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How paying people to be parents has created a baby boom in Finland.

Apr 14, 10:30PM

How paying people to be parents has created a baby boom in Finland. Decoding the maybe-too-flashy urban renewal of once-dangerous Medellín, Colombia. And why a long-standing rivalry between Boston and New York led to the first American subways. Here are today's Urban Reads.

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Kindle Fire HD and HDX On Sale, With Bonus Discounts For Prime Members

Apr 14, 10:22PM

Kindle Fire HD and HDX On Sale, With Bonus Discounts For Prime Members

Amazon is running another promo on their Kindle Fire HD line, but today they're taking things a step further by tacking on an additional 10% off for Prime Members. Here's a free trial.

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This was the view that some lucky campers woke up to this past weekend at Coachella, the music and a

Apr 14, 10:00PM

This was the view that some lucky campers woke up to this past weekend at Coachella, the music and art festival that continues next weekend in Indio, California. Over 100 teepees were hand-painted by local artists and rented as luxury accommodations starting at $2200. [Coachella]

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These Modular Cabinets Are the Coolest Way To Display Precious Things

Apr 14, 9:42PM

These Modular Cabinets Are the Coolest Way To Display Precious Things

There's a case to be made—recently by designer Martino Gamper (and me )—that shelving is the most personal piece of furniture you own; a functional place to store your stuff that also puts it on display, like you're curating own little curio exhibition. The Room collection, by Kyuhyung Cho and Erik Olovsson, might be the most fun modular system I've ever seen. Swoon.

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Three of the World's Prettiest Parking Garages Are In One Small City

Apr 14, 9:20PM

Three of the World's Prettiest Parking Garages Are In One Small City

Parking garages are ugly by their very nature: They're metal cages that take up valuable space in our cities to house our automobiles for a few high-priced hours. But not all garages have to be ugly. In fact, three of the most beautiful are located within a few blocks of each other, in the city of Santa Monica, California.

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An Erasable Whiteboard Elephant That Never Forgets Your Grocery List

Apr 14, 9:00PM

An Erasable Whiteboard Elephant That Never Forgets Your Grocery List

Random text files can get deleted, sticky notes can go missing, but the chances that this seven-inch ceramic elephant goes missing from your desk are slim to nil—who would dare steal such a thing? And that's why it makes for the perfect spot to quickly jot notes and things that need remembering. Well, that and it functions like an erasable whiteboard.

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The 12 Best Games For The PlayStation 4

Apr 14, 9:00PM

The 12 Best Games For The PlayStation 4

You're heading to the store to get a PS4 right now, and need to know which games to get. (Keep your eyes on the road, please!) Or you're home, all set up, realizing you want more stuff to play. Or maybe you're suiting up for a battle in the console war, applying your facepaint and trying to remember which games will best help you make the argument for Sony's new console. We are here to help.

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Gawker Dutch Teen Arrested for Trolling American Airlines with Twitter Threat | Jalopnik Here Are Al

Apr 14, 8:54PM

Gawker Dutch Teen Arrested for Trolling American Airlines with Twitter Threat | Jalopnik Here Are All The Damning Revelations From GM's Recall Documents | Jezebel US Airways Tweets Pic of Woman With Toy Airplane in Her Vagina [NSFW] | Kotaku The Big Thing You Might've Missed During Last Night's Game of Thrones| Kinja Popular Posts

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Homeless New Yorkers Are Living Inside the Manhattan Bridge

Apr 14, 8:40PM

Homeless New Yorkers Are Living Inside the Manhattan Bridge

We've all heard of the lengths to which NYC's homeless have gone to find shelter, from living in abandoned factories to building whole encampments inside subway tunnels. But a report from the New York Post goes one step further, describing how people are now making homes out of small nooks and crannies between the Manhattan Bridge's steel platforms.

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This Could Be the Largest Flying X-Wing Model Yet

Apr 14, 8:20PM

At five feet in length, Rodger Cleye's X-wing could be the largest flying Star Wars model to date. Except that since it's built with a framework of PVC piping to keep it light, it's the last thing the Rebels will ever want to take into battle.

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Medicinal Soft Drinks and Coca-Cola Fiends: The Toxic History of Soda

Apr 14, 8:00PM

Medicinal Soft Drinks and Coca-Cola Fiends: The Toxic History of Soda

Soda's reputation has fallen a bit flat lately: The all-American beverage most recently made headlines due to an FDA investigation of a potential carcinogen, commonly called "caramel coloring," used in many soft-drink recipes. This bit of drama follows other recent stories that paint an unflattering picture of the soda industry, including New York's attempt to ban super-sized drinks, the eviction of soda machines from many public schools, and a spate of new soda-tax proposals. All these regulations are designed to mitigate the unhealthy impacts of Big Soda, such as increasing childhood obesity, in the same way restrictions were slapped on cigarettes in years past.

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A Simple Silicone Sleeve Turns Your iPhone Into a Game Boy

Apr 14, 7:40PM

A Simple Silicone Sleeve Turns Your iPhone Into a Game Boy

The touchscreen generation might not know any better, but those of us who grew up with Game Boys know that physical control pads and buttons will always trump on-screen alternatives. Entire this slide-on silicone sleeve, called the G-PAD, that turns your smartphone into an even better handheld gaming machine.

