The collaborative lists that Amazon users have wanted forever are finally here
Amazon confirmed last month that collaborative wish lists, a feature that users have wanted for a while now, are on the way. Which always made …
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MoviePass is now forcing annual subscribers to accept worse terms or take a refund
In possibly the most disappointing turn of events in what has been an incredibly awful string of disappointments from MoviePass, the once celebrated service sent …
Brazilian government sends drones to spy on tribes that have never seen the outside world
Modern technology makes it so easy to connect with people all over the world that it might sound crazy to think that there are still …
New study says there’s no ‘safe’ amount of alcohol
If you’re just trying to make it through the work day so you can head to a local happy hour, you might want to rethink …
Scientists stumble upon baby horse frozen in time for 40,000 years
Finding the remains of animals that have been dead for tens of thousands of years isn’t easy. If you’re lucky, you’ll find a handful of …
Latest Pixel 3 leak reveals an annoying case of camera hypocrisy
Someone stole a bunch of Pixel 3 XL units well ahead of Google’s official launch, and sold them on the black market. That explains why …
Apple is stronger than ever under Tim Cook, whose seventh anniversary as CEO comes tomorrow
Apple has unquestionably enjoyed an epic run under CEO Tim Cook’s leadership so far, even as it experiments with products and services that move it …
Texas man survived shark attack, but then his luck ran out
Getting into a close encounter with one of the most perfect predators on the planet is not an ideal situation for anyone, but that’s exactly …
Paleontologists discover fossil of ancient turtle species that never grew a shell
When it comes to animals with iconic features, the turtle is high on the list. Deer have horns, kangaroos have pouches, humans have existential dread, …
Netflix’s big payment change on iOS might be about something other than profits
A few days ago, we learned that Netflix is testing a new way to charge for subscriptions that bypasses Apple’s App Store. Rather than having …
Massive ‘potentially hazardous’ asteroid will cruise past Earth tonight, but we’ll be fine
An asteroid that may be as large as 500 feet wide is scheduled for a date with Earth tonight. The rock, called asteroid 2016 NF23, …
NASA’s new satellite will show us just how much we’re messing up the Earth
NASA spends plenty of time peering into space, but it’s also very interested in what’s going on with our own planet. Earth’s climate is shifting, …
NASA intern discovers the fastest way to lose a job at NASA
For someone just starting their career path, scoring at internship at a company or organization you admire can be pretty exciting. When that internship is …
You can own this insane amphibious ‘hydrocar’ if your pockets are deep enough
In the 1950s it seems like everyone thought we’d have flying cars by the year 2000. That didn’t exactly happen, but there’s still plenty of …
Amazon enlists more universities to help it give Alexa a leg up on the Google Assistant
If you’re Amazon and a big believer that voice inputs form an increasingly important technology platform, then the natural reaction is to put your Alexa-powered …
Report: Official iPhone screen repairs are coming to Simply Mac stores
There are only so many stores in the country that have the tools and the authorization from Apple to perform official iPhone screen repairs, but …
Study says Earth’s magnetic field has shifted rapidly in the past, and if it happens again it could be catastrophic
One of the big reasons that life thrives on Earth is that it’s protected from some of the more harsh phenomenon of space by something …
This is why Apple isn’t rushing to make a 5G iPhone
After years of hard work on the hype treadmill, it looks like 2018 is going to be the year that 5G networks finally launch (in …
Does evolution favor the lazy? Scientists think it might
If you’re sitting on the internet and reading this story instead of doing something more important that you KNOW you should be doing, I have …
Even teens are now admitting that we’re too addicted to our cellphones
We could be seeing the first rumbling of a tidal shift in smartphone usage in the U.S., as well as a change in attitudes toward …
Poop nearly kills man
Ah, poop. It’s a funny thing. As humans, we talk and joke about poop quite a bit — there’s even an emoji for it — …
A huge purple ribbon of energy appeared in the sky in 2016, and scientists still don’t know what it was
Auroras — also called “Northern Lights” — are quite stunning. Massive, twisting bands of energy flying high above are always a good reason to look …
Apparently, enough people bought Samsung’s last 18-inch tablet that it’s making a new one
Samsung is apparently working on another ginormous Galaxy View Android tablet, this one being a 17-inch Galaxy View 2. Android Police is out with a …
NASA’s Mars-probe InSight spacecraft is halfway to the Red Planet
NASA might already have plenty of hardware on and around Mars — it’ll have one less if Opportunity never wakes back up — but more …
Astronauts are about to play a tennis match in space, and you can watch it live
NASA astronauts who take trips to the International Space Station are obviously very dedicated to their work. They live aboard a massive floating laboratory for …
No, you don’t need Nvidia’s new RTX 2070 – especially since GTX 1070 prices are about to crater
On Monday, Nvidia took the wraps off its new line of RTX graphics cards. The new hardware is all about ray tracing, a new technique that …
Facebook is assigning users who report fake news a secret ‘trustworthiness score’
Facebook has started rating user that report content based on their “trustworthiness” on the platform, according to the Washington Post. The newspaper spoke to Tessa Lyons, the …
How to track Hurricane Lane, currently aiming for Hawaii
A rare hurricane watch has been issued for parts of Hawaii as Hurricane Lane, a Category 4 storm, looks increasingly like it might hit some …
NASA might give SpaceX permission to do something nobody has ever done before
Launching rockets into space is a dangerous, risky job for anyone. Doing so with a crew pod sitting on top complicates things even more, so …
Study from Vanderbilt professor finds Google tracking is even creepier than you thought
Maybe Google’s motto all this time should have been “Don’t be creepy” instead of not being evil. Maybe that would have produced a different reality …
