New Year's Day Will Likely Be the Coldest in Decades in Eastern US

Chicago, Illinois' reflective Cloud Gate sculpture covered in snow. Photo: AP2017, a dumb and stupid year which even the Pope agrees was pretty miserable,

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German Court Orders Amazon to Stop Advertising 'Birkenstok' Sandals

Photo: Getty ImagesAmazon is no longer permitted to lure in customers who think famous shoe and sandal manufacturer Birkenstock is spelled "Brikenstock," "Birkenstok,"

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Raw Water Is Water For Rich Idiots

Photo: APRich people have had a good-ass 2017, with the stock market and the accumulated net wealth of the top ten percent of earners skyrocketing and the

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Apple's iPhone Throttling Apology Tour Continues With Slash in Battery Replacement Price

Photo: APApple has slashed the price of replacement batteries for out-of-warranty iPhone models the company throttled earlier than expected, lowering the price

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Hackers Broke Into Forever 21's Payment System For Over Half of 2017

Photo: APHackers breached "various point of sales terminals" at retailer Forever 21's storefronts throughout the country, collecting "credit card numbers,

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Developer Tells Her Story Publicly as Hacker Community Struggles to Address Sexual Assault

Photo: GettyAfter several attendees of this year's Chaos Communication Congress (CCC) in Germany said organizers have continued to downplay or ignore issues

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Kidnapped Crypto Exchange Executive Reportedly Paid $1 Million Ransom in Bitcoin

Photo: APHere's one piece of evidence to suggest that cryptocurrency remains an extremely hot commodity despite recent crashes in the price of Bitcoin: Armed

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Proposed State Laws Would Deny Contracts to Net Neutrality Violators

The cliche of the GOP being the party of states' rights has been tired for some time: Republicans have worked to hamper the ability of states trying to stem

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White House Fires Entirety of HIV/AIDs Advisory Council Via FedEx

Photo: APThe White House's purge of Barack Obama-era federal appointees has taken a few more turns with the termination of all remaining 16 members of the

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A 2-Year-Old Chimp Named Betty Died From Common Cold Virus We Didn't Even Know Chimps Could Catch

Poor Betty, seen here in happier times. Photo: Richard Wrangham/University of Wisconsin-MadisonSince time immemorial, humans have had a knack for being complete

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Please, Do Not Send Your Spit to This DNA Dating App

Image: Pheramor/FacebookOnline dating is largely a succession of misery and humiliation, which is why so many of us are willing to pay an algorithm to find

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FTC Report Reveals Just How Awful Robocalls Got This Year

Image: GettyYou're not the only one who has noticed an uptick in annoying robocalls seemingly coming from your same area code.Last week, the Federal Trade

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This Could Be the Oldest Photosynthesizing, Sex-Having Organism

Red algae, which looked really similar to Bangiomorpha (Image: Kelvinsong/Wikimedia Commons)The ancestor to pretty much all boning and photosynthesizing organisms

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States May Have to Wait Nine Months for Federal Help Securing Election Systems

Photo: APCongress has done, well, basically nothing to ensure that the 2018 midterm elections won't be in some way compromised by hackers, even though almost

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Netflix Freaks Out Users with Creepy Black Mirror Marketing Stunt

Image Source: Netflix Users of Turkey's equivalent to Reddit received an unsettling message late last night. Across the site, users began complaining that

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Chrome OS, Not Android, Is Probably the Future of Google Tablets

Image: Alex Cranz/GizmodoIt was inevitable as soon as Android apps were made available on Chrome OS devices. Like an immortal highlander, there could really

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Is Video Game Addiction Unscientific Bullshit?

The Tokyo Game Show 2017 held earlier this September. Photo: GettyThe World Health Organization is on the verge of officially recognizing a phenomenon that

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The One Way Your Laptop Is Actually Slower Than a 30-Year-Old Apple IIe

Image: William Warby/FlickrHave you ever had that nagging sensation that your computer was slower than it used to be? Or that your brand new laptop seemed

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Major Hacker Conference Organizers Accused of Ignoring Harassment, Enabling Abusers

Photo: GettyThis week, at the prominent hacking conference Chaos Communication Congress (CCC), Iranian-Canadian internet researcher Mahsa Alimardani was scheduled

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Uber's Unreal $70 Billion Valuation Really Was Unreal

Image: UberToday Uber, the biggest ride-sharing company in much of the world, got its hands on even more money by selling up to 20 percent of itself to Softbank

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Scientists Observe Strange Double Whirlpool Effect in Ocean for First Time

GIF Slow waves meander westward out in the deep ocean south of Australia. Sometimes they carry with them carry large eddies, whirlpools over 100 miles

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Apple Gives In To Furious Customers, Slashes Price on iPhone Slowdown Fix

Image: GizmodoApple has finally recognized that it will have to do more to calm customers' ire after admitting to, and then apologizing for slowing down their

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Why Has Science Only Cured One Person of HIV?

