Researchers discover the T. Rex couldn’t stick out its tongue, and ‘Jurassic Park’ was wrong
The mighty Tyrannosaurus rex would have been an truly intimidating sight if you happened to be roaming around on Earth 70 million years ago or …
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That massive Martian dust storm has now swallowed the entire planet
The colossal dust storm on Mars that has already enveloped the Curiosity rover is now a planet-wide event. In a new bulletin, NASA explains that …
MoviePass is losing money faster than ever
MoviePass, the subscription service that lets you watch unlimited movies in theaters for less than a Netflix subscription, lost $40 million in the month of …
The date for Amazon Prime Day 2018 might’ve just leaked
Have your wallets ready, Amazon Prime subscribers, as the third annual Black Friday event of the summer is soon going to kick off. Amazon’s fourth …
NASA has a new plan to find all the Earth-threatening asteroids it hasn’t detected yet
Thanks to the steady stream of new asteroid discoveries that rolls out of NASA and other skywatching groups around the world you might think that …
A Supreme Court decision is about to make your online orders more expensive
The Supreme Court just voted to close a loophole that has seen American consumers dodge billions in sales tax on online orders since 1992. The …
New laws could make posting memes a punishable offense because nobody has a sense of humor anymore
Memes currently make up about 96% of the entire internet. Okay, that was a mild exaggeration, but it’s pretty obvious how much meme culture has …
US lawmakers urge Google to reconsider partnership with Huawei
Project Maven doesn’t mean anything for many people unless you’re in the military or Google. It’s an artificial intelligence research partnership between the search giant …
Facebook ordered to explain why it deleted the profile of a dead user without permission
Facebook has found itself in a new interesting user data-related predicament. This time around, Facebook removed the profile and Facebook page of a well-known musician …
Facebook stock hits new all-time high as company seeks to move past prior scandals
To say that the past few months have been incredibly challenging for Facebook would be a gross understatement. Not only has the company had to …
New video shows Hawaii’s lava river flowing faster than you can run
The US Geological Survey has released a new video of the highly active Fissure 8, which has been releasing lava from the Kilauea for over …
Dollar-backed cryptocurrency hires law firm to verify its $2.5 billion cash reserves
Recent research showed that Bitcoin’s all-time high price might have been increased artificially with the help of Tether, a cryptocoin that should never increase in …
Scientists discover that wind on Venus actually makes it spin faster
Ever walk down the street on a particularly windy day and feel yourself being pushed along? The planet Venus knows all about that. Researchers studying …
AMC is taking on MoviePass with its own subscription service, and it doesn’t look bad
MoviePass has been all over the news in recent months, but AMC might be trying to steal the spotlight. This week, the movie theater chain …
The best home internet provider in the US is run by local government
If you listen to Ajit Pai and the telecoms industries’ paid mouthpieces, who have been crying foul over net neutrality ever since 2015, any kind …
This new high-speed rover simulator uses actual Mars terrain scans
Humans are definitely (probably) going to visit Mars some day. When that day finally comes, whatever hardware we decide to bring to the Red Planet …
Instagram takes a break from copying Snapchat to copy YouTube with new IGTV app
Instagram and Snapchat have been waging war with one another for years, but Instagram is branching out to attack new platforms this week. On Wednesday, …
Tesla sues former employee for hacking production lines, stealing data, and lying to the press
Late last week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk fired off an email to employees saying that the company had a saboteur in its ranks. The email …
Scientists discovered new species of ancient sea creature and named it after President Obama
In many ways, the Earth was a much different place 580 million years ago. The landscape wasn’t exactly bustling. Life had existed on the planet …
The one Android feature I want Apple to steal for the iPhone
First there was the Huawei P20 Pro, an iPhone X clone like no other. Then came the Porsche Edition of the phone, with a sky-high …
Robots that read our minds will actually exist sooner than you think
Robots are here to stay, and they’re only getting smarter. But it’ll be a while until they respond to our every verbal command, so until …
Betting on the World Cup? AI might be your new best friend
Bookies could be one of the next jobs to disappear as AI systems take over the work. Okay, that’s a little bit of a leap, …
T-Mobile might offer a cheap TV streaming bundle real soon, but it all depends on the merger
Late last year, T-Mobile announced that it had acquired TV company Layer3, a slightly oddball TV distributor that offers an expensive cable-esque TV bundle in …
Code in iOS 12 beta suggests that new Apple Watch models are coming soon
Not too long after Apple rolled out the second beta of iOS 12 — which we should point out is far more stable than the …
Giant ‘Plant from Hell’ is spreading across the United States, and just touching it will ruin your day
The long, sunny days of summer are coming — in some areas they’re already here — but anyone who comes across the Giant Hogweed plant …
Uber is testing a new feature that makes your ride cheaper if you’re willing to wait
Uber is always testing features and changes to make its app more user-friendly, many of which never see the light of day. But we’re hopeful …
Supposed ‘alien ship’ crashed on Mars has a much more mundane explanation
An incredibly bizarre feature on Mars which conspiracy theorists believe is clear evidence of alien life is actually just a really, really weird rock formation, …
For once, T-Mobile is trying to claim that its network sucks
Normally, when we hear anything from any of the big four carriers about its network, it’s about how it’s the best in the country and …
World Health Organization decides video games can be addictive, creates incredibly vague diagnosis
Video games are an incredibly popular pastime for millions of people of all ages, races, and genders. When I was a kid in the late …
iPhone clone maker mocks iPhone in TV ad starring famous iPhone user
You’d expect Samsung to mock Apple in new TV commercials, but for once it’s not that particular South Korean giant that’s taking hit after hit …
