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Friday 7 June 2019

VR? I Hardly Know R

The Coolest VR Thing You'll See This Week… Is A Regular Apartment, EverQuest's long, strange 20-year trip still has no end in sight, and more.
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Morning · Fri, Jun 07
REAL? HARDLY!
JUST LIKE YOU'RE REALLY THERE
The Coolest VR Thing You'll See This Week… Is A Regular Apartment
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Oculus just came out with their first all-in-one, no external sensors VR headset — and navigating a real, complex space while in VR just got a lot more accessible.
NEVER EVER SAY DIE
The Long, Strange 20-Year Trip Of 'EverQuest' Still Has No End In Sight
arstechnica.com
A game born in an era of dial-up Internet is still doing well after all this time — how?!
IT IS WHAT IT IS
Physicists Debate Hawking's Idea That The Universe Had No Beginning
quantamagazine.org
A recent challenge to Stephen Hawking's biggest idea — about how the universe might have come from nothing — has cosmologists choosing sides.
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CONS AND PROS
CONS AND PROS
The Nuns Who Stole Half A Million From A Catholic School, And More Of The Week's Best Scam Stories
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The student who used a learning disorder diagnosis to cheat, the $4.5 million ice cream truck scam and more of this week's best scam and hoax stories.
HISTORY-MAKING
STREET STYLE
40 Years Of New York City Captured Through A Taxi Driver's Photos
vice.com
When you think "Taxi Driver," an image of New York City in the 1970s springs to mind—a dark, depraved city heaving with sleazy decadence and undeniable allure. It is a city that photographer and taxi driver Matt Weber has known all his life on rather intimate terms.
GET READY FOR THE CLOSE-UP
This Spacecraft Photo Taken 30 Feet Above An Asteroid Is Remarkable
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Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft got really up close and personal with the asteroid Ryugu when it dropped a target market on the asteroid's surface on May 30.
WORDS TO MELT EVERYONE
Man, It's A Hot One: The Oral History Of Santana And Rob Thomas' 'Smooth'
rollingstone.com
How Carlos Santana scored his first hit in decades with help from Matchbox Twenty's frontman — and how it almost didn't happen.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
SAVE US A PIE
We Have So Much Respect For This Man Who Calmly Saves A Pizza From Being Destroyed
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Just catch it and slide it — nothing to it.
IN THE NEWS
Jobs Creation Slows Dramatically With Payrolls Up Just 75,000 In May, Much Worse Than Expected
US And Russian Warships Nearly Collide In The Pacific
VC And Warriors' Minority Owner Mark Stevens Now Banned From NBA Games Through 2020 After Shoving Kyle Lowry
WATCH: Weatherman Calls Out Sinclair Broadcasting For The Terrible Storm Alert System They Make Him Use
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Happy Birthday to Prince, and anyone lucky enough to share Prince's birthday.

Thursday 6 June 2019

The Naked Truth

Uber's Path Of Destruction, The Surprising History Of Streaking (Yes, The Naked Kind), and more.
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Morning · Thu, Jun 06
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A LONG JOURNEY AHEAD
AN UGLY TURN
Uber's Path Of Destruction
americanaffairsjournal.org
Since it began operations in 2010, Uber has grown to the point where it now collects over $45 billion in gross passenger revenue. But the widespread belief that it is a highly innovative and successful company has no basis in economic reality.
IT'S HAD A LONG RUN
The Surprising History Of Streaking (Yes, The Naked Kind)
runnersworld.com
More than 500 years ago, the first known streakers ran with noble intentions.
THE RACE IS ON
The Most Sold Plug-In Electric Vehicles In The US From 2010 To 2019, Visualized
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For a long time, the competition between Tesla, Chevrolet and Nissan had been closer than we envisioned.
CASHING OUT
The Rise And Fall Of The Professional Sports Bettor
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A few days in Atlantic City with a professional bettor and a backpack filled with $150,000 in cash.
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CURIOUS HISTORIES
SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW
Are Hollywood Remakes More Successful Than The Original Movies?
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In recent years, as many as one in 20 of Hollywood's highest-grossing movies have been revamped versions of an original. We analyzed the ratings and profitability of remade movies vs their originals to find out which versions are more successful.
SOMETHING TASTES FUNNY
The Secretive Nonprofit That Made Millions Suing Companies Over Cancer Warnings
arstechnica.com
Meet the obscure group behind the fight over cancer warnings on coffee.
UNEXPECTED FALLOUT
How Scientists Use Nuclear Fallout To Identify Art Forgeries
nytimes.com
Investigators trying to ferret out counterfeit artworks can apply techniques relying on radiocarbon dating.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
'UH OH'
Boston Dynamics Demos Its Spot Mini Robot, Gets Reminded Why Live Demos Are Dangerous
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​Boston Dynamics was at Amazon's re:MARS conference on Tuesday to show off their Spot Mini quadriped robot. It was going well until, well, it was not.
IN THE NEWS
Trump Says No Deal With Mexico Is Reached As Border Arrests Surge
Pelosi Tells Democrats She Wants To See Trump 'In Prison'
Last Few Remaining US Veterans Thanked On 75th Anniversary Of D-Day
YouTube Will Now Block Discriminatory Content, Just A Day After Saying It Doesn't Violate Its Policies
German Nurse Who Killed At Least 85 Patients Jailed For Life
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You've got to walk before you run (preferably with clothes, we hope).