Hilarious translations: What your LinkedIn profile really means
LinkedIn does one thing and one thing well — it facilitates professional networking. But as with any service that centers on helping people find jobs, …
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How global warming might be turned into fuel for your car
Scientists from Canada are developing a carbon dioxide (CO2) recycling plant that could suck CO2 out of the air, mix it with hydrogen obtained from …
Hangry: Why you get so angry when you’re really hungry
Do you get terribly angry at people when you’re really hungry? Do you know anyone who’s behaving that way when they’re hungry? It turns out …
Scientists have created self-aware robots, but don’t start panicking yet
Scientists have just made a robot that has demonstrated self awareness during a particular test, but that doesn’t mean Judgement Day is coming. We’re probably a …
Watch the military’s new trillion-dollar fighter jet test its cannons for the first time
The F-35 fighter is one expensive military project, but the stealth plane should become a primary weapon for the U.S. and its allies soon. Sure, some …
KFC finally made something that won’t kill you
KFC has long been known for thinking outside the box. After all, how else can one explain the ingenuity behind items like fried chicken pizza …
See Pluto up close in the highest quality NASA pics yet
Seeing Pluto up close and personal has certainly been one of the highlights of 2015, but as NASA noted earlier this month, the initial images …
Make money on the side with these high-paying part-time jobs
Working a full-time job is stressful enough, but sometimes you have to start thinking about ways you can make money after regular work hours. Still, you …
Magicians videobomb live Sky News broadcast with incredible magic trick – was it staged?
There’s an incredible viral video burning through social media today. If you play close attention to the video below, you can see quirky magicians Young & Strange …
The 5 most awesomely stupid things Donald Trump has done in just the last 5 weeks
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is like the KFC Double Down sandwich: It’s equal parts hideous and irresistible. You know that he’s a bigoted clown who …
Writer claims Amazon spied on her social media profiles to invalidate her reviews
We all depend on Amazon reviews to an extent, ensuring that whatever product we’re about to buy is worth our hard-earned cash. We also naturally …
Why should Comcast improve its reputation when it can just buy the blogs that bash it?
Following Verizon’s recent acquisition of AOL, the industry and readers at large are waiting to see if and how the deal might affect the news sites Verizon now …
9 ancient and abandoned websites from the 1990s that are still up and running
With yesterday’s news that Space Jam 2 may actually be on the horizon, it’s as good a time as any to point out that the …
Today is National Hot Dog Day – here’s where to find free hot dogs [updated]
Happy National Hot Dog Day, America! In celebration of this fantastic holiday, several of our nation’s food retailers will give you free hot dogs when …
Running down the biggest military disasters in U.S. history
With a defense budget that’s higher than China, Russia, France, and the UK combined, the United States has, without question, the most advanced military force …
I never knew competitive cup stacking could be exciting until I saw this mind-blowing video
Raise your hand if you knew competitive cup stacking was a thing. Being the clueless old fogey that I am, I didn’t until I stumbled …
How many calories do I need to burn to lose a pound of fat?
Think you know how many calories you need to burn to lose a pound? If you answered 3,500 calories, you’re wrong, new research shows.
U.S. Army tests drone-blasting cannon
While drones becomes more prevalent, U.S. Army engineers are testing technology that can be used to blast potentially hostile unmanned aerial systems (UAVs) out of …
Converse messes with perfection, gives Chucks their first redesign in 98 years
As a depressive Nirvana-loving teenager in the ’90s, Chucks were my shoes. What made them so awesome was that they were both fairly cheap and …
The Netflix effect: Comcast now has fewer pay TV subscribers than Internet subscribers
When companies willfully ignore viable and increasingly dangerous threats to their business, well, it typically doesn’t end well. Especially in the fast moving world of …
15 celebrity Snapchat accounts you need to follow
Snapchat, to the surprise of many, has managed to become a bonafide social media platform with nearly 200 million active users. In turn, the service has expectedly …
You can find an Airbnb in New York City for just $22 a night, but there’s a huge catch
Looking for a cheap place to crash while visiting New York City? You can certainly look for great deals, but the cheapest options you can …
Best Buy finally realized it’s Black Friday in July – here are some of the best deals
Amazon recently celebrated its 20th anniversary with a huge Prime Day deals day that generated record sales. Walmart tried to ruin Amazon’s event by launching its …
NASA: This planet could be ‘Earth 2.0’
Wow. NASA on Thursday announced the discovery of a planet that could be the first found outside our solar system capable of sustaining human life. …
Mutant flowers from Fukushima nuclear disaster are blowing up the Internet
The impact of the 2011 nuclear disaster at Fukushima is still being felt and a new photograph that’s going viral on the Internet this week …
Comcast has created a monster… and its name is Netflix
Oops. Netflix has quickly grown from a nifty little site that streams a bunch of old movies to a game-changing entertainment powerhouse that makes it …
Comcast to start market trial of 10Gbps broadband tech in late 2015
Comcast later this year is going to start a market trial of an incredibly promising new broadband technology capable of delivering maximum download speeds of …
Major breakthrough transforms polluted water into drinking water
Removing pollutants from water and soil might be easier than we ever imagined thanks to the work performed by researchers from the University of Regensburg in …
The most viewed photo in the history of the world
Thanks to the smartphone, the number of photographs taken every year has absolutely exploded in a short amount of time. Case in point, it’s been …
The science of making a perfect chocolate chip cookie
Baking, much more than other forms of cooking, is a science and not an art. Sure, there are plenty of opportunities to be creative and experiment …
