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June 12, 2014
Have Questions About Proper Pot Dosage? You Can Consult A Virtual Budtender With CannaBuild
A service to help marijuana patients learn about their medicine, CannaBuild announced $225,000 in seed funding (no pun intended) Thursday.
Earlier this month, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd wrote about the trip of a lifetime when she ate a bit too much edible marijuana on her tour of Colorado. Though it would've made for a less entertaining article, proper dosing could have prevented her freak-out.
Powermat Teams With Starbucks To Roll Out Wireless Chargers Nationwide
Pretty soon, anyone with a Powermat compatible case will be able to charge their phone at Starbucks nationwide.
Here's something to keep in mind the next time you're ordering a venti frappuccino: Starting this year, Starbucks will be building Powermat wireless chargers into its tables and counters, meaning anyone with a compatible wireless charging case or ring (pictured below) can charge their Samsung or iPhone without having to lug around the power cord. All you have to do is put your phone down next to it.
Fool People Into Thinking You're A Soccer Expert With This World Cup Tool
New to the World Cup and don't want to sound like an idiot? This nifty tool by Neil Charles will give you an edge on the TV announcers.
The global nature of soccer can make the experience of becoming a new fan overwhelming. There are thousands of teams in hundreds of leagues to keep track of. Then, of course, there are the players on each of those teams. Where do you even begin?
The First 3-D Printer In Space Will Shake Up NASA's Planning-Obsessed Culture
This August, the space agency will try something it's never attempted before--producing critical parts after the mission has already launched.
This story includes interviews with Made in Space founders Aaron Kemmer, Mike Snyder, Jason Dunn, and Mike Chen as well as NASA's Niki Werkheiser.
Ahead Of World Cup, Astronauts Show Off Mad Soccer Skills In Zero Gravity
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station had some fun filming an eye-popping video to wish the teams in Brazil good luck.
Just because the International Space Station is hundreds of miles above the Earth doesn't mean its astronauts won't be tuning into the World Cup, which starts today.
After Restoring Its Service, Feedly Is Hit With Second DDoS Attack
Feedly said no user data was compromised by either attack.
RSS reader Feedly spent most of Wednesday on the defense, restoring its service after being hit with a distributed-denial-of-service attack. The victory was short-lived. Hackers launched a second attack late Wednesday or early Thursday, which the company is working to neutralize.
Watch: Famous Designers Disown The World's Most Recognizable Typeface
A short film explores the history and future of Times New Roman, a legendary typeface no one wants to touch.
Since its creation in 1931, Times New Roman has risen to become the world's most famous typeface, so much so that even non-typography nerds can reliably name it. But as a new short from The Times' Unquiet Film Series reveals, most contemporary designers rarely use it, unless they're making a kind of meta statement about typography.
How Marvel's API Will Change Cultural Criticism
Once again, comic fans are blazing a new path online.
Anyone who gets their news online knows data journalists are trying to change cultural criticism. Browse around today and you can see Vox.com explaining the "7 things Kindle highlights tell us about readers," or Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight supposedly proving boy bands are awful, or Slate's explanation of why readers' opinions of a book drop after it wins a prize. But we're still waiting for a transformative voice, the equivalent of Billy Bean outsmarting Major League Baseball's system in 2002 or Nate Silver embarrassing career election prognosticators in 2012.
June 11, 2014
Feedly Refuses To Pay Ransom To Hackers Holding Its Service Hostage
A DDoS attack took down the RSS reader most of Wednesday morning. The service is still not back up.
Are you a Feedly fan missing the news today? You're not alone. Hackers have hit RSS reader Feedly with distributed-denial-of-service attacks. The company said Wednesday it refuses to pay the ransom the attackers are demanding.
On Two Continents, Cabbies Protest Uber By Bringing Traffic To A Standstill
Demonstrations in London, Paris, Madrid, and Berlin have disrupted traffic in major commercial centers.
Cabbies across Europe are protesting e-hailing app Uber on Wednesday by disrupting traffic in major metropolitan areas.
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