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Sonic Youth released its greatest record, Daydream Nation, 25 years ago in October 1988. And even after all of those years, the Led Zeppelin reference in the album's art is still puzzling.

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Thomas Was Alone narrator and super-successful author, filmmaker, and actor Danny Wallace returns in indie dev Mike Bithell's next game, Volume. Wallace stars in the stealth game as a companion AI, or as Bithell directed it "the Microsoft Office paperclip as a military training program." Wallace's character is the sidekick to the protagonist, a thief by the name of Robert Locksley who has plans on becoming a modern-day Robin Hood.

In an event held today at the ridiculously apt setting of Nottingham Castle, Bithell also unveiled online personality Charlie McDonnell as the voice of Locksley. McDonnell has 2 million subscribers on YouTube, making him an interesting choice for a Robin Hood-like criminal who wants to broadcast simulations of robberies against the rich to show to the poor. The game's third cast member, playing the main antagonist, has yet to be revealed.

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Today is National Cat Day so everyone is passing around cat videos.

Here's the original.

It's from July 1894 and it was made at Thomas Edison's Black Maria Studio in West Orange, N.J. It's called, "The Boxing Cats."

The official summary on the Library of Congress reads, "A very interesting and amusing subject."

Indeed.

The first cat video ever, and one of the earliest sports videos ever (via the Museum of the Moving Image):

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Responding to a request from the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR), on Friday the MPAA submitted a new list of so-called “notorious markets.”

The MPAA’s report listed many of the usual suspects such as The Pirate Bay, KickassTorrents, ExtraTorrent and Torrentz, plus a selection of file-hosting sites such as Netload, ExtaBit and PutLocker.

A little while ago TorrentFreak obtained a copy of the RIAA’s submission and aside from doubling up on some of the same sites listed by the MPAA, it also delivers a surprise.

Torrent site blocking imminent

The RIAA says that in just 48 hours time a new wave of site blocking will take place in the UK covering not only the usual BitTorrent indexes, but also dedicated search engines in the torrent and file-hosting space.

On October 30, ExtraTorrent will be blocked by the UK’s leading ISPs, presumably following action by the major labels of the BPI. ExtraTorrent has suffered at least two anti-piracy setbacks in the last week, first when City of London Police convinced its registrar to take its domain and second when Google removed the site’s homepage from its search results.

The second indexing site to be blocked on Wednesday will be BitSnoop, which earlier this year was the eighth most-popular torrent site in the world. The RIAA says that since the site provided no way for rightsholders to make contact the decision was made to have ISPs block the site instead.

The third site to be rendered inaccessible this week will be Torrentz.eu. What is unusual about this development is that Torrentz is a so-called meta-search engine, in that it carries no torrents of its own but searches other torrent sites instead. Nevertheless, the site still complies with DMCA takedown notices, a fact acknowledged by the RIAA.

“[Torrentz] is currently hosted by Canadian providers. The site complies with take down notices by removing the torrents identified in those notices which provide access to infringing files. The site can take up to several days to remove infringing files following a request by right holders,” the RIAA explain.

In the rest of the USTR submission on torrent sites the RIAA lists many of the usual suspects, including The Pirate Bay, KickassTorrents, Torrenthound.com, Fenopy.se, Monova.org, Torrentreactor.net and Sumotorrent.sx. Many of these sites are blocked around Europe already.

As usual, two resilient trackers from Bulgaria – Arenabg and Zamunda – also get a mention.

Cyberlockers and related search engines

While there are plenty of file-hosting sites to choose from that could certainly be considered rogue (refusing to take down content etc) it’s again somewhat of a surprise that this week a copyright-compliant site will become blocked at the ISP level.

FilesTube is the most popular search engine for file-hosting sites and as such has been absolutely hammered by rightsholders looking for links to be taken down. It is by far the most targeted domain in Google’s Transparency Report with 9,242,032 URLs removed, double its closest ‘competitor’.

Interestingly the RIAA admits in its report that Filestube does respond to takedown notices. However, the industry can’t keep up so the implication is that this is FileTube’s fault.

“Industry reports links to infringing materials to the site operator, but any action by the operator is ineffective as the speed of the takedowns cannot match the speed at which new links are added,” the RIAA writes.

Along with the sites listed above, FilesTube will be blocked by the UK’s top six ISPs on Wednesday.

Other hosting sites singled out for detailed criticism by the RIAA include Uploaded.net, 4Shared.com, ZippyShare.com, Rapidgator.net, TurboBit.net and a selection of lesser known sites located in the Czech Republic. Three other sites are mentioned in passing – FreakShare.com, BitShare.com and Extabit.com.

