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RIP: Adblock Plus

I got a little too excited when the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) chief called Adblock Plus (ABP) "an unethical, immoral, mendacious coven of techie wannabes." I immediately wanted to know when the next coven meeting was and how many stars to sew onto my witch cape. The chief's accusations of heresy came after ABP was disinvited from the bureau's Leadership Summit.

I left my Nexus 7 for a younger model

Dear Nexus 7, We need to talk. We've been together for nearly four years now and have had some good times, haven't we? I mean, you were my first tablet.

Gravitational waves are our window into the early universe

"We have detected gravitational waves. We did it," David Reitze, executive director of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), said at a press conference in Washington on Thursday.

I broke my DS, and it broke my heart

I never loved my first Nintendo DS. It was gray, plastic and chunky, thanks to its weird angular shape.

Tesla will unveil its $35,000 Model 3 on March 31st

Tesla has long promised a $35,000 electric car is on the way, and in today's earnings release (PDF) it announced that we'll get to see the Model 3 on March 31st, ahead of it going on sale in "late 2017." That's in addition to the currently shipping Model S sedan (shown above) and Model X SUV, and the company recently confirmed it still expects to hit that $35k price target before applying electric vehicle incentives.

My toxic relationship with fitness wearables

Fitness gadgets were meant to make me a better man. Or at least a healthier (possibly more attractive) one.

The incredibly sad world of niche dating apps

When I exited the market in 2006, online dating was akin to wearing sweatpants in the club. It was a sign that you'd given up on the "real" world; a symbol of existential surrender. Nearly 10 years later, both sweatpants and online dating are experiencing a renaissance.

Atari Lynx: A romance of high scores and low batteries

Like most tween crushes, the attraction was instant and overwhelming. I remember the first time I set eyes on the Atari Lynx as if it were yesterday.

Axent Wear's cat ear headphones are the stuff of anime dreams

New Yorkers have perfected the art of looking but not looking. You know, where you let your eyes glaze over someone as you pass, so you can take them in without making it obvious that you're studying them.