Step Back into the Real World of Mad Men

Everyone’s favorite period drama about the advertising industry—Mad Men—returns on April 13th for its final season. In anticipation, Time has collected a series of photos taken in the 1960s, when the real scions of advertising populated New York City’s Time-Life Building. It is a privileged glimpse into the real world of the AMC series’ fictional Don Draper.

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Facebook's Drone-and-Laser Plan to Give Internet to Everyone

In its quest to get the whole world online, Facebook’s Internet.org project has included partnerships with companies like Samsung and Nokia, as well as with NASA. Now it seems that rumors about Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook drone dreams are true, and the social network giant is planning on internet-delivering drones, satellites, and even lasers. Here’s our first look at how that might take shape.

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Hacked Twitter Accounts Can Be More Valuable Than Stolen Credit Cards

Hacked Twitter Accounts Can Be More Valuable Than Stolen Credit Cards

Hackers operate by the same rules of economics as we all do. Thanks to a high profile breach like Target’s , a glut of stolen credit cards has made them cheap cheap cheap. So you know what’s a more valuable target these days? Your Twitter account.

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Office Mobile is now completely free to use on Android and iPhone

Today’s Office news isn’t all about the iPad. Microsoft now lets you use Office Mobile completely for free on both Android and the iPhone; if you’re a home customer, you can both edit and read documents without paying for an Office 365 subscription….

Killer Instinct rebooted from the inside out

There’s a new character coming to Killer Instinct for Xbox One in April – right on schedule – but there’s a big change going on behind the scenes as well. … Continue reading

Join Us For Paleofuture Book Club on April 23rd

Join Us For Paleofuture Book Club on April 23rd

This is just a quick reminder that there’s still plenty of time to pick up a copy of Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age. We’ll be discussing the book with author W. Bernard Carlson on April 23, 2014. See you there!

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These Macro Shots of Marine Life in Motion Are Unbelievably Beautiful

These Macro Shots of Marine Life in Motion Are Unbelievably Beautiful

With all the wild stuff going on in the ocean’s depths, corals and sponges don’t seem like the marine life that would be most fun to watch because—do they even move? Yes! They do! Slow Life reveals a super close-up, ultra-hi-res perspective on these delicate underwater systems in motion—and they’re gorgeous.

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Amazon will reportedly launch a free video streaming service (update: Amazon says no)

All signs point to Amazon revealing its set-top box in New York City next week, but that’s just one part of its massive media onslaught. According to a fresh report from the Wall Street Journal, the e-commerce giant will eventually launch a free,…

Microsoft Office for iPad: Full Video Walkthrough and Hands On

After Office for iOS proved itself a pretty big disappointment to anyone who was hoping to actually do things with the app, the long-anticipated Office for iPad has finally hit the App Store . It’s ok; you can let out a sigh of relief. This time, Microsoft got it right.

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It's Almost Impossible For a Wallet To Get Any Thinner Than This

It's Almost Impossible For a Wallet To Get Any Thinner Than This

The pursuit of an absolutely minimal wallet leads some to just wrap an elastic band around their plastic cards and cash. But many of us still need a little more structure than that, and that’s what the Flexy delivers, with a form factor that’s just barely larger than a single credit card.

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