World Video Game Hall of Fame gets 5 new additions
“Wait, there’s a video game hall of fame?” you ask yourself while looking at the headline. There is! It was founded in 2015, so it’s …
Articles by Mike Wehner
NASA’s Saturn spacecraft just delivered photos so stunning you’ll think they’re fake
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft continues to delivery some truly jaw-dropping photographs from Saturn, and its most recent “Grand Finale” dive between the planet’s rings has produced …
Microsoft’s Surface Laptop has a filthy secret
Microsoft’s Surface Laptop — ugh, that name — is one of the more interesting device announcements we’ve seen so far in 2017. It’s a mid-range …
This website tells a gripping crime story through pop-up notifications
When news broke that law enforcement officials in Arkansas had demanded that Amazon turn over Alexa user data that it claimed was associated with an alleged …
Humanity needs to abandon Earth way sooner than you think, according to Stephen Hawking
While much of humanity concerns itself with saving the planet from the ravages mankind has inflicted upon it, one of the world’s brightest minds is …
This tiny 4G smartphone runs Android 7.0 Nougat and costs just $59
It’s no secret that smartphones are getting bigger, thinner, and more expensive, and with rumors piling up that the mythical iPhone 8 could be priced north …
Check out Cassini’s amazing Saturn dive from a totally new perspective
While we all wait with the utmost patience for NASA to show off the images captured by the Cassini spacecraft during its second dive through …
Robin Williams’ last film is finally coming to US theaters
When Robin Williams died in August of 2014 it was extremely difficult for his many fans to let the funnyman go, especially when it was …
This bipedal running robot is the last thing you’ll see before robots claim the Earth
Robotics engineers with companies like Boston Dynamics have been hard at work on complex computer systems paired with motion sensors and gyroscopes to give their …
Google isn’t afraid of Microsoft’s Chromebook clone, for obvious reasons
Google’s Chrome OS and Chromebook computers are a bit hit among students from high school through college, thanks in no small part to their extreme affordability, …
Facebook is hiring 3,000 more people to watch its most disturbing videos
Facebook is the largest social network on the planet and the sheer volume of posts, photos, and videos means that, inevitably, some really horrible stuff …
The best thing you’ll see today: Florida woman caught on tape faking a worker’s comp injury
If you’re one of those “I hate my job” people, I can definitely sympathize. Having once worked for nearly a decade at a cable company, …
This NASA video will teach you more about clouds than you’ve ever wanted to know
From the perspective of us here on Earth, clouds are usually pretty boring. Sure, sometimes we spot one that looks cool or see a unique …
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft didn’t find anything, and scientists can’t believe it
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has made a big name for itself by being a reliable source of really awesome photographs of parts of Saturn and its …
Are we looking hard enough for aliens? Astronomer says no
Finding existing extraterrestrial life would undoubtedly be one of the crowning achievements of the human race, but with so much talk of the potential for …
NASA just discovered a massive tsunami of gas in space
Some of the coolest discoveries made by NASA — like the personality of Martian soil, for instance — are often so small in scale that …
Siri still sucks, and an Apple smart speaker won’t change that
In case you haven’t been keeping up with the Apple rumor mill this week, word on the street suggests that Apple is planning a standalone …
Microsoft just announced its first true Surface laptop ever
Ever since the release of its Surface tablets, Microsoft has been slowly marching towards the inevitable launch of a traditional notebook. Snap-on keyboards for the …
Researchers built an automated robot that specializes in drilling through human skulls
One trope shared among all the fictional depictions of a futuristic robot uprising is the idea that, because we’ve taught robots so much about how humans function, …
This new battery tech breakthrough could mean even faster electric vehicles
Electric vehicles have a few key advantages over traditional combustion-powered cars, and one of the biggest is the potential for extreme acceleration. The Tesla Model …
This AI can learn your voice and mimic it in a minute or less, and that’s incredibly scary
When it comes to personal privacy and overall security, we often think of passwords, fingerprints, and even our own faces as being the keys that …
This app is about to become every iPhone user’s new addiction
There’s something about polls that are endlessly fascinating to humans. It doesn’t make much sense, but we as a species really, really like to record …
Watch SpaceX send a US spy satellite into orbit and land its rocket safely back on Earth
With a handful of successful launches and return flights of its reusable rocket system already under its belt, SpaceX is feeling pretty confident these days. …
Hubble just delivered one of the most gorgeous space photos ever
The past few weeks have been jam-packed with stunning imagery from Saturn, delivered courtesy of the Cassini spacecraft. Now, almost as if to say “Hey, …
MIT invented a robot that can 3D-print an entire building
3D printing has slowly gone from a curious novelty to a totally viable option for creating all kinds of useful things, from chocolate to athletic shoes, …
NASA’s meteorite-resistant space fabric is like futuristic chainmail
NASA is usually so busy showing off all the awesome stuff it finds out in space that it’s easy to lose track of the cool …
Scientists just discovered something awesome about the soil on Mars
Humans will one day walk on Mars and while it almost certainly won’t happen on the fever-dream timeline that Donald Trump seems to think is …
Apple joins Tesla in letter begging California to change its self-driving car rules
Apple hasn’t publicly stated that it’s working on self-driving vehicle technology quite yet, but it’s giving the world plenty of reason to think it’s doing …
This 7-year-old girl wrote a letter to Google and got a tech job out of it
How about this amazing little nugget to restore your faith in humanity: Chloe Bridgewater, a seven-year-old from Hereford, UK, is a big fan of technology and eventually …
History-changing discovery suggests Homo sapiens were not the first humans in America
For decades, the accepted theory of human migration suggested that Homo sapiens arrived to America around 15,000 years ago, and that they were the very …
