The controversial sex toy that shook up CES 2019 is finally ready

Osé is a massager offering "blended orgasms," that stimulate a person inside and outside their body at the same time. Creator Lora Haddock said that after experiencing one for the first time, the former Navy officer quit pre-med to build a device that could make them. She also harnessed modern research on how women's pleasure…

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The Guy Behind Bloomberg2020.org: ‘We Know How to Do Logos’

As former New York City mayor and current billionaire Michael Bloomberg prepped a $30 million television ad buy to herald his official entrance into the presidential race, his spokesperson was fending off tweets about fake campaign signage making the rounds once again.Yes, Bloomberg is running for president. No, that viral logo isn’t his. Nor is…

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Cybertruck Swag Has Flooded Amazon and Etsy

Elon Musk says at least 200,000 Tesla fans have put down $100 refundable deposits to preorder the company’s outlandish new Cybertruck. That $20 million represents a much-needed cash boost for Tesla as it gears up for production on the truck and other car models it’s promised consumers. Musk isn’t the only one trying to make…

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Trump’s Ukraine Server Delusion Is Spreading

Look, we’ve written this before. So have a bunch of other outlets, for weeks on end, including today. Even Fox and Friends raised an eyebrow at the idea. But since Donald Trump persists, along with, now, his secretary of state, who should and one suspects does know better, we will write it once again: Ukraine…

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‘Shenmue III’ Defies All Expectations—in a Good Way, Mostly

Shenmue III is probably not what a lot of people were expecting. That, however, may not be the worst thing ever.The first two Shenmue games, both released for the Sega Dreamcast at the turn of the century, are by now the stuff of legend. Half revenge epic and half slice-of-life simulator, the games chronicle the…

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Photo Gallery: Wild Juxtapositions of Saudi Arabia Modern and Ancient

Few countries in history have experienced as sudden a transformation as Saudi Arabia. Until the founding of the modern state by the Saud family in the early 20th century, the vast Arabian Peninsula was inhabited mainly by nomadic groups living a traditional lifestyle that hadn’t changed much in thousands of years. The discovery and exploitation…

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AI Innovators Should Be Listening to Kids

From Greta Thunberg’s student-led climate strikes to the youth-driven protests in Hong Kong and Chile, the next generation is increasingly demanding a voice on pressing issues. Youth movements are reenergizing paralyzed debates among adults with fresh perspectives, inconvenient questions, and the rhetorical power of having to live with the long-term fallout of our short-term thinking.With…

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We’re All ‘P-Hacking’ Now

It’s got an entry in the Urban Dictionary, been discussed on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, scored a wink from Cards Against Humanity, and now it’s been featured in a clue on the TV game show Jeopardy. Metascience nerds rejoice! The term p-hacking has gone mainstream.Results from a study can be analyzed in a…

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The Case for Sending Robots to Day Care, Like Toddlers

Human babies don’t seem to make a good amount of sense, evolutionarily speaking. They’re helpless for many years, and not particularly helpful either—they can’t pitch in around the house or get a job. But in reality, these formative years are critical for training nature’s most remarkable brain: With the simple act of play, children explore…

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What We Get Wrong About ‘People of Color’

In October, to promote an op-ed on the best ways to bring about legislative marijuana reform, Senator Kamala Harris posted a bland extract of her proposal on Twitter. “We must legalize marijuana the right way,” she wrote. “That means correcting failed drug policies that disproportionately hurt people of color, & creating new opportunities for people…

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