Watch Microsoft’s HoloLens bring ‘Portal’ to life in the real world
Last summer, the world lost its collective mind over Pokemon Go. Thanks to augmented reality, smartphone owners were able to find and catch Pokemon in the real …
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If you live your life without mental health issues, science says you’re the weird one
Everyone gets the flu, chicken pox, and a broken bone or two by the time they hit 40, and if you don’t you’re in a very …
2017 wasn’t bad enough, so Merriam-Webster added all these cringeworthy words to the dictionary
So far, 2017 is turning out to be… not so great. Tensions are running high at home and abroad, and there’s no end in sight …
This supermassive black hole slowly consumed a gigantic star for a full decade
Black holes are scary things. They suck in everything within their reach, and there’s no escaping their pull, even for something as massive as a …
Twitter says it’s actually, really, definitely cracking down on abuse this time
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a social network that has been notoriously lax in its policing of intense targeted harassment promises that …
Tesla and SpaceX join legal fight against Trump’s travel ban
It’s been a hectic start for President Donald Trump’s presidency, and things aren’t getting any better. Trump’s executive order that instated a so-called Muslim ban …
This gorgeous retro watch uses tubes to display the time, and you’re going to want one
With all the talk about smartwatches in recent years maybe it’s time for us to all just take a moment to appreciate how awesome old …
This incredible ‘Vertical Forest’ is being built right now in China
How do you combat the ills of poor air quality and pollution in a massive city of over eight million people, where there’s hardly room to plant …
The Mars rover just sent back data that has scientists completely stumped
The Curiosity rover has been cruising around on Mars since late 2012, so you’d think that scientists would have a pretty good handle on the …
Samsung’s ‘nerve center’ sees major shake-ups following corruption investigation
A few weeks ago, Samsung’s chief Jay Y. Lee spent a night in jail while waiting for a judge to decide whether he should be …
Trump’s border tax would massively help Tesla
In recent weeks, Donald Trump has been kicking around the idea of an import tax on Mexican goods. The specifics are nowhere to be found …
Use this Chrome extension to easily find Netflix’s hidden categories
Much like In-N-Out or Chipotle, Netflix has a secret menu of sorts in the form of hidden categories. Unfortunately, you can’t just ask Netflix to …
China announces it now produces more solar power than anyone
China takes a lot of flak when it comes to environmentalism. Some of the most striking images to come out of the country in recent …
If Ikea made the Börder Wåll for Donald Trump, it’d look like this
Donald Trump is extremely determined to build a wall along the US border with Mexico, and he wants to force Mexico to pay for it. It’s …
Target is having a big sale on eight different Apple Watch models
Opinions are still divided when it comes to the future of wearables. Market research companies take every opportunity they can to draw linear growth lines …
Report claims Apple’s next revolutionary product might be released later this year
Following up on his own report that Apple is working closely with optical manufacturer Carl Zeiss on a pair of Augmented Reality glasses, Robert Scoble …
Here’s the full list of 97 companies that just filed against Trump’s immigration ban
President Donald Trump’s first two weeks in office have been tumultuous, to say the least. The biggest question ahead of the president’s inauguration last month …
Feast your eyes on this gorgeous Hubble photo of a star dying
Just like us, stars are born, live, and die, and while plenty of sci-fi movies have taken artistic liberties with their own depictions of stars dying, …
Scientists just discovered chunks of a ‘lost continent’ in a volcano
The idea of a “lost continent” is a romantic notion that has long since passed from the realm of possibility, but while the chances of …
Federal agents just discovered a major flaw in SpaceX’s rockets
When you become one of the leading private space flight companies on the planet you can bet that the government is going to have a …
Trump’s FCC makes the first moves against net neutrality
The Federal Communications Commission was expected to become a different animal under President Trump. Under the previous chairman, Tom Wheeler, the FCC opened investigations into …
How Snapchat and Facebook’s billionaires are changing rules to keep power forever
As part of the papers filed for its IPO yesterday, Snpachat’s parent company Snap revealed the ownership and power structure that the company will use …
Apple is destroying Samsung where it really matters
There’s no end in sight to the war between Apple and Samsung. In all likelihood, competition between the two will be healthier than ever this …
Scientists just discovered water on a planet you’ve never even heard of
For the past couple of decades or so, humanity has been scraping in the dust and dirt on Mars for a number of different scientific …
The one way Android will never, ever be able to compete with the iPhone
I have always been extremely careful when handling my smartphones over the years. My wife… not so much. Sure I have dropped my phones a …
Class action lawsuit says Apple intentionally broke FaceTime to save money
Every time a new iPhone and major iOS update launch, reports surface suggesting that Apple is intentionally crippling older handsets with the brand new iOS …
Snap sees Apple as a significant competitor ahead of its big IPO
Snapchat — well, Snap — is finally going public, as the company filed for a $3 billion IPO. The documentation it filed with the Securities …
MIT’s new AI understands the hardest part of human language
Voice-based artificial intelligence assistants can understand human speech better than ever. But while AI can decipher our words and context to deliver fast results and …
If you have a 9 to 5 job, you’re working exactly one hour too many
For a huge percentage of the workforce in the United States and abroad you need to put in 40 hours per week to be considered a …
AT&T wins top J.D. Power customer care award, promptly rubs it in T-Mobile’s face
Awards in the telecom industry are kind of like company logos — everyone’s got them and they all think theirs is the best of the lot. …
