London has been named the world's most high-tech city, according to Z/Yen Group's seventh edition of the Smart Centres Index, published today. The British capital secured the top spot for its world-l...
[photo1]Matt SimonAdd up the million or so buildings in New York City, and you get something on the order of 1.7 trillion pounds of weight pressing on the earth--and that's not even counting all the o...
[photo1]I don't deny that it's a first-world problem, but when you cover anime the way I do, it's no small dilemma the season has forced on me. Which to watch first, Vinland Saga or Golden Kamuy? My...
Million Lord is a free-to-play strategy war game, available on Android and iOS. Developed by Million Victories, Million Lords is focused on pure conq...
[photo1]Aarian MarshallFor almost two decades after it opened in 1913, Michigan's Central Station was a major stop on the nation's interurban rail network. Then the private car took over the US, and D...
[photo1]Elissaveta M. BrandonIn the summer of 2016, Pokemon Go took the world by storm. Obsessive teenagers (and adults) crisscrossed cities--public restrooms and cemeteries included--on the hunt for ...
[photo1]Paresh DaveThe bus was stuck. San Francisco's eastbound 54 Felton line was heading up a narrow residential street when a white SUV coming the other way stopped in the middle of the road. It wa...
[photo1]Within the span of only a few years, remote office work went from being considered a perk--or something that wasn't feasible for most people--to a necessity during the early days of the COVID-...
[photo1]Ellen AirhartOutside every front door, life reigns. The air teems with pollen and spores. Bacteria the weight of a cow multiplies underneath a half-acre of soil. Studies in North Carolina and ...
Apple Maps now offers cycling navigation in Germany, allowing users across the country to receive turn-by-turn directions while riding a bike.As noted by German blog Macerkopf, Apple Maps has also rol...
Two days after a devastating earthquake struck, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited one of the worst-affected areas and declared that it was "not possible to be prepared for such a disaster...
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For some residents of San Francisco, the robotic future of driving is just a tap away. Ride-hailing services from GM subsidiary Cruise and Alphabet company Waymo allow t...
After a Minecraft player's father made use of his craftsmanship to bring the iconic wooden door from the game to the real world, we now have another player who has cr...
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Humanity may not exactly be winning its battle to avert climate change, but the electrification of cars has begun to look like a success story. Ten percen...
For a while now, we've covered some really amazing builds from Minecraft, which has a lot of scope for creativity and lets players express themselves in various ways. However, this ti...
We have seen some amazing Minecraft builds which serve to show off just how Minecraft's creativity-promoting model has allowed its players to achieve marvelous achievements, creating ...
We're quite used to seeing amazing feats of creativity and hard work in the blocky world of Minecraft by now and today we have a similar example coming over from Redd...
Although China has largely abandoned COVID-19 case reporting, evidence of its massive wave of infection readily shows up in airports outside its borders.
On a December 26 flight from th...
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MIYAVI 20th & Beyond, MIYAVI's 20th-anniversary project, has finally begun.
What You Need to Know:
To kick off the project, MIYAVI has released a lyri...
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What You Need to Know:
Nicknamed the "Samurai Guitarist," MIYAVI is an artist who has an active career both in Japan and overseas. In recent years, he has performed at the ope...