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Super Bowl XLVII in pictures: four days at the world's greatest shrine to football

By David Pierce on February 4, 2013 11:22 am + 118 comments

"Can you take a picture of us?" If I had a nickel for every time someone asked me that while I was Continue reading…
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Photography's faithful flock to Japan's biggest camera show

By Jeff Blagdon on February 1, 2013 11:23 am + 16 comments

Once a year, Japan’s photographic industry congregates in Yokohama for CP+ — a camera and Continue reading…
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How the 808 drum machine got its cymbal, and other tales from music's geeky underbelly

By Trent Wolbe on January 30, 2013 02:15 pm + 28 comments

This year marks the 30th anniversary of MIDI, the language that electronic instruments use to talk Continue reading…
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NASA's Space Food Systems lab shows what astronauts really eat in orbit

By Sam Byford on January 27, 2013 08:37 pm + 26 comments

NASA's Space Food Systems Laboratory is where the agency researches, tests, and produces food fit Continue reading…
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Greetings from NAMM: dive into a wild world of mixers, faders, and endless customization

By Trent Wolbe on January 25, 2013 04:30 pm + 49 comments

Music, it feels safe to say, is going to be free from now on. Regardless of legality or ethics it Continue reading…
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Inside one of the last pinball factories in the world

By Chris Ziegler on January 16, 2013 01:00 pm + 52 comments

As I walked into Stern Pinball's modest facility in Melrose Park, Illinois shortly before Christmas Continue reading…
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Night into daytime: behind the scenes of CES 2013

By Verge Staff on January 15, 2013 04:58 pm + 86 comments

Friends, acquaintances, co-conspirators, everyone in between: thank you. It was a crazy week of Continue reading…
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The biggest problem with CES is that it's not HempCon

By Trent Wolbe on January 11, 2013 05:10 pm + 50 comments

Trent Wolbe will be publishing daily photo essays from CES. This is the latest in the series. It Continue reading…
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Ke$ha and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad CES corporate afterparty

By Trent Wolbe on January 10, 2013 05:47 pm + 202 comments

Trent Wolbe will be publishing daily photo essays from CES. This is the latest in the series. For Continue reading…
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We Found Fur In an iPhone Case: How a little bunny brightened a dark day at CES

By Trent Wolbe on January 9, 2013 06:38 pm + 56 comments

Trent Wolbe will be publishing daily photo essays from CES. This is the next in the series. As LL Continue reading…