Massive R&D spending hints big changes are coming at Apple
Apple has been significantly increasing its spending on research and development in recent years, and we can safely assume that all that money wasn’t just …
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The real reason Walmart is suing Visa
The US is rolling out chip-enabled credit cards nationwide, but the more fraud-resistant technology still relies on people using signatures. That’s a dumb security measure — …
You can watch the first full-scale Hyperloop test right here
The first full-scale test of next-gen Hyperloop transportation technology has just taken place in the desert outside Las Vegas. Although Hyperloop is an Elon Musk …
Livestreamed suicide shows the dark side of Periscope
Police are investigating the death of a 19-year-old woman in Arpajon, France, who appears to have thrown herself in front of a train while livestreaming on …
Amazon’s 12 best daily deals: A $50 smartphone, a $150 smart TV, and plenty more
We always try to include a good amount of variety in our daily deals compilations, but today is all about tech. We’ve got a ridiculously …
The crazy tech Thai students used to cheat
With consumer electronics products becoming smaller and increasingly more powerful over the years, students have started to come up with any number of clever ways to discreetly …
Materiable is a shape-shifting digital interface that can behave like a liquid
A group of researchers have created the groundwork for a new type of interface that could someday change the way we interact with devices. Developed …
The first Hyperloop test happens today in Las Vegas
Elon Musk’s Hyperloop high-speed transportation project is getting closer to becoming a commercial product, but don’t get too excited just yet about traveling from Los …
22 virtual reality headsets you can buy today
If you have been keeping up with virtual reality in any capacity over the past few years, you’ve almost certainly heard of the industry’s biggest …
Backpack-carrying pigeons deployed in the first line fighting pollution
Fighting pollution and global warming is a top priority for governments and various organizations around the world. One of them is the Paris-based Plume Labs, …
Cool robot hand learns as it goes
It’s a device that brings to mind the bodyless hand, Thing, from The Addams Family: a human-like robotic hand, engineered by scientists at the University …
One look at this visualization will make you a climate change believer
Some day the climate change argument will be over and one side will emerge victorious, but that day almost certainly won’t come in our lifetimes. People …
360-degree VR video drops you in the middle of a tornado chase
Virtual reality is all the rage these days, and if you have a VP headset then you’ll definitely want to check out a new video posted …
Dating website helps you flee Preisdent Trump by hooking you up with a Canadian
The nomination of Donald Trump has led to a lot of American interest in moving to Canada, although it’s unlikely that Canada is prepared to …
Lego versions of all the Iron Man suits would take so long to make
We’ve all probably spent an afternoon recreating superhero fantasies with plastic bricks. But for Lego customizer Minh Pham, building every single iteration of the Iron …
You can experience this new TRON lightcycle ride without leaving your couch
Riding a TRON lightcycle should be a life goal for any hot-blooded human, but without $77,000 to spend on a life-size replica, you’re probably going to …
The U.S. Senate wants to know if Facebook has been messing with trending news
Yesterday, a Gizmodo report alleged that Facebook’s human curators had been manipulating the trending news section to kill conservative stories — allegations that Facebook carefully didn’t deny …
Watch a drone do backflips without spilling a single drop of soda
Over the past few months, we’ve seen a proliferation of increasingly compelling and downright cool video footage of drones showing up in odd locations and engaging …
Amazon’s 10 best daily deals: 50% off Logitech gear, 3 super cheap smartphones, more
It was particularly difficult today to pick out Amazon’s best daily deals because there are just so many good bargains available. We ended up focusing …
Unsurprisingly, Reddit is a hotbed of drugs discussion
Reddit is famous for harboring some less-than-legal communities. Given the anonymity the site affords its users, it’s also not surprising to hear that people talk …
5 private details Facebook asks for that you shouldn’t share
Like Google, Facebook’s business is built around a simple design. It offers services to users for free, but those users are not Facebook’s customers. Instead, …
Snowboarders take over an abandoned Ski Resort in awesome new video
An abandoned winter resort in Kanin, Slovenia was recently taken over by a number of Red Bull sponsored snowboarders, including Marko Grilc and Red Gerard. With …
What happens when you mix whipped cream with liquid nitrogen
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream. But what if there was a kind of ice cream that could actually make you scream? …
Augmented reality turns a print magazine into a digital wonder
Some may say that print is dying, but that’s not exactly the case. It turns out that print magazines can still find new ways to …
PayPal will no longer protect you from Kickstarter campaigns that fall apart
You might want to think twice before you find another crowdfunding project with your PayPal account. Starting on June 25th, PayPal is updating its User …
Elon Musk’s wild Hyperloop is slowly becoming a reality
Tesla Motors and SpaceX aren’t Elon Musk’s only major transportation-related projects. In fact, he’s also working on a train system where passengers could be shipped between …
Nvidia’s new graphics cards are somehow both more powerful and cheaper all at once
Over the weekend, Nvidia finally unveiled the long-awaited Geforce GTX 1080 graphics cards. Running on the company’s new Pascal architecture, the GTX 1080 is simultaneously more …
Facebook says it takes allegations of news manipulation ‘very seriously’ [UPDATED]
Earlier today, a report from Gizmodo quoted anonymous employees saying that Facebook manipulated its “Trending News” section, blacklisting some sites, and was “artificially injecting” topics into the …
Man’s video of a building demolition gets ruined by a surprise photobomber
Over the weekend, officials in Glassgow, Scottland rigged a 24-story building with explosives in an effort to safely demolish it. And seeing as how building …
You can now search the entire Panama Papers database
The original revelations from the Panama Papers leak were handled by a select group of news organizations. But if you’ve ever wanted to delve into the …
