You can try Oculus Rift at Best Buy starting later this week
Anyone who has tried virtual reality will tell you that there’s really no way to explain it to someone who has never experienced it before. That’s …
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Futuristic hoverboard is the real deal, and it just set a new Guinness World Record for flight
Last month, we were blown away by a new hoverboard video that was so amazing most everyone decided that it had to be fake. The …
Watch every angle of SpaceX’s historic rocket landing captured in a 360-degree video
After a number of dispiriting rocket landing failures, SpaceX has been on something of a roll lately. This past December, SpaceX successfully nailed its first …
Hulu is working on a live streaming TV service that might finally let you ditch cable
Hulu is giving cable companies yet another reason to worry. According to a recent report from The Wall Street Journal, Hulu is currently developing a new …
Amazon’s 13 best daily deals: Nexus phones, 55″ HDTV, a glowing toilet and more
What? Did you say a glowing toilet? Well, the toilet itself isn’t on sale, but the GlowBowl Motion Activated Toilet Nightlight might be the best gift …
How to switch to YouTube’s big Material Design makeover right now, before it launches
When Google redesigned the Android interface using its new “Material Design” guidelines, users were ecstatic. It’s not that Android’s old design was particularly bad, but the …
Bitcoin creator ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’ has come forward and revealed his identity
We’ve been down this path before, but it’s looking increasingly likely that this may in fact be the last time. After a big mistake turned …
Awesome website features an interactive timeline covering 14 billion years of history
There are a few ways you can go about catching up on significant moments in world and human history. You can attend lectures or perhaps …
New smart bathroom mirror is a total game-changer
If you thought that the Google Now-ready smart mirror a Googler came up with not too long ago was the best possible bathroom mirror you …
How many people can the Earth actually hold?
Earth may only be a tiny blip on the map relative to the entire universe, but for our purposes, it’s pretty darn big. Of course, …
Heart pounding first-person video takes you skydiving with Navy SEALs
Have you ever wondered what it might be like to be a member of the Navy SEALs Leap Frogs jump team as they leap from an airplane …
See what it’s like to live in solitary confinement with this terrifying VR experience
Virtual reality is responsible for some of the most fascinating experiences in recent memory, from a tour of Chernobyl to some of the most immersive …
These aren’t Steve Jobs’s last words, but they still managed to inspire a billionaire
Remember back when email chains were a thing? Instead of sharing anything and everything you find online using Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites, people …
We really wish Apple would start paying more attention to the Mac
Apple last quarter experienced its first year-over-year drop in revenue since 2003. Not only that, but Apple saw a sales decline across all major product lines: …
Google just patented a crazy device it wants to inject into your eyeball
We may be accustomed to seeing high-tech companies file patents for out-there concepts and technologies, but a new patent from Google takes the cake. Originally spotted …
This humanoid robot diver is a submersible avatar
A professor at Stanford University has designed a robotic humanoid diver with articulated hands that is designed to be an underwater avatar, exploring the way …
Everything we know about the suicide at Apple’s headquarters this week
This has been an incredibly difficult week for Apple. The company shed more than $40 billion in market capitalization on Tuesday evening following its fiscal …
Inventor builds incredible HoverBike that actually flies
When he’s not busy designing thermite cannons or wearable weapons that involve throwing flames, Colin Furze comes up with all sorts of clever ideas – or …
Whatever you do, don’t look down
People can definitely hurt themselves while riding around on the trendy little “hoverboards” you see everywhere these days, but we doubt anyone would consider them …
Microsoft’s futuristic storage solution can hold 1,000,000,000 TB
Bickering about the paltry amount of storage on the cheapest new iPhone might become a thing of the past… at some point in the distant …
FBI arrests three suspects with connections to San Bernardino shooters
A spokeswoman for the FBI told Reuters on Thursday that three new warrants have been served in Corona and Ontario, California in relation to the mass shooting …
The hilarious Star Wars: The Force Awakens ‘outtakes’ we’ve been waiting for
The newest Star Wars villain, Kylo Ren, has appeared in various spoofs following the release of last year’s massive hit Star Wars: The Force Awakens. But …
How to reclaim the free OneDrive storage Microsoft is about to take away
If you use Microsoft’s OneDrive cloud storage with any regularity, chances are that you’re still reeling from the news that free users will have their …
Apple issues statement following apparent suicide at Cupertino headquarters
Apple on Thursday morning issued an official statement after a man was found dead on Wednesday at Apple’s corporate headquarters in Cupertino, California. Officials from the Santa …
How Snapchat and stupidity almost left five people dead
Snapchat’s speed filter is an awful, awful idea. For those unaware, it’s a feature of the popular messaging app Snapchat that uses sensors in a …
Amazon’s 10 best daily deals: Fire TV Stick, $4 iPhone screen protector, Nexus 6P and more
We got tons of great feedback after yesterday’s daily deals post, which included a number of items we hadn’t seen go on sale before. Well, …
That time a Windows 10 update alert ruined a live TV broadcast
How annoyed do you get each and every time a little alert pops up on your Windows computer insisting that you install the latest available …
Comcast’s NBCUniversal is acquiring DreamWorks for $3.8 billion
How many streaming DreamWorks movies does it take to eat through a Comcast data cap? Following rumors that suggested a deal was imminent, Comcast-owned NBCUniversal …
Smartphone addiction prompts German city to embed traffic lights in sidewalks
These days, many smartphone users have become accustomed to walking down the street, completely oblivious to the people and environment around them. Of course, it’s …
Samsung reports fastest growth in three years following Apple’s big miss
Remember how Apple got a little crafty and bulked up its holiday quarter by playing around with the iPhone 6s launch? Well guess what happened when …
