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Officially unveiled yesterday in Los Angeles, the Tesla Model X " can hit 0-60 in 4.4-seconds, will cost around the same as the Model S, and it has those cool "falcon" gullwing-like doors." Pricing starts at $50,000 after tax rebates and incentives. Click here to see more. Continue reading for two videos from the live unveiling.

With the batteries housed in the same low skateboard as the S, the X has a lot of space. Since the CUV doesn't need a combustion engine, there are actually two trunks: one in front and one in the back.

Double Fine Adventure, an upcoming video game that will be released on Steam, raised over $1.1-million in just 24-hours on Kickstarter, making it the website's most successful campaign ever. Kickstarter page. Continue reading for a video.

The independent developer initially requested just $400,000 - $300,000 to make the game and $100,000 to develop a documentary delivered to the project's backers - and has promised to roll extra funding back into the project.

The FBI recently released its file on Steve Jobs, and surprisingly enough, the former Apple CEO "was considered for a 'sensitive position' in the Bush I White House back in 1991; it also contains results of an investigation into a 1985 bomb threat against Jobs." Continue reading for the news report.

Several individuals questioned Mr. Jobs' honesty stating that Mr. Jobs will twist the truth and distort reality in order to achieve his goals. They also commented that, in the past, Mr. Jobs was not supportive of [redacted] (the mother of his child born out of wedlock) and their daughter; however, recently has become supportive.

Set for release on August 3, 2012, The Bourne Legacy stars Jeremy Renner as Aaron Cross. This film will not begin where the last one left off, but rather be a spin-off of the original series. Continue reading to watch the first theatrical trailer.

Jeremy Lin of the New York Knicks isn't only a sensation on the court, but he's currently the latest YouTube star. As many fans already know, he graduated from Harvard and was traded from several teams before landing in New York. Continue reading to see how to get into Harvard.

The latest images to trend on the internet have been of a monster whale shark that washed ashore in Pakistan. It basically "took two cranes and more than four hours to lift the seven-tonne fish on to a jetty." Click here for more pictures. Continue reading for a video.

The shark will be put on public display for three days and the buyer will charge visitors, a fisheries dealer told the Tribune.

Finally, "Russian scientists have finally drilled down through four kilometres of Antarctic ice to a lake that has been sealed for the last 20 million years." Even more shocking, "this may not be the only surprise from sub-glacial Lake Vostok, a body of water as large as Lake Ontario." Continue reading for the news report.

'The discovery of microorganisms in Lake Vostok may mean that, perhaps, the first meeting with extraterrestrial life could happen on Europa,' said Dr Vladimir Kotlyakov, Director of the Geography Institute at the Russian Academy of Sciences.

That's right, Facebook is set to file an IPO today that will raise $5-billion for the company. In other words, "Facebook will reportedly sell $5 billion worth of equity to outside investors, and will use that money to grow its business/buy yachts." Continue reading to see some of the coolest Facebook Timeline art.

That $5 billion might sound like a lot, but it's actually about half of what had been rumored. And it is small, given that the total value of Facebook, public company, is expected to be a whopping $100 billion.

Today, Apple reported earnings of $13.06-billion net profit for Q1 2012, They sold "37.04 million iPhones in the first quarter of its fiscal year (which began last October), up 128 percent from the same sales period last year." In related news, continue reading for a video tour of Apple's new Grand Central store.

Apple specifically attributed its overall handset success to the release of the 4S, trumpeting the charming effect Siri has had on consumers. To boot, Sprint began selling iPhones with the launch of the 4S, adding a third major carrier to Apple's smartphone sales effort.

For those who are unfamiliar with Kim Dotcom, he's basically a German-Finnish computer programmer and businessman who founded Megaupload and its associated sites. As of January 20, 2012, he was in the custody of New Zealand police on charges of criminal copyright infringement. Continue reading to see a few weird things you probably didn't know about him.

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