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At A Kind Of Crucial Moment TurboTax Went Down And Didn't Handle It Well On Twitter
Apr 15, 4:30AM
So taxes are due...any minute now. And TurboTax is a popular service for doing taxes. Yes? Sure. Well, that's a lot of pressure! Cue meltdown. More »
This 90-Year-Old Grandma Freaking Out Over the Oculus Rift VR Goggles Is What Makes Technology Great
Apr 15, 3:26AM
More or less, this is all anyone ever wants from a piece of technology. Here's a 90-year-old woman strapped into an Oculus Rift VR headset, and totally losing her mind over how amazing it is. More »
The Bar Fight Dominator Is A Slingshot That Shoots Glass Ashtrays
Apr 15, 1:30AM
What is there to even say? Joerg Sprave dreamed up a slingshot that shoots glass ashtrays and has a broken beer bottle attached as a bayonet. It's all pretty legit. More »
Giant Damage-Causing Snails Are Aggressively Invading Florida
Apr 15, 12:30AM
Yeah, so giant African land snails are infesting southern Florida. They're the kind that can eat through plaster and stucco and they get as big as rats. When the rainy season ends in a few weeks the population will explode. It's a bad situation. More »
The New Pornographers: The Bleeding Heart Show
Apr 15, 12:00AM
There are three or four parts of "The Bleeding Heart Show" that are catchy. The beginning, that middle part and don't even get me started on the hey-las at the end. Good stuff. But the best thing about "The Bleeding Heart Show" is the melodica backups. More »
Watching Bats Fly In Slow Motion Reveals Biological Badassery
Apr 14, 11:00PM
We all know about echolocation, but way more is happening when a bat takes flight, and some bats don't echolocate at all. So how do they have so much precision in their flying and what's different about bats and birds? More »
Bitcoin Mining Has An Absurd Environmental Impact
Apr 14, 10:15PM
Ah digital currency. It's all in our collective hive-mind right? Coming and going in bits and bytes. Nothing to see here. So why is a hacking process called "Bitcoin mining" using $150,000 worth of electricity a day? This had better be good. More »
You Can Feel Your Hand Even When It's Not Your Hand And It's Invisible
Apr 14, 8:45PM
Okay, so you know your hand? Five fingers. Assorted grasping and carrying shenanigans. Right. So it turns out that your brain is constantly using sensory information to check in and make sure it still knows what's your hand and what's not. And it can be fooled. More »
Who Has the Most Fake Twitter Followers?
Apr 14, 7:38PM
Did you hear? Nearly half of Justin Bieber's Twitter followers are fake. Fake! Belieber nation is a fraud, life has no meaning, the abyss of treachery and betrayal that is life grows deeper by the hour. More »
New Subway Car Design Proposals Aim To Minimize Stranger Danger
Apr 14, 7:00PM
It might be time for new subway cars, and the New York Transit Authority wants to do it right. So they sent a group of researchers into the subways to stare at straphangers over three weeks and make everyone super uncomfortable. Plus gather data or whatever. More »
When Was The Last Time You Thought About T9?
