Sometimes you don’t want your messages to live forever. Maybe you have something secret you want to tell someone, or maybe it’s something time-sensitive. Or maybe you just don’t want to be trapped by the permanence of the digital age. Whatever the r…
Lees meerAt 6:39 am EDT today, a spacecraft weighing over 2,000 kilograms (4,400 pounds) with the wingspan of a Boeing 747 crashed gently into a comet’s surface, following 13 hours of free-fall. These, my friends, are the last, fleeting glimpses of Comet 67P…
Lees meerHave you ever been so pissed off in an Apple store, filled to the brim with obnoxious teens and clueless old people, that you wanted to smash all of the shiny devices on display? When this frenchman didn’t get his way with Apple customer support, he…
Lees meerLet’s make one thing clear: despite what you may have in your head, Tesla’s recently updated Autopilot can not safely navigate a highway off-ramp for you – yet.Read more...
Lees meerDid you see that cake with the words “Sorry I tased you” scrawled on it? A cop in Florida tasered a woman, who’s now suing. The cop allegedly apologized by baking the cake, featuring crudely drawn stick figures. The only problem with the photo that’…
Lees meerCracking the iPhone might be harder to do these days, but that only makes it more valuable. On Thursday, exploit vendor Zerodium announced they were tripling their bounty for a zero-day hack of Apple’s iOS 10, offering a new maximum payout of $1.5 m…
Lees meerDid Donald Trump happen to lose one of his signature hairpieces in the Amazonian wilds of Peru? Wildlife photographer Jeff Cremer snapped this image of a caterpillar sporting the Republican candidate’s signature bright orange-yellow tufts of hair w…
Lees meerI don’t really think pizza needs any more toppings beyond some sauce (preferably marinara) and some cheese (preferably mozzarella) but if you’re one of those weirdos who enjoys silly things on their pizza like cauliflower, grapes, potatoes, and …
Lees meerAs you would if you were him, Zack Snyder posted a photo of himself on the Justice League set and wearing a Batman gauntlet to Twitter, causing nerds everywhere to scream, “WHAT’S ON HIS TABLET?” The answer is Deathstroke. Deathstroke is on his tabl…
Lees meerEarlier this week, Elon Musk revealed his plan to make humanity a multi-planetary species by building an express train to Mars. There are a lot of open questions about how this will work, technically speaking, and who will pay for it. But there’s an…
Lees meerHold up, Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter is now a tech investor! Bey has invested $150,000 into a startup called Sidestep as part of her management company, Parkwood Entertainment. That’s not a ton of cash, but it’s at least enough to pay a few telep…
Lees meerHave you ever tried to get something that you shouldn’t through US Customs? Frankly, I don’t know how people summon the nerve. Whether it’s illegal drugs, exotic animal meat, or counterfeit purses, people will try to smuggle just about anything. And…
Lees meerThe internet’s obsession with all things bacon shows no signs of slowing, but for some reason it’s happy to ignore the biggest downside to frying up that fat-filled treat: the layer of grease that ends up splattered all over your kitchen. At least s…
Lees meerSeeing these film shots from Empire of the Sun, Lost in Translation and Sexy Beast next to the paintings of Norman Rockwell, John Kacere and Marc Chagall is like seeing double. The film version are close versions of the original art. It’s obviou…
Lees meerGoogle’s October 4 gadget extravaganza is quickly approaching, and if the rumors are true, there’s plenty to be excited about. The company is supposedly getting ready for an entire hardware overhaul, and that means we expect to see not just new ph…
Lees meerIf you can watch this and not desperately wish that there was an Indiana Jones cartoon to accompany it, then you are a stronger person than I.Read more...
Lees meerIf you were a child of the ‘80s, Teddy Ruxpin probably blew your mind the first time you saw him chatting away. He was one of the earliest animatronic plush characters you could actually own (without robbing a Chuck E. Cheese’s) and quickly became o…
Lees meerAfter a twelve year journey in space, the Rosetta spacecraft has less than 24 hours of life left before it crashes straight into the comet it has been orbiting. Today at 3 p.m., Rosetta team scientist Paul Weissman will be here taking your questions…
Lees meerHP is apologizing for deliberately pushing a software update to customer’s printers that would prevent them from working with non-HP ink.Read more...
Lees meerEarlier this month, bombings in multiple areas of New York and New Jersey led to the arrest of Ahmad Khan Rahami. Rahami was eventually discovered by police sleeping in the doorway of a bar after a shootout with authorities, but not before many in…
Lees meerTomorrow’s the big day for fans of Star Wars looking to lighten their wallets—starting at midnight tonight, a bunch of new toys for the upcoming Rogue One will hit shelves, months before we actually get to see the movie. Looking to pick up something…
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