Salman Rushdie may have escaped the Ayatollah’s death sentence in real life — but what about virtually?
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Google Builds a Brain that Can Search for Cat Videos
Finally, an artificial intelligence breakthrough worth caring about.
DryBath: How to Take a Shower Without Using Any Water
A South African college student’s new invention could change the world for those of us too lazy to shower — and potentially save millions of lives.
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Draw Something Game Show in the Works
Last season’s hot mobile gaming fad is next year’s baffling Ryan Seacrest production.
Doris Kearns Goodwin Joins Twitter. You’re Welcome
TIME’s own Mark Halperin helped the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian sign up and send her first tweet during an appearance on ‘Meet the Press’.
Stop Calling Your Smart Phone a Phone
Talk is cheap — and now unlimited. Verizon is hedging its future on the consumption of data because, let’s face it, who uses their phone as just a phone these days?
China’s Space Launch: ‘Wow’ or ‘Meh’?
China’s latest launch of three astronauts puts the country on a firm space footing. That’s impressive—and not.
What the Fuzz? Swedish Tourism Board Tries to Explain @sweden’s Epic Twitter Fail
After a 27-year-old used the nation’s official Twitter account to ask unsettling questions about Jews, officials backtrack — and comedians pile on.
Celebrate World Oceans Day as a Virtual Fish
A new app called theBlu is like ‘The Sims’ for the underwater set.
Politiwoops! What Your Politicians Never Meant to Tweet
A new site archives those tweets politicians try to erase.
Sotheby’s to Auction Off Rare Apple-I Computer and Jobs Memo
Attention all Mac fanboys/girls: Your chance to own a part of the Apple legacy is here. Auction house Sotheby’s will be putting up on the block next month, one of only six working Apple-1 personal computers, Macworld …
Zuckerberg Falls Off Top 40 Richest People List
Facebook’s IPO stumble has knocked some $5 billion off its CEO’s net worth.