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Lexus Says They've Invented World's First Hoverboard

Jun 26

While governments are inventing new ways to kill people, Lexus claims they've invented the world's first real hoverboard.

"The Lexus Hoverboard uses magnetic levitation to achieve amazing frictionless movement. Liquid nitrogen cooled superconductors and permanent magnets combine to a... (more)

Should Your Self-Driving Car Be Programmed To Kill You If It Means Saving A Dozen Other Lives?

Techdirt

Jun 17

The Ingenious Plan for the Ocean to Clean Itself Is Led By a 20-Year-Old

Gizmodo

Jun 10

Pirate Bay Co-Founder Fredrik Neij Released From Prison

TorrentFreak

Jun 02

Gay Marriage Study Retracted After Allegations of Fake Data

Politico

May 26

Pirate Bay Loses New Domain Name, Hydra Lives On

TorrentFreak

May 22

Liberals pressure AP to call climate change skeptics 'deniers,' bar word in stylebook

Washington Examiner

May 14

The Migration of Guns from Physical to Digital

Jeffrey Tucker

May 13

Suing the government is always risky. It's mostly unsuccessful. But the inventor of the first 3-D-printed gun ("The Liberator") is forging ahead anyway. He has filed suit against the US Department of State for forcing him to take down his digital files from the Internet.

The New York Times quoted several constitutional attorneys who believe that Wilson case... (more)

You Can't Defend Public Libraries and Oppose File-Sharing

TorrentFreak

May 11

3-D Printed Gun Lawsuit Starts the War Between Arms Control and Free Speech

Wired

May 07

Global warming ‘pause’ expands to ‘new record length': No warming for 18 years 5 months

Climate Depot

May 06

The Rise & Fall Of Silk Road

Wired

May 04

KickassTorrents .IM Domain Seized Within 24 Hours, Next Stop .CR

TorrentFreak

Apr 24

The Ingenious Design of the Aluminum Beverage Can

Engineer Guy

Apr 15

Bill details the engineering choices underlying the design of a beverage can. He explains why it is cylindrical, outlines the manufacturing steps needed to created the can, notes why the can narrows near it lid, show close ups of the double-seam that hold the lid on, and details the complex operation of the tab that opens the can.

Florida Judge: IP-Address Doesn't Identify a Movie Pirate

TorrentFreak

Apr 12

The filmmakers behind the action movie "Manny" have filed hundreds of lawsuits against BitTorrent pirates this year, but not all have been successful. In a prominent ruling Florida District Court Judge Ursula Ungaro refused to issue a subpoena, arguing that IP-address evidence is not enough to show who has downloaded a pirated movie.

While relatively underreported, many U.S. district courts are still swamped with lawsuits against alleged film pirates.

One of the ne... (more)

BMW Working to Develop Crash-Proof Car, Sensors Used to Avoid Accidents

InformationLiberation

Apr 07

While the government is busy trying to find new ways to kill people, the market actors at BMW are working to create a "crash-proof" car which uses advanced sensors to avoid collisions. They say you can gun your car into a wall and it'll stop itself on a d... (more)

Security Audit Of TrueCrypt Doesn't Find Any Backdoors -- But What Will Happen To TrueCrypt?

Techdirt

Apr 04

Over the past few years we've followed the saga of TrueCrypt. The popular and widely used full disk encryption system got some attention soon after the initial Snowden leaks when people started realizing that no one really knew who was behind TrueCrypt, and that the software had not been fully audited. Cryptographer Matthew Green decided to ... (more)

Global Warming Consensus Claim Does Not Stand Up

Richard Tol

Mar 31

Nintendo Nukes Fan-Made Super Mario 64 HD Browser Game

TorrentFreak

Mar 31

Autistic Child Improves On Antibiotics; Father Seeks Research Into Brain-Gut Bacteria

Standard Daily

Mar 25