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Tech

Adios, Cooling Towers: The Energy Department Wants Plug-and-Play Nuclear Reactors

01.23.12

By Derek Mead
Tech

Jason Silva’s PSAs for the Future

01.17.12

By ALEX PASTERNACK
Tech

MBTV: Immaculate Telegraphy: Building a Stone Age Electronic Network

01.04.12

By MOTHERBOARD STAFF
Tech

Get ‘Webducated’: Ditching School Forever To Become A Generation of Internet Scholars

12.28.11

By Janus Rose
Tech

Mixtapes Haven’t Killed the Music Industry, So Let’s Keep Trying

12.22.11

By Michael Byrne
Tech

MB Mixtape 2011 .04: Tim Hecker, “The Piano Drop”

12.22.11

By Michael Byrne
Tech

Motherboard’s Favorite Longish Reads of 2011

12.20.11

By Brian Anderson
Tech

New Research Suggests Ignorance Is Less Than Evil in a Democracy

12.15.11

By Michael Byrne
Tech

Luis von Ahn: ‘Captcha’ The Crowd To Translate The Entire Internet

12.08.11

By Janus Rose
Tech

Skyrim Should be a Game About Nothing

12.07.11

By Janus Rose
Tech

Cybering For A Peer-to-Peer Consumer Society

11.28.11

By Janus Rose
Tech

All Reality in the Future Will Be Augmented, via Contact Lenses

11.26.11

By Michael Byrne

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Gaming

Xbox Game Pass Surprises Users With a New 2025 Game Today

Xbox Game Pass adds a 2025 title today and gives players a chance to catch up on the latest installment in the franchise.

04.03.26

By Denny Connolly
Screenshot: The Pokémon Company

Gaming

Pokémon Champions Mega Abilities Leak Reveals Overpowered New Forms

A new leak might have just revealed most of the new Mega Abilities in Pokémon Champions. If true, it makes some Pokémon overpowered.

04.02.26

By Brent Koepp
PlayStation 5s – Credit: Sony

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Amazon Is Still Selling the PlayStation 5 at Its Old, Lower Price

I don’t often urge people to run, run, run and buy a deal, but if you want a PS5 before the price hike kicks in, I wouldn’t wait long past lunch.

04.02.26

By Matt Jancer | Reviewed by Ysolt Usigan
Tunvarat Pruksachat/Getty Images

Life

This ‘Healthy’ Ingredient You’re Probably Eating Might Give You a Stroke

If you’ve had a protein bar that wasn’t inedible, it’s probably because of erythritol. It’s just too bad that it might give you a stroke.

04.02.26

By Luis Prada
Sugar, The Surfing Dog

Life

Remembering Sugar the Surfing Dog, World Champion Dog Surfer

RIP Sugar.

04.02.26

By Luis Prada