The Curiosity rover finally found a rock too hard to crack, but it tried anyway
NASA’s Curiosity rover has been doing some fantastic work on Mars, and even though it had to basically reinvent how it uses its primary sampling …
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Scientists find 99-million-year-old snake trapped in an amber tomb
If you were to travel back in time about 100 million years you’d see a whole lot of things that you can’t see today. Dinosaurs …
VR rivals like Oculus and Valve have a fix for that annoying tangle of headset cables
Several VR industry players like Oculus, Microsoft and Valve are part of a new industry consortium that’s getting behind a new USB-C cable standard that …
Eating dinner earlier could lower your risk of cancer, but scientists don’t know why
You already know a number of things that can reduce your chances of getting various types of cancer. Avoiding tobacco products is a biggie, as …
Maybe all these AI researchers Facebook wants to hire can fix its toxic News Feed
Facebook has found itself plenty bruised in the press and generally beaten up this week over its handling of content, its News Feed and the …
Watch the International Space Station poop out a tiny satellite that will search for matter
You might think of satellites as large, imposing spacecraft that cruise through Earth’s orbit like hulking beasts, but that couldn’t be farther from the truth. …
Let’s hope Uber’s new chief privacy officer lasts longer than the typical Uber exec
Uber has been in the headlines in recent years almost as much for what it’s done wrong — for privacy flaps like hackers snatching information …
This year’s iPhones might be the most durable yet, all thanks to Corning’s new Gorilla Glass
Since the very first iPhone, Apple has used specially-formulated Gorilla Glass from Corning, turning the niche glass manufacturer into a household name along the way. …
It looks like Samsung will release another new device next month alongside the Note 9
The internet has been buzzing over the Galaxy Note 9 for months now, but Samsung’s upcoming Unpacked event may have a few more hardware surprises …
Renowned turtle scientist stripped of award after showing scantily-clad students during his presentation
Go ahead and file this in the “WTF?” news pile: Dick Vogt, a veteran scientist who studies Brazilian Turtles and is apparently good enough at …
Let’s remember that nobody asked Google to make Android free
The European Union just hit Google with a record-breaking $5 billion fine for abusing its position in the mobile business. The EU didn’t like the …
10 best Prime Day deals you can still get today
Well, bargain hunters, Prime Day 2018 is officially a wrap. Thinks started off a bit rocky since Amazon was having so many problems with its …
Watch Blue Origin launch its New Shepard spacecraft live right here
This year has already been packed with rocket launches, and many of those have come from SpaceX. There’s no denying that SpaceX is leading the …
Samsung is absolutely terrified of the iPhone X
Samsung’s love/hate relationship with the iPhone continues with a brand new cringe-worthy commercial that attempts to mock Apple and the iPhone X for the silliest …
Google hit with record-breaking $5 billion fine in Android antitrust case
We knew this was coming so it’s hardly a surprise that Google will receive a new antitrust penalty in Europe. Recent reports said the new …
Surprise! There’s a quadrillion tons of diamonds lying beneath your feet
Finding a diamond on the ground would make anyone’s day. Depending on its quality, you might be able to sell it for a nice little …
23 injured after Hawaii lava-viewing boat encounters lava
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has been erupting since May, but despite the awe-inspiring magnitude of the lava flows, injuries have been remarkably few thanks to the …
Astronomers accidentally discover a dozen new moons around Jupiter
Astronomers oftentimes have to look very, very carefully for something that they believe exists in a certain spot in space. Whether that be an exoplanet …
Android fans rejoice: Google’s adorable blobmoji are back in time for world emoji day
The yellow blobs of emoji cuteness that Google scuttled as part of Oreo’s emoji redesign are back. Call it the triumph of the re-moji.
The Amazon Music Unlimited Prime Day deal is by far the best bargain in streaming
Prime Day is in full swing right now and we’ve been sharing all the best deals from Amazon’s 36-hour sales blitz all day long. If …
Brilliant activists turned river trash into a floating park, and it’s awesome
We’ve already established that mankind has a big, big problem cleaning up after itself, but there’s at least a small percentage of humans who are …
Archaeologists find world’s oldest, stalest bread, and it predates agriculture
We take bread for granted these days but exactly when it popped up in the timeline of human advancement is still a bit of a …
Prime Day deals master list: All the best deals of Prime Day 2018
We can’t say Prime Day 2018 has been the smoothest Amazon sale so far, but we can definitely say it has been the biggest Amazon …
If you saw Amazon dogs on Prime Day, you were not the only one
Amazon kicked off its fourth annual Prime Day sales festival on Monday, but things weren’t off to a great start. Many Prime members looking to …
Anderson Cooper’s new show ‘Full Circle’ looks great – too bad it’s on Facebook Watch
As if CNN’s silver-haired journeyman anchor Anderson Cooper didn’t have a full enough day on Monday, with President Trump’s meeting with Putin in Helsinki, he …
It’s not just your imagination: Cellphone plans are getting more expensive
Just last week, analyst reports from Wall Street investment firms highlighted the fact that revenues for wireless networks are going up rather than down for …
These are the 10 very best deals of Prime Day 2018, day 1
So, pretty much everyone realizes at this point that Prime Day 2018 isn’t really a day. Of course, “Prime Day 2018” has a much better …
Netflix shares plummet after company reveals disappointing subscriber growth
Netflix posted its earnings report for the June quarter today and revealed that it added 5.15 million subscribers for the quarter. That may seem impressive …
NASA finds ‘spiders’ on Mars, but not the kind you’re thinking
The search for evidence of past life on Mars is a long, complicated endeavor that NASA has devoted an incredible amount of time and money …
Record-breaking fine expected this week could put Google’s business model at stake
European regulators are expected to hit Google with a multibillion fine on Tuesday or Wednesday, an announcement that’s being closely watched not because of the …
