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The Nation's Most Unequal City Isn't NYC or San Francisco

Feb 25, 8:20PM

The Nation's Most Unequal City Isn't NYC or San Francisco

Thanks to battles over nightmarish rent-controlled apartments and privatized public transit, cities like New York and San Francisco have reputations as deeply unequal places. Yet a new report revealing the true least equal cities in the U.S. might surprise you.

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Hipster Beard Transplants Are All the Rage These Days

Feb 25, 8:00PM

Hipster Beard Transplants Are All the Rage These Days

Everybody's heard of hair plugs, but did you realize you could get a full beard transplant? A growing number of men in New York and elsewhere are catching on. It's apparently becoming a very popular thing to do, especially in hipster-packed neighborhoods like Williamsburg and Bushwick.

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Leaked Image of Super Tiny Samsung Mirrorless Camera Is Kind of Crazy

Feb 25, 7:50PM

Leaked Image of Super Tiny Samsung Mirrorless Camera Is Kind of Crazy

Some folks at NXRumors have dug up an image of what is purportedly a new mirrorless camera from Samsung. It's incredibly small looking, and selfie-ready!

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Tour the Opulent, Evacuated McMansions of Ukraine's Fallen Leaders

Feb 25, 7:40PM

Tour the Opulent, Evacuated McMansions of Ukraine's Fallen Leaders

Earlier this week, surreal images emerged of Ukrainian protesters storming the palace of President Viktor Yanukovych, who fled the capital city after violent unrest. Now, protesters have made their way into another mansion, the home of attorney general Victor P. Pshonka. No ostriches, as were found on Yanukovych's estate, but there are Fabergé eggs!

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How Can Houston Preserve Its Aging Astrodome?

Feb 25, 7:00PM

How Can Houston Preserve Its Aging Astrodome?

Imagine a football stadium that was so technologically game-changing that it became the model for all future sporting venues ever built. Until it was suddenly abandoned 15 years ago. As part of our series Preservation Battle, we look at significant buildings on the brink of demise—where you've been able to find Houston's Astrodome for quite some time.

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This Is What I See Every Time You Tell Me How Cool Oculus Rift Is

Feb 25, 6:50PM

This Is What I See Every Time You Tell Me How Cool Oculus Rift Is

Virtual reality sure is cute. And, yes, I do mean that in the most condescending way possible.

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$25 Bluetooth Speaker, 50% off Otterboxes, HP Chromebook 11 [Deals]

Feb 25, 6:45PM

$25 Bluetooth Speaker, 50% off Otterboxes, HP Chromebook 11 [Deals]

Featuring an adorable design, 10 hour battery, and fantastic Amazon reviews, Anker's Bluetooth speaker will only set you back $25 today. For that price, you could probably put one in every room of your house.

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Here's What a Solar Flare Looks Like In Different Wavelengths of Light

Feb 25, 6:40PM

Here's What a Solar Flare Looks Like In Different Wavelengths of Light

Yesterday, the sun spewed out an X-class solar flare. It hit its angriest peak just before 8pm last night, and NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory—which is on sun watch 24/7—caught it on camera through six different wavelengths.

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The Fix for Apple's Scary OS X Security Flaw Is Here

Feb 25, 6:13PM

The Fix for Apple's Scary OS X Security Flaw Is Here

Apple has prepared a fix for the scary OS X security flaw that lets somebody with "privileged access" to your network connection get at information you think is secure. It's in the App Store now. Here's what you need to know about the fix.

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What It's Like to Watch Ghostbusters for the First Time

Feb 25, 6:00PM

What It's Like to Watch Ghostbusters for the First Time

When Harold Ramis passed yesterday, we—like most of you—shared our favorite memories and moments from his works, our own way of memorializing a great man we'd never met. It didn't take long to uncover the fact that while Groundhog Day is one of my favorite movies, I had a shameful secret. I've never seen Ghostbusters. At least, I hadn't until yesterday afternoon.

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A Seamless Jacket Made From a Single Piece of Origami-Folded Fabric

Feb 25, 5:40PM

A Seamless Jacket Made From a Single Piece of Origami-Folded Fabric

Seams can be your biggest enemy when you're trying to design a jacket that's both lightweight and wind/waterproof. So The North Face engineered its new Fuse Uno jacket to assemble from a single piece of fabric like a complex origami model, reducing the number of seams that need to be stitched and sealed.

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The Mobile App Driving Venezuela's Anti-Government Protests

Feb 25, 5:20PM

The Mobile App Driving Venezuela's Anti-Government Protests

Zello is a walkie-talkie app made by a small company based in Austin, Texas—but if you've heard of it, it's probably because you've been following the news in Venezuela or Ukraine. Some of its biggest users are protesters taking to the streets. The app's creators hadn't planned on getting involved in political revolutions, so you could say this is one hell of a pivot.

