MySpace, the once dominant social networking website, has now lost an unhealthy percentage of its users -- including ten million in January 2011 alone.
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Radiation in Japan Approaching Chernobyl Levels
As workers continue to struggle to contain the nuclear radiation at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, levels of radiation well outside of the evacuation zone are approaching record levels.
Read More »Behold! Michael Bay’s Angry Birds
This parody video only proves one thing: we must continue to do all we can to stop Michael Bay at every turn.
Read More »Qatar to Use Artificial, Remote-Controlled Clouds for World Cup 2022
To help combat the oppressive heat of a Qatar summer, scientists have devised artificial clouds that can be controlled remotely.
Read More »“E-mail” is Dead. Long Live “Email.”
It's official: "E-mail," the term used since the inception of the service, is dead. From now on, "email" will suffice.
Read More »The .”XXX” Domain Seems to Be a Go
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has again decided to give the ".xxx" domain a go. Workplaces everywhere scramble to block a whole lot of new URLs...
Read More »Gene Therapy Could Be the Answer for Parkinson’s Sufferers
A team from the Feinstein Institute of Medical Research believes that they may have unlocked the secret to treating those suffering from Parkinson's disease.
Read More »iPad: A ‘Miracle Device’ for Autistic Individuals
More and more families are discovering that devices like the iPad can be useful tools to help their autistic or otherwise disabled children communicate with the world around them.
Read More »4chan Founder Speaks at SXSW
Christopher "moot" Poole, the founder of infamous message board 4chan, spoke at South by Southwest. During his keynote, he talked about how 4chan is misunderstood and how Mark Zuckerberg is wrong about Internet anonymity.
Read More »1-in-5 Brits Think Lightsabers Are a Thing That Exists
A surprisingly high number of people in the United Kingdom seem to believe that lightsabers, memory-erasing technology and time travel are all possible.
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