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), …
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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. …
This augmented reality projector just needs a lightbulb socket
With all the biggest names in tech dabbling in some form of augmented reality — and with Apple finally jumping in and making it easier …
Astronomers just discovered the smallest star ever
We typically think of stars as colossal balls of fusion-driven fire that absolutely dwarf everything else, but researchers just made a discovery that offers a …
Amazon has a patent for an underwater storage facility that looks like something out of James Bond
Amazon has been awarded some interesting patents in recent months, including a storage facility that looks like a beehive. But this latest one may top …
Apple’s back-to-school deals are here, and everyone gets free Beats
Sure, there might be a whole 166 shopping days left until Christmas, but you’ve got less than two months left until students swarm back to …
Study suggests coffee helps prevent heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and much more
Once upon a time, people used to think that coffee would stunt your growth if you drank it as a youngster. In more recent years, …
NASA’s Jupiter orbiter captures breathtaking shots of Great Red Spot
NASA’s Juno orbiter has been cruising around Jupiter for some time now, and it’s already sent back some jaw-dropping sights, but if there’s one feature …
There’s a huge price to pay to keep the iPhone 8 from being ‘boring’
Some people labeled the iPhone 7 as “boring” as soon as it became clear the design would be nearly identical to the previous version despite …
Scientists warn of ‘biological annihilation,’ say mass extinction event is currently happening on Earth
When you hear the term “mass extinction” you probably imagine something like the space rock that smacked Earth and led to the demise of the …
Colossal iceberg finally breaks free in Antarctica, and now the real crisis begins
Scientists are the public in general have been keeping a very close eye on the crisis unfolding on the Larsen C ice shelf for months. …
‘Gangnam Style’ is no longer the most-viewed video on YouTube
As it turns out, 2017 does have some silver linings. Gangnam Style, which has dominated the YouTube video leaderboards for the last five years, is out. …
