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These Earbuds Read Your Mood And Play Music Accordingly
Microsoft’s latest headphones will “incorporate health monitoring and mood detection.”

NBA 2K14′s Next-Gen Gameplay Trailer [VIDEO]
If there was a phrase to describe the gameplay trailer for the next generation model of NBA 2k14, it would simply be “holy s**t.” Not exactly sure where reality ends and the video game begins.

Your Childhood Will Never Be the Same After These 12 Mashups
If you ever wondered what Ariel and her mermaid friends listen to when they’re bumpin’ in the club, or what the My Little Ponies download when they want to rebel against The Man, look no further than these kids’ song mashups.

The Best Looking Affordable Black Dress Shoes Of 2013
Black is sharp. It’s professional. It’s no nonsense. While not quite as versatile as a dark brown, black does go with most colors of casual pants and trousers. Here’s more than a few picks that are a bit more wallet friendly, and could be none more black.

Bacon Lowers The Quality Of Your Sperm?
A new study from a team of researchers at Harvard suggests that processed meats like bacon lower the quality of sperm in men.

Who Else Can See Your Snapchats?
For an app known mostly as a way to distribute pictures of genitals, Snapchat has a sort of strange relationship with the idea of privacy. Well, guess who can see your unopened Snapchats?

The Map That Shows How Easy Girls Are Across The World
If you’re a constant world traveler, you probably have needs that require attending to, and these needs generally go beyond food, water and shelter. Addressing the void in the ability to determine where it’s easiest to find some quick action, here’s a map that shows how “easy” girls are across the world, by country.

7 Inventors Who Were Killed By Their Inventions
Man is a naturally inquisitive animal, and without that inventive spirit we wouldn’t have landed on the moon or blown up the Death Star. Of course, man is also a damn fool.

Has All Of This Twerking Helped The Twerk Team?
There’s a familiar trend in America; people of color create something attractive and mainstream culture charges in, often washing away the trail blazers.

8 Crazy Things To Watch Out For On This Season Of ‘The Walking Dead’
Prepare yourself.