Watch a $50 bill get rubbed off to reveal a $10 bill

If all the numbers say it’s a 50 dollar bill and it feels like a 50 dollar bill… it still might not be a 50 dollar bill. This counterfeit $50 is actually hiding its true self: a 10 dollar bill. And it’s doing a good job too! Since it’s likely that most people’s over trusting eyes would just see the 50 and assume it’s a 50, people wouldn’t even bother to realize that its Alexander Hamilton on the note and not Ulysses S. Grant.

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Eco-Friendly Start-Up Sells Ugly Fruits and Veggies

They’re ugly. They’re misshapen. They’re perfectly edible. But these fruit and veggies will never make it to the produce section in your grocery store.
Vast quantities of asymmetrical fruit and veggies are cast aside on the farm simply because we like our roughage to look beautiful before we chew it up in our mouths. Now a new start-up, called Imperfect, hopes to change that. The company plans to collect rejected produce and ship 10-14 pounds of oddball deliciousness to your doorstep, and

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If You Can Fly a Kite, You Can Fly This Drone

While some businesses are eager to unleash drones and put them to work, one company wants to leash them up.
The Fotokite Phi is a drone, built by Zürich-based Perspective Robotics, for people who have no interest in actually flying a drone. The Fotokite is a fold-up quad with a GoPro payload that’s tethered to a leash, which makes operating a drone as simple as walking a dog.
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Fotokite’s creators have stripped away all the bells and whistles that are usually packed

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Pocket Casts for Android lets you see what people near you are listening to

If you use Android and love podcasts, chances are good you’ve stumbled upon the Pocket Casts app. It’s well-designed, easy to use and includes a host of excellent features to help you discover new podcasts. Today, developer Shifty Jelly is adding another new discovery option, and it’s a rather unconventional one: Pocket Casts now includes a "Nearby" feature that shows you what other users near you are listening to. If you go to the "Discover" tab in Pocket Casts and tab on "Nearby," you’ll see the top podcasts being listened to by others who’ve enabled this sharing feature. You’ll also see what shows you have in common with other users near you (chances are good you’ll be seeing Serial pop up a lot here).

How useful this feature will be remains to be seen — it’ll only work with other Android users listening to Pocket Casts at any given moment, leaving iOS users out in the cold. Fortunately, Shifty Jelly says it is working on bringing a "massive" update to its iOS app in the near future. This Nearby feature seems like a shoo-in for that update, and we’re hoping that it’ll let you see anything Pocket Cast users are playing — regardless of which OS they’re using. Until then, the latest version of Pocket Casts for Android is available in the Google Play store for $3.99.

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Uber’s background checks reportedly missed criminal records

Uber in San Francisco

Los Angeles and San Francisco are convinced that Uber’s background checks aren’t as good as the company claims they are, and it looks the two cities might have ample proof that this is a real, consistent problem. Their district attorneys have amended a lawsuit against Uber to provide evidence that the ridesharing outfit didn’t unearth the criminal records of 25 drivers between the two regions. Several of those drivers were reportedly convicted of extremely serious crimes, including murder and sex offenses. The attorneys argue that this is proof that Uber is making "false and misleading" claims. It’s touting a tight screening process, but genuine threats to passengers are slipping through the cracks.

As you might gather given its history of fighting legal action, Uber isn’t having any of this. A spokesperson tells the New York Times that the company’s background checks are as good (or rather, as imperfect) as those for taxi drivers. "Neither is 100 percent foolproof," Uber says, pointing out that some taxi drivers were convicted of similar heinous crimes. While that’s true, the question isn’t whether or not Uber is flawless — it’s whether or not the firm is doing what it can to both filter out dangerous candidates and tell the truth to potential customers.

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