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Write 500 Words About Nothing, Use the Words "Apple" and "iPhone," Get One Million Views

"A recent article":http://articles.cnn.com/2011-04-28/tech/iphone.6.rumors_1_iphone-android-phones-apple-insider?_s=PM:TECH by CNN Tech blogger John Sutter makes the claim that, despite Apple's recent release of a white iPhone 4 (and kudos to Apple, by...
Brutish Short
5.2.11
Music

Reggie Watts' "Deconstruction" Demystifies The One Man Band

The one man music machine shows us how his sophisticated brand of R&B is put together.
Julia Kaganskiy
5.2.11
News

Pop Vox - How Would You Kill Osama?

As everyone knows by now, Osama bin Laden is dead--shot by elite Navy SEALs as they stormed his compound in Pakistan (we're kinda picturing the end of You Only Live Twice, where James Bond and a bunch of ninjas kill all the bad guys in their volcano...
Harry Cheadle
5.2.11
Motherboard Blog

How to Prove You Killed Osama bin Laden: a Brain Sample in Boston

It's not yet been verified, but an ABC News report claims that Osama bin Laden's body was positively identified using not only facial recognition but on an analysis based on DNA from his dead sister's brain, gathered by federal agents when she died of...
ALEX PASTERNACK
5.2.11
Motherboard Blog

How Osama bin Laden Was Killed, The Taiwanese 3D Animated Version

_Update_: the original video has been removed from YouTube; I've placed another NMA animation in its place. When a news story lacks enough video, "Taiwan's NMA":http://motherboard.tv/search/posts?keyword=nma&commit=Search make 3D animations with...
Videodrome
5.2.11
Film

Venture Into Chernobyl's Forbidden Zone To Discover "The End Of Civilization And Culture"

French photojournalists wandered in the forbidden zone surrounding the site of the worst nuclear disaster we’ve ever seen.
Morgan Poyau
5.2.11
Motherboard Blog

Where in the World Has Osama Bin Hiding

The town of Abbottabad, Pakistan, not far from the capitol Islamabad, is a quiet and mild-mannered place befitting of its strong military presence.
ALEX PASTERNACK
5.2.11
Motherboard Blog

How the Taliban Thrives in Pakistan: VBS TV

In a January 2011 trip to Pakistan to produce this report on the recent spike in the region’s violence and bloodshed, Vice's Suroosh Alvi heard over and over again the same sentiment: America’s war on terror is falling flat on its face as the country's...
MOTHERBOARD STAFF
5.2.11
video

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The Creators Project
5.2.11
Design

Original Creators: Sang-Soo Ahn

We take a look at some iconic artists from numerous disciplines who have left an enduring and indelible mark on today’s creators.
Kyuhee Baik
5.2.11
Motherboard Blog

Ones and Zeros 5/2/11: Facebook Does What it Wants, Google's Not Not Evil

_A hearty list of links from around the web. One obvious story left out (see post image) for posterity's sake. I'll be damned if I wind up linking to some story that winds up having all its facts deflated by my conspiracy theorist friends. ONE IT UP...
Ones Zeros
5.2.11
News

I WAS AT OSAMA'S DEATH PARTY

Andy Capper
5.2.11
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