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Amazon Introduces Echo, A Voice-Activated Digital Assistant Device
Amazon has announced Echo, a voice-activated digital assistant device. Echo offers always-on listening capability to answer questions with a pleasant robotic voice or search the…
Man Encounters Some Very Unusual Challenges While Taking His Cat to the Vet
Vincent Moore, an actor and performer with the Upright Citizens Brigade, attempts to take his cat to the vet and encounters some unusual challenges along…
Close-Up Footage of Popcorn Kernels Popping in Super Slow Motion
Taras Kulakov (a.k.a. “Crazy Russian Hacker“) and his brother Dima of Slow Mo Lab (previously) recently created a close-up video of popcorn kernels popping in…
Live Stream of the Magnus Carlsen vs. Viswanathan Anand 2014 World Chess Championship
Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand will compete for the title of World Chess Champion during the 2014 World Chess Championship held in Sochi, Russia from…
‘The Genealogy of Wine’, An Art Print by Pop Chart Lab Tracing the Origins of 640 Different Wines
Pop Chart Lab has created “The Genealogy of Wine,” a beautifully informative art print that traces the origins of 640 different wines. A genealogical investigation…
The Count Is Offered the Noble Prize for Counting on ‘Sesame Street’ in a Tribute to the Classic Character
Sesame Street recently paid tribute to the character of Count von Count, commonly known as “The Count” in a recent episode. The Count is scheduled…
Delightful Illustrations of Movie Titles That Have Been Cleverly Altered With a Single Typo
Pup Fiction: “Two mob hit dogs go after a poodle who wrote a slanderous op-ed about their boss.” Writer and designer Austin Light has created…
A Nicolas Cage Vinyl Adhesive Adventure Set Featuring Nine Reusable Stickers and a Double-Sided Backdrop
Los Angeles-based artist Brandon Bird has created a new Nicolas Cage Adventure Set, which comes with nine reusable vinyl cling stickers and a double-sided backdrop…
Marmalade the Cat Has Cancer and Needs Help Paying for His Chemotherapy
Marmalade, the sweet and very vocal one-year-old striped ginger cat who makes up one half of the popular feline Cole & Marmalade duo (previously), was…
Disney Announces That the Title of the Next ‘Star Wars’ Film Will Be ‘Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens’
On its final day of shooting, the much-anticipated, upcoming Star Wars Episode VII (previously), directed by J.J. Abrams, has been given the subtitle The Force…