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 …
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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 …
ISS astronauts returned to Earth in the Soyuz vehicle that sprang an air leak in space
It was a number of months ago that astronauts aboard the International Space Station were forced to deal with a rather unusual problem. The space …
Facebook explains why the scandal over third-party access to private messages is overblown
At this point, Facebook probably can’t wait for 2018 to be over and done with. Earlier in the year, the social networking giant was riding …
Study: If you pay the average person at least $1,000, they’ll #DeleteFacebook
The latest privacy red flags to emerge out of Facebook — thanks this time to a bombshell New York Times report that uncovered all kinds …
Netflix claims it never accessed private messages from Facebook users
It’s been something of a wild, if not downright controversial, year for Facebook. While the company was simply content to remain a social networking behemoth …
SpaceX shows off Crew Dragon’s integrated solar panels for the first time
SpaceX is already leading the charge in commercialized spaceflight with a packed schedule of launches and partnerships with countless space agencies and private companies, but …
Scientists added rabbit DNA to a houseplant, and now it’s an air purifier
Plants are very good at producing oxygen that we all need in order to breath, but what about clearing the air of harmful chemicals? Past …
This site automatically removes the background of any image in 5 seconds flat
Whether you’re a full-time editor or a complete amateur, one of the most frustrating, tedious parts of editing photos is removing the background. Even if …
NASA is reconstructing the InSight lander site here on Earth
NASA’s InSight lander touched down on Mars a few weeks ago and the team of engineers and scientists handling the robot are in the midst …
NASA spotted a young star in the middle of a violent outburst
Spotting a distant star is fairly easy for astronomers thanks to modern telescope technology, but finding stars in different stages of their lives can still …
SpaceX and Blue Origin just cancelled their rocket launches… again
Yesterday — Tuesday, December 18th — was supposed to be a marquee day for space agencies and private spaceflight companies around the world. A total …
Young girl’s inoperable brain tumor mysteriously vanishes without a trace
When 11-year-old Roxli Doss and her family were given the news that she had developed a brain tumor that was inoperable, you can imagine their …
Ford applied noise-cancelling technology to a doghouse, and it’s awesome
Keeping passengers in a vehicle from hearing the noise of a busy road is a problem that many auto manufacturers have attempted to solve over …
Apple Watch Series 4 tutorial videos will teach you how to use your new watch
The 2018 edition of Apple’s smartwatch, the Apple Watch Series 4, is likely to be a hot ticket item this holiday season. It’s the most …
Astronomers spotted the most distant object in the Solar System, named it ‘Farout’
You’ve really got to hand it to space scientists. They regularly deliver mind-blowing news that tells us more and more about the universe we live …
Chrome will finally take on sites that try to block you from using the back button
The internet is a dangerous place. If you aren’t careful, you could end up downloading an unwanted file, opening an infected email, or seeing something …
This incredible sound wave system can make particles levitate
We’ve already seen sound waves do some pretty amazing things. For example, they can turn a regular, boring stream of water into a mesmerizing work of …
The 10 best deals you can still get at Best Buy
Christmas Day is exactly one week from today, which obviously means that Christmas Eve is now less than one week away. Long story short, any …
Watch SpaceX launch a next-gen GPS satellite into orbit live right here
Update: SpaceX has been forced to abort today’s launch due to an as-of-yet unspecified issue with the rocket. The rocket-triggered abort pushed the launch out …
An intelligent parrot used Alexa to play music and order food from Amazon
An African grey parrot has made headlines recently for inadvertently making orders via his owner’s Amazon Echo. Originally reported via The Times of London, the …
