The Most Mesmerizing Fluid Dynamics Video You’ll Ever See [Video]

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Science videos can be difficult to understand, badly produced and and slow-going. Not this one, because really it's just a compilation of cool fluid dynamics phenomena, stitched together into a wonderful, mesmerizing three minute clip.

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Ask A VC: Spark’s Nabeel Hyatt On Hyper Growth And Whether Facebook Is Fueling Future Rivals

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Ask a VC is back this month (finally!) after a long hiatus.

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The Epic Drama of Alan Rickman Making Tea in Super Slow-Mo [Video]

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If you have ever seen an Alan Rickman movie, you know the dramatic weight he brings to pretty much every gesture and utterance he delivers on screen.

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Most Popular Surveillance Cameras Can Be Hacked [Video]

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In a world where security cameras are nearly as ubiquitous as light fixtures, someone is always watching you.

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Seraku demos Smart Washstand with Android in the Mirror

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At the Smartphone & Mobile Expo, Seraku unveiled a washstand with Android in the mirror. “This is a smart washstand.

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Robots Stealing Unicorns, Meth-Testing Spice, and Five (More) Ways the Man Is Keeping You Down [Video]

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The Top Five Special Interest Groups Lobbying To Keep Marijuana Illegal More

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Innospring: The Incubator That Wants To Bridge The Gap Between China & Silicon Valley

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By now nearly everyone knows that China has emerged as an increasingly massive and very lucrative market — it’s not for nothing that Apple is doubling down its sales efforts in the country, Facebook is said to be very keen to establish a foothold there, and Evernote has gone so far as to rebuild its entire system from the ground up to offer a totally standalone China-specific version of its service. But because of major differences in culture, language, business practices, and the like, it is incredibly challenging for even the most well-capitalized of U.S.-based technology companies to break into the Chinese market

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Retro AT&T Video Hearkening the Digital Future Is Still Hopelessly Lost in the 1960s [Video]

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Believe it or not, as far back as 1961, AT&T had already started offering modems (with a staggering bit-rate of 110 bits per second) and "Data-Phones" to its customers. And had even announced a 250 billion dollar initiative to improve its data network through satellite communications. More

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On getting video right — 5 questions for Sugar Media’s Brian Sugar

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Brian Sugar and his wife, Lisa, have built a women’s media and e-commerce empire that grew out of the company’s flagship celebrity site, Pop Sugar. We caught up with Brian to learn more about how he made it in media. Here’s some edited highlights from the chat: Making Video Work paidContent: You swear by video as the future of media sites.

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Fly Or Die: Skullcandy Hesh Headphones [TCTV]

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This shouldn’t be the first time you’ve seen Skullcandy’s Hesh headphones appear on TechCrunch , but I’ll forgive you if it is. As a refresh, I reviewed the cans last week and found that it really came down to like vs. love

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