London police on Thursday arrested Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on behalf of US authorities after Ecuador announced that it would be withdrawing his asylum. Assange spent more than six years inside Ecuador’s embassy …
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The explosive fury of an airplane toilet flushing might be a lot quieter soon
The frequent fliers amongst you will no doubt be aware that newer airplanes come with increasingly quieter cabins, which can make long flights a little more bearable, but can also be something of …
Samsung’s new flower vase bursts into a blob of flame-retardant goo when you throw it into a fire
Even though it’s mandatory that you keep a fire extinguisher at home if you live in South Korea, around 40% of homes reportedly don’t own one — even though thousands of fires occur …
Boston Dynamics’ new robot looks like a giant mechanical bird
At this point, Boston Dynamics has gotten quite adept at scoring headlines for the videos released by the secretive lab showing off its fascinating robots. They’re machines that have been able to do …
FTC slaps companies responsible for billions of robocalls with multi-million dollar fines
Over the past few years, spam calls have become an increasing and seemingly inescapable nuisance. In 2018 alone, a report found that the number of spam calls jumped by a whopping 325%. Compounding …
Microsoft becomes the hero we need by banning April Fool’s Day pranks
It seems like a lifetime ago, but there was actually a time where April Fools’ Day pranks from tech companies were novel, creative, and actually entertaining. More than a decade ago, for example …
The ‘godfathers of AI’ just won this year’s Turing Award
Facebook’s director of artificial intelligence research is one of three AI leaders who’ve won this year’s Turing Award, sometimes referred to as the Nobel Prize of computing. This year’s winners include Yann LeCun …
Verizon suspends worker for rescuing cat named Princess Momma from utility pole
A Philadelphia-area Verizon employee named Maurice German has found himself in some minor hot water with his employer, after he decided to use company equipment to rescue a cat named Princess Momma that …
Apple rethinks the credit card and unveils the Apple Card
As far as Apple events go, today’s “Show Time” event is particularly intriguing, if not downright exciting. While events like WWDC are predictable in the sense that we know we’re going to see …
Truck hauling printer ink crashes, spilling untold riches onto Atlanta freeway
The cost of printer ink has long been known as one of the biggest scams in all of retail. You pay big bucks for tiny plastic vessels of ink that seem to run …
