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Memories.GIF, Lest We Forget Steve Jobs

One year ago today, the world of technology, the family of Jobs and everyone who waits in line for iPods and iPhones, iMacs and iPads lost someone special. Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, died this day at the young age of 56 after an incredible battle...
Daniel Stuckey
10.6.12
Question Of The Day

Would You Rather Be Peed on by Everyone in Japan or Have Sex with Everyone in London?

Did you know that the population of Japan is capable of producing 64 million liters of urine in one go? Or that it would take 69 years to have sex with every member of the opposite sex in London between the ages of 16 and 60? (That's three million...
Sam Clements and Matt Shea
10.5.12
Motherboard Blog

America's Media Loves Global Warming Skeptics

f you are among the group of people in America that “get” science, you probably share in the general frustration that global warming here masquerades as a “controversy” or unsettled issue — in which there are good, supported arguments on both sides...
Michael Byrne
10.5.12
Boys Noize

Creators Remix Roundup: Four Tet, Birdy Nam Nam, And Passion Pit

Four Tet remixes Faulty DL, Boys Noize electrifies Cut Copy, and Passion Pit screens the folksy-ness out of Imagine Dragons.
The Creators Project Staff
10.5.12
Photos of Girls at Shows

Nick Gazin's Photos Of Girls At Shows - Volume 17

And after the show it's the...
Nick Gazin
10.5.12
Motherboard Blog

Why is This NYC School Teacher Livestreaming From the Rubber Room?

Francesco Portelos is a NYC teacher who, after having raised questions about budgeting at I.S. 49 Berta A. Dreyfus (a Staten Island school he’s been suspended from), is now taking viewers inside a rubber room he’s been stationed at.
Daniel Stuckey
10.5.12
Motherboard Blog

Jay-Z Is Livestreaming His Final Brooklyn Show, So You Can Party at Home for Almost Free

Jay-Z is currently in the middle of eight sold-out shows at the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn, home to the Brooklyn Nets, of which he owns a very small stake. It’s the perfect example of why he’s such a highly regarded mogul: He has an unrivaled...
Derek Mead
10.5.12
Cash Money Records

Cash, Money, Records - Designer/Artist Rob Carmichael

If you’ve heard new music from Animal Collective, Dan Deacon, or Real Estate, chances are you’ve seen Rob Carmichael’s design work on a record sleeve.
Matt Putrino
10.5.12
Tech

The U.S. Senate Now Has a Drone Caucus

And guess what? One of its co-chairs isn't too fond of Muslims.
Michael Arria
10.5.12
Pen Pals

Rape-Os in Prison

There is a jailhouse rumor that everyone is asked to produce “their papers” when they arrive at a prison to prove that they don’t have anything shady on their rap sheet, but that’s not really true. The same goes for the myth that all touchers are...
Bert Burykill
10.5.12
Music

Futuristic MIDI Control iPad App Beatsurfing Updated For Two-man Collaborative Beat Crushing

A killer demonstration of the dual touchscreen interface from Belgian producers Herrmutt Lobby.
Abdullah Saeed
10.5.12
Motherboard Blog

Meet Jim Inhofe, The Bigoted Senator That Formed the U.S. Senate's Drone Caucus

For the last three years, the House Unmanned Systems Caucus has fought for the interests of drone manufacturers in the House of Representatives. “The Congressional Unmanned Systems Caucus’ goal is to educate members of Congress on every facet of this...
Michael Arria
10.5.12
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