SpaceX gave California a UFO scare with absolutely incredible rocket launch
When you read and write about space news, new NASA technologies, and alien conspiracies as much as I do, you learn to approach everything you …
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Everyone hates cable TV, not just young people
The common narrative for cable companies is that cord-cutting is all the fault of those gosh-darn millenials. If they’d just stop pirating shows and sharing …
One VR pioneer thinks the tech has a dark side, and we need to be careful
The London Evening Standard has called him the David Foster Wallace of tech. But it’s not because Jaron Lanier is such a distinctive presence, with …
Watch SpaceX’s last launch of 2017 live right here
This past year has been a great one for SpaceX. The company has sent rocket after rocket skyward, completing missions for a number of clients …
Sprint has an iPhone 8 buy-one-get-one-free deal just in time for Christmas
Deals on iPhones have been hard to come by this year, but the nation’s lower-cost carriers have stepped up their game just in time for …
My favorite theory about the ‘Alien Probe’ asteroid is that aliens are intentionally ignoring Earth
You’ve probably seen a lot of coverage of the mysterious interstellar visitor known as Oumuamua in recent weeks. It was (and still is) a pretty …
Comcast accused of signing thousands up for a protection program without their consent
Back in August of 2016, Comcast was named in a lawsuit alleging that the cable company had deceived hundreds of thousands of subscribers in Washington …
Paleontologists confirm these ancient sea monsters once patrolled Antarctic waters
For the first time ever, scientists have discovered the 150-million-year-old remains of a well known dinosaur species in Antarctica. The discovery reveals that the ancient …
Amazon has bought smart doorbell company Blink
Amazon has acquired Blink, a company that makes smart home camera and doorbell products, the company announced today. Blink hasn’t been around for long — …
Incredibly creepy skull-shaped asteroid is going to cruise by Earth next year
Giant rocks hurtling through space are probably scary enough all on their own, but when one of them looks like a human skull, well, that’s …
Bitcoin is going crazy again
Two weeks ago, Bitcoin saw a dramatic surge in price that saw the digital currency soar from $10,000 to $20,000 in the space of a …
Google’s first CEO Eric Schmidt is stepping down as Alphabet’s executive chairman
Eric Schmidt, Google’s first CEO and longtime executive at the company, is stepping down from his current role as executive chairman of Google parent company …
5G takes another big step towards becoming reality
3GPP, the working group that’s designing the 5G standard for next-gen wireless communication, has ratified the first 5G specification at a meeting in Portugal. It …
Neil deGrasse Tyson isn’t impressed with the government’s UFO evidence
Earlier this week UFO hunters got some incredible news in the form of a New York Times report detailing a $22 million government program that …
Future Apple Watch models may include EKG heart monitor
Though the original Apple Watch was seemingly positioned as a high-tech fashion accessory, it’s since become overwhelmingly clear that the device’s health and fitness …
US life expectancy just fell for the second year in a row, and the reason is very clear
Overall life expectancy in the United States just took a dip for the second time in as many years. The change, which was a relatively …
Elon Musk teases new Falcon Heavy photos ahead of its first launch
All things considered, SpaceX has had a very, very good year. The company has tallied many successful launches and returned much of its reusable hardware …
If you put Coke in your car’s gas tank, bad things will happen
You don’t exactly need a deep understanding of how internal combustion engines work to know that putting something other than a combustible fuel inside of …
What I hate most about Apple slowing down iPhones with bad batteries
A few days ago, an iPhone user discovered that his old iPhone felt slower because the battery was getting old. His empirical findings were later …
Charter expands gigabit broadband to NYC and six other cities
According to a report from DSL Reports, Charter is rolling out gigabit broadband to some of the biggest cities in its coverage area today, signifying the …
Amazon is reportedly working on a YouTube service of its own
Google and Amazon are fighting a silly battle right now. Or it seems ridiculous to us, the consumers, who are affected the most. Amazon has …
Scientists have a new theory about where the Mars ocean went, and it totally sucks
Water on Mars has been an incredibly hot topic this year. Researchers have, at times, butted heads with others, and for every piece of evidence …
No, Apple didn’t just confirm ‘planned obsolescence’
In a statement today, Apple confirmed a little-known feature of old iPhones. When your two-year-old phone’s battery starts to die — as all lithium-ion batteries …
AT&T will give bonuses to 200,000 workers to celebrate tax cut
AT&T has been one of the most vocal proponents of President Trump’s new tax bill, so it makes sense that it didn’t waste any time …
One Senator makes a good case for breaking up Comcast-NBC
The current trend in the telecoms/media industry is for the giant cable companies, which distribute content, to merge with the actual owners of said content, …
There’s a fish orgy happening in Mexico that’s so loud it’s making other animals go deaf
Anyone who has ever lived in an apartment complex with paper-thin walls knows that being forced to listen to your neighbors rock each other’s world …
Astronomers think they might finally know where Saturn’s rings came from
Of all the planets in our Solar System, Saturn is probably the most instantly-recognizable. Its massive, sweeping rings are unmistakable and striking, but where exactly …
Magic Leap finally shows off its massively hyped mixed reality headset
Magic Leap has been working on a mixed reality headset — that is, a blend of AR and VR that theoretically provides the best of …
Facebook’s face recognition tech will alert you when someone impersonates you
Facebook on Tuesday unveiled a brand new feature that may improve your entire Facebook experience. Or make it even creepier. It all depends on how …
Google Chrome’s built-in ad blocker goes to work on February 15th
Earlier this year, Google revealed that its popular Chrome browser will block ads automatically in the future. That seemed to be a counterintuitive move from …
