NASA just released 3D models and new photos of a massive supernova
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the discovery of massive supernova called SN 1987A, NASA pointed the lens of the Hubble Space Telescope in its direction …
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Incredible ping pong-playing robot earns Guinness World Record
Guinness World Records has recognized a robot with a unique ability: a machine called FORPHEUS is officially the “first robot table tennis tutor.” The contraption, …
The FCC basically just approved AT&T and Time Warner’s giant merger
AT&T wants to merge with Time Warner Inc, a move that would create a leviathan new corporation with unprecedented control over both the internet and …
SpaceX will fly two very rich passengers around the Moon next year
At a press conference today, prospective fallout shelter owner Elon Musk told reporters that SpaceX, Musk’s solar space travel company, will be sending a pair …
Nintendo Switch will be sold without preorders at Best Buy and Target on launch day
If you weren’t one of the fortunate few to get your Nintendo Switch preorder in at a big box store before they all sold out, …
Live coverage: Watch Samsung’s MWC 2017 press conference right here
Samsung is about to unveil a bunch of new products, but the two devices the company’s fans want to see most won’t be here. Well, they might be …
Live coverage: Watch Nokia’s big MWC 2017 event right here
Oh, how the mighty have fallen! Nokia, the former undisputed king of the mobile phone business, decided a few years not to do the one …
Live coverage: Huawei is about to reveal its brand new iPhone killer
It’s no secret that Huawei is going after Apple in the phone business. The Chinese company is looking to offer buyers better alternatives to Apple’s …
Live coverage: Watch as LG unveils the hot new LG G6
It’s late February again, and Mobile World Congress is in full swing here in Barcelona, Spain. All the major smartphone vendors out there (with one notable fruity …
Interview: Secret messaging app Confide wins new fans in the Trump era
It started with an email, which led to a swapping of voicemails, which led to several days of back and forth until the two professionals …
Nintendo is suing a ‘Mario Kart’-inspired tour service because it hates joy
Nintendo, noted inventors of playthings and haters of Bluetooth headsets, is taking a Tokyo-based sightseeing company to court in the hopes of forcing the employees …
This Kickstarter pen looks so good, I actually backed it
I have a bit of a Kickstarter problem. I’ll go on Kickstarter for a couple minutes, as per usual, to hunt for any interesting new …
Flame-throwing drones burning trash is the future we deserve
For as much ink as AI-infused robots get in the press, fueled in part by Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking warning us of a future filled …
Is Apple’s strategy forcing pros to ditch Mac for Windows?
One of the more interesting narratives involving Apple in 2016 focused on whether or not the company was abandoning its base of traditionally loyal pro users. …
Amazon: Alexa’s speech is protected by the First Amendment
Should computerized virtual assistants enjoy the same constitutional protections that living, breathing humans do? Amazon thinks so, and it’s taking that position in regards to …
A drone flies into a tiger habitat, and you’ll absolutely believe what happens next
Anyone who’s ever used a laser pointer in the same room as a cat knows that any fast-moving object is pretty much fair game for feline …
Oh good, people are already saying the iPhone 8 will be ‘boring’
Apple’s preparing three new iPhones to celebrate it’s 10th iPhone anniversary this year, including an iPhone 8 that will be unlike anything Apple has created before. …
This drone video perfectly captures the dread of falling into an abyss
There’s just something about big, deep voids that strike fear in the deepest reaches of the human brain. Black holes and whirlpools are great examples …
Researchers build nightmare spider robot that’s faster than a real bug
It’s estimated that as much as 30% of the population has some degree of arachnophobia, making it one of the more common fears among humanity. It …
An inside look at the differences between life at NASA and SpaceX
When Elon Musk sets his sights on an industry, he does so with purpose and with the intention of completely turning said industry on its …
T-Mobile is having a huge sale on the best Android phones
With the Galaxy S8 reveal just around the corner, it’s about the right time for carriers to start burning off inventory of this generation’s handset. …
Video shows the moment Harrison Ford flew his private plane right over a jetliner
Han Solo may have made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs, but he was young and on top of his piloting game when …
Elon Musk’s grand tunneling plans are no match for local government bureaucracy
Elon Musk’s super ambitious — and incredibly obnoxious — plan to dig a tunnel between his home and his office isn’t likely to get off the …
Numerous ‘Earth-sized’ exoplanets discovered orbiting a nearby star
At a press conference today, a Dutch-led international research team has announced the discovery of several Earth-sized exoplanets orbiting a star 40 light-years away. Three of …
Watch live as NASA reveals a new exoplanet discovery at 1PM
NASA’s been finding all kind of cool things out in the depths of space recently, but today the agency is poised to announce something big. …
Samsung might reveal a key Galaxy S8 feature next week at MWC 2017
The Galaxy S8 was supposed to be Samsung’s big focus at MWC 2017 this year, reports said, just like its most recent Galaxy S flagships. …
SpaceX’s Dragon cargo ship just had to abort its supply run mission
SpaceX made headlines earlier this week when its Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched and then performed a perfect vertical landing. Today’s SpaceX news isn’t nearly …
UPS has a functioning drone delivery concept, and it makes more sense than Amazon’s
Companies like Amazon are going all-in on drone deliveries and have already shown off warehouses that send packages out to customers exclusively via drone. For …
Watch a Lego genius build a machine that makes paper airplanes
At some point between the age when you were accidentally sticking them up your nose and the first time you heard your hip crack, Legos went …
The very first Apple Watch Series 3 details may have just leaked
The Apple Watch Series 2 was a modest but welcome improvement over the original Apple wearable, but with stiff competition from Samsung and LG, it’s …
