These creepy naked rats have a superpower and scientists can’t believe it
Naked mole-rats are weird creatures. They’re a cold-blooded mammal (which is insanely rare), they have extremely low metabolism which allows them to live extremely long …
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Verizon is losing customers like crazy, even with unlimited data plans
In the first six weeks of 2017, Verizon Wireless lost 398,000 on-contract wireless customers. Considering that analysts expected Verizon to add nearly 250,000 customers in the …
🦄 Starbucks’ Unicorn Frappucino didn’t kill me 🦄
Drinking a pink, purple, and neon blue beverage at 7 o’clock in the morning isn’t something I’d ever recommend, but when Starbucks spontaneously launched its …
Why you probably shouldn’t care if Bose is spying on you
Bose, one of the biggest names in personal audio, is under fire for allegedly cataloging the listening habits and song choices of its users and …
Scientists are worried that humanity just keeps sending junk into space
Space is big and the hardware that humans keep sending into the great beyond is comparatively small, but our habit of letting random bits of space …
Google wants to predict your next medical problem before symptoms appear
We first heard about Google’s Baseline Study a couple of years ago. At the time, it was a bold Google moonshot aiming to develop means …
Facebook is building a helicopter to help deliver internet access in emergencies
After building a solar-powered plane to help deliver internet access nearly two years ago, Facebook is once again building another aircraft to deploy the internet …
Scientists just unearthed an absolutely terrifying new sea creature
It’s hard to imagine that, after thousands of years of cataloguing every living thing we come across, humans are still discovering new animals, but when …
Scientists rank all the ways an asteroid can kill you
Tonight, a particularly large asteroid is going to cruise by Earth at its closest point in 400 years, and while we humans are going to …
Why the iPhone 7S could be better than the iPhone 8
We’ve still got months until Apple even prints the invites for the iPhone 8 event, but rumors are starting to mount. The new flagship iPhone, …
Watch a massive asteroid cruise by Earth live tonight
Tonight is a big night for skywatchers thanks to the relatively close approach of a large asteroid called 2014 JO25. The rock is slated to …
Even Google’s Wi-Fi router still sucks
It seems to be an immutable fact that all Wi-Fi routers are doomed to be bad. In fairness, we do ask a lot of them: …
Chuwi Hi13 Review: A $369 hybrid notebook that might outshine Microsoft’s Surface Book
Back in February I had the opportunity to put the Chuwi Lapbook 14.1 to the test. Its ultra-budget price paired with midrange specs resulted in …
Watch Jimmy Kimmel and Matt Damon torch United Airlines with a hilarious parody
The past few days have been nothing short of a PR nightmare for United Airlines. A little bit more than a week ago, a video …
The clear coffee you never asked for is finally here
Of all the beverage options we humans have invented over the years, coffee is definitely one of the most versatile. It can be served hot …
Verizon is spending big to make its 4G network even faster
Verizon’s pitch has always been simple: pay us more money than any other wireless carrier, get the fastest speeds and best network coverage in return. …
The first live VR rocket launch was a complete fail, because technology is awful
Earlier today, NASA and the United Launch Alliance combined to show the first-ever rocket launch in 360-degree virtual reality. It was meant to be a …
iPhone 8 hype is getting out of hand
Look, the iPhone 8 is probably going to be a really great smartphone. Recent advances in technology are making no-bezel smartphones with zero physical buttons …
Remember that Facebook paid $2B for Oculus while you watch its new ‘Spaces’ VR app in action
Virtual reality might not be catching on as fast as some early adopters would have liked, but it’s certainly not dying any time soon. Oculus, …
Facebook killing suspect dead after police chase
Steve Stephens, the man suspected of killing 74-year-old Robert Godwin and uploading a video of the murder to Facebook, has died following a police chase. According …
How to watch Facebook’s F8 2017 keynote live stream
On Tuesday morning, developers from all over the world will gather at Facebook’s annual F8 conference in San Jose, California to hear what the social …
NASA astronaut’s space treasure map sparks hunt for Caribbean wrecks
Astronaut Gordon Cooper was a born explorer. He broke countless NASA space flight records, like the longest single-man space flight, a 122-hour mission. But one …
Fresh United horror: ice-cream sundaes stopped after passenger served bowl of glass
Following a week of record-bad PR, BGR can reveal that United and its passengers are facing a new kind of horror: the stopping of United’s signature ice-cream sundaes. …
Stay calm, citizens: Russia’s gun-wielding robot is definitely ‘not Terminator’
When it comes to fears of robots taking over the world, mental images inspired by Terminator immediately spring to mind. But if robots really were …
A couple heading to their wedding were kicked off a United Airlines flight
A week after United Airlines made headlines around the world for dragging a paid passenger kicking and screaming off of a flight, the airline continues …
Massive manhunt is underway for shooter who broadcast a murder live on Facebook
Steve Stephens, a 37-year-old Cleveland resident who broadcast himself shooting and killing an elderly man on Easter Sunday is still on the run, with authorities …
How one man built his own iPhone out of spare parts
Simple phone repairs, like a battery or a screen unit, are easier than people think. Thanks to guides like iFixit and the magic of eBay, information and …
Science proves that training AI to be ‘human’ makes it sexist and racist, too
As we get closer and closer to create artificial intelligence that can think and reason in ways that mimic a human brain it’s becoming increasingly …
Here’s why narrators in fast food commercials have deep voices
Have you ever noticed that the voice-over on a fast food commercial is usually a guy, and that guy usually has a pretty deep voice? …
This drone timelapse video is a great way to spend the next 47 seconds
Shooting video from a drone can offer a unique look at the world, and that has helped drone videos become one of the most popular …
