Check out this brand new BlackBerry, which would have sold really well in 2009
BlackBerry may essentially be dead, but the brand itself continues to linger on with manufacturer TCL now handling the heavy lifting. Being the first BlackBerry …
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NASA’s Cassini survived its first Saturn dive, and delivered some mind-blowing photos
NASA delivered some fantastic news very early this morning, announcing that the Cassini spacecraft had successfully survived the first of its “Grand Finale” dives. The …
The Loch Ness Monster is missing
Have you seen the Loch Ness Monster? Neither has anybody else, at least for the past eight months. Monster fanatics who dedicate themselves to studying …
Your gross human body continues to pollute the Earth even after death
Humans are messy creatures. We’ve polluted this planet to the point that it might actually be on an irreversible path towards cataclysm. As if that wasn’t …
Science finally figured out why your phone battery gets worse with age
Anyone with a laptop computer or smartphone knows all about how batteries lose their capacity over time. The day you bought it, your phone could …
This Apple Store just got robbed for the second time in six months
Of all the retailers in your average US mall, Apple Stores are probably near the top when it comes to the value of the goods …
Meet the man whose own nightmares inspired ‘Alien’
In case you haven’t already been buried under the flood of Alien posts on social media today, you should know that today, April 26th, is …
This Doritos bag plays the entire ‘Guardians 2’ soundtrack because everything is an ad now
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is scheduled to hit theaters on May 5th, but if you just can’t wait to spend money on something …
You’re not a real man unless you buy $425 jeans with mud already on them
As a guy, buying jeans is a pretty disheartening affair. Sure, they’re comfortable, versatile, and generally affordable, but what if I don’t care about any …
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has one final mission, which ends with destruction
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has been delivering fantastic views of Saturn and its moons for many years now, and this year it will meet its ultimate …
Comcast customer service is still more hated than the IRS
Never one to miss an opportunity to toot its own horn — even if that horn is typically broken and will require a technician to arrive …
Ancient people left a frightening message for us, and scientists just found it
10,000 years from now (assuming humans haven’t been wiped out by a plague, space rock, or our own destructive tendencies), it’ll probably be fairly easy …
Hobbits were real, and they lived in Indonesia
Humans have always been endlessly fascinated with our evolutionary history, and discovering a new species of human that once roamed the Earth is certainly cause …
Nature throws humanity a softball, provides bugs that digest plastic
Mother Earth is one seriously gracious host. Humanity has done little else to the planet that produced us than completely destroy it at every turn. We dump …
Intel’s insanely fast new Optane SSDs are finally shipping
The biggest advancement in data storage technology to date has undoubtedly been the shift from disc-based hard drives to solid-state. SSDs are faster, with no …
Spotify wants to make a wearable, even though that’s probably a horrible idea
Spotify — the music streaming service which boasts a huge subscriber count, lots of great licensing agreements, and a music catalog that is the envy …
Google is handing out 100 of its insane 360-degree 4K camera rigs
Over the past couple of years, several gadget makers including Samsung, Nikon, and LG have been trying to make 360-degree video recording as straightforward and affordable …
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft just caught a glimpse of Earth, all the way from Saturn
NASA and its spectacular space hardware often spend so much time checking out our planetary neighbors that we forget Earth offers some pretty cool photo …
Man who made his living killing African wildlife gets eaten by African wildlife
Scott Van Zyl made his living taking wealthy clients on “safaris” for the sole purpose of bringing home trophies like leopards, zebras, wildebeests and even …
Nearly blind runner competes in Boston Marathon with help of digital eyes
Marathon runner Erich Manser competed in his eighth Boston Marathon this year, but with each passing year he’s able to see less and less of …
Elon Musk’s grand plan for your brain includes adding new senses
Between serving as the boss of both Tesla and SpaceX, you probably wouldn’t imagine that Elon Musk has a ton of time to devote to new …
Arcades in North Korea are like a blast from the past
Arcades in the United States and Europe might be struggling to remain relevant, but in the magical, mysterious land of North Korea they’re apparently still …
Finally, bike tires that can never, ever go flat
One of the most annoying parts of biking for exercise or pleasure (or both, if you’re lucky) is that bike tires seem to go flat …
These creepy naked rats have a superpower and scientists can’t believe it
Naked mole-rats are weird creatures. They’re a cold-blooded mammal (which is insanely rare), they have extremely low metabolism which allows them to live extremely long …
🦄 Starbucks’ Unicorn Frappucino didn’t kill me 🦄
Drinking a pink, purple, and neon blue beverage at 7 o’clock in the morning isn’t something I’d ever recommend, but when Starbucks spontaneously launched its …
Why you probably shouldn’t care if Bose is spying on you
Bose, one of the biggest names in personal audio, is under fire for allegedly cataloging the listening habits and song choices of its users and …
Microsoft is trying to make passwords obsolete, and it might succeed
Passwords are annoying, clumsy, easily beaten (for the most part), and an absolutely antiquated form of security. They also happen to be the primary way …
Scientists are worried that humanity just keeps sending junk into space
Space is big and the hardware that humans keep sending into the great beyond is comparatively small, but our habit of letting random bits of space …
Scientists just unearthed an absolutely terrifying new sea creature
It’s hard to imagine that, after thousands of years of cataloguing every living thing we come across, humans are still discovering new animals, but when …
Scientists rank all the ways an asteroid can kill you
Tonight, a particularly large asteroid is going to cruise by Earth at its closest point in 400 years, and while we humans are going to …
