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Gaming

America's Unused Game Consoles Eat Up as Much Power as All of Houston
The latest consoles are delivering higher graphics with less power, but they just don't stand-by like they used to.
Ben Richmond
5.16.14
Last Chance High

Last Chance High (Episode 7)
A troubled teen and his disabled mother find a potential savior in a former gang member.
VICE News
5.16.14
Words

Graphic Grooves: Dance Music and Design Since 1983
Sometimes, it's not all about the music.
Elissa Stolman
5.16.14
Music

Matthew Herbert's "20 Pianos" Features Electronic Modifications Of 20 Legendary Keyboards
For the Oxford Contemporary Music Festival, Herbert has updated even the ivories John Lennon used for "Imagine" is
DJ Pangburn
5.16.14
Crime

The Lithuanian Mob Was Smuggling Cigarettes Into Russia with a Drone
Beating Amazon to the punch by at least a couple years.
Jason Koebler
5.16.14
Interviews

Tech Life: Brian Keith Diaz Talks about Two Decades of Touring with Guns N' Roses and Fall Out Boy
From being in a cramped van with ska bands to massive tour buses, he's seen it all.
Jonathan Diener
5.16.14
machines

Google Glass Could Tap Into Your Brain to Sell Ads
By combining geolocation and eye-tracking with brainwave data like mood and taste, Google could serve up hyper-personalized ads.
Meghan Neal
5.16.14
robots

Meet the 21-Year-Old Who Built a Robot Arm You Control With Your Face
Ryan Mintz managed to do with a few thousand bucks what DARPA spent millions of dollars doing: he built a robotic arm that responds to human brain waves.
Jordan Pearson
5.16.14
News

Opposition Is Mounting Against the Conservatives’ Surveillance-Friendly Cyberbullying Bill
Bill C-13, which seeks to criminalize ‘revenge porn,' has been criticized roundly by lawyers, activists, journalists, NGOs, and even the families and survivors of cyberbullying themselves. None of this has done much to dissuade the Tories from pursuing...
Justin Ling
5.16.14
Fashion

Soft Taboo: An Interview with Andreas Kronthaler
"The trend towards luxury is irritating. There are people buying a crocodile handbag worth thousands of pounds, wearing it with Jeans and a sweatshirt. I don’t know what’s supposed to be luxurious about this. You know, it just doesn’t make sense."
Magdalena Vukovic
5.16.14
Opinion and Analysis

The True Barbarism of Guantanamo Force-Feeding
Claims that US military manipulated force-feeding data makes show a cruel practice to be even worse.
Natasha Lennard
5.16.14
2014 World Cup

São Paulo Streets Burn as Brazil’s Protesters Promise ‘Fighting’ Ahead of World Cup
The International Day of World Cup Resistance devolved into chaos on the streets of São Paulo Thursday night as police fired stun grenades.
Eva Hershaw
5.16.14
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