Image: CDCIn 2007, a young American man living in Berlin became a marvel of modern medicine when, 12 years after he was diagnosed with HIV, the virus suddenly

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Bitcoin's Very Bad Week Continues With South Korea Considering Shut Down of Exchanges

Photo: AP The rush to get in on the cryptocurrency boom has spread around the globe, but nowhere more than in South Korea. That fact hasn't slipped by the

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PSA: Internet Fame Isn't Worth the Burns from This Boiling-Water-Into-Snow Trick

Image: Sippy/YouTubeThree years ago, it seemed like everyone experiencing near-zero temperatures stepped outside with a pot full of boiling water and flung

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Your Selfie Obsession May Be Real, But 'Selfitis' Is a Fake Disease

There is no recognized mental disorder pictured here. Photo: GettyFrom the annals of bad science reporting comes this latest confusion: Media outlets completely

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Apple Keeps Losing Legal Battles to an Italian Company Called 'Steve Jobs'

Photo: AP When two brothers from Naples decided to stop doing fashion design for other companies and start a brand of their own, they went hunting for an

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10 Really Useful macOS Features That You Never Noticed

Image: Michael Sapiton/UnsplashMuch as we love all the new features that roll out with a fresh macOS update every year, we're also rather partial to those

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New Technology We're Actually Excited About for 2018

Image Source: Wikimedia CommonsYes, 2017's biggest tech story was probably about the ways in which social media forced us to rehash old culture wars and

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Study: Hackers Could Disrupt or Crash HDDs Using Only Sound Waves

Photo: Getty ImagesWant to destroy video evidence of a break-in, prevent ATMs from logging malware attacks, or simply shut down a critical computer system?

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After Net Neutrality Vote, Fake Comments Are Still Flooding Federal Websites

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, June 12, 2017. (Photo: AP)Fake comments submitted

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Apple's Legendary Lisa Operating System Is Coming to Your Desktop for Free

Photo: WikimediaApple's Lisa project might be the most loaded chapter in the company's lore, and thanks to the Computer History Museum, you'll soon be able

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Living in North Korea, It Seems, May Be Bad for Your Health

Photo: APAt least four defectors from North Korea's Kilju County, the location of the pariah government's notorious Punggye-ri nuclear test site, have tested

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In 2018, We Will CRISPR Human Beings

Image: FlickrEver since 2012, when researchers first discovered that bacterial immune systems could be hijacked to edit DNA in living creatures, CRISPR has

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Nintendo Risks Pissing Off Developers With Delay of 64 GB Game Cards

Photo: Alex Cranz/Gizmodo One of the only major complaints about the Nintendo Switch is that games are too big to fit on its cartridges and its internal memory

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Google's Whole Hardware Thing Is Confusing the Hell Out of Me

Photo: Alex Cranz/GizmodoCompiling the best and worst gadgets list this year I took note of a very sad fact: Google was on both lists. In its second year thoroughly

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The Great Data Breach Disasters of 2017

Photo: APA week hardly passed this year without a major data breach to remind us of how precarious the state of security was throughout 2017. And while I'd

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Watch us celebrate Star Wars with Honor 7X

On December 9, we celebrated Star Wars and its impact in the world of technology. Auro in New Delhi became our Millenium Falcon for the evening as we welcomed

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Marijuana Use by Pregnant Women Is on the in California

Photo: GettyThe number of moms-to-be who smoke pot while pregnant is higher than we thought and only growing, a study published today in the Journal of the

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Opera's New Crypto-Mining Blocker Is a Great Reason to Try Their Web Browser

Image Source: Opera, Getty The latest nasty security scourge plaguing the internet is cryptojacking. By running hidden code on a seemingly ordinary webpage,

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Japanese Scientists Made a Sweating Robot That Can Finally Pull Off a Sweet Training Montage

This charmer, known as Kengoro, can swing a tennis racket, do pull-ups, and stand on his toes. Photo: Asano, Okada, Inaba, Science Robotics.Japanese scientists

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No One Looks Good in Uber's Bug Bounty Fight

Image: APThis weekend, a security consultant detailed what he believed were serious vulnerabilities in Uber's software-and his disbelief that the company's

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Shady Stem Cell Clinic Twists FDA Quote to Peddle Unregulated Treatment

Photo: GettyStem cell clinics selling bogus, unregulated therapies to treat serious problems like cancer are a major problem in the US, and in November the

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Drug Company Allegedly Bribed Doctors to Sell Its Powerful Opiod Spray

Local robber baron and Insys founder, John Kapoor, seen leaving an Arizona district court after being arrested on racketeering charges last year Photo: APThe

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Wait, Is the iPhone X Expensive?

