China will start off 2019 by landing on the Moon
Many of us like to start off a new year by doing something special. Oftentimes it’s setting a lofty goal we’d like to achieve over …
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For the first time, the NYPD will use drones to keep an eye on the New Year’s Eve crowd
According to New York City Police Commissioner James O’Neill, none of the revelers in the Big Apple Monday night who are there to party and …
Amazon to build more Whole Foods stores to boost reach of Prime Now service
When Amazon acquired Whole Foods for $13.4 billion back in June of 2017, many people found the move a bit curious. Now, about 18 months …
Netflix ought to be scared in 2019 based on Disney’s performance this year
For years, Netflix has outlasted one challenger after another that’s tried to dethrone the streaming giant we’ve all grown accustomed to turning to for our …
Strapping a high-speed camera to a lawnmower blade is the best idea anyone has ever had
People (including myself) love slow-motion videos and we also tend to love watching things being destroyed. Lawnmowers are really, really good at destroying things, but …
It’s hard to skip class in China, because school uniforms now come with trackers
Chinese citizens get accustomed pretty early in life to living in a constant state of being tracked and surveilled by authorities. In what sounds a little …
Scientists invent a way to turn copper into a gold analog
Gold is one of the most highly sought after materials on the planet, so inventing a way to turn a much more abundant material, like …
The future of retail sounds hyper personalized – and slightly dystopian
In the year 2040, there will still be plenty of physical, brick-and-mortar stores around where you can go to buy things — but they will …
Study finds rich people are generous as long as they feel like they’re in charge
The holidays are supposed to be a time for giving and, as we’ve seen in a number of instances, sometimes people with disposable income really …
Heart failure doesn’t mean you have to stop drinking, apparently
Being diagnosed with heart failure is a serious thing, and individuals who receive such news from their doctors are likely to examine their lifestyles and, …
Elon Musk suggests the first ‘resident’ of Mars might be an AI
There’s been plenty of talk lately about future missions to Mars that will carry human crew members. It would be an incredible achievement to successfully …
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. …
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 …
