Rock out with your Barack out: Political busts double as speakers

These porcelain busts of presidents and dictators are actually computer speakers, so you can get down with your favorite head of state.





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iPad users say 'Hanks' for the typewriter app

In just four days, Tom Hanks' Hanx Writer has rocketed to the top spot on the App Store's freebie chart.





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How to find deals on last minute flights and hotels

It's not too late to plan that last minute summer getaway. Here's how to get great deals on spontaneous trips.





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How to print from a Chromebook

It's true, you can print from Chrome OS using Google's Cloud Print solution.





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On Road Trip 2014, riding in style in Mercedes E250 (pictures)

Over 5,901 miles in the Mercedes-Benz E250 Bluetec, CNET reporter Daniel Terdiman traveled through 12 states, and landmark after landmark.





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SAP to invest $500 million in Africa through 2020

The venture by the German enterprise software giant comes on the heels of a stream of other tech companies pledging investments throughout Africa's developing countries.



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Sony ultra compact A5100 camera has lightning fast autofocus

Sony's ultra compact A5100 camera has the same super fast autofocus as the A6000, but it also has a touchscreen. The A5100 features interchangeable lens, too.

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Google may make kid-friendly YouTube and Gmail accounts

According to a recent report, Google is currently making kid-friendly versions of YouTube and Gmail. Children under 13 years of age are currently forbidden to have such accounts.

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These are the blockbuster games you'll be playing this holiday season

Welcome to the first annual Verge Hack Week. We're totally blowing up our site: we've given our reporters and editors the entire week to play with new tools and experiment with new storytelling ideas, while members of our amazing product team have gathered in New York to help build all sorts of interesting new things. Learn more.

The video game silly season is about to start. After a relatively quiet summer, which was highlighted by some fantastic new indie titles, September will...

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Former Microsoft CEO Ballmer steps down from the board

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is stepping down from the Microsoft board, effective immediately.



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Verizon introduces new $60 plan with 2GB of data

Verizon quietly revealed a new $60 individual plan, which includes unlimited talk and text with 2GB of data. Big Red also announced a promotion that throws in an extra GB of data for those who buy new More Everything plans.

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How the hell did we do this?’ Moody Blues frontman Justin Hayward looks back

When Moody Blues frontman Justin Hayward isn’t preserving the band’s sound in the highest digital quality possible, he’s forging ahead with new techniques in his own solo recordings.

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The World's Biggest Cargo Ship Carrying Over 17,000 Crates, NBD

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Terminal Velocity

Much of high-end auto racing has always been about squeezing a bit more kinetic energy out of each drop of gasoline. But improvements in electric car technology mean racing can ditch the fossil fuels. Starting in September, the new FORMULA E series will bring teams from around the world to compete on the streets of […]

















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Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus team up to hock the Audi S3

Car commercials are getting weird, but in the best way possible. Audi is sponsoring the Emmeys by promoting them and itself with a comedy sketch featuring Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and a about eight seconds of an Audi A3.

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Ballmer steps down from board, cuts last official tie with Microsoft

He was CEO for 14 years but Steve Ballmer, who resigned as Microsoft's chief in February has no also stepped down as a member of the company's board of directors.

















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Uber tests local delivery with Corner Store

Only available in Washington, D.C., and for a limited time, the service enables users to order household items and have a driver bring the products directly to their doorstep.





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Uber test driving Corner Store delivery service

Mobile-first transportation service, Uber, is dabbling in deliveries now with a new service called Corner Store. Those inside of two limited Washington D.C. delivery zones can now order from a catalog of over 100 items they'll have in stock, and have the items delivered to their precise location. This service will only go for a couple of weeks to see what the reception's like.

The way it works is you order an Uber like usual, but check the Corner Store option and set the delivery location. You'll get a text with a list of available items, then your driver will call to take your order. The Uber Corner Store can deliver are all of the necessities: cough syrup, shaving gel, Tylenol, toothpaste, diapers… The list goes on. Current hours are 9 AM to 9 PM, and over the course of the experiment, there will be no delivery charges.

Uber Corner Store is an interesting expansion of the service into new areas, and could very well be one that pays off in the long run. Uber has also recently dabbled in a bicycle courier service called Rush. Whether or not Corner Store gets to the point where it can properly compete with Amazon Fresh or Google Shopping Express is something else altogether.

How do you guys feel about Uber? Would you try out their delivery service, even with alternatives readily available?

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Dropbox pushes more security controls to all Business customers

Dropbox's Mailbox is also making waves as the mobile mail sorter moves to Mac.



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These Trippy Cross-Section Portraits Were Made Without Photoshop

Berlin-based artist Michael Lamoller uses analogue editing techniques to create super trippy timelapse portraits of people in a series called "Tatochronos." The portraits are collaged upon one another from several printed images, cut up, and then layered. The look results in a cutaway-style collage of a person.

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Everyone needs a motorcycle that runs on bacon

You’ve probably read about a motorcycle that runs on biofuel before, but not one this awesome. This is Hormel’s Black Label bike, and it runs on bacon. Bacon grease, to be precise, but […]



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Apple releases OS X Mavericks 10.9.5 build 13F18 to developers

Apple is now offering a new build, 13F18, for its upcoming OS X Mavericks 10.9.5 to developers along with testers in the company's AppleSeed program.

Since this is a pre-release update to OS X Mavericks 10.9, user who are eligible to download and install this build on their Mac will need to check the seed note for more details and complete installing instructions. As, usual, qualifing developers can get this latest pre-release build though Software Update or at the Apple Developer Portal.

What do you think of OS X Mavericks as it gets closer to its official launch later this year?

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