The USPS will now email your mail
Yes, that’s right, the United States Postal Service will now email your mail. No, it won’t open envelopes to scan the contents of written letters …
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Singapore students design personal flying machine
Ever wanted your own personal flying machine? Well, a team of engineering students at the National University of Singapore (NUS) appear to be one step …
How to speed up your home Wi-Fi by optimizing your router
No one’s Wi-Fi setup is perfect, but some of us really struggle to get it right. If you suffer from frequent drops in connection or slowdowns …
Watch what happens when two people eat the world’s hottest chili pepper
There’s something equally comical and ominous about the names used to label the world’s hottest peppers. For instance, you’ve got the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion, the Naga …
Amazon’s ’12 Days of Deals’ event: Everything you need to know
Christmas is just a few weeks away, which means there’s plenty of time to score some great deals on all sorts of products, regardless of whether …
The best way to stop Comcast’s data caps from ruining the Internet
We’ve made the case several times now that Comcast’s data cap scheme is absolutely horrible for the open Internet, particular since it’s decided to exempt …
Amazon deal gets you a Linksys Wireless AC Wi-Fi router for $60
Sometimes you don’t have to pay hundreds of dollars for high-end home networking gear that delivers the kind of performance you won’t find in a …
NASA just released the most detailed photos of Pluto you’ve ever seen
For anyone with even a passing interest in space and planetary exploration (okay fine, Pluto is not a planet), there’s a whole lot to get …
Google wants to suck your blood
Yes, I’m being complete serious: Google does want to suck your blood. Per The Verge, Google has filed a patent application for a needle-free blood drawing device that …
Robots could take half of all Japanese jobs within 20 years
We know that our economy is going to become more automated in the coming years but in Japan automation could account for half of the work …
Court says you can use your work computer however you like
Your employer might tell you that you shouldn’t be playing Candy Crush Saga on your work computer while you’re supposed to be productive, or that …
New device gives voice to the deaf by translating sign language to speech in real time
Over the past couple of decades, the world has evolved in a way that favors the hearing impaired, believe it or not. Whereas telephone calls …
The intense workout that got Michael B. Jordan in shape for Rocky spin-off ‘Creed’
Creed is already regarded by some critics as the best Rocky sequel since the original movie and it’s also the first to show Sylvester Stallone …
How the San Bernardino terrorists tried to conceal their digital footprints
This past Wednesday, the world watched in horror as a husband-and-wife team terrorized the Inland Regional Center in San Bernadino, California before leading authorities on …
San Bernardino tragedy showed us how terrible Twitter has become
Around 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday morning, U.S.-born Syed Rizwan Farook and Pakistan national Tashfeen Mali allegedly stormed a room and opened fire on attendees of a holiday …
Amazon’s hottest deals of the day include giant HDTVs and an insanely powerful WiFi router
Amazon’s Black Friday 2015 and Cyber Monday 2015 sales are said to have handily topped any of the retailer’s rivals, and it’s no wonder. Amazon was …
8 best Cyber Week sales you can still shop
The country is finally starting to catch its breath after the crazy Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping period. Retailers went all out this year and offered …
Samsung will finally pay Apple more than half a billion dollars for copying the iPhone
Nearly five years after Samsung was found guilty in a California court of copying certain aspects of Apple’s iPhone and iPad without permission, the South …
Researchers attack cancer cells with liquid metal ‘nano-terminators’
If you’ve ever read Ray Kurzweil’s books, you know that he envisions a future in which benevolent little nanobots flow through our bodies attacking malicious …
Hubble spots faintest galaxy from early universe
Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer space telescope have found what they believe is the faintest object ever seen in the early universe, a galaxy …
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Don’t leave space exploration up to private companies
Neil deGrasse Tyson was not among those of you unreservedly cheering the implications of Jeff Bezos’s tweet last week announcing that the Amazon founder’s private …
Amazon’s 10 best Cyber Week deals of the day include a drone, big HDTVs and more
Reports over the past couple of days have estimated that Amazon completely crushed the competition when it comes to Cyber Monday sales, and it’s easy …
Man films himself stealing a Porsche, then gets found trapped inside after crashing it
It’s always fun writing about stupid criminals as long as they don’t kill or seriously injure anyone. And The Guardian brings us the delightful story of a …
10 best HDTV deals available at Walmart for Cyber Week
After more than two solid weeks of nonstop deals coverage, Cyber Week 2015 is finally coming to a close. This Friday will signal the end …
What happens to your body when you stay awake for 72 straight hours straight
Back in college, I remember staying up for over 30 hours straight during finals week in a naive, misguided and ultimately foolish attempt to maximize …
Verizon is giving customers free Star Wars-themed Google Cardboard VR viewers
As 2015 comes to a close, we find ourselves looking ahead to the new year and all the technology it’s sure to bring. At the …
The absolute worst ads of 2015
It’s actually been a reasonably decent year for ads, as there hasn’t been anything as godawful as 2013’s creepy Galaxy Gear ad or Sprint’s tragicomic …
The LA City Council just confirmed everyone’s worst fears about license plate data collection
Everyone remember the film Minority Report that revolved around people with psychic abilities who used their powers predict crimes so that cops could arrest perpetrators before they could commit …
How Hitler failed to assassinate Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill in one single hit
Everyone knows that the Allies tried to kill Adolf Hitler, but the Nazi leader managed to escape virtually unharmed in one almost-successful attempts. What’s not that …
Privacy groups say Google has rigged Chromebooks to track students
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday alleging that Google is collecting student data from Chromebooks used …
