Watch Obama’s final State of the Union address right here
On Tuesday night, President Barack Obama will deliver one of his customary State of the Union addresses. But this one will be slightly different from speeches …
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Airline personnel reveal the industry’s biggest secrets
Whether you’re a seasoned flyer or you hate air travel, the chances are good that you still have a lot to learn when it comes …
Dashcam video puts you in the driver’s seat as a car skids off the side of a mountain
“This past Sunday, Jan 4, 2015, I received a second chance at life.” That’s how James Shaw Jr. opened a public journal entry posted alongside what might …
Tinder has a secret ‘desirability’ score for every user
If you use hugely popular data app Tinder, you should know that it’s assigned you a secret “desirability” score that ranks you based on several …
Doctors want to cure obesity with freeze-dried fecal pills
As gross as it may sound, popping freeze-dried fecal pills might one day cure obesity and you might be instructed to take them to lose …
The Detroit Auto Show’s hottest new car is a Buick – check out these pics if you don’t believe it
The 2016 North American International Auto Show hadn’t even officially begun on Sunday night, but we’ve already seen the hottest new car that will be unveiled …
What it’s like listening to a $50,000 pair of headphones
You may think you’ve got the best headphones in the world. But there’s a good chance that they don’t stack up against the new headphones …
How much weight should you lose each week to keep it off?
In case you haven’t been paying attention, the smart wearables business is only getting bigger. More and more companies are coming out with new smart …
Time Warner Cable warns customers that 320,000 accounts may be compromised
On Wednesday, Time Warner Cable said that up to 320,000 customers may have had their account information stolen. According to a report from Reuters, email …
North Korea detonated a nuclear bomb last night
While we were winding down last night after a long day covering CES 2016 and the rest of the country was finishing up its day …
Kid wins the Internet by devouring an entire watermelon in this viral video
Forget everything you thought you knew about foods to eat while enjoying a sporting event. An Australian kid conquered the Internet this weekend with his …
Life hack: Better ways to store your Christmas decorations until next year
Happy New Year! Now that the major holidays are past us, it’s time to start thinking about taking down all those Christmas decorations and keep …
How to avoid Uber’s surge pricing on New Year’s Eve
If you’re going out to party tonight, don’t even think of driving home after you’ve been drinking. Instead, you should have a designated driver or, …
Trump slams Obama for watching ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’
If there’s one thing Republican presidential candidate and all-around nice guy Donald Trump has been good at during his media blitz, it has been taking any and every …
Crazy video: Pickup truck tries to drive across a thin wooden bridge
This heart-stopping video of a truck trying to cross what appears to be a rickety wooden bridge might make you question everything you thought you …
Essential Google Chrome extension lets you block all Donald Trump news stories
When Donald Trump first got in the presidential race, I was positively giddy with excitement about the potential comedy he’d bring. Since then, however, I’ve …
Chinese hoverboard market in chaos after Amazon demands they stop exploding
Shortly after reports began to spread that some hoverboards were starting fires and causing significant injuries to customers, Amazon and other retailers began pulling certain brands …
Couple pays $100,000 for puppies cloned from their dead dog’s DNA
We all love our pets but how many of us love them enough to pay $100,000 to get cloned versions of them after they pass …
Priest rides a hoverboard during Christmas Eve mass, gets suspended by humorless church
I know the headline sounds like a lazy, post-holiday headline from The Onion, but it’s apparently absolutely true. Earlier this week, a video of a priest …
This homemade lightsaber is dangerously crazy, and you have to check it out
With Star Wars hysteria still in full swing, it was only a matter of time before famed do-it-yourselfer and all-around laser buff Styropyro came out with …
Russell Crowe throws Twitter tantrum over airline hoverboard ban
Hoverboards are insanely popular with kids and adults, and they may be the perfect Christmas gift for some people – though people generally have a hard …
Astronaut in space misdials and accidentally ‘prank calls’ Earth
You might naturally assume that prank calls are exclusively carried out by teenage boys with nothing but time on their hands, but apparently even accomplished 43-year-old …
I can’t stop watching this hilarious 79-year-old grandmother play ‘Skyrim’
Gaming: It’s not just for kids anymore. Shirley Curry, a 79-year-old grandmother, has set up a YouTube channel to show off her gaming skills and right …
Merry Christmas! Now watch this 27-minute video of drone crashes
Drones are absolutely among the hottest Christmas gifts of the year in 2015, though they’re more accurately known as “quadcopters” since they’re not really drones …
Stephen Colbert says there’s one good thing about Donald Trump’s candidacy
Against all logic and reason, the horrifying steamroller that is Donald Trump’s candidacy continues to chug along. Trump’s proposals grow more and more outlandish with …
The most incredible ski run you’ll ever see doesn’t even involve snow
This is without question one of the coolest videos you’ll see this week. In fact, it might be the coolest video you see all month. …
The Beatles arrive on 9 different streaming music services
The Beatles used a webpage that looks like it was designed in the late 1990s to announce their arrival in the twenty-first century. Beginning at 12:01 …
Politician gets his stolen iPhone back after negotiating with mugger
It seems that a smooth-talking politician really can get out of situations that most of us can’t. Ars Technica brings us the story of San Francisco …
Moving Instagram account lets you follow along as humans destroy the Earth
Watching our planet crumble around us has never looked so beautiful. It’s difficult to dispute the impact humans have had on Earth, and the damage isn’t …
TSA agents can now force passengers to go through body scanners, even if they opt out
Just in time for the busy holiday travel season, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has changed the rules of airport protocol to allow TSA …
