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Not Even BlackBerry Can Save BlackBerry Now

BlackBerry's not just hoping they'll have a blockbuster with this new line up. They need to have a blockbuster.
Adam Clark Estes
1.30.13
Stuff

Why Non-Alcoholic Beer Is the Best Kind

I haven’t had any alcohol for a year. I’m not sure I can recommend sobriety for everybody, but it did OK things for me. I don’t blame my problems on other people as much. I can finish a higher percentage of the things I start. If I don’t like something...
Ben Johnson
1.30.13
Design

Move Virtual Objects With Gesture-Control Augmented Reality Glasses

Meta are throwing down the gestural gauntlet when it comes to AR glasses.
Kevin Holmes
1.30.13
Motherboard Blog

Spinning Solar Cones Are the Future of Power

Forget gleaming fusion power plants, the future runs on rotating silicon traffic cones.
Brian Merchant
1.30.13
Motherboard Blog

Singapore Seized Nearly Two Tons of African Ivory

It's still not enough to stop the trade.
Derek Mead
1.30.13
Features

Zombie Nation's Guide To Touring

Considering he's been on the road for 15 years, we figured he'd have some mage-level tips and tricks for hitting the trail.
Florian Senfter
1.30.13
Motherboard Blog

To Drone Proof a City

Inside Asher Kohn's "Shura City" and the architecture of confusion.
Brian Anderson
1.30.13
Art

User Preferences: Tech Q&A With Macrophotographer Thomas Shahan

Each week we chat about the tools of the trade with one outstanding creative to find out exactly how they do what they do.
The Creators Project Staff
1.30.13
Space

South Korea Launched Its First Satellite: The New Space Race Is Heating Up

Space law is going to be even more heavily argued over than it already is.
Derek Mead
1.30.13
Music

A Molecular Look At Creativity In Grizzly Bear's "Gun-Shy"

Director Kris Moyes takes a close look at the bands blood, sweat, and tears.
Kevin Holmes
1.30.13
Motherboard Blog

Free Wi-Fi: The Movement to Give Away Your Internet for the Sake of Humanity

We are strangely territorial when it comes to our wireless networks. The idea of someone siphoning off our precious bandwidth without paying for it is, for most people, completely unacceptable.
Keith Wagstaff
1.30.13
The Greatest Things Of All Time

The Seven Greatest Musician Cameos on Law & Order of All Time

Includes riveting performances by Big Boi, Hillary Duff, and one of the dudes from Fall Out Boy.
Drew Millard
1.30.13
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