MIT scientists built a system that uses lasers to beam sound to your ears that no one else can hear
Hearing someone across a crowded room can be close to impossible thanks to the way sound waves spread, but what if we could project audio …
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NASA is sending a desperate message to wake up Opportunity on Mars
Just last week NASA celebrated the beginning of the Opportunity rover’s 16th year on the Martian surface, but all is not well with the six-wheeled …
Surprise: Amazon Prime Video has nearly 5 times as many movies as Netflix
Quality or quantity? Which is more important to you when it comes to choosing a streaming service? If you prefer to have as many options …
Report: Apple is planning a Netflix-like subscription service for games
It’s indicative of the new world we live in that Apple is reportedly planning to package some of its content into yet another subscription offering …
Oh great, Russian fighter pilots are going to start flying with scary AI wingmen
Well, it seems Russian military officials don’t want to just stop with that fearsome new hypersonic intercontinental ballistic missile that was tested last month, which …
Netflix vs. Hulu: If you love binge watching seasons of your favorite TV show, it’s no contest
They released competing documentaries on the disastrous Fyre Festival. One announced a big price increase, while prices for the other are dropping. And when it …
Did Marvel just tease a tragic finale for ‘Avengers: Endgame’?
We have exactly three months until the premiere of Avengers: Endgame, which means we’re in the home stretch now when it comes to leaks related to …
Fried chicken could put you in an early grave, study finds
By now we all know that fried foods are not usually the best choice when it comes to healthy eating, but just how bad could …
There’s no room for a T-Mobile streaming service in an already saturated market
Earlier yesterday, a rumor surfaced claiming that T-Mobile would be rolling out a brand new ad-supported TV streaming service over the next few weeks. The rumor …
No one knows why non-existent bands have started showing up on Spotify playlists
Spotify has officially acknowledged a curious phenomenon that’s manifested itself recently across the streaming music service’s platform. Fake artists and bands with strange names — …
NASA reveals best-yet image of twin space rocks Ultima Thule
NASA’s 2019 started off with a bang as its New Horizons probe zipped by the most distant object mankind has ever tried to visit, a …
Congressman: The world would be better off if Facebook didn’t buy Instagram
Do we finally have a sense of why so many key Facebook leaders, particularly co-founders of the myriad products that comprise its suite of apps, …
NASA is now being sued by the owner of an Apollo 11 lunar sample bag
When Apollo 11 astronauts returned from the Moon and handed over the first samples of lunar material ever gathered by human hands it was a …
Samsung is apparently preparing to launch a fitness tracker and earbuds soon
Samsung’s Unpacked 2019 event is fast approaching, and there’s starting to be speculation the company may launch a couple of additional products at that time. …
Adults sleep better when they’re rocked to sleep like babies
Everyone knows that an easy trick to calming a restless infant is to rock them back and forth. For whatever reason, the gentle side-to-side motion …
The oldest Earth rock ever found was actually brought back from the Moon
NASA astronauts who visited the Moon during the Apollo 14 mission hauled back a whole bunch of material from its surface. At the time, they …
The 10 best deals from Best Buy’s big 4-day sale
Best Buy held its first big sales event of 2019 last week and it was packed full of great bargains on some of the most …
NASA’s Opportunity rover enters its 16th year on Mars, but it’s still dead quiet
Today, NASA is celebrating the monumental achievements of the Opportunity rover as it tallies a full 15 years on the planet Mars. The rover landed …
New tests suggest link between gum disease and Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s is a devastating disease that often requires early diagnosis in order to be effectively treated, but there is still no cure for the disease …
Microsoft CEO: Face recognition technology is basically the Wild West right now
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has been beating the privacy drum hard this week during an appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos, telling attendees …
The Doomsday Clock remains two minutes from midnight, which is bad
The Doomsday Clock, which was bumped up to just two minutes from midnight in early 2018, remains at the same setting for 2019. It’s the …
5 breakthrough innovations we need for portless smartphones to become mainstream
A couple of Chinese smartphone makers shocked the mobile world this week by releasing two concept phones that are proof the smartphones of our dreams …
Future poisonous gas sensor in iPhone and Apple Watch could protect you from biohazards
Beyond things like monitoring your heart health and spurring you to exercise more, future iPhone and Apple Watch models might literally save your life one …
Genetically altered monkeys have been cloned in China, and ethics just can’t keep up
It was almost exactly one year ago today that Chinese scientists revealed that they had successfully cloned a monkey, resulting in the live births of …
SpaceX’s shiny new rocket broke when it tipped over in high winds
SpaceX’s Starship might not be ready to carry passengers for a while, but that hasn’t stopped the company and its enigmatic CEO from generating plenty …
Thanks to 3 million patrons, Patreon will pay out $500M to artists and creators this year
The online membership platform Patreon has been growing like gangbusters since it was launched in 2013 — and especially lately, at the expense of sites …
There’s a new fake Moon landing theory, and it’s dumber than you could possibly imagine
NASA’s Apollo 11 mission landed astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the Moon in July of 1969, but that’s not what some would have …
Oracle accused of shortchanging female and minority employees to the tune of $400 million
According to a new legal filing levied by the US Department of Labor this week, Oracle stands accused of engaging in discriminatory pay practices that …
Collision between young Earth and Mars-sized planet might be why we’re all here today
Humans have tamed (or utterly destroyed) much of the planet in our brief time here, but there’s still plenty we don’t know about Earth’s history. …
NASA swaps out astronauts for first manned flight on Boeing’s new ship
Last year was a huge year for private spaceflight, with a steady stream of very successful launches and huge progress being made on more ambitious …
