Google reveals Home Hub, a smart speaker with a smart screen
Google’s fall event is upon us and the company’s love affair with home tech is well represented by the all-new Home Hub. Following in the …
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Bold beachgoers decide to dry off with the help of a few jet engines
A day at the beach is usually a pretty relaxing excursion, but tourists who find themselves at Maho Beach on the Caribbean island of Saint …
Google’s Pixel 3 event live stream: How to watch and what to expect
On Tuesday morning, Google will unveil a new slate of devices, including the latest Pixel smartphones. Google has yet to actually confirm anything that will …
Jupiter’s Europa might be a spiky, dangerous place to land a ship
As telescope technology and other observational tools has improved over the decades we’ve learned more and more about the planets and moons in our Solar …
NASA’s Voyager 2 is about to break out of the Solar System
NASA’s Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft have been cruising through space since 1977. For the past forty years or so they’ve been speeding along …
Netflix buys its first studio in New Mexico and promises $1B of film and TV projects
It is a truth universally accepted that the strongest digital companies of the Internet age are increasingly trying to be more like the real-world counterparts …
NASA wants to save humanity from death by supervolcano
We live with the knowledge that any number of end-of-the-world scenarios could be right around the corner. From drug-resistant disease outbreaks to impacts from large …
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch gave California residents another scare
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket into space Sunday evening, ferrying a satellite into orbit and then successfully landing its rocket back down on land …
There’s something wrong with the Hubble Space Telescope
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is one of the most reliable pieces of hardware ever launched into Earth orbit. It’s been peering into the depths of …
Artist envisions what a Martian mini-house might look like
Mankind isn’t ready to go to Mars… at least not yet. Space agencies and scientific groups from around the world are working hard towards the …
Apple hires cops to guard California stores after string of robberies
Given that Apple Stores are literal showcases where tens of thousands of dollars of electronics is made available just a few steps from public streets, …
Scientists traced the genetic quirk that gives huskies blue eyes
Many dog species have specific features that give them away. Bull terriers have long, flat noses, dalmatians have their iconic spots, and pugs look like …
Overdose of erectile dysfunction drug turns man’s vision red
Erectile dysfunction medications are nothing new — you’re unlikely to make it through an evening of prime time television without seeing at least a couple …
Everything we expect Google to announce at next week’s Pixel 3 event
With October already in full swing, Google’s upcoming media event is just a few days away. Set to take place on October 9 in New …
Saturn’s iconic rings are raining thousands of pounds of material onto the planet every second
Some people love when it rains, but even the most devoted storm-lovers here on Earth would have a hard time dealing with the conditions on …
Michigan man’s doorstop rock turns out to be a $100,000 meteorite
You probably don’t have many incredibly valuable artifacts laying around your house, but if you did you almost certainly wouldn’t be using them as doorstops, …
A bunch of birds in Minnesota won’t stop getting drunk, and it’s becoming a problem
Most of us know what it’s like to have one too many adult beverages. We tend to mess things up, fall down, and cause problems …
Brain scans might one day tell you if you’re bad at your job
Losing out on a job opportunity because someone else looked better in an interview or had a more detailed resume can be pretty frustrating, but …
Analyst speculates about how cell companies are going to make money off 5G
On Monday, Verizon lit up something that can charitably be described as a ‘5G’ network in a handful of locations around the country. It’s a …
Stunt woman proves the fall detection feature on the Apple Watch S4 works as advertised
Even though Apple still refuses to divulge Apple Watch sales figures, we’ve seen a few reports over the past few weeks which suggest that Apple …
After nearly 200 days, three ISS crew members land safely back on Earth
A trio of scientists who spent nearly 200 days in space have now landed safely back on Earth after departing the International Space Station. NASA’s …
Why Wi-Fi 6 is going to make people care about good Wi-Fi
Since it was first introduced in 1997, the Wi-Fi protocol has changed from something that’s slower than floppy disks into the backbone of people’s home …
Planet-sized object 8,000 light years away could be the first alien moon ever found
Spotting a planet orbiting a star 8,000 light-years away isn’t exactly easy, but modern telescope technology has allowed astronomers to accomplish such feats with shocking …
NASA forced its Curiosity rover to use its backup ‘brain’ after it started acting up
NASA has had a recent run of incredible success with its Mars missions. The possibly-now-dead Opportunity rover has already managed to outlast its expected lifespan …
Incredibly unlucky frogs were almost wiped out by a deadly fungus, but then they evolved
Post-apocalyptic science fiction flicks fill us with fear of a deadly virus wiping out mankind, but that dreadful scenario is something that a population of …
Is Google about to unveil a Pixel 3 Mini?
We already talked about Google’s latest Pixel 3 teaser, an Instagram/Twitter post that seems to be trolling what might be a Google-induced Pixel Ultra conspiracy …
NASA issues statement walking back some comments by Russian officials on ISS leak
The story of the strange hole in a Russian vehicle attached to the International Space Station continues to get stranger. Just yesterday comments from the …
Hurricane Florence pushed eye-catching blue jellyfish towards New Jersey
If you’re looking for colorful sea creatures the first place you’d look probably wouldn’t be anywhere near New Jersey. Hurricane Florence, which recently slammed into …
Best Buy’s deal with a Google Home Mini and a 4-pack of Tiles is too good to miss
If you buy a Google Home Mini or an Amazon Echo Dot at full retail price, you’re a sucker. The $49 Google Home Mini is …
The robots are building things now
We all know by now that the robot apocalypse is coming. It won’t happen tomorrow, or the next day, or even next year, but at …
