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 …
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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 …
The top 10 deals from Best Buy’s big ‘Last-Second Savings Event’
Wait, you didn’t actually think that all the biggest sales of the season were over just because today is Christmas Eve, did you? Well think …
Hubble snaps gorgeous image of epic ‘holiday wreath’ in space
Science never stops for NASA but while space observation and research continues regardless of the season or special occasions, the space agency still likes to …
Here are the most Googled queries in each state around Christmastime
The Christmas holiday is a time of gift-giving, family get-togethers, and singing carols. We get time off from work, we get to spend time with …
‘Bad Lip Reading’ folks hilariously spoof an Apple keynote
It’s hard to believe, but the folks over at Bad Lip Reading have been at it for 7 years now. To give you a sense …
Microsoft executive says Surface hardware with all-new form factor is in the works
Some of you might consider it an upside down world that sees a high-profile Microsoft executive interviewed and praising the company’s well-regarded, successful line of …
This bright, hazy blue blob is the brightest comet to visit Earth in 2018
For astronomers, spotting things at huge distances is all part of the gig, but sometimes our Solar System takes care of the hard work by …
This $40 smartwatch is a better deal than any smartwatch on sale, and it lasts for 30 days per charge
EARLIER: If you’re on the lookout for a new smartwatch and you don’t want to spend hundreds of dollars on an Apple Watch or one …
This 195-gigapixel photo of Shanghai is so huge you can zoom in from miles away and see people’s faces
Smartphone cameras have gotten so good that we struggle to find a reason to invest in a point-and-shoot, but there are still major advancements being …
Nike’s self-lacing shoes are back, and you might actually be able to afford them
We’ve been waiting for years for shoemakers to develop the kind of self-lacing footwear that once only seemed possible in movies, but it turns out …
The Mars InSight robot just placed its first instrument on Mars’ surface
NASA’s Mars InSight mission is moving along at a rapid pace. After landing on the planet just a few weeks ago, InSight has spent its …
Anthropologie dared to charge $42 for a bundle of sticks… and they sold out
Ah, the holiday season is upon us! It’s that time of year where some families will be eating elaborate meals together alongside a crackling fireplace …
Teenage ‘biohacker’ injects himself with DNA translations of the Bible and Koran
The relentless march of technology has made it possible for people do some interesting things to their own bodies, but injecting potentially harmful DNA just …
Best Buy’s one-day Apple sale is packed full of deals
Christmas Eve is just three days away and you deserve a pat on the back because you finished all of your holiday shopping. Actually, you …
Amazon’s huge lead in the smart speaker race is starting to shrink
Smart speakers represent one of the next great battlefronts as the biggest tech giants race to capture new territory in the war for user attention …
This Mars crater will definitely have a white Christmas
As we creep ever closer to December 25th, there are plenty of people in the United States and abroad that are hoping there’s at least …
New addition to Apple’s executive team shows how serious the company is about AI
The conventional wisdom among the tech cognoscenti has been that Apple lags behind rivals like Google and Amazon when it comes to its efforts in …
UK authorities may give police ‘new powers’ because of morons flying drones near airports
Barring any last-minute surprise, the second-busiest airport in the UK may finally reopen again before the end of the week after being forced to close …
Elon Musk is giving students in Flint, Michigan $423,600 to buy Chromebooks
After promising in October to foot the bill for water filtration systems to make sure schools in Flint, Michigan have access to clean water, billionaire …
We can finally explain the bizarre light streak that appeared in the sky above Northern California
Several of this week’s planned rocket launches ended up being hit with last-second aborts and delays, but that didn’t stop Mother Nature from giving California …
