Watch in awe as an F-16 fighter jet ascends to 15,000 feet in 20 seconds
One of the most nerve-wracking parts of a flight for many people is takeoff. Once the plane is at cruising altitude, everything’s all right, but …
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Hulu may soon charge extra for a feature Netflix offers for free
Ever since Hulu added a premium subscription tier, users have questioned why they still have to sit through advertisements even after choosing to pay $7.99 a …
Mourners wear Death Vader, Beetlejuice costumes at Halloween enthusiast’s funeral
Funerals are always sad occasions but they don’t have to be depressing — remember Jim Henson’s request that mourners at his funeral not wear any …
Some of the best Amazon Prime Day deals are still available
Amazon set a new worldwide online sales record with its special 20-year anniversary Prime Day event. The retailer offered many discounts on plenty of a …
One man’s tragically doomed quest to get off Best Buy’s spam email list
Dealing with spam offers from retailers is one of the more annoying components of managing email these days but for the most part you can …
This magician stumped Penn & Teller with the most beautiful magic trick we’ve ever seen
During a recent airing of Fool Us, seasoned magicians Penn and Teller were positively blown away by a magician who executed some of the best sleight …
How Gawker completely disgusted everyone on the Internet
Gossip website Gawker regularly walks the fine line between entertaining, edgy content and completely unethical, sleazy trash. On Thursday, the website went way, way over that …
Apple reminds us what the Apple Watch is for with four new commercials
After an initial advertising push a few months ago, we haven’t seen much in the way of Apple Watch ads from Apple in recent months. That …
Newly discovered dinosaur rightly nicknamed the ‘fluffy feathered poodle from hell’
A recently discovered dinosaur in China that’s been nicknamed the ‘fluffy feathered poodle from hell’ would make a great new Jurassic World attraction, considering how the …
This amazing video of the Magnus effect in action will make you love science even more
Science can just be so cool. If you want further evidence of this, you should watch an incredible new video of a basketball being dropped …
The most ironic Google job opening ever
Does even Google know how its own search algorithms work? We raise this question because Google is looking for an SEO expert to come on …
These tiny fish can survive in volcanoes and they’re the stuff of nightmares
No matter how technologically advanced we are, we keep discovering wondrous and frightening new forms of life. Just recently, a team of scientists discovered some …
Amazon: Prime Day broke sales records, exceeded Black Friday 2014
You may have hated all the junk Amazon tried pawning off on you this week as part of Prime Day… but you bought it all up …
The ultimate Prime Day humiliation
Amazon’s Prime Day seemed to make the Internet go insane this week, as people both raged against Amazon trying to unload piles of useless junk …
The smartest smart band in the world just got even smarter – and it lasts 6 months on a charge
I love my Jawbone UP3. Quality control issues continue to plague Jawbone, but the device and accompanying app are fantastic. I recently lost 50 pounds in …
EFF launches open source site to help you contact Congress, and to hold Congress accountable
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has long been known as a protector of the free Internet, but the organization can’t do it alone. One of the …
How big is the Universe? An awesome interactive explanation
With all of the commotion and intrigue surrounding the New Horizons spacecraft approaching Pluto, the BBC recently highlighted an incredible interactive piece they put together …
The Internet’s best Pluto memes, featuring Donald Trump, Miley Cyrus and more
Tuesday was a big celebration for space nerds everywhere, as NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft swung by Pluto and captured the clearest images we’ve ever seen …
Japanese hotel replaces all human workers with robots and the result is horrifying
I have seen the future and it is awful. The Associated Press, via The New York Post, has published a dispatch from the Henn na Hotel in …
What coffee, alcohol, marijuana and other drugs do to your brain
There are plenty of substances out there that mess with your head. Some are legal, and some aren’t. Some are dangerous, and some are helpful. …
Hilarious video teaches you how to speak fluent Australian
Yes, Australians speak English, but that doesn’t mean you’ll always understand what they’re saying. Lucky for you, in case you’re planning a trip Down Under, …
This MacGyver-esque travel jacket has 15 compartments, each one cooler than the next
An intriguing new Kickstarter campaign features a multi-functional jacket that would make MacGyver proud. Since going live on Tuesday morning, the campaign has already raised …
Prime Day was an excuse for Amazon to unload useless crap – and thanks to suckers, it was a massive success
Jeff Bezos is laughing all the way to the bank. Amazon announced on Wednesday afternoon that its first ever Prime Day was a smashing success …
Hurry! More great Amazon Prime Day tech deals just went live – get them while they last
There are a lot of good Prime Day deals and a lot of bad Prime Day deals. We’ve done our best to highlight the good …
Prime Day backlash: The Internet rages after Amazon tries to unload a bunch of junk
You can get some very good deals on Amazon today thanks to Prime Day — we’ve highlighted several of them here. That said, many of …
10 of the best Prime Day deals still available on Amazon right now
Amazon’s crazy Prime Day sale is still going strong, and our master post has all of the details you need. With so much attention focused …
Prime Day: Walmart wants to crash Amazon’s party with huge sales day of its own
It feels like Christmas in July all of a sudden, as various retailers are ready to offer shoppers some insane deals — the kind that you’d …
5 of the best Amazon Prime Day gaming deals for games and accessories
The Prime Day sale on Amazon kicked off hours ago, but the deals are still pouring in. To be fair, there have been plenty of clunkers for …
Apple Watch review
Oh, quite a journey we have had so far in just a few short months. Even though the Apple Watch was released on April 24th, the device …
DuckDuckGo founder on privacy and why he doesn’t track users like Google
When Gabriel Weinberg, founder of the privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo, first started working on the concept for it almost a decade ago now, he didn’t …
