3-D printed houses are going from hype to habitable in the Netherlands
Although we’ve seen concepts and demonstrations of 3-D printed concrete houses in the past, there’s a giant gulf between building one structure as a demonstration, …
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Don’t live in the South if you like good internet
Checking whether your new home has coverage from a good internet provider is one of the cardinal rules of buying a house these days. But …
Uber and Lyft scooters are coming soon to San Francisco streets
Earlier this week, Uber launched its electric bike-sharing program in Berlin, Germany, in a move that shows the ride-sharing company isn’t just about cars. It’s …
Soldier steals ‘tank-like’ armored transport, leads police on surprisingly speedy chase
Running from the police is a bad idea regardless of whether you’re on foot or in a vehicle, but a member of the Virginia Army …
An Uber driver shot and killed his rider after an altercation in the car
An Uber driver shot and killed a passenger while the two were in the vehicle on Interstate 25 early Friday morning. According to Denver7 News, …
YouTube ‘prankster’ delivers bomb threat to university, seems surprised when cops arrest him
From the first day that YouTube made it easy for anyone with a smartphone and a bank account to upload and monetize videos, “comedians” with …
‘PUBG’ studio sues ‘Fortnite’ creator for copying its smash hit game
Korean game developer PUBG Corp., the studio behind popular battle royale game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (aka PUBG) is suing the Korean arm of Epic Games, the …
Amazon Alexa recording ‘bug’ shows how little we actually know about our smart home gadgets
Yesterday, the news cycle worked overtime to first bring us the story of how an Amazon Echo secretly sent recordings of a couple’s conversations to …
Tattoo artist misspells child’s name, prompting parents to rename their kid
People get tattoos for all kinds of different reasons, but getting the names of your children tastefully tattooed on your body has become a common …
A week with Jaguar’s $92,000 F-Type
I’ve never been much of a classic car guy, but there are a few classics I can’t help but love. Shelby Cobras from the mid-1960s …
Apple might launch a credit card to help you pay off that $1,000 iPhone
Apple is planning to launch an Apple Pay-branded credit card with Wall Street titan Goldman Sachs, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. The …
Overwatch League finals are coming to NYC
Given the resources Blizzard has thrown at it, it’s no real surprise that Overwatch League has had a rapturously successful first season. With playoffs just …
An Amazon delivery driver stole a customer’s dog, and Amazon had to get it back
Can you trust anyone these days? Amazon packages have quickly become fodder for low-life porch pirates in recent years, but now it seems as though …
Cambridge Analytica is shutting down
Cambridge Analytica, the data firm at the heart of the Facebook privacy scandal and a company that some credit for Donald Trump’s election victory, is …
This bad lip-reading of Mark Zuckerberg’s Senate testimony is so much better than the real thing
Earlier this month, Mark Zuckerberg completed Step 7 of the Tech Company Scandal Apology Tour by trekking to Capitol Hill to be interrogated by lawmakers. …
Your exam cheat sheets have nothing on this high-tech Singapore cheating ring
Students cheating in exams has been around for as long as there’s been exams. But while most individual-level cheating involves a few scribbled notes and …
Passenger nearly sucked out of airplane window in nightmare emergency landing
Nervous flyers, it’s time to take a double dose of Xanax and carefully reconsider vacation options within driving distance. A Southwest Airlines flight from New …
Substitute teacher hosts a student ‘fight club’ in his classroom, gets arrested
If you’re a high school student, having a substitute teacher for the day typically means you’ll be watching a boring video for the length of …
White Castle now sells a veggie burger that looks like meat and bleeds when you bite it
Vegan meat substitutes have come a long way in the past decade or so, dramatically improving in taste accuracy and texture, but discerning carnivores can …
Woman says mail-away DNA test revealed that her parents’ fertility doctor is her biological father
Remember, male doctors, it’s always a bad idea to inseminate patients having fertility issues with your own sperm unless your patients give consent. It may …
YouTube shooter was ‘angry’ at company over video demonetization
The shooter who wounded three people at YouTube headquarters Tuesday afternoon has been identified as San Diego resident Nasim Aghdam, police have confirmed. Although it was …
YouTube attack: Shooter dead from self-inflicted gunshot and four victims injured, police say
The San Bruno Police Department has confirmed that a woman opened fire at YouTube’s San Bruno headquarters this afternoon, wounding four victims before dying from …
You don’t need to sign your credit card receipt any more
Most of the slightly surprising news that comes out on April 1st is unsurprisingly fake. But one change went into effect yesterday that is real: …
Let’s talk about Tesla’s Autopilot and the fatal Model X crash
On Friday, March 23rd in Mountain View, California, the driver of a Tesla Model X died in a fiery crash on Highway 1o1. Tesla later …
The Equifax hack netted the credit bureaus $1.4 billion in fees from customers
Last year’s Equifax hack was a data breach of truly epic proportions. Around 147 million people had sensitive information, including Social Security numbers, stolen from …
Toys R Us liquidation sales will begin at stores all over the country tomorrow
If you haven’t heard by now, I’m sorry I have to be the one to break it to you, but Toys R Us is going …
Google is spending $300 million to fight fake news
Google announced today a sweeping new global initiative to fight fake news and help legitimate news organizations grow their business. At an event in New …
Sony is giving PS3 owners a $65 settlement – here’s how to get yours
If you bought an original PlayStation 3 (the “fat” one, before the PS3 Slim came out) between November 1, 2006, and April 1, 2010 in the …
Have a fun weekend skiing after watching this
Spring skiing in the Northeast is a particularly wonderful time of year. There’s enough snow accumulation by this point to cover the worst of the …
Walmart adds grocery delivery in 100 cities as the war with Amazon heats up
Walmart has announced plans to bring its online grocery delivery service to 100 cities and 800 Walmart stores by the end of the year. If …