Photo: GettyWhile analysts are divided over the future demand for the latest iPhone, some are now prophesizing that hey, consumers might be turned off by a

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This Book Is All About Death, Murder, Mourning, and 'an Anatomical Christ'

Life and Death, 17th century, oil on copper. Wellcome Library, London."On an average day, visitors might encounter Dr. Couney's Infant Incubators, where premature

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The August Eclipse Left A 'Wake' in the Earth's Upper Atmosphere

Image: Bernd Thaller/Flickr A total solar eclipse by itself isn't so unusual-the moon shades the Sun every 18 months, from the view of somewhere on Earth.

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Gizmodo Staff's Biggest Purchase Regrets of 2017

Images: Nike, Teenage Engineering, Beyerdynamic, Pro-Marine Supplies99.9 percent of the time, I'm sure every Gizmodo staffer is just like you: thoughtfully

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We Spoke With the Italian Woman Who Can't Feel Pain

Image: Letizia MarsiliEarlier this month, scientists discussed a new syndrome, "Marsili syndrome," a rare disorder in which people feel significantly less

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The Complete Guide to Returning Gifts

Photo: GettyAfter the buzz of giving and receiving gifts comes the less thrilling period of broken-down gadgetry, refunds, and returns. If you're going to

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iPhone X's Face ID Can't Be Used to Verify Family Transactions

Photo: APMany iPhone X users have found themselves unable to use Apple's Face ID to approve family purchases, resulting in them having to enter their passwords

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Theranos Somehow Manages to Snag $100 Million Lifeline

Photo: APTheranos, the beleaguered health care company that has fallen into serious financial trouble since 2016 over allegations its signature blood testing

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OK, Which of You Idiots Pranked Guillermo del Toro With a Crappy Homemade UFO?

Photo: APEarlier this month, news broke that the Pentagon had secretly run a $22 million program to investigate unidentified flying objects-and obtained evidence

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California's Thomas Fire Is Now the Largest Wildfire in Official State History

Photo: APSouthern California's Thomas fire is now officially the largest in modern state history, Cal Fire announced late Friday night, after surpassing the

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How to Tell If Your iPhone Battery Is Screwed and What You Can Do About It

Photo: APEarlier this week, Apple admitted that it is deliberately throttling the performance of older iPhones running newer versions of iOS, explaining that

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As Amazon Ramps Up Furniture and Appliance Business, Home Depot Is Sweating

Photo: APIn early December, pharmacy chain CVS decided to move big time into the insurance market by purchasing Aetna for $69 billion-a move clearly motivated

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FOIA Researchers Are Targeting a Shadowy FBI Program Called 'Gravestone'

Photo: GettyIf you're the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), tasked with rapidly uncovering plots involving terrorism and cybercrime, you want access to

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Simple Cheat Gives You a Free Extra Life in HQ Trivia, No Friend Code Necessary

Image: HQ HQ trivia is so popular that it regularly fails to broadcast its online game show at the proper time. Since its recent launch, users constantly

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Wikileaks' Digital Cats Need a Forever Home

Wikileaks is now in the business of selling digital cats. How far the mighty have fallen. You might remember CryptoKitties, which took off just a few short

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Snake-Like Probe to Get Deepest View Yet Into Damaged Fukushima Reactor

Image: AP/Koji SasaharaA new probe designed specifically to take a deep view of a damaged nuclear reactor at the Fukushima plant was unveiled by Toshiba earlier

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Uber Wishes Its Followers a Happy Puerto Rican Flag Day With the Cuban Flag

Photo: GettyOn Friday, Uber tried to celebrate the anniversary of the Puerto Rican flag's creation on social media. Unfortunately, the company commemorated

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Comcast May Have Enrolled Thousands in a Near-Worthless Protection Program Without Their Consent

Comcast has been embroiled in a legal battle since 2016 regarding potentially deceptive business practices surrounding its "Service Protection Plan"-a $6 a

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Snowden's New App Turns Your Spare Android Phone into a Pocket-Sized Security System

Photo: APNSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has helped create a new way to protect you from potential snoops.Snowden joined with the Freedom of the Press Foundation

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The DMCA is Broken and It's Stopping Fans from Saving Abandoned Games

Image: NCsoftVideos games are a relatively new medium, so most people don't think about what happens to them post-release, years after the shine has worn off

