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: …
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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 …
How one German company is trying to change how you think about e-bikes
Being the top executive at European e-bike company Riese & Muller, based near Frankfurt, Germany, has given Sandra Wolf a distinctly global perspective on the …
Forget Jack and Coke, get ready for Coca-Cola’s first alcoholic drink
Jack and Coke is one of the most popular alcoholic drinks you can make. It involves mixing Jack Daniels whiskey, Coca-Cola, and ice. Voila! You …
Amazon’s two-hour Whole Foods deliveries are coming to more cities
Amazon is rolling out free two-hour delivery of Whole Foods products to San Francisco and Atlanta, bringing the total number of cities where grocery delivery …
Read the transcripts of 911 calls from when Apple employees walked into glass walls
Apple’s stunning new “spaceship” headquarters in Cupertino, California has been turning heads ever since it opened, but its glass-heavy design has created an unfortunate issue. …
Drunk man paid $1,600 for a 300-mile Uber ride to the wrong home
Using Uber’s ride-hailing service to get home after a long night of drinking is definitely the responsible thing to do. Everyone on the road is …
Twitch streamer and all-around awful person Simone Scott brags about killing a dog when she was a vet tech
Simone Scott, a small-time streamer on video website Twitch, admitted to killing a dog while working as a veterinary technician simply because she didn’t like …
Hero lawyer exploits HOA loophole and parks his WWII tank on the street
Tension between HOAs and people with exotic vehicle collections are nothing new, but one Texas lawyer took things to the extreme last year when he …
Even Elon Musk doesn’t buy into the Bitcoin hype
Although Bitcoin has captured the hearts and minds of amateur gamblers and Ponzi schemers, it’s still an orphan child among most financial managers. Warren Buffett …
Apple is trying to figure out why its repair center is making hundreds of 911 calls
Emergency dispatchers have an incredibly important and stressful job, which is made infinitely more difficult when the calls they receive turn out to be false …
Amazon just made shopping at Whole Foods even cheaper for Prime members
Amazon has announced the latest phase in its push to get Prime members into Whole Foods, and it’s good news for anyone who already has …
Watch a drone crash into Apple’s new spaceship campus in Cupertino
We’ve been watching footage of the brand new Apple Park in Cupertino, California filmed by drones for months, but over this past weekend, the inevitable …
A woman has to decide between protecting her privacy, or a $560 million jackpot
Jane Doe of New Hampshire, the woman who just won a $560 million Powerball prize, has to choose between collecting her prize or protecting her …
Watch an airplane fill with smoke after a phone charger explodes
Electronics and their accessories exploding unexpectedly has become so commonplace that no one even seems to be surprised any more when it happens. For example, …
Only in California: Donkey leads herd of escaped sheep and goats through local neighborhood
In a story that proves the old adage that truth is stranger than fiction, police in California last Thursday found themselves in hot pursuit of …
Facebook is trading fake news for local news
Facebook will start start pushing more news stories from local sources into your news feed, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a post on his favorite …
This 660-foot basketball shot set a world record, and now it will blow your mind
You’ve seen them perform similar trick shots before, breaking world records in the process, and some of you are already fans of the Australian YouTubers …
The US government is charging three bitcoin companies with fraud
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has filed federal civil enforcement lawsuits against three virtual currency operators. The list of charges is extensive, and includes …
Wynn casino heist: $6 million in chips allegedly stolen by a dealer and an accomplice
The upcoming reboot Ocean’s 8 won’t be out until this summer, but it appears that someone took inspiration from the series this week as $6 million …
Apple’s San Francisco commuter buses are reportedly being attacked
Companies like Google and Apple run commuter buses in the areas around their campuses, giving employees a way to commute to and from work for …
Office Depot offers $28 same-day iPhone battery replacements as Apple delays some repairs to March
Bad news, iPhone users: Apple is running out of replacement batteries. The company came under fire recently when it was revealed that the company throttles …
The US government is cashing in on the Bitcoin hype
The US Marshals Service announced Thursday that it will hold an auction next month to dispose of 3,813 bitcoins, worth a cool $52 million at …
Marlboro maker Philip Morris just said it’s done with cigarettes
Ditching a nasty smoking habit is a popular New Year’s Resolution around the world. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t — and as a …
