‘Game of Thrones’ episode 5 is incredible, but only if you pretend it’s the first episode of the season
We’re one episode away from the Game of Thrones finale that we’ve been dying to see for the past two years, and all I can …
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Researcher claims life may still exist on Mars, but it’s probably hiding
As far as we know, there’s no life that currently exists on Mars. Missions to the Red Planet have yielded tantalizing clues that life may …
NYC tenants sue landlord for a physical key after he gives them a fancy smart lock
After a New York City apartment landlord installed a smart lock on the building’s lobby door, a group of tenants filed a lawsuit arguing they …
India is going forward with an antitrust case against Google’s Android
Google has lost a number of antitrust cases in recent years, which netted the tech company three record-setting fines in Europe. The European Commission looked …
SpaceX’s recent parachute tests came up short of expectations
NASA is desperate for its own transportation solution to send astronauts to and from the International Space Station. It’s paid both SpaceX and Boeing huge …
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Scientists found a tree in North Carolina that’s a jaw-dropping 2,624 years old
Humans have a habit of shortening the lifespan of trees. We just love to cut them down, and we do so with startling efficiency, damaging …
Elon Musk mocks Blue Origin’s lunar lander announcement, embarrasses himself in the process
SpaceX is the current leader in commercial spaceflight worldwide, but it’s far from the only game in town. Blue Origin, founded by billionaire Amazon boss …
Michigan man busted for selling over $1 million worth of illegal kratom across the U.S.
Who says crime doesn’t pay? For 36-year-old Matthew Dailey of Royal Oak, Michigan, crime most certainly did pay, and for quite a while. That ended …
Your next Delta flight may offer free Wi-Fi
Spotty Wi-Fi that also costs too much is often among the more frequent complaints of an airline’s customers, which is why you’re starting to see …
The obesity crisis is growing faster in rural areas than in major cities
You don’t need to look far to find some seriously troubling data regarding obesity in the United States and abroad. Waistlines are growing, and with …
Radioactive remnants of decades-old nuclear bomb tests have settled on the ocean floor
Nuclear weapons testing dates back to the mid 1940s and ramped up significantly starting in the early 1950s. Several countries, including the U.S., Soviet Union, …
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Even a Facebook co-founder thinks Mark Zuckerberg has way too much power
Chris Hughes hasn’t seen Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in-person since the summer of 2017, when Hughes, a fellow Facebook co-founder, hung out with Zuck at …
Space station experiment could hint at a cure to aging
Like every other living creature on the planet, our bodies are slaves to the endless march of time. There’s nothing we can to do stop …
Netflix just released its first ever top 10 list of most-watched content
As part of a gradual shift toward more transparency, Netflix made good today on a pledge to investors that it would start being less stingy …
Scientists used lasers to reproduce exotic ice that might fill Uranus
Earth orbits the Sun at a distance that allows both liquid water and water ice to exist on its surface in ample amounts. We like …
Dire new figures show the cable industry is now losing 14,000 subscribers every day
At this point, it’s pretty hard to argue that the traditional pay TV industry is not living on borrowed time, as it continues to bleed …
Octopus gets sweet revenge on live streamer trying to eat it
People throw around the word “karma” a lot whenever something bad happens to someone, but it’s hard to find a better example of real, actual …
San Diego man arrested after rifle-shaped bong causes gun scare
A gun scare prompted San Diego police to close downtown streets yesterday after reports of a man waving an assault rifle out of a hotel …
New proposal might let debt collectors harass consumers via text message and email
Debt collectors are notoriously persistent and annoying, a fact which shouldn’t come as much of a surprise given that calling people and asking for money …
Hey Google, stop trying to redefine privacy
Privacy was one of the themes of Google’s I/O keynote this year, and that’s understandable given what the competition has been doing all these years. …
NASA is designing flexible robots that could find a home on Mars
Robots and space exploration go hand-in-hand, so it’s no surprise that NASA is on the forefront of experimental new robotics technologies that could be used …
A company named STIFF BOY had to recall supplements because they were spiked with Viagra
This is one of those rare stories that sounds like it could have come straight from a parody news site but I swear to you …
Study suggests wasps are capable of logical thinking, and that should terrify you
Running into a wasp — or even worse, several wasps — on a nice summer day can be terrifying. Unlike honeybees, some wasp species are …
New breakthrough could yield the first 100% recyclable plastics
We’re surrounded by plastics for much of our lives. Plastics are cheap and easy to make, they’re often incredibly durable, and they last just about …
Beware: This new robocall scam could cost you big time
It seems that robocallers have have begun to evolve a bit, as media coverage brings increased scrutiny and potential regulatory action in response to their …
NASA will test asteroid defenses by slamming a spacecraft into a space rock in 2022
If Earth were ever to be threatened by a large space rock — and it definitely will at some point in the future — humanity …
Google’s huge Android Q privacy push means nothing to hundreds of millions of users
Privacy is finally starting to feel like a priority for Google, and you only need to look at the company’s Android Q presentation from this …
Archaeologists found 1,000-year-old cocaine in an ancient drug stash
Humans who lived 1,000 years ago could never have imagined the incredible advancements the subsequent centuries would bring. What we consider to be our mundane …