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Coinbase Halts Buying And Selling As Bitcoin Crashes

Photo: APCoinbase, one of the larger markets for buying and selling bitcoin, announced that all buying and selling has been temporarily disabled. The announcement

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The Holidays Make Us Horny, Google Searches Reveal

Seen above, the annual mating dance known as Santacon. Photo: Getty For those of you already weary of the Christmas cheer, a new study published this week

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Bitcoin Crashed and Took the Whole Market Down With It

Photo: Getty The price of bitcoin plunged on Friday, continuing a steady downward spiral that's lasted all week. True believers are shrugging it off, but

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Of Course Apple Is Getting Sued Over the Old iPhone Throttling Fiasco

Image: Alex Cranz/GizmodoNow that Apple has actually admitted to using software updates to limit the performance of older iPhones, people are pissed. So naturally

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Samsung's HMD Odyssey Is the Swankiest Way to Enter Virtual Reality

Image: Alex Cranz/GizmodoThe first time I held Samsung's HMD Odyssey in my hands, there was only one thought in my head: this is not a toy. I didn't think

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Blinking Star Appears to Be Devouring Its Own Planetary Offspring

GIF One possible explanation for the irregular dimming is that the star is stripping away the material from a nearby planet. (Credit: NASA's Goddard Space

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Cryptocurrency-Mining Malware Targets Facebook Messenger Users

Photo: GettySecurity researchers have discovered a cryptocurrency-mining malware targeting Facebook Messenger users.The malware, called Digmine, is disguised

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Eric Schmidt Steps Down as Alphabet's Executive Chairman

Image: APAfter six years as executive chairman-first at Google, then Alphabet-Eric Schmidt announced in a press release today that he will step down, taking

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Married People Are Even More Annoyingly Happy Than We Thought

The only beach wedding I'd ever attend. Image: GettyIf it weren't already vomit-inducing to see your social feeds taken over by newly married friends' smug

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Burger Joint Teams Up With Surveillance Giant to Scan Your Face for Loyalty Points

GIF Image: Vimeo/WinterstoneA burger chain in California will scan your face to take your order, and they've tapped a global surveillance-technology firm

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Man Had So Many Prostate Orgasms He Couldn't Stop, According to New Paper

Image: Mr.Racy/FlickrOne 63-year-old man had so many prostate orgasms that he couldn't stop. If you didn't already know, it's possible for someone with a prostate

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Brutal Fungal Disease Could Threaten Snakes on a Global Scale

An unfortunate northern water snake seen with crusty and thickened scales overlaying raised blisters caused by a fungal skin infection. (Image: USGS National

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Cops Catch Hackers Who Breached 65 Percent of DC's Surveillance System

Photo: Getty Back in January, police acknowledged that a mysterious hack had injected ransomware into Washington DC's CCTV surveillance system. Now authorities

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The Opioid Crisis Has Again Shortened US Life Expectancy

Photo: GettyThe specter that is America's opioid crisis claimed a record high number of lives-more than 40,000-this past year, a new report from the Centers

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In Letter, Uber Said Drivers Didn't Make Advertised Earnings Due to Their 'Choices'

Photo: GettyIn January, Uber settled claims by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that it misled drivers about how much money they could make on the platform.

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Less Internet, Please

Photo: APRemember when surfing the web was a treat? A delicacy almost. You'd fire up the whatever-kilobaud modem and start the pay-per-minute meter running

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Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Secure Election Systems

Photo: APA long-awaited election security bill is finally rolling out today with bipartisan support.The bill, which senators have hinted at for several months,

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North Korea Is Main Suspect in Ruinous Hack of South Korean Bitcoin Exchange

Photo: Getty World War III is going to be dumb. It only seems fitting that Bitcoin could get thrown into the mix of dumb reasons why it might get started.

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Sunken Australian Submarine From WWI Finally Found After 103 Years

The last known photo taken of the HMS AE1. (Image: Australian Navy)Just six weeks into the First World War, Australian submarine HMAS AE1 disappeared without

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The Google Home Max Almost Made My House Go Boom

All photos: Adam Clark EstesThe weird thing about picking up the Google Home Max is the weight. It's only 11 pounds, but it feels heavy, the way speakers used

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Here's Why NASA Selected Its Two Potential New Missions

Image: NASASpace is great, and it is very fun to have an agency that funds research missions to explore things far from our little planet. On Wednesday, NASA

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The NIH Lifted a Ban on Deadly Mutant Virus Research-Here's Why

Biohazard suits in a BSL-4 Lab (Image: AP)The National Institutes of Health has lifted a ban on "gain-of-function" research on Tuesday-the kind of research

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