SpaceX plans to relaunch a rocket just 24 hours after it lands
SpaceX, the pioneering force behind reusable rocket technology, has already proven to the world that single-use rockets will one day be a thing of the …
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Fishermen snag monstrous 18-foot squid, and it’s somehow only a baby
You probably won’t find many people who envy the daily grind of professional fishermen who spend their day trawling the depths. It’s a messy, oftentimes …
Woman caught with 102 iPhones strapped to her body in brazen smuggling attempt
Getting a single smartphone through a metal detector at a customs gate is virtually impossible — they’re built specifically to spot such items, after all …
National Hot Dog Day 2017: 6 places you can score free or cheap hot dogs
Trying to decide what to do for lunch today? Well, you might want to think about grabbing a hot dog, because today just so happens …
You had no idea the Google search bar was hiding these 10 Easter eggs
Google is the most visited website on the planet by a wide margin. Most people can’t even remember what life was like before Google, and …
The Nintendo Switch will be back in stock at Best Buy and Target this week
If you’ve been waiting for the right time to restart your hunt for a Nintendo Switch, this is the week to do it. Shortly after …
Google Fiber is in trouble
Wind the clock back two years, and it looked like Google Fiber was going to save us all. It was rolling out cheap gigabit fiber …
Amazon is selling prepackaged meal kits because groceries are so 2016
Amazon is expanding its war against all other forms of retail onto a new front: food. The internet giant has already announced its intention to …
Elon Musk says artificial intelligence is humanity’s ‘biggest risk’
Elon Musk has sounded warning bells on artificial intelligence for quite some time, as he believes it could be a huge threat to society. Now, …
New NASA flyovers get you closer to Pluto and Charon than you ever could’ve imagined
The New Horizons spacecraft has Pluto well and truly in the rear-view mirror by now, as it’s on the way to check out the Kuiper …
Buy an iPhone 7 and get another one free from AT&T
If need a new phone and don’t plan on waiting around for the iPhone 8 (or just don’t want to pay $1,000 for a smartphone), …
GameStop is getting additional Nintendo Switch units every day this week
We’re four and a half months out from the launch of the Nintendo Switch, but plenty of consumers still haven’t had an opportunity to get …
New law paves way for companies to mine asteroids
Mining companies pull valuable material out of the earth and sell it. That’s their job, and while there’s plenty of controversy over where, when, and …
Video shows woman destroying $200,000 of sculptures while taking a selfie
What lengths would you go to snap the perfect selfie? Would you be willing to bend your neck at an awkward angle? Of course you …
New NASA video shows Pluto as you’ve never seen it before
It might not be a planet anymore, but Pluto is still a pretty interesting place. It’s a rocky world covered in a thick layer of …
20 million mosquitoes to invade California in bug fight
A 20-million mosquito horde is set to be unleashed in California. But don’t worry, they don’t bite. The massive bug campaign being launched Friday in …
These hideous animals won’t die until the Sun explodes
Check out this hideousness! It might look like the bag from a 1940s vacuum cleaner with legs. But what it lacks in “design” it certainly …
NASA finally admits it has no money to land on Mars
NASA has a bold plan to reach Mars by 2030, but that doesn’t mean it’ll actually land on the red planet. In fact, it looks …
This free ‘robot lawyer’ will help you beat Uncle Sam anywhere in the United States
The United States is a democracy, where every citizen has the right to be treated fairly by the legal system, but unfortunately things don’t always …
I had no idea construction trade shows were this exciting
As someone who spends much of his work day trying to sift through gadget rumors and staring wide-eyed at photos taken hundreds of millions of …
Why alligator attacks are spiking in Florida
There has been a recent spate of alligator attacks in southwest Florida — and the weather is partially to blame. On July 9, a 71-year-old woman …
Scientists considering possibility of life on TRAPPIST-1 planets get some terrible news
The search for life beyond our Solar System is a slow, tedious process that involves identifying suitable stars, searching for planets in the habitable zone …
CenturyLink is being sued by everyone over deceptive billing
It’s not been a good month for CenturyLink. In the last few weeks, a former sales rep turned whistleblower filed a lawsuit against the company, …
KFC is selling an actual meteorite for $20,000… and it’s the shape of a chicken sandwich
There are lots of rocks floating around out in space, but when they find their way to Earth they suddenly become extremely valuable as collector’s …
AMD’s new Threadripper processors will be way cheaper than Intel’s Core i9
After years of Intel domination, computer processors are starting to get interesting again. AMD’s new Ryzen line offers Intel-equivalent performance for way less money, and …
Want to feel tiny? Watch a sunspot dwarf our entire planet
It’s always a good idea to start of your day with a reminder that nothing you do probably even matters in the grand scheme of …
AT&T tricks customers into opposing net neutrality
It’s rare that anything a major telecoms company does to screw over its customers can surprise me any more, but AT&T’s latest move is a …
Moon Express wants to one-up SpaceX and Blue Origin with regular moon visits
When it comes to commercial space travel, the biggest names in the game right now are Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin, but …
Bloomberg: Facebook will launch a $200 Oculus VR headset in 2018
As exciting as the prospect of virtual reality is, the technology hasn’t quite reached the mainstream for a variety of reasons. Price is chief among …
Uber admits defeat again, this time in Russia
Last August, Uber was forced to retreat from China after inking a deal with ride-sharing rival Didi Chuxing, while taking a 17.5% stake in the company. …
