metadata Comes Next

12.07.15

By Matthew Braga
Tech

How High Speed Communications Networks Are Making Remote Surgery Realistic

11.27.15

By Emiko Jozuka
Music

The Editors’ New Groove Vol. XIV

02.07.14

By THUMP Staff

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Music

Kurt Cobain’s Childhood Reflections Feel Even More Bone-Chilling Now, Decades After His Untimely Passing

Nirvana founder Kurt Cobain once shared that he “was a seriously depressed kid” who didn’t expect to live to see 21.

9 minutes ago

By Stephen Andrew Galiher
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Life

The 10 Happiest American Cities, Ranked

America loves a ranking, especially when it promises to tell you which city has cracked the code on being a functional human being.

13 minutes ago

By Ashley Fike
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Horoscopes

Everything to Know About the Cardinal Zodiac Signs in Astrology

The cardinal signs, also known as the zodiac’s “trailblazers,” occur at the beginning of their respective seasons.

14 minutes ago

By Sammi Caramela
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Life

A ‘Fireball’ Meteorite Smashed Into Someone’s Bedroom in Germany

Getting hit by a meteorite seems like one of those technically possible problems that belongs to somebody else.

14 minutes ago

By Ashley Fike
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Horoscopes

The Energy You Bring Into a Room, According to Your Zodiac Sign

Here’s the energy you bring into a room, based on your zodiac sign and birth chart.

15 minutes ago

By Sammi Caramela