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Lady GaGa and Kanye West Invest in Turntable.FM!

Friday, August 12th, 2011 – running time 38:39

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Alex turns 35 and vows to shave his head! That's right, say goodbye to the emo spikes we all know and love. You will be missed! Also, Lady GaGa and Kanye West invest in Turntable.FM, some Swedish dude gets arrested for trying to split atoms in his kitchen as a hobby, and are they really making a full-sized Angry Birds airplane?!

Alex turns 35 and vows to shave his head! That's right, say goodbye to the emo spikes we all know and love. You will be missed! Also, Lady GaGa and Kanye West invest in Turntable.FM, some Swedish dude gets arrested for trying to split atoms in his kitchen as a hobby, and are they really making a full-sized Angry Birds airplane?!

Kanye West & Lady GaGa Invest in Turntable.FM

Here's a move that just might add some sort of legitimacy to music social networking site Turntable.fm. Kanye West and Lady GaGa were apparently part of the $7.5 million investment deal we reported on last month, according to Business Insider.

Source: Prefix Mag

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First Look at the Badass New Superman

It's official: After Christopher Reeve, Henry Cavill is my favorite Superman. Heck, he may become my favorite Superman of all time! He looks absolutely badass in the the first public shot of the new movie Man of Steel. Please Hollywood, don't screw this one.

Source: Gizmodo

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It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's The Angry Birds Airbus!

The Angry Birds you have been playing with might be flightless, but this whole new fleet of Angry Birds has wings and can go flying as well. There's even a pig that can fly. Well, that is going a bit too far, but if you get to see the pictures and video you will have to believe your eyes.

Source: Walyou

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Man Arrested for Trying to Split Atoms in Kitchen

A Swedish man who was arrested after trying to split atoms in his kitchen said Wednesday he was only doing it as a hobby.

Source: Washington Post

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Source: Imgur

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Diggnation
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Diggnation is a weekly tech/web culture show based on the top digg.com social bookmarking news stories.
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