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  • How to Book Travel Online for Less

    27 April 2013, 12:30 pm by: Andrew Tarantola

    With clear skies and rising temperatures around the country, the summer travel season is nearly upon us. And unless you've got money to burn or a first-born to offer, now's the time to book your travel plans. Here's how to get away without breaking the bank.…
  • Stop Worrying, Your Internet Past Is Not Embarrassing

    26 April 2013, 5:22 pm by: Kyle Wagner

    There's something on the internet that you desperately want to keep everyone from seeing. Something you're deeply embarrassed of. That would show all your friends how you're not actually as smart and fashionable and ironically self-aware as you pretend to be.…
  • Why Amazon Wants To Make You Pay Sales Tax

    26 April 2013, 3:15 pm by: Ashley Feinberg

    Our days of sales-taxless, free-love internet revelry may be numbered. Thursday afternoon, the Senate voted to open the floor to a bill that could end tax-free online shopping once and for all.…
  • Michael Bay Is Why Transformers Got So Complicated

    26 April 2013, 12:00 pm by: Kyle Wagner

    Have you tried to put together a Transformer lately? Without an instruction booklet, you stand a better chance of dismantling a nuclear warhead than making Optimus look like Prime, instead of a 16-wheeler with a robot head for a butt. That wasn't always the…
  • An Introduction To Complications: The 21st Century Watch

    26 April 2013, 10:00 am by: peter ha

    Editor's note: This is the last in a series of introductory pieces on mechanical watches from our friends at Hodinkee. You can read the rest here.…
  • Silk: Nature's Homespun Supermaterial

    26 April 2013, 9:30 am by: Jamie Condliffe

    Most of your exposure to silk probably comes in the form of uncomfortably sensual linens or cobwebs in a dusty old closet. In reality, though, silk is an incredible and overlooked material. While it may have roots in the ancient past, it could also form the…
  • Step Inside the Mechanized Fun-House Wasteland of Artist Jon Kessler

    25 April 2013, 4:40 pm by: Michael Hession

    Jon Kessler is an artist known for his kinetic sculptures formed out of ragged machinery and surveillance cameras. His latest installation, The Web, at the Swiss Institute in New York, is a sensory rabbit-hole into to our hyper-connected world.…
  • The Ultimate (Free) Virus Protection Guide

    25 April 2013, 3:20 pm by: Ashley Feinberg

    So you got caught with your pants down on the Internet (figuratively, folks) and contracted a virus. That sucks. Or maybe you were wearing protection but still fell victim to some nasty bit of code that managed to slip by your antivirus software undetected.…
  • Breathing Smarter For Better Performance

    25 April 2013, 2:00 pm by: Brent Rose

    During any form of physical exertion, most people don't think about breath until they're gasping for it. The most advanced exercisers among us are conscious of trying to breathe lower, into their bellies. But there's an even better way, and making this simple…
  • The Next Xbox: Everything We Think We Know

    25 April 2013, 12:19 pm by: Kyle Wagner

    We're finding out about the new Xbox on May 21st. But that doesn't mean we have no idea what's coming. Here's a rundown of everything we know, or think we know, about the next Xbox.…
  • Galaxy S IV Display Shoot-Out: How Does It Compare?

    25 April 2013, 11:36 am by: Brian Barrett

    The Samsung Galaxy S smartphones are by far the most popular Android smartphones, and are flagship products for Samsung to show off its latest and greatest OLED display technology. The display on the Galaxy S4 is a major enhancement and improvement over the…
  • The Systems That Power the Year's Most Sustainable Buildings

    25 April 2013, 10:22 am by: Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

    Only a decade ago, sustainable building techniques were fairly rare, a fringe culture on the periphery of mainstream architecture. But with Stephen Colbert interviewing radically green architects like Mitchell Joachim and Passive House buildings popping up in…
  • An Introduction To Complications: The Perpetual Calendar