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An Army of 3D-Printed Bears Went Into This Adorable Animation

Apr 14, 7:20PM

An Army of 3D-Printed Bears Went Into This Adorable Animation

Well, shucks: this Bears on Stairs stop-motion clip is just adorable, and, whaddya know, it's as impressive as it is cute. London-based creative agency DBLG 3D-printed a different figurine for each and every frame of the clip, resulting in surprisingly realistic movement for an angular white mammal.

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Inside Jim Henson's Creature Shop: Where Gadgets and Dreams Collide

Apr 14, 7:00PM

It's not often that you get a chance to see the place where your childhood memories were literally built. It's kind of like peeling back the curtain on your dreams and finding the architects of them busily at work, pulling the strings, painting the scenery, and creating the characters you will vividly remember decades later. That's what it's like to visit Jim Henson's Creature Shop.

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Watch the Amazing Process of Manufacturing an Iconic Eames Shell Chair

Apr 14, 6:40PM

Watch the Amazing Process of Manufacturing an Iconic Eames Shell Chair

When the Eames debuted their now-legendary shell chair in 1950, it became the first mass-produced plastic chair in the world. This wasn't just an aesthetic icon—it was also a wonder of manufacturing and engineering. Now, Herman Miller is giving us a glimpse of how it's made.

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Watch Cortana, Siri, and Google Now Yell at Each Other and Go Insane

Apr 14, 6:27PM

Cortana is the newest member of the virtual assistant family , so we thought we'd get the whole crew together for a chat. Turns out getting a sit-down between Siri, and Google Now is not only funny, but also a great glimpse at how the world will work after the machines finally take over.

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Police Are Testing a "Live Google Earth" To Watch Crime As It Happens

Apr 14, 6:20PM

In Compton last year, police began quietly testing a system that allowed them to do something incredible: Watch every car and person in real time as they ebbed and flowed around the city. Every assault, every purse snatched, every car speeding away was on record—all thanks to an Ohio company that monitors cities from the air.

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Google Bought a Drone Company, Which Isn't At All Creepy, Nope

Apr 14, 6:14PM

The Wall Street Journal has just confirmed that Google will be purchasing Titan Aerospace, the same high-altitude drone startup that Facebook had been in talks with earlier this year .

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It's Utopia Week at Gizmodo

Apr 14, 5:45PM

It's Utopia Week at Gizmodo

Utopia is one of the most loaded words in the English language. Utopia is perfection; utopia is unachievable; utopia is no place. Which is precisely what makes it so interesting. And why this week Gizmodo is taking a look at all things utopian.

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Flash Drives Go Wireless, Flossing Gets Smart, iDevices Get Buttons

Apr 14, 5:45PM

Flash Drives Go Wireless, Flossing Gets Smart, iDevices Get Buttons

This SanDisk flash drive is part of the company's Connect line. The drive streams your media, including documents and video, to your Mac, PC, iPhone, Android, or Kindle, and doesn't need to be plugged in or have a router or an Internet connection to work. The 64GB model is sitting at its lowest price ever, while the 32GB is damn close.

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Shooting Down a Tiny Drone Is Nearly Impossible, Even with Machine Guns

Apr 14, 5:40PM

Turns out, those drone hunting permits that Colorado wisely declined to issue earlier this year man not have done much good anyway. As this video shows, hitting a drone on the wing is really, really hard. Even if you bring fully automatic weapons to the party.

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British Scientists Say They've Created Artificial Blood for Humans

Apr 14, 5:20PM

British Scientists Say They've Created Artificial Blood for Humans

Somebody ring the bell at the blood factory, because it's almost time to get those assembly lines running. Almost. A team of British scientists say they've created red blood cells suitable for transfusion into humans, a breakthrough that could change the lives of millions—if it works.

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The Cool Promise of Machines That Run on Body Heat

Apr 14, 5:00PM

The Cool Promise of Machines That Run on Body Heat

The human body at rest radiates 100 watts of heat—heat that does nothing other than make crowded rooms stuffy. But body heat can be converted to electricity, and new technology is always improving the process. With the rise of wearables, the body heat-powered device becomes an ever more tantalizing promise.

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Missouri Will Scare Speeders With Ear-Piercing Sound Cannons

Apr 14, 4:40PM

Missouri Will Scare Speeders With Ear-Piercing Sound Cannons

What would deter you from speeding? How about a loud, jarring, and utterly annoying noise emanating somewhere from outside your vehicle?

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You'll Never Leave a Charging Cable With a Built-in Alarm Behind

Apr 14, 4:20PM

You'll Never Leave a Charging Cable With a Built-in Alarm Behind

It wouldn't be surprising if Apple made as much money selling replacement charging cables as it did phones and tablets. Those white Lightning cables are easier to lose than socks on laundry day, but now there's an alternative that will actually remind you to pack yours up when you've unplugged your phone.

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