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App-pocalypse Now

Feb 25, 5:01PM

App-pocalypse Now

I'm getting pretty sick of being nagged to install your damn apps.

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This stunning image of a crowded, multi-layered library is not the work of M.C.

Feb 25, 4:55PM

This stunning image of a crowded, multi-layered library is not the work of M.C. Escher. It's actually the National Library of China in Beijing, as featured in Travel 365. The library looks big because it is big: the fifth largest in the world, in fact, with over 24 million items in 1.8 million square feet. [National Geographic Travel]

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This Washing Machine Cleans Clothes With Plastic Beads Instead of Water

Feb 25, 4:40PM

This Washing Machine Cleans Clothes With Plastic Beads Instead of Water

While today's high-efficiency washing machines use far less water than their predecessors, they still consume between 10 and 24 gallons of water per load—and as much as 9,000 gallons per US household per year. That's a lot of water just for cleaning clothes, especially with the growing drought conditions throughout the American West. But Xeros' revolutionary washing machines could reduce our laundry water usage to a trickle, using... plastic beads?

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Why Hasn't Apple Fixed Its Massive Security Flaw Yet? (Update: Fixed!)

Feb 25, 4:28PM

Why Hasn't Apple Fixed Its Massive Security Flaw Yet? (Update: Fixed!)

On Friday, Apple quietly released a patch of what turned out to be a serious iOS security flaw. Five days later, that bug is still very much present in OS X, meaning your MacBook is more at risk than ever. So why hasn't Apple fixed it yet?

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See The New Xbox One Dashboard In Action

Feb 25, 4:13PM

Get a good look at the Xbox One's new dashboard update in this video released by Microsoft's Major Nelson today.

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QPlay: A Spotify For Video That Streams to Your TV

Feb 25, 4:00PM

QPlay: A Spotify For Video That Streams to Your TV

While Google Chromecast, Apple TV, and Roku have shifted streaming content from our mobile devices to our televisions, they're often incomplete solutions. There's a whole Internet worth of video content—from news feeds to public broadcasting productions—that the Chromecast just won't play. But the Qplay will.

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What Do You Think About Apple HQ's Official Steve Jobs Statue?

Feb 25, 3:40PM

What Do You Think About Apple HQ's Official Steve Jobs Statue?

Of the over 10,000 entries submitted, Apple has officially chosen this piece, created by Belgrade sculptor Dragan Radenović, to commemorate and remember Steve Jobs who lost his battle with cancer almost two and a half years ago.

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No, Vaccines Don't Cause Autism

Feb 25, 3:20PM

No, Vaccines Don't Cause Autism

In 1998, there was a groundbreaking study telling parents that their children were at risk of getting autism from vaccines. Parents everywhere collectively gasped. After all, they had been told for years vaccines were the best way to prevent any number of unwanted diseases. Now they find out the very treatment they thought was making their children better could potentially result in devastating consequences, at least in the case of low-functioning Autism.

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This Public Toilet Turns Pee Into Street Trees

Feb 25, 3:00PM

This Public Toilet Turns Pee Into Street Trees

Public toilets are notorious for unsavory behavior and even more unsavory smells. The PPlanter is both a public toilet and a planter, composting the pee it collects to nourish pots of bamboo. And it's apparently odor-free.

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New iOS Security Flaw Lets Malicious Apps See All Your Keystrokes

Feb 25, 2:43PM

New iOS Security Flaw Lets Malicious Apps See All Your Keystrokes

Just days after patching a rampant security flaw in iOS, another one has popped up in its stead. According to network security company FireEye, there's a bug in even the latest version of iOS that can let malicious apps track your every keystroke with ease.

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Spotify salvation is coming for Windows Phone 8 users in the form of an app update "this spring," br

Feb 25, 2:40PM

Spotify salvation is coming for Windows Phone 8 users in the form of an app update "this spring," bringing overdue Radio, Browse and Discover features to WinPho. The current Spotify app for the platform is terrible, so this can't happen soon enough.

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New App Lets You Stream All the Disney Movies You Own In One Place

Feb 25, 2:29PM

New App Lets You Stream All the Disney Movies You Own In One Place

Fire your babysitter, because Disney just dropped a brand new app that lets you watch Disney, Pixar, and Marvel movies you bought on iTunes and ones you own on DVD from your iPhone or iPad. Eureka.

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What Counts As a Computer These Days?

Feb 25, 2:20PM

There was a time when computers were easy to spot: They filled rooms, blinked lights and whirred with fans. But these days, computers are becoming harder and harder to see. In fact, you've got at least one in your pocket right now.

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