Advertising executives believe Netflix will have to run ads eventually
No surprise, Netflix was a big topic of discussion today as IAB’s Digital Content NewFronts event kicked off in New York City — and a …
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Doctors used a drone to deliver a vital kidney transplant in historic flight
Drones might be a favorite toy among adults with significant disposable income, but they’ve also proven to be incredibly useful as tools, and sometimes life-saving …
Spotify now has 100M paying subscribers, but it’s still losing money
Spotify now has 100 million subscribers paying for the streaming music service’s Premium subscription tier, in addition to now enjoying a presence in 79 markets …
Denver might decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms
As more and more U.S. states embrace marijuana, tearing down decades of anti-weed propaganda in the process, some cities are considering approaching other low-risk recreational …
Synology’s DS918+ is the ultimate NAS
These days, even the average consumer relies so many devices and uses so much computing power over the course of a normal day that they …
We’re about to find out how prepared NASA and FEMA are for an asteroid strike
For years, big budget science fiction flicks have shown us highly stylized end-of-the-world scenarios involving asteroids. Sometimes the heroes have a plan to avert disaster, …
Never mind the outcry: Netflix knows ‘The Office’ won’t be this popular forever
Andy Bernard, the lovable sad sack played by Ed Helms for several seasons of NBC’s The Office, muses aloud at one point during the super-emotional …
Gee, I wonder why Imax predicts that 2019 will be its strongest year ever?
On the same day that Avengers: Endgame opens wide in the US, Imax on Friday delivered word to Wall Street that the latest Marvel title …
Firefighters saved the National Archives from an arsonist who tried to burn it down
The National Archives Museum in Washington DC is more than 80 years old and houses everything from important presidential papers to some of the nation’s …
Amazon is reportedly working on a new high-def music streaming service
Just days after Amazon launched a free music streaming tier for Alexa-enabled devices, Music Business Worldwide has come forward with a report claiming that the …
Apple’s legendary design team lost three members, but there’s no reason to panic
At Apple, design is king, an ethos instilled into the company by Steve Jobs more than two decades ago. Famously, Jobs laid out Apple’s core …
Apple Watch Series 3 is somehow still only $199 on Amazon, its lowest price ever
The Apple Watch Series 4 is great, but the benefits over the Series 3 model are pretty minimal. Having a slightly bigger screen is nice, …
Woman complaining of eye pain had four live bees in her eye, doctors say
When a 28-year-old woman arrived at Taiwan’s Fooyin University Hospital with complaints of eye pain, doctors approached it like a normal, run-of-the-mill case of eye …
Newly-discovered ancient crab species is like nothing science has seen before
When researchers discover fossils of species that are new to science it’s only natural that they attempt to find a place for them in the …
China pledges to have the first Moon base within a decade
The Chinese space agency has spent the first few several months of 2019 exploring the far side of the Moon after being the first nation …
The Universe is getting bigger at a faster rate than scientists predicted
The Universe is growing. Scientists have known as much for decades, but the rate at which it is getting bigger has been the topic of …
This is our first look at the hole Japan blasted into an asteroid
Earlier this month, Japan’s space agency JAXA launched an explosive projectile at the space rock known as Ryugu from its Hayabusa2 asteroid probe. Japan wanted …
Stop letting babies watch TV, begs World Health Organization
The occasional Netflix binge might seem like a harmless distraction to you and me, but the World Health Organization says those same personal standards should …
Young stars love to destroy planet atmospheres, new study suggests
New exoplanet discoveries have been piling up fast in recent years, and whenever astronomers confirm the existence of another planet there’s always an immediate interest …
Facebook could be fined up to $5 billion by the FTC due to privacy violations
Facebook has been dealing with one privacy-related scandal after another for more than a year now, a reality that’s about to present the social networking …
AT&T will unveil its new streaming service (and maybe ruin HBO Now) this fall
Apple and Disney have already hosted splashy media events showcasing the new streaming services they each plan to launch later this year to host original …
Hubble enjoyed a colorful view of the Southern Crab Nebula to celebrate 29 years in space
The Hubble Space Telescope has provided mankind with some of the most incredible views of space that we’ve ever seen. It’s shown us breathtaking images …
Texas pizza joint forced to close after employees spiked pizza with laxatives
Pizza might have Italian origins but it’s become a massive part of American culture. Even the smallest of towns tend to have at least one …
New plastic surgery technique makes belly fat look like chiseled abs
With summer fast approaching there’s no shortage of people doing their best to score beach-worthy bodies, but a perennial interest in physical fitness is often …
NASA’s InSight lander may have just captured a ‘Marsquake’ for the first time
NASA’s Mars rovers have provided breathtaking images from the surface of Mars for many years, but listening to Mars is a whole other story. The …
Feds bust Texas family for Masters ticket scam that used stolen identities
This year’s Masters golf tournament turned out to be one for the ages, with the venerable Tiger Woods completing a historic return to form and …
Apple’s turn-around time for MacBook Pro repairs just got faster
I wouldn’t go so far as to call the butterfly-switch keyboard design Apple introduced on its 2016 MacBook Pro a complete disaster, but it’s certainly …
SpaceIL’s lunar lander crashed because of ‘manual command’
It’s now been a couple of weeks since Israel’s first attempt to land on the Moon was met with disaster at the last possible moment. …
Watch the Easter Bunny throw punches in a street brawl, because Florida
Of all the holidays on the U.S. calendar, Easter is definitely one of the most low-key. Families gather, eat some ham, and maybe the kids …
FDA just approved an electric ‘shock’ device to treat kids with ADHD
Shock therapy might sound outdated and even somewhat archaic, but low levels of electric stimulation has proven to have a variety of benefits when used …
