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Doing It Together: Remembering PlayStation’s Net Yaroze Console
The homemade Yaroze games felt like outsider art, their spirit evident in some of the modern indie titles that PlayStation has acquired.
Ed Smith
7.29.15
News

Obama's New Executive Order Says the US Must Build an Exascale Supercomputer
A new "whole government initiative" will create supercomputers for a "post Moore's Law era."
Jason Koebler
7.29.15
robot umpires

Eric Byrnes, For One, Welcomes Our New Robot Umpires
This weekend, two independent league teams are using the PITCHf/x computer system to call balls and strikes with help from ex-big leaguer Eric Byrnes.
Joseph Swide
7.29.15
People Vs.

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The People Vs Migos
We caught up with Migos at Fresh Island in Croatia, where they took a minute to respond to some YouTube comments on their video "One Time".
Europe

Disneyland Paris Is Being Investigated for Overcharging Foreigners
The European Commission has received complaints that the popular theme park charges visitors from countries like Germany and the UK more for ticket packages than it does French visitors.
Pierre Longeray
7.29.15
Art

Taxidermy Artists React to Cecil the Lion's Death
Cecil the lion's killing has led to uproar against taxidermy, but what do actual taxidermists think?
Beckett Mufson
7.29.15
VICE vs Video games

How to Get Back into Video Games
Lapsed gamer? We've all been there. Here are some words of encouragement for getting back in the game.
Mike Diver
7.29.15
china

Chinese Grandparents Are Making Their Grandchildren Fat
China's youth now has a growing obesity epidemic. The primary culprit? Their sweet old grans, according to a new study.
Alex Swerdloff
7.29.15
Film

Japanese Animator's Characters Melt Together with Stunning Flow
Females, fish, and flowers fuse in Masanobu Hiraoka's newest animated short film.
Nathaniel Ainley
7.29.15
middle east

Turkey Signs Off on US Bombers Attacking Islamic State From Its Territory
American and allied aircraft will now be able to launch attacks on IS from southern Turkey, while Turkey's own jets have already begun to pound Kurdish militants in Iraq and Turkey.
John Beck
7.29.15
we saw this

We Went to a Detroit Noise Rave for the Unveiling of the Statue of Baphomet
Wolf Eyes, Sadist, and William Morrison of Skinny Puppy played a warehouse rave that had to be hidden from anti-Satanist protesters.
Maximilian de la Garza
7.29.15
Europe

Russia Just Vetoed a UN Resolution to Bring the People Who Downed MH17 to Justice
Russia vetoed a UN Security Council resolution to establish a tribunal with powers to prosecute those responsible for the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine last year.
Samuel Oakford
7.29.15
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