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Marijuana growers sprout on Wall Street as pot goes public
Derek Peterson may soon become the first CEO of a public company that cultivates, distributes and sells marijuana. Terra Tech Corp., based in Irvine, California, won approval last week from the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise about $14 million … Continue reading
Big moments of 2014, recreated with Play-Doh
We’ve all experienced some lapses in memory — having trouble remembering things like what you ate for breakfast this morning, what you wore yesterday or who you to most recently on the phone. Trying to remember what happened over the … Continue reading
Now playing on Amazon’s Fire TV set-top box: HBO Go
Amazon just made its Fire TV set-top box much more competitive with players like Roku and Apple HBO Go is finally available to Amazon Fire TV users, the companies announced Monday. The service is currently available to most cable subscribers … Continue reading
Now playing on Amazon Fire TV: HBO Go
Amazon just made its Fire TV set-top box much more competitive with players like Roku and Apple HBO Go is finally available to Amazon Fire TV users, the companies announced Monday. The service is currently available to most cable subscribers … Continue reading
15 cutest kids that made 2014 a little brighter
Apparently, 2014 was a great year for painfully adorable kids Among the standout moments brought to us by the Internet’s favorite children were clumsy dance routines, existential questions and an unfortunate situation with a Minion costume. Millions of YouTube views … Continue reading
‘Once Upon a Time’ midseason finale introduces the Queens of Darkness
In the Season 4 midseason finale of Once Upon a Time, the show said out with the old and in with the new The old: Frozen, who we finally said farewell to for good, and one main character who made … Continue reading
Even weak thunderstorms emit some of the most high-energy light on Earth
SAN FRANCISCO — Thunderstorms of all shapes and sized produce high-energy gamma ray bursts, which are potentially harmful to pilots and passengers of aircraft in extraordinarily rare circumstances, scientists reported for the first time on Monday. These bursts of energy, … Continue reading
9 jobs robots could replace in 2015
Walking through the city, I find myself thinking about all the jobs a robot could do. A robot could probably stand in for my coffee truck guy, though I doubt he’d smile, call me “buddy” and ask if I said … Continue reading
Japan’s Shinzo Abe faces battle on reforms despite election win
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed Monday to prevail over resistance to his plans for economic and political change following a weekend election victory that gives him up to four more years in power. See also: Japan to hold snap … Continue reading
Your iPhone isn’t a BlackBerry, but it can fake it with the Typo 2
The iPhone‘s answer to the BlackBerry keyboard, the Ryan Seacrest-backed Typo, is back. Like the first model, the Typo 2 turns your Apple smartphone into one with a QWERTY keyboard But the second version is a bit different — and … Continue reading