Game of Thrones Recap: The Return of Arya—And an Old Friend

This week on Game of Thrones we find out if Arya made it across the Narrow Sea, if Daenerys can rule in Meereen, and a bit about the future of Jon Snow.

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Inside the Elegant, Mesmerizing Subculture of Card Juggling

Inside the world of cardistry, a subculture built around gravity-defying, knuckle-busting, jaw-dropping card flourishes.

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Legal Marijuana’s $40 Billion Future

A brief video guide to the booming business of legal marijuana.

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Mini’s Working on Augmented Reality Driving Goggles

The brand is working on augmented reality goggles, populating the driver's field of vision with helpful information, layered on top of the real world.

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Doctor Doom Shows Up in Great New Fantastic Four Trailer

The new trailer for Fantastic Four finally gives us some details about the interactions of its titular characters—and a glimpse of Doctor Doom.

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Sony’s New High-End TVs Turn Everything Into HDR

At the tippy-top of Sony's TV lineup, two pricey 4K sets will use full-array backlighting and local dimming to really push that contrast. A notch lower in the lineup, you'll get the slimmest TVs you've ever seen.

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50 Years On, Moore’s Law Still Pushes Tech to Double Down

Fifty years ago today, a Silicon Valley researcher predicted that computing power would keep doubling quickly while the cost stayed the same. He turned out to be really, really right.

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What Scientists Learned Mapping a Sunken Aircraft Carrier

“The big interesting thing is what happens to these things on the bottom over time.”

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This New App Wants to Be the iTunes of Smells

This scent-sending phone wants to bring smell to your music, movies and books.

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Gadget Lab Podcast: Suddenly, There’s a New Mobile OS In Town

The hosts discuss the partnership between Microsoft and Cyanogen OS, and its implications in the mobile phone market. Also, Best Buy horror stories and Twitter's new home page.

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Where to Find the Most Mesmerizing Creatures on the Web

We've curated a list of some of our favorite animals scientists, writers, and photo feeds that you should follow for a daily serving of cute, with a side of knowledge.

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The FCC Should Fight for Our Right to TV White Space

“White spaces,” or unused radio frequencies in between TV channels, have long been eyed by technologists as perfect for connecting a sea of devices to the internet.

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Best TV This Week: The Avengers Play Family Feud on Kimmel

The big winners in TV this week were musical acts and, for the second week in a row, Game of Thrones.

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Go See Adam Carolla’s Movie About Paul Newman and Race Cars

Adam Carolla has made a movie about Paul Newman's love for race cars. You probably don't want to see it, but you should.

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Split Screen: What’s Up With Silicon Valley’s Gender Gap?

Just like its IRL namesake, the show's had its problems with representations of women; the question is how it's dealing with that.

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Volcanic versus Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide: An Addendum

Even if you want to believe that volcanoes can be the source of increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, the isotopes will tell you otherwise.

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Etsy’s Surging IPO Shows Losing Your Indie Cred Pays Off

For many of Etsy's millions of sellers and buyers, today’s IPO success is likely bittersweet.

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Audio Visuals: Twitter Will Chew You Up and Spit You Out

This week's music video roundup has your new favorite cover of a Backstreet Boys song, Snoop Dogg, and a few other tasty treats.

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Get Your Theories Ready, It’s the Force Awakens Teaser Screengrabs

We might not know much more than we did before, but that's half the fun, isn't it?

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The New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Teaser Is Here!

As expected, J.J. Abrams didn't show up empty-handed to Star Wars Celebration—he came with a trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Check it out here.

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