A supposed vegetable born of something called "Flavr Savr" seeds does not sound like anything that could possibly be good to put in your body. But back in 1994, a longer-lasting, better-tasting, and all around more aesthetically appealing tomato hit grocery shelves as the Flavr Savr food of tomorrow: the very first genetically engineered vegetable.
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Forward-thinking financial institution Wells Fargo is offering its customers the choice of receiving a text message receipt — in addition to its e-receipt and email options — whenever you use one of the bank’s ATMs. All that’s required to take part in the environmentally friendly scheme is to attach your cellphone number to your account, either online, over the phone or at your local branch. The service is available starting today, and if you’d like to learn more, we’ve tucked the official release below the fold.
Last night, the moon came as close to the Earth as its elliptical orbit will take it. That means we didn’t get just any old moon—we got a ginormous, glowing supermoon
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Gambling might be risky, but not if you know you’re going to win. Then it’s just free money. If that sounds up your alley, conman extraordinaire Richard Wiseman has yet another set
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If the anyone out there seeking the next iPhone iteration believed they’d be seeing a complete top-to-bottom change-over to a new generation, today’s leaked images should put all suggestions to rest. What we’re seeing here is a series of photos of the still-unofficial Apple iPhone 5S. Inside we’re seeing a couple of specifications we’d not
Edward Snowden may now be far from Hong Kong, but the South China Morning Post has just revealed more details from an interview he granted on June 12th while he was still there. According to the paper, Snowden reportedly said that he took a job with NSA-contractor Booz Allen Hamilton in order to gather additional evidence about the spy agency’s activities. “My position with Booz Allen Hamilton granted me access to lists of machines all over the world the NSA hacked,” he said. “That is why I accepted that position about three months ago.” He reportedly further said “correct on Booz,” when asked if he specifically went to Booz Allen to gather evidence of surveillance. As the paper notes, Snowden also said that he took pay cuts “in the course of pursuing specific work” in an online Q&A with The Guardian last week, and he’s also indicated that he has more information he intends to leak, saying that he’d like to “make it available to journalists in each country to make their own assessment.”
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Source: South China Morning Post
It’s a day for RSS aggregation, with NetNewsWire 4 entering open beta after months of anticipation. The Mac OS app, one of the longer-standing options on the market, has been released in early form as a free download, as current developers Black Pixel iron out bugs ahead of the full release – along with an
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