The most incredible ski run you’ll ever see doesn’t even involve snow
This is without question one of the coolest videos you’ll see this week. In fact, it might be the coolest video you see all month. …
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Man Skypes with parents while skydiving, records their epic freakout
It’s always fun to surprise your parents but we don’t think anyone has ever surprised their parents quite like this before. HostelWorld.com recently recruited a …
Engineer’s face beams with nerd pride after making a working lightsaber
Is there anything purer than the look of pride on a nerdy engineer’s face when he realizes he’s created a working lightsaber model? The answer …
Why Martin Shkreli is the best corporate villain of all time
Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin “Pharma Bro” Shkreli was arrested earlier today and the Internet still hasn’t stopped celebrating. Shkreli’s reputation as a corporate scumbag is …
A Lamborghini and a Mustang tear through an abandoned Russian town in this epic drift battle
Promotional videos put together by ad agencies enlisted by companies that cater to “extreme” markets are hit or miss. Sometimes they’re so ridiculous and contrived that …
Sweet justice: Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli arrested for securities fraud
Who would have thought that the pharma CEO who raised AIDS drug prices by 5,500% would be the sort of person to get mixed up in securities …
Did you search any of 2015’s most popular Google searches?
The more we browse around Google’s lists of 2015’s top searches, the more depressed we get. Paris under attack… Cecil the Lion… Volkswagen emissions scandal… …
Twitter begins sending out alerts to victims of state-sponsored attacks
Within the past week, Twitter has begun alerting users to attacks from state-sponsored hackers attempting to lift sensitive information from their accounts. This is a first …
Someone made a Lego flamethrower that actually shoots fire and it’s amazing
If there’s a better way to use Legos than making your own fully functional flamethrower, we don’t know what it is. And if there’s a …
Facebook’s top 10 topics of 2015 will make you want to crawl back into bed
2015 was a chaotic year. If you need any further proof of that, Facebook took the time to analyze the conversations of its hundreds of …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Black Friday rioting and fighting videos from around the web
Oh, America. I love you except when I hate you. The annual videos that pop up around the web every year showing Americans getting into …
UFOlogist claims he’s spotted a gigantic Martian rodent in Curiosity rover footage
If there is one thing I cannot imagine doing, it’s obsessively combing over footage beamed back to Earth from NASA’s Curiosity rover to search for …
Facebook alerted the U.S. government to a cyberattack by Iran
Although Facebook’s new notification system that warns users if their accounts have been compromised by a state-sponsored attack might seem superfluous, it’s already catching attackers in the act. According to …
What it’s like to see the world after spending 44 years in prison
I’ve lately been playing a lot of Fallout 4, a game that revolves around a character who gets cryogenically frozen and then wakes up 200 years …
Phuc Dat Bich gives Facebook definitive proof his name is real
I have always had a vague fear of traveling to other countries because I’ve been worried that “Brad Reed” will translate to “infected donkey scrotum” …
Facebook is making it easier to forget about your ex
The last thing anyone wants following a breakup is to see photos of their ex smiling it up and having a good time with a …
You can trick your brain into seeing color in this black-and-white photo
Have you ever heard the phrase: “Your eyes are playing tricks on you”? It’s often used in a metaphorical context, but in fact, your eyes …
Hipster bar menu generator is hilariously accurate
After an enterprising Reddit user became “infuriated” after checking out the food options available at Brooklyn-based hipster bar, he decided to put together a creatively …
