Instagram’s horizontal swipe mess happened because everyone loves Stories so much
If the furor that erupted over Instagram’s botched test this week that inadvertently became a wider update of the app taught us anything, it’s this. …
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An explosion at a New York City power plant last night made it look like aliens were invading
We’re still several months out from the release of Avengers: Endgame, but some New Yorkers were convinced that Thanos had returned earlier than expected on …
Elon Musk’s attorney says the First Amendment lets you call someone a ‘pedo’ on Twitter
Everybody knows Twitter is basically the Wild West of the Internet and not a place where the things people say should be taken seriously. That’s …
These coffee cups are made out of sand, and they’ll set you back over $175
With cold winter days approaching (or already here in some areas) you’ll probably finding yourself reaching for a nice warm mug of coffee sooner or …
Short patients are more likely to die in intensive care, and researchers don’t know why
If you end up in the intensive care unit of a hospital or clinic there’s a number of things that can affect your eventual outcome. …
Indonesian volcano that produced monster tsunami has been obliterated
Over the weekend a volcano in Indonesia erupted and spawned a tsunami that slammed into the island nation and claimed hundreds of lives. There was …
White House considering executive order to bar Huawei and ZTE purchases
The White House is considering an executive order to declare a national emergency that would bar US companies from purchasing telecommunications equipment from China, a …
Google won’t let Chrome users roll back to the old UI, and now they’re furious
Back in September, Google began rolling out one of the most substantial Chrome redesigns to date, with a brand new design and dozens of new …
Runaway cow causes chaos on New Jersey highway
Winter driving can be a real pain in northern states, but drivers on New Jersey’s Route 19 had to deal with a very different kind …
Instagram accidentally updated its app with an awful new feature that everyone hated
In what has to be in the running for the most baffling move by a social media platform in 2018 (though Facebook has that award …
NASA wants you to celebrate New Years with its New Horizons space probe
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has been speeding through space since early 2006 and it’s about to make what might be its most interesting flyby to …
Watch a NASA astronaut relearn how to walk after nearly 200 days in space
It’s only been about a week since three of the crew members aboard the International Space Station flew back down to Earth aboard Russia’s Soyuz …
Samsung is going to show off a bunch of weird new stuff at CES 2019
An ASMR microphone, a custom perfume service and an auto-adjusting computer monitor stand that helps users with their posture are among eight projects Samsung announced …
More than 3,700 patients may have been exposed to HIV at a New Jersey surgery center
More than 3,700 patients who went in for surgery at the HealthPlus Surgery Center in New Jersey may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis B, …
Sniffles, the noseless dog, needs a loving home
The holidays are a time of giving, and if you’re looking to give a homeless pet a new life, you probably won’t do much better …
What does it mean if the hole in the ISS was drilled from the inside?
There isn’t much contest for the most bizarre space news story of the year. If anyone were to give away such an award it would …
Russia says there’s no defense against its new hypersonic intercontinental ballistic missile
While much of the West was still recovering from holiday meals and cleaning up scraps of wrapping paper from the floor, Russian military officials were …
Apple has done a horrible job advertising the iPhone XR
A few days ago, I got a text from a family member asking me if it’s worth buying the iPhone XRS — and no, that’s …
Apollo astronaut thinks sending humans to Mars is ‘almost ridiculous’
Mars is the hottest topic in the space science world these days, with new rovers, orbiters, and landers finding out new and exciting things about …
Rabid foxes are attacking people in Arizona
Depending on where you live, spotting a friendly fox can be a rare treat. They’re cute, quirky, and as long as you don’t operate a …
Russia says the mysterious hole in its Soyuz rocket may have been sabotage
We already knew that Russia was in the midst of an incredibly deep investigation into the origins of a strange hole that was found in …
You probably won’t like where your state lands in 2018’s ranking of the healthiest US states
As 2018 comes to a close we are treated to many of the year-end polls and surveys and rankings that accompany the end of any …
Minnesota Attorney General sues Comcast for allegedly overcharging customers
We know this will come as a shock to many of you, but the cable giant Comcast has become synonymous among the general public with …
Elon Musk shows off stainless steel ‘Starship’
It was just last month that Elon Musk took to Twitter to unceremoniously announce that he was changing the name of the crew module and …
Analyst: Google’s speakers and Pixel phones are turning its hardware into a $20B business
Thanks to Google’s enduring moneymaking machine, its parent company Alphabet remains a titanic force of advertising. However, according to a new analysis, a separate powerful …
NASA’s New Horizons is poised for a historic New Year’s Day flyby
It was back in August that NASA showed off images from its New Horizons spacecraft which had just spotted its next flyby target sitting a …
An asteroid shaped like a giant hippopotamus just flew by Earth
The holiday season means seeing friends and family that you might not see all that often throughout the rest of the year, and the same …
Uranus was slammed by an object twice the size of Earth
It’s been a big year for Uranus. We’ve learned quite a bit about the planet thanks to new research efforts aimed at explaining why it …
UK police had to resort to ‘military-grade’ technology to stop those airport drones
Well, you had to figure this kind of thing was coming. After the UK’s second-busiest airport was forced to close in recent days because of …
The anti-Facebook hysteria has gotten out of control
There’s no getting around it: 2018 is a year Facebook would rather soon forget. Over the past few months, the social networking giant routinely made …