“We greatly welcome this initiative designed to expose businesses who operate notorious markets for infringing materials, and who generally either directly profit from the sale or other distribution of infringing materials, or who profit from facilitating such theft—in many cases through the sale of advertising space,” the RIAA writes.

“Quite simply, there is no place for open and notorious theft in a civilized world, regardless of how that theft is accomplished. Addressing the conduct of these notorious markets for piracy will go a long way towards promoting the rule of law, fuelling creativity and innovation, and maintaining US economic competitiveness,” the industry group concludes.

Meanwhile, every single site listed in the notorious market reports of both the RIAA and MPAA remain 100% accessible from all of the ISPs in the United States.

Source: RIAA Rogue Site Report Reveals Major Site Blocking in 48 Hours

McDonald’s and Heinz are calling it quits after more than 40 years together. McDonald’s announced the change on Friday, explaining that Heinz is now run by Bernardo Hees, the former chief executive of hamburger rival Burger King.

The switch will be more noticeable oversees than in the US, since the company only serves Heinz ketchup in two domestic markets. Still, the move could benefits Heinz ketchup rivals Hunt’s and Del Monte.

Reuters reports that McDonald’s released a statement about the Heinz break-up, saying, “As a result of recent management changes at Heinz, we have decided to transition our business to other suppliers over time.”

The change will happen over time, according to the restaurant chain, which added, “We have spoken to Heinz and plan to work together to ensure a smooth and orderly transition.”

Heinz hasn’t commented on the decision made by McDonald’s, explaining that it has a policy against commenting on relationships with its customers, notes USA Today.

Bernardo Hees became CEO of Burger King after 3G Capital purchased the fast food chain in 2010. He slashed costs, changed the menu, and launched a huge marketing campaign to compete against long-time rival McDonald’s. Hees was then appointed CEO of Heinz after the company was purchased by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway and 3G in June.

Hees still serves as vice chairman of Burger King’s board and is a partner with 3G Capital, a Brazilian investment firm. Burger King has been a customer of Heinz’ for “decades” and uses the condiment company’s products in about 80 percent of its markets around the world.

Given Hees’ appointment as head of Heinz and his relationship with Burger King, it isn’t surprising the company is being dumped by McDonald’s. It isn’t clear how long the transition away from Heinz will take.

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It's hard out there for a brand. On Twitter, that is

The 230 million-strong Twitter community isn't exactly known for being exceptionally welcoming to brand accounts, often ridiculing attempts at advertising and "hijacking" branded hashtags. But some brands have found a way to navigate the mine field of social media promotion: humor.

A growing number of brand accounts are catching on to the fact that, when it comes to advertising, brevity works. These accounts are quickly amassing a large group of followers that come to them for jokes more than products. Read more...

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The next field ripe for technological disruption could be life itself.

Roughly 150,000 people die every day, and about 100,000 of them die of age-related causes.

Lots of smart people are throwing resources towards uncovering a reliable means of life extension that would effectively make death a thing of the past. Brand name guys like Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison want to see us live 150 years and longer.

Whether you become a loud naysayer citing moral problems or an eager enthusiasts ready to live an unnaturally long life, here's a look at the technology that will quite literally carry us into the future.

Nanotechnology

Imagine small robots in your body that move from place to place, fixing damaged cells and reporting on the state of your body. Famed author and futurist Ray Kurzweil predicts that sufficiently advanced nanotechnology will do exactly this, putting a stop to aging by the year 2030.

Cloning

As parts of our aging bodies begin to fail, some predict the use of cloning as a source of perfectly compatible replacement parts. An extreme realization of this would basically see us keeping copies of ourselves as pets that we turn into spare parts.

The technology has a ways to go before it can be a practical weapon in the fight against death. So far in experiments with mice, complex stuff like joints and complete limbs have failed, but scientists have grown replacement bladders for patients fighting bladder disease with much success.

Cryonics

Cryonics is basically the act of turning yourself into a message in a bottle. Whatever it is that ails you, suppose contemporary science doesn't have a solution. You can shift the burden of discovery to the scientists of the future by putting yourself in deep freeze until your problem is solved.

In medically freezing your body, the idea is that you will reach some sort of stasis and be preserved, illness and all, until such a time as doctors can treat you effectively, however far down the road that may be.

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A sponge is a sponge because its porous material is able to absorb liquid of any kind. But what about liquid metal? Can a sponge actually absorb the heavy quicksilver material known as mercury? Not at all. At best, a little bit of mercury goop gets caught on top of the sponge and slides away like its T-1000 shaping itself back together. [Tao Fledermaus via The Awesomer]

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