Culture Archive

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  Article

  Turntable Rider adds a working DJ setup to your BMX

  By Jeff Blagdon on April 16, 2012 07:08 am + 1 comments

  For today's DJ-slash-BMX rider on the go, Japanese bicycle sharing service Cogoo has put together a Continue reading…

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  Article

  Sergey Brin says China and Iran are bad, but Apple and Facebook threaten the open web too

  By Jeff Blagdon on April 16, 2012 05:27 am + 175 comments

  Google co-founder Sergey Brin is worried about the future of the internet, and not just because of Continue reading…

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  Article

  Andrew W.K. sings the praises of pinball

  By Sam Byford on April 15, 2012 09:09 pm + 7 comments

  Andrew W.K.'s passions: partying, power ballads, and... pinball? That was the takeaway from a recent Continue reading…

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  Article

  Oxford and Vatican libraries to digitize 1.5 million pages of ancient texts

  By Dante D'Orazio on April 15, 2012 03:42 pm + 15 comments

  Two of the oldest libraries in Europe — the Vatican Library and the Bodleian Library at Oxford — Continue reading…

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  Article

  The best tech writing of the week, April 15th

  By Thomas Houston on April 15, 2012 10:13 am + 17 comments

  We all know the feeling. You're sleepless in the sad hours of the night or stumbling around early on Continue reading…

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  Article

  Watch this: Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis in 'Looper'

  By Bryan Bishop on April 14, 2012 06:56 pm + 83 comments

  In Brick, writer-director Rian Johnson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt teamed up to create a stylized Continue reading…

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  Article

  22 percent of Americans don't use the internet, says report; smartphones driving adoption changes

  By Bryan Bishop on April 14, 2012 06:24 am + 42 comments

  The Pew Research Center has released a new study showing that US internet usage patterns have Continue reading…

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  Article

  Tupac and Nate Dogg performing as holograms at Coachella music festival

  By Andrew Webster on April 13, 2012 01:09 pm + 32 comments

  Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg are one of the headlining acts at this year's Coachella music festival, but Continue reading…

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  Feature

  'Akira' creator Katsuhiro Otomo exhibits his life's work

  By Jeff Blagdon on April 13, 2012 11:29 am + 60 comments

  The man behind the seminal work in Japanimation is back with a 3,000-piece exhibition of original Continue reading…

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  Gallery

  Katsuhiro Otomo's Gengaten

  on April 13, 2012 10:30 am

  Katsuhiro Otomo, the man behind the genre-defining Akira anime and manga, is putting on a Continue reading…