Amazon slashes free shipping threshold back down to $35
Almost exactly one year ago, Amazon raised its free shipping threshold on orders to $49 for customers who didn’t subscribe to Amazon Prime. The move …
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Explosive blog post details ‘abhorrent’ sexism at Uber
In a blog post published Sunday, former Uber engineer Susan Fowler Riggetti details her experiences working for the company. Sadly, given she’s a female engineer …
Behind the scenes of the most thrilling nature video of all time
Even if you’ve never watched a full episode of the Planet Earth series, you’ve probably still seen one specific scene from an episode of Planet Earth II. Back …
This futuristic ATM means you’ll never have to go into a bank again
Fifty years ago, the ATM was one of the first robots to start down the long path of stealing jobs. Even the name — Automated …
Man’s plan to bomb Target stores to buy cheap stock totally backfires
Get rich schemes come in all shapes in sizes, but leave it to the always creative “Florida Man” to come up with perhaps the worst …
Watch scientists explore the ocean floor, live
Do you ever feel like scientists get to have all the fun? Researchers like the ones from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration get …
Best Buy is running a killer President’s Day sale on the iPhone 7/7 Plus, HDTVs and more
The holiday season might be over, but that doesn’t mean we have to wait until the end of the year for more great sales. On …
Google is mercifully killing YouTube’s unskippable 30-second ads
As Google continues to explore ways to monetize YouTube without frustrating users with overbearing ads, the search giant earlier today confirmed that YouTube videos, beginning …
Google under investigation for possibly hindering Samsung’s Tizen development
As the recent smartphone market share report made absolutely clear, Android is far and away the most popular operating system in the world. Google would …
Samsung boss Lee arrested in South Korean corruption scandal
Samsung chief Jay Y. Lee spent a night in jail waiting for a court to decide whether he should be arrested, as requested by a …
Watch 104 individual satellites achieve orbit and shatter a world record
Earlier this week we told you about India’s mission to deploy an absurd number of satellites from a single launch vehicle. Thankfully, the mission went …
This room can charge gadgets without wires
Wireless charging has slowly gaining traction in the smartphone industry for a while, but the nature in which most “wireless” charging system work — having to …
Is Elon Musk actually building a fallout shelter in the SpaceX parking lot?
In the past few months, Elon Musk has very publicly and rather abruptly embarked on a project to build tunnels to solve LA’s traffic problem. …
McDonald’s trolled Apple’s Jony Ive videos in the best possible way
Apple design guru Jony Ive might not share the stage with other execs during product introductions anymore, but he almost always stars in videos that …
You can make a fortune off of fake news sites, too
Donald Trump will probably never admit that fake news may have helped him win the presidency, but he’s already shown us that he plans to …
Review: Chuwi’s Lapbook 14.1 is ultra cheap, but doesn’t feel like it
Buying a budget notebook is a dangerous game. If you only have a few hundred bucks to spend you’re more than likely going to end up …
Fake news: Trump met Putin in Switzerland before the election
You may have seen news stories earlier this week saying that Trump and Putin were seen together in Switzerland before the election. That would not …
WWDC 2017 will be held from June 5-9 in San Jose
Apple on Thursday announced that its annual WWDC developer conference will be held from June 5th through June 9th in San Jose, California. San Jose …
This wall clock is a mesmerizing floating metal ball
If you’re in the market for a wall clock — and, really, who doesn’t need another clock or three — your choices are pretty much …
Samsung probably shouldn’t be boasting about how well it tests its phones just yet
Samsung disappointed fans with the fire-prone Galaxy Note 7, but the company did recall and terminate the product rather swiftly. It also conducted an extensive …
Astronomers just found a piping hot ‘Super Earth’
It wasn’t that long ago that finding exoplanets — that is, worlds that exist outside of our own solar system — was a rare occurrence. …
Actually, you can live a long healthy life eating nothing but McDonald’s
There’s no way to put this gently: America is fatter than ever before. Thanks to an increasingly sedentary lifestyle and an abundance of unhealthy fast …
As Apple stock hits all-time high, world’s richest investor thinks it’s going even higher
After reporting an increase in iPhone sales last quarter, and bolstered by mounting excitement for the iPhone 8, shares of Apple have been on an …
No one actually reads it for the articles, so Playboy is porn again
Last year, Playboy decided to stop doing what made it great in the first place: it stopped publishing nude photos and instead focused on other …
Pixie review: Finding stuff is now a game
Even before Pokemon Go became one of the most popular smartphone apps of all time, it was clear that augmented reality is going to become a …
Japan’s failed nuclear reactor is still so radioactive it almost killed a robot
It’s been over half a decade since Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station suffered a catastrophic meltdown which topped the International Nuclear Event Scale due …
Amazon drones will bombard your house with satellite-guided Prime deliveries
While America’s drones conduct aerial warfare overseas, Amazon is planning to rain down a very different kind of munition on American consumers. Plans for Amazon’s …
Science proves how superficial humans are, just in times for Valentine’s Day
It’s Valentine’s Day, which means you’ll probably spend some time today either shining up your appearance for your special someone, or perhaps improving your aesthetics …
Facebook ruins News Feed using autoplaying videos with sound
Facebook is about to get louder. On Tuesday, Facebook announced a series of changes and additions that are currently rolling out to the site’s video platform. …
This VR add-on lets you actually feel virtual weather
Virtual reality is all about suspending your disbelief and letting your mind pretend that you’re actually present in the space your eyes and ears are …
