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5 Absurd Sleep Inventions That Somehow Got Patented

01.19.16

By Sarah Jeong
Tech

IBM’s Latest Patent Trove Looks to Make Computers More Humanlike

01.13.16

By Kaleigh Rogers
Tech

Japan’s 87-Year-Old Patent King Is Trying to Invent Treatment for His Own Cancer

01.11.16

By Emiko Jozuka
Tech

Sarah Jeong Is Still Trying to Change Her Facebook Name to ‘A Literal Psyduck’

01.05.16

By Matthew Braga
Tech

The 11 Stupidest Patents of 2015

01.01.16

By Daniel Oberhaus
Tech

Amazon Is Developing Augmented Reality Without the Dorky Headgear

12.02.15

By Rachel Pick
Tech

The Processor in the iPhone 6 Could Cost Apple $862 Million

10.14.15

By Nicholas Deleon
Tech

Android is Microsoft’s Mobile Trojan Horse

10.02.15

By Nicholas Deleon
Tech

Pharmaceutical Gremlin Martin Shkreli Is Nothing Compared to the TPP

09.29.15

By Jordan Pearson
Tech

Are the Bitcoin Patent Wars About to Begin?

09.23.15

By Jordan Pearson
Tech

Apple Is Not Planning to Be Your Wireless Carrier

08.04.15

By Nicholas Deleon
Tech

How Google Renewed Its Fight Against Patent Trolls

08.04.15

By Sarah Jeong

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Sonos Beam (2nd Generation) – Credit: Sonos

Tech

Want a Sonos Home Theater Upgrade on a Budget? The Beam Soundbar Is Just $369.

Want better audio without having to sell a kidney? Sonos’ semi-affordable soundbar is on sale for a price that goes full-blown affordable.

06.05.25

By Matt Jancer
Empa

News

Scientists Used Mushrooms To Invent a Plastic That’s Alive

06.05.25

By Luis Prada
DJI Drone – Credit: DJI

News

Dji Is… Happy That the White House Will Decide Next Week on Whether To Ban Its Drones?

DJI has swagger as the US government fulfills it wishes and takes a rumored imminent look into whether the Chinese company can keep operating as usual in the US.

06.05.25

By Matt Jancer
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News

There Are 8.2 Billion People on Earth—but There Might Actually Be Billions More

06.05.25

By Luis Prada
Photo by Rijksmuseum/Kelly Schenk

Life

Rare 200-Year-Old Condom Goes on Display at Dutch Museum

A Dutch museum decided to put quite an unusual object on display in its most recent exhibit—a 19th century condom.

06.05.25

By Paige Gawley