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Vending Machine Randomly Dispenses Old Books [Video] - PSFK

inspiring creative business PSFK Labs VIDEOS REPORTS EVENTS This vending machine is great for book lovers who can’t decide on their next read. Built by Craig Small for a
AUTHOR:more...
PUBLISHED: Nov. 20, 2012

How I learned a language in 22 hours

Joshua Foer: 'What if, instead of tabbing over to the web browser in search of some nugget of gossip or news, we could scratch the itch by engaging in a meaningful activity, such as learning a…
PUBLISHED: Nov. 9, 2012
LENGTH: 14 minutes (3523 words)

Inside the Mansion—and Mind— of Kim Dotcom, the Most Wanted Man on the Net

Photo: Wilk A. Kim Dotcom is not a pirate. He’s a hero. The savior of my online liberties. A visionary digital entrepreneur. His company Megaupload was a legitimate data-storage business used…
PUBLISHED: Oct. 18, 2012
LENGTH: 41 minutes (10362 words)

The Disappeared: How the fatwa changed Salman Rushdie's life : indepthstories

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Who Wants to Be a Billionaire?

Twice a year, close to 200 teams of aspiring tech entrepreneurs, most in their 20s, converge on Mountain View, in Silicon Valley, vying for a spot at Y Combinator, the seven-year-old seed-funding…
PUBLISHED: Oct. 3, 2012
LENGTH: 20 minutes (5166 words)

The Throwaways

In exchange for leniency, untrained informants are sent out to perform dangerous police operations with few legal protections.
PUBLISHED: Sept. 3, 2012
LENGTH: 31 minutes (7984 words)

Cyborg America: inside the strange new world of basement body hackers

Shawn Sarver took a deep breath and stared at the bottle of Listerine on the counter. “A minty fresh feeling for your mouth... cures bad breath,” he repeated to himself, as the scalpel…
AUTHOR:Ben Popper
SOURCE:The Verge
PUBLISHED: Aug. 8, 2012
LENGTH: 15 minutes (3887 words)

How Apple and Amazon Security Flaws Led to My Epic Hacking | Gadget Lab

Meet Mat Honan. He just had his digital life dissolved by hackers. Photo: Ariel Zambelich/Wired. Illustration: Ross Patton/Wired In the space of one hour, my entire digital life was destroyed. First…
AUTHOR:Mat Honan
PUBLISHED: Aug. 6, 2012
LENGTH: 14 minutes (3578 words)

The Many Lives of Adam Yauch | Music News

Adam Yauch Marina Chavez He had come so far, done so much, played so many roles along the way, but even in the final months of his too-short life, Adam Yauch kept it going full steam. Teenage punk;…
PUBLISHED: June 7, 2012
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1082 words)
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