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The sassy, comedic, and all around heart and soul of the hit TV series True Blood, Nelsan Ellis, is dead at the young age of 39. 

June is over, but Pride Month is still going. 

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A police officer at London's Pride march on Saturday got surprised by her girlfriend, who knelt down to propose in the middle of the celebration. 

My amazing friend Jane proposes to her gf dizzy at #pride - amazing pic.twitter.com/33k0VUEeId

— Lewis Iwu (@lewisiwu) July 8, 2017

She said YES!

Congratulations ❤️💍#LoveHappensHere pic.twitter.com/bAmZABMMzD

— BTP (@BTP) July 8... Читать дальше...

Your future phone may never need to be charged. 

That's the exciting implication of new research out of the University of Washington, where researchers have created a mobile phone prototype that doesn't require a battery to operate.

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The astonishingly efficient prototype requires just 3.5 microwatts of juice, and it employs an innovative approach to avoid the need for a battery cell. Instead... Читать дальше...

Critics are loving Spider-Man: Homecoming for many reasons, one of which is the highly praised decision to avoid Spidey's tired origin story. You know, the same one we've been subjected to in two prior reboots released since 2002. 

No, the Apple iPhone rumors are not done. You will take your iPhone rumor medicine, and like it. 

Wine: saving everyone's flight experience in more ways than one. 

A Delta flight devolved into a nightmare on Thursday when a man tried to force open an exit door midair, the Washington Post reported.  The day was saved thanks to resourceful flight attendants armed with glass bottles.

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Joseph Hudek IV, age 23, was flying first class on a 5 p.m. flight from Seattle to Beijing. At one point... Читать дальше...

Foldio3 is a foldable light box that serves as a mini portable studio. Its magnetic structure makes it easy to assemble and store. A complete set costs $245 and includes the lightbox, halo bars, and a 360 turntable.  Read more...

It's fairly common practice for government ministers to briefly sub in for world leaders at summits like G20. What's less common — and more controversial — is for the unqualified children of world leaders to take their parents' seats.

Those flight delays might not actually be the result of inclement weather — for some trying to leave New York this week, it was turtles. 

They say you "can't take it with you" when it comes to money after death, and we now know that that applies to music as well. At least in the case of Prince it does. 

Think you'd never be tempted to turn to the Dark Side of the Force? Hm. That's cute. Say hello to Lightsaber Baby.

If we're being honest with ourselves, Instagram is really good for only two things: food and celebrities. 

Venture capitalist Dave McClure is done. This one's important. VCs come and go all the time, but McClure is out at 500 Startups, the Mountain View, California-based venture fund and startup accelerator he helped cofound in 2010. 

Amazon isn't the only one experimenting with drone delivery. 

A man in South Carolina escaped from a maximum-security prison after wire cutters were delivered to him — apparently by drone, according to officials. 

Jimmy Causey, who was convicted for kidnapping in 2004, used a smuggled cell phone to arrange delivery of wire cutters via drone, the Associated Press reported. Then, he cut through four fences and left a dummy in his bed to trick guards. 

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Professional camera maker RED announced the world's first holographic phone — the Hydrogen — on Thursday to the surprise of phone geeks everywhere.

If you'd like your signature scent to lean toward an "unsettling childhood memories" vibe, it's your lucky day: perfumer Serge Lutens has released a perfume meant to evoke the sensory experience of losing a baby tooth. 

The internet collectively went insane when Snapchat introduced its new Maps feature at the end of June. 

It's a sad but true fact of life: We must permanently cast away everyone in our lives who does not have air conditioning, no matter how much we may love them.

A host of niche ad blockers are helping web surfers trade annoying ads for cats, art, and inspiration.

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There's so much action, death, sex and violence in Game of Thrones that it's sometime easy to forget just how damn good the writing is too.

Facial recognition technology is more prevalent than ever before. It's being used to identify people in airports, put a stop to child sex trafficking, and shame jaywalkers. 

If you think an adult human being going 31 years without ever tasting the deliciousness of pie sounds too bizarre to be true, you're wrong.

The Smithsonian's National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute describes itself as a leader in animal education.