NASA just released a ‘Moon tour’ video in stunning 4K
Visiting the Moon is an incredibly rare privilege. Just 12 people have ever been there, and your chances of joining those ranks are essentially zero. …
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You really should check if your Facebook data was stolen by Cambridge Analytica
It might be the start of a whole new week, but the ongoing Facebook privacy scandal is showing no sign of cooling off. CEO Mark …
Elon Musk shows off colossal tool that will be used to build SpaceX’s ‘Big F*cking Rocket’
It wasn’t that long ago that SpaceX launched its massive Falcon Heavy rocket for the very first time, exceeding all expectations and accomplishing just about …
Zuckerberg’s congressional testimony released: ‘I started Facebook, I run it, and I’m responsible’
With Facebook still reeling from the Cambridge Analytica scandal that impacted upwards of 87 million users, Mark Zuckerberg is headed to D.C. this week to …
The first NASA spacecraft that will ‘touch the Sun’ is just about ready to launch
You probably don’t think about it on a daily basis but the Sun is pretty darn important. Without it, we wouldn’t be here, and our …
NASA’s Juno snapped another photo of Jupiter that looks like a watercolor painting
Out of all the different pieces of NASA hardware floating around our Solar System, the Juno spacecraft probably has the best gig in terms of …
Mark Zuckerberg is learning how to be less robotic ahead of congressional hearings
In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal that rocked Facebook a few weeks ago, the company has been working at a furious pace to …
Apple hit with a patent lawsuit over the Apple Watch’s heart rate sensor
Apple has been slapped with a patent infringement lawsuit over the Apple Watch’s heart rate sensor, according to a report from Axios. Filed by a …
CenturyLink’s latest way to avoid customer lawsuits is the most creative yet
CenturyLink is currently facing lawsuits from disgruntled customers and the state of Minnesota, all alleging the same thing: That CenturyLink quoted customers one price, and …
Cases of fake weed causing severe bleeding have now spread into multiple states
Last month, reports emerged from the Illinois Department of Public Health of “severe bleeding” following consumption of synthetic marijuana alternatives. Users reported bleeding from their eyes …
Maybe this is why the government doesn’t trust the word of cable companies
The US Justice Department is currently suing to block a proposed acquisition of Time Warner by AT&T. The deal would create a cable content behemoth …
As Apple’s legal battle with Qualcomm rages on, Tim Cook set to be deposed in June
Tim Cook will be called in for a deposition in late June as part of Apple’s ongoing legal battle with Qualcomm, according to a new …
The six biggest takeaways from Tim Cook’s MSNBC interview
Last week, Apple CEO Tim Cook sat down for an hour-long interview with Recode’s Kara Swisher and MSNBC’s Chris Hayes. The full interview touched on …
Government says AT&T only wants to buy Time Warner to keep the cable ‘cash cow’ alive
The US Justice Department is currently suing to block the proposed acquisition of Time Warner by AT&T, and the court case is bringing all kinds …
Virgin Galactic’s wild space plane goes supersonic in first powered test flight
With SpaceX and other private spaceflight companies stealing headlines left and right it’s easy to forget the Virgin Galactic has been flirting with suborbital commercial …
MIT invented a wearable that lets you talk to yourself without saying a word
Alexa, Siri, and other virtual assistant apps are great for small tasks no matter where you are, but actually talking to your AI helper in …
High-flying ‘Space Hotel’ slated to launch in 2021, catering to the super rich
Staying at a fancy hotel is always a fun experience, but if you’ve exhausted every five-star hotel on the face of the Earth you could …
We finally know why SpaceX had to mysteriously cut its latest livestream short
Back on March 30th, SpaceX sent yet another of its Falcon 9 rockets skyward, delivering a payload of 10 satellites into orbit for communications company …
Facebook says users would have to pay to remove targeted ads
A few weeks removed from the revelation that Cambridge Analytica improperly acquired data from upwards of 87 million Facebook users, the social networking giant is …
Newsflash: There is at least one Facebook user whose privacy is a priority
Facebook has been playing fast and loose with its users’ private data since it first launched a targeted advertising program. Every so often, the lucrative …
Google employees urge the company to get out of the business of war
As much as Google may want to work with the government on war-related projects, it turns out that its employees are unsurprisingly huge fans of …
Rumors keep mounting as Apple invests more into next-gen MicroLED screen technology
Switching to OLED displays on the iPhone X was a huge change for Apple. The company has been famously prissy about the screens in its …
XPrize is relaunching its competition to land on the Moon, but this time it’s without Google’s help
The Google Lunar XPrize has had an unfortunate history. The competition, which was designed to push independent companies and inventors to create a vehicle which …
Apple’s legal problems over battery slowdowns aren’t going away any time soon
Apple has to face at least 61 lawsuits that were filed against the iPhone maker soon after the company acknowledged that it slowed iPhones down …
Apple’s highly anticipated Mac Pro won’t be released this year
For years, Apple let its relatively ancient trashcan Mac Pro languish on the sidelines without any updates. Indeed, Apple’s seeming ambivalence with respect to the …
Woman says mail-away DNA test revealed that her parents’ fertility doctor is her biological father
Remember, male doctors, it’s always a bad idea to inseminate patients having fertility issues with your own sperm unless your patients give consent. It may …
NASA wants to send robot bees to Mars
We know more about Mars than any other planet besides Earth, and that’s largely thanks to our ability to send high-tech equipment to its surface. …
Alien hunters just got some seriously bad news
Oftentimes the debate over whether or not we’re alone in the universe boils down to a simple question: How could we be? I mean, with …
There’s a black hole party happening at the center of our galaxy, but we’re not invited
Generally speaking, black holes are bad news for life. We obviously don’t know for certain, but it is widely assumed that being sucked into the …
IBM is doing something with quantum computing that’s never been done before
There’s no doubt that one of the most important things happening in the world of tech right now is quantum computing. It’s also one of …
