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It’s not enough to characterize a coffee's taste as "green"; terms like "peapod," "hay-like," and "fresh" are are all preferred descriptors. The post Taste Coffee Like a Pro With This Gorgeous Flavor Wheel appeared first on WIRED.

That Homeland scenario, in which someone's pacemaker is hacked and disabled, is "realistic," says top researcher.That memorable episode in the second season of Homeland, in which Brody helps kill the vice president by giving a hacker his pacemaker's serial number to disable it, seemed slightly implausible when it aired in 2012. But the chance of such a horrifying scenario taking place in real life is "realistic," says a top health security researcher.Read Full Story

How to age well

The presence of a gun increases the likelihood that someone in the home will die a violent death, particularly by suicide   -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Atari Vault is a Steam-powered compilation of the company's best arcade games. It's also another attempt at a comeback for the beleaguered brand. The post Atari Vault Brings Back the Classics for the Umpteenth Time appeared first on WIRED.

Brain training app company was hit with a $2 million fine by the FTC for deceptive advertising. Here's what's next.Talk about a corporate headache. Lumosity, the brain-training game app whose TV ads and web presence have been near-ubiquitous in recent years, was slapped with a $50 million fine by the FTC earlier this year over claims made about the benefits of its product. (They ended up settling for $2 million but not without a spate of nasty headlines.)Read Full Story

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