When a young Tim Cook told a group of cross-burning KKK members to stop what they were doing
It’s no secret that Tim Cook’s moral character was indelibly shaped by his experiences growing up as a kid in the deep south. Specifically, Cook …
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How to watch the CNN GOP debate in Miami online tonight at 8PM EST
After one of the most outrageous debate performance of the election cycle (which is saying something), Republican frontrunner Donald Trump and his competition will take …
How much would you pay to stream movies at home the same day they hit theaters?
The problem with streaming services including Netflix, HBO Go and others is that it takes a while until the newest releases become available, as theaters are …
Elon Musk says secret anti-Trump meeting wasn’t secret or about Trump
A few days ago, news broke that some of the most influential leaders in tech, including Apple’s Tim Cook, Tesla’s Elon Musk and Alphabet’s Eric …
Has artificial intelligence already surpassed the human brain?
Welcome to The Terminator… but not really. During their second match which took place in the early hours of the morning in U.S. time on …
GE has figured out how to make solar power batteries using greenhouse gasses
We typically think of carbon dioxide as an unhealthy byproduct of our over reliance on fossil fuels. But what if CO2 could be used to …
The Pirate Bay is down because of a technical issue, not a new raid
Whenever Internet users who are also torrenting fans hear that The Pirate Bay is down, they’ll likely worry that law enforcement agencies looking to eliminate …
New tech from MIT could make all web pages load 34% faster
When it comes to the Internet, we’re all incredibly impatient. It doesn’t matter that we had to wait several minutes for a single web page …
Microsoft’s attack on the Mac continues with new Surface Book ads
Microsoft this week stepped up its somewhat curious advertising attack on the Mac. Following up on four commercials highlighting the advantages Windows 10 PCs have …
Donald Trump reviewing literary classics is the funniest thing you’ll see all day
If there’s one thing Donald Trump is adept at, it’s doling out insults. Whether it’s calling someone he disagrees with a ‘lightweight’ or even calling …
Watch a jet ski demolish a $3,000 drone in mid-air collision
During this year’s Festival of Freeride in New Zealand, an annual event where jet ski riders perform all sorts of slick surfing maneuvers and tricks …
What happens to you on social media after being attacked by Donald Trump?
Doughy Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump loves using Twitter to hurl insults at his many foes. He also has an army of trolls who subsequently …
Sacha Baron Cohen perfectly parodies an Apple product launch in this hilarious video
Later this week, the latest Sacha Baron Cohen vehicle, a movie called The Brothers Grimsby, will open in theaters. Cohen has been making the talk …
Bill Gates talks Apple/FBI standoff, skipping classes at Harvard, and much more
Long since removed from running the day-to-day operations of Microsoft, Bill Gates seems to be enjoying retirement. Not only does he have time to spend …
Surprise: Trump’s fake university was staffed by felons and hucksters
If you’ve been following the Republican presidential primaries recently, you’ve probably heard quite a bit about Trump University, Donald Trump’s shady defunct entrepreneurial initiative that is …
New clues emerge on how future iPhones might use Liquidmetal
For a long time, we’ve dreamed of the day that Apple would launch a radically redesigned iPhone that will ditch all physical buttons, pack a wraparound curved display, …
The 5 best airlines in the world, and none of them are based in the U.S.
We Americans pride ourselves at being the best in a lot of different things, but for some reason our airlines keep letting us down. America’s …
Ex-boyfriend brilliantly trolls woman who won’t return iPhone he gave her as a gift
If you give your significant other a gift and they break up with you, do you have the right to take that gift back? Most …
Verizon gets tiny FCC fine for secretly tracking subscribers with no way to opt out
How much is your privacy worth to the Federal Communications Commission? Not quite as much as it is undoubtedly worth to you. Back in 2014, it …
Tim Cook, Elon Musk, other execs attend secret meeting aimed at stopping Donald Trump
In a sign of the times, a number of tech luminaries over the weekend, a group which included Tim Cook, Elon Musk and even Napster …
Apple offers a sneak peak of its amazing new campus theater
With Apple set to move into its new spaceship campus in January of 2017, the company today shared some progress updates on its construction efforts …
This week’s total solar eclipse starts on Wednesday, ends on… Tuesday?
How can something start in the future and end in the past? It usually doesn’t. But then, there are some weird exceptions, and we’ll get …
Crazy Video: Man rides the ‘world’s most dangerous skateboard’
YouTube is littered with death-defying stunts and boneheaded experiments, but a recently uploaded video featuring a guy riding the ‘world’s most dangerous skateboard’ arguably sets …
Amazon’s 10 best deals of the day for March 7
We kept telling you last week how impressive Amazon’s deals have been so far this month. Well, we’re now into the second week of March …
People from all over the political spectrum compared Trump to Hitler this weekend
I am personally not very fond of doughy presidential candidate Donald Trump — in fact, I think he’s an authoritarian demagogue who would be a …
The reaction video you’ve been waiting for: Kids react to Donald Trump
Ladies and gentlemen, this is the reaction video you’ve been waiting for. We’ve seen reactions all over the Internet from Donald Trump’s supporters, who tend to …
DARPA’s crazy plane design could allow for vertical takeoffs
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has helped develop a lot of wondrous technology over the years, including most notably the Internet. This week, the …
High-tech ‘bazooka’ fires a net to take down drones
Could this bazooka-style device become a crucial weapon in law enforcement’s battle with drones? The brainchild of U.K.-based OpenWorks Engineering, SkyWall 100 uses a compressed …
Watch SpaceX attempt to launch the Falcon 9 rocket for the fifth time in two weeks
After trying and failing to launch the Falcon 9 rocket four times since late February, SpaceX will once again attempt to send its SES-9 commercial …
Boeing’s self-cleaning bathroom is the future I’ve dreamed of for years
For years, I’ve longed to have a bathroom capable of cleaning itself and now it looks like Boeing is going to bring my dreams to life. Truly, …