    25 April 2013, 10:00 am by: peter ha

    Editor's note: This is part four in a series of introductory pieces on watches from our friends at Hodinkee. You can read part one here, part two here and part three here.…
  • Samsung's Galaxy S4 Camera Versus the Competition

    24 April 2013, 4:40 pm by: Mario Aguilar

    Last month, we tested the best smartphone cameras out there and declared the HTC One's ultrapixel camera the master of all. Now it's time to see how the Samsung Galaxy S4 and Sony Xperia Z measure up.…
  • Here's Your New and Improved Hundred Dollar Bill

    24 April 2013, 2:39 pm by: Leslie Horn

    The Federal Reserve is making it rain new hundred dollar bills on October 8, 2013. They're more colorful, more secure, and easier to authenticate, but harder to replicate. Here's everything that's changed.…
  • The Next Xbox Will Be Announced May 21

    24 April 2013, 1:15 pm by: Kyle Wagner

    Microsoft just announced that it's going to fill us in on the next Xbox, alias Durango, alias Nextbox, on May 21st. The event will take place at Microsoft's home base in Redmond, Washington, but streamed on Spike TV. Here's what we can expect.…
  • It Takes a Small Artistic Army to Bring a Pixar Film To Life

    24 April 2013, 12:00 pm by: Andrew Tarantola

    Monsters Inc blew more than a few minds when it premiered in 2001. Sully's coat comprised a million rendered hairs, and Boo's oversized pink shirt moved with such a natural flow it appeared nearly life-like to audiences. And while advances in technology during…
  • An Introduction To Complications: The Tourbillon

    24 April 2013, 10:00 am by: peter ha

    Editor's note: This is part three in a series of introductory pieces on watches from our friends at Hodinkee. You can read part one here and part two here.…
  • Samsung Galaxy S4 Review: Better, But Not Best

    24 April 2013, 12:01 am by: Brent Rose

    Since it arrived last year, the Galaxy S III has been the world's best-selling smartphone that wasn't born in Cupertino. An impressive feat, but one that—along with Samsung's Megatron-sized hype-machine—has made for sky-high expectations for the sequel.…
  • 9 Incredible Objects That Prove 3D Printers Are Totally Worth it

    23 April 2013, 4:20 pm by: Leslie Horn

    If you've got a 3D printer and a little bit of imagination, you can make pretty much anything. While these machines are still too expensive to be completely ubiquitous, early adopters are making some really amazing things. We got a look at a few of these…
  • How the US Built Its Super-Secret Spy Satellite Program

    23 April 2013, 4:00 pm by: Andrew Tarantola

    Ethics aside, espionage is an indispensable part of statecraft. The ISR [Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance] information gathered helps steer national policy decisions for everything from mundane trade negotiations to the blackest of ops. And…
  • 10 Terrible Tech Frustrations My Toddler Will Never Have

    23 April 2013, 1:00 pm by: Ashley Feinberg

    When I was growing up, my parents would tell me about all the ancient technologies they had to use in their youth. Whether it was a car with a manual choke, a phone that required you to ask an operator to connect you, or a record player with a hand crank, mom…
  • Charging Gadgets While You Bike Is About to Get a Lot Simpler

    23 April 2013, 11:55 am by: Brent Rose

    Ever gone for a long bike ride in unfamiliar territory? Probably used your phone's GPS to help navigate, right? Convenient. However, that also makes running out of juice more than just a small annoyance. Siva Cycle's Atom might just solve that, and a host of…
  • An Introduction To Complications: The Chronograph

    23 April 2013, 11:40 am by: peter ha

    Editor's note: This is part two of a series of introductory pieces on watches from our friends at Hodinkee. You can read part one here.…
  • The Only Thing Apple Really Sells

    23 April 2013, 10:21 am by: Brian Barrett

    A recent Wall Street Journal article posits an interesting question: Is Apple a hardware company or a software company? Does it sell iPhones or iClouds? The answer has deep meaning for the analysts who evaluate the company's worth. It's framed as an identity…

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