FCC website hit hard for its plan to kill net neutrality
Trump’s FCC wants to kill net neutrality, and we knew that ever since the new chairman, Ajit Pai, took office. But with an initial vote …
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Scientists accidentally created a new blue, and now Crayola has to find a name for it
Colors are one of those bits of childhood knowledge that you acquire when you’re barely old enough to form coherent sentences. Once you learn the …
Gorgeous new video shows colossal plasma columns dancing on our sun’s surface
The sun — you know, that big, life-giving star that is more or less responsible for our very existence here on Earth — is one …
Scientists discover that Earth was basically one big ‘Waterworld,’ without Kevin Costner
Long before Kevin Costner and Dennis Hopper battled it out on the open seas in the mid-90s dystopian sci-fi flick Waterworld, the Earth really was …
Apple may soon become the world’s first trillion-dollar company
Buoyed by the forthcoming release of the iPhone 8, shares of Apple have been on an absolute rampage lately. Over the past few months, Apple …
Let’s hope Comcast and Charter don’t make a wireless network
A report in the Wall Street Journal says that Charter and Comcast are teaming up to make some kind of play in the wireless market. Before you …
Apple is now worth $800 billion for the first time ever
Freshman economics students will tell you that something is only “worth” whatever other people are willing to pay for it. In the case of Apple …
This top-secret spaceplane just returned to Earth, and nobody knows what it did up there
There’s plenty of manmade devices floating around in space, and between communications satellites, weather-monitoring cameras, and exploratory spacecraft like Cassini, the general public is kept …
Phil Schiller hints that Apple’s Siri-based Amazon’s Echo rival might feature a display
It’s been a few years since we’ve seen Apple enter a brand new hardware category, but that may change in just a few weeks once …
Japan’s nuclear disaster gave everyone on Earth extra radiation
It’s been over half a decade since Japan’s Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant suffered a catastrophic meltdown due to the effects of a tsunami which struck the island …
NASA’s Saturn spacecraft just delivered photos so stunning you’ll think they’re fake
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft continues to delivery some truly jaw-dropping photographs from Saturn, and its most recent “Grand Finale” dive between the planet’s rings has produced …
Humanity needs to abandon Earth way sooner than you think, according to Stephen Hawking
While much of humanity concerns itself with saving the planet from the ravages mankind has inflicted upon it, one of the world’s brightest minds is …
Apple isn’t as rich as it seems
As part of its earnings announcement this week, Apple revealed that it’s sitting on $258 billion of cash, mostly overseas. That’s more than the GDP …
Miraculously, no one was injured in this explosive plane crash caught on video
What appeared to be a catastrophic, potentially deadly accident turned out to be far less serious than the footage would have you believe. Earlier this …
Check out Cassini’s amazing Saturn dive from a totally new perspective
While we all wait with the utmost patience for NASA to show off the images captured by the Cassini spacecraft during its second dive through …
Watch: Family with two young children booted off of Delta flight for the dumbest of reasons
Et tu, Delta? A new viral video making the rounds shows a family with two young children being kicked off of a Delta flight due …
This bipedal running robot is the last thing you’ll see before robots claim the Earth
Robotics engineers with companies like Boston Dynamics have been hard at work on complex computer systems paired with motion sensors and gyroscopes to give their …
Tim Cook will spend 0.39% of Apple’s cash to keep Donald Trump happy
In a CNBC interview this evening, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that Apple will start a $1 billion fund to “promote advanced manufacturing jobs in the United …
Facebook is hiring 3,000 more people to watch its most disturbing videos
Facebook is the largest social network on the planet and the sheer volume of posts, photos, and videos means that, inevitably, some really horrible stuff …
The best thing you’ll see today: Florida woman caught on tape faking a worker’s comp injury
If you’re one of those “I hate my job” people, I can definitely sympathize. Having once worked for nearly a decade at a cable company, …
Maybe Tim Cook should blame the iPhone 7’s three-year-old design for declining sales
Apple on Tuesday afternoon reported fiscal second-quarter earnings that were largely in line with expectations. Revenue climbed to $52.9 billion from $50.2 billion in the year-ago …
This NASA video will teach you more about clouds than you’ve ever wanted to know
From the perspective of us here on Earth, clouds are usually pretty boring. Sure, sometimes we spot one that looks cool or see a unique …
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft didn’t find anything, and scientists can’t believe it
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has made a big name for itself by being a reliable source of really awesome photographs of parts of Saturn and its …
Are we looking hard enough for aliens? Astronomer says no
Finding existing extraterrestrial life would undoubtedly be one of the crowning achievements of the human race, but with so much talk of the potential for …
Experts discover ‘Christopher Columbus’ anchor at Caribbean shipwreck site
EXCLUSIVE: Experts have used a “space treasure map” to make a remarkable discovery in the Caribbean — a centuries-old anchor believed to be from one …
NASA just discovered a massive tsunami of gas in space
Some of the coolest discoveries made by NASA — like the personality of Martian soil, for instance — are often so small in scale that …
Apple posts Q2 earnings: Revenue of $52.9 billion as iPhone sales slide yet again
With shares of Apple currently trading at an all-time high, Apple this afternoon posted its earnings report for its second fiscal quarter of 2017. Per …
Siri still sucks, and an Apple smart speaker won’t change that
In case you haven’t been keeping up with the Apple rumor mill this week, word on the street suggests that Apple is planning a standalone …
Apple’s first new iOS product of 2017 might be completely unnecessary
Years ago, it was rumored that Apple was working on an own-brand wireless speaker that would compete with the likes of Sonos. This emerging breed …
Nintendo can’t keep up with Switch demand, even using airplanes
Rather than using the more affordable sea freight to ship its Switch console during the first month of sales, Nintendo was forced to revert to more …