Apr 14, 6:00PM
Yesterday I was hanging out with a friend who has a dumbphone and he was lamenting the time he wastes composing texts. When I mentioned that I was pretty speedy with T9 in my day he stared at me blankly. And then he asked me a question that I thought I would never hear again. "What's T9?" As waves of early 2000s nostalgia washed over me, I began picking out words on his phone's virgin, unadapted T9. And it was pretty great. More »
If You Named A Planet Recently You Probably Didn't, You Know, Officially Name The Planet
Apr 14, 5:15PM
The International Astronomical Union is sitting down with the Internet to have a little talk. Just because some kids on the playground say they'll let you name an exoplanet for $5 doesn't mean you should give them $5. First of all they're not the boss of you, and second of all they have nothing to do with planet-naming. More »
Finally A Robot Will Help You Build IKEA Furniture
Apr 14, 4:30PM
The real thing that's frustrating about building IKEA furniture isn't the little screws or the instructions. It's the person who's helping you. They misunderstand directions, hum Rihanna songs and kick the last dowel under the refrigerator by accident. And you can't say anything because they're doing you a favor. More »
Put Your Kids To Work On A Two-Tier Lego Chandelier
Apr 14, 3:00PM
It's really sad. No one can just build a chandelier anymore because their patron commissioned it for his feast hall. They all need a gimmick. Gauche. But this floor-to-ceiling design is made of 8,000 clear-plastic legos and looks pretty amazing, so let's let it go. This time. More »
People Stream Netflix More Than They Watch Any Cable Network
Apr 14, 1:30PM
In the last three months, Netflix subscribers watched four billion hours of streaming content according to Reed Hastings. And a report from BTIG Research calculates that this puts Netflix ahead of any cable channel. More »
Goldeneye: A Brilliant Blast of 90s Bond
Apr 14, 1:00AM
Daniel Craig did a great job of freshening up the Bond franchise. By the time he got to it, things had gone a bit stale, gotten a bit out of control. But now that we've had a good trio of his, maybe it's time to take a hop back to some Brosnan. I mean, Goldeneye was pretty rad. More »
At Least the Nanobot Apocalypse Has a Nice Soundtrack
Apr 14, 12:00AM
The nanobots are coming, and hopefully they'll do more harm than good. but if they do decide to destroy the world, I hope it's even half as catchy. More »
Why Settle For Rooms When You Can Have a Whole Town Inside Your House?
Apr 13, 10:50PM
It's one thing to have a spacious home, it's another to have a whole indoor suburb. "House K" does the latter, and puts a weird new spin on the townhouse by having its own little town inside its walls. More »
Meet the Man With iPhone-Controlled Bionic Arms
Apr 13, 9:40PM
Back in 2008, Jason Koger had the misfortune of running over a downed power line on his four-wheeler, being shocked with 7,200 volts of electricity, and ultimately having both his hands amputated. Now, he's had the good luck to get a pair of new ones that can be controlled by an iPhone app. More »
This Crazy Giraffe Floor Lamp Could Be a Pixar Mascot
Apr 13, 8:30PM
A floor lamp isn't typically a place you'd expect to find a lot of personality, but this one showcased at the Milan furniture fair has plenty of it. You'd half expect to see it prancing around on screen before a Pixar movie. More »
What's the One YouTube Video You Think Everyone Should Be Required To Watch?
Apr 13, 7:20PM
If you had the chance to decree that everyone—everyone—would have to watch one YouTube video all the way through and pay attention the entire time, what would it be? It could be something important, historic, funny, dumb, or just something that no one else seems to like nearly as much as you do and you desperately want to force everyone else to see it in the hope that somebody, anybody, gets it the way you do. More »
The Stolen Computer That Traveled to Iran, A Box to Change Guitars Forever, The Navy's Drone-Killing Laser Gun, and More
Apr 13, 6:00PM
Kick back and relax with some of our cream of the Internet crop this week. We've got a giant hornets nest you'll be glad you've never seen in person, a phone that's (probably) bigger than your penis, lasers, the future of guitars, time machines, the key to six packs and more. Check it all out below. More »
It's Super Easy To Try Facebook Home on Your Unsupported Android Phone
Apr 13, 5:00PM
Facebook Home is here, and although it's not tied to its flagship hardware, the list of phones that officially support it is kind of underwhelming. If the phone you have isn't listed, have no fear: you can try out Facebook Home too, and the workaround is pretty easy. More »
Why Your Cell Phone Doesn't Have a Dial Tone
Apr 13, 4:00PM
In addition to the long curly cords, and the part where they are permanently attached to a wall, old-fashioned landlines have something else that we've lost in the cell phone revolution: a dial tone. What happened to that thing? More »
Give Your Laptop and Smartphone a Spring Cleaning
Apr 13, 3:00PM
It's officially spring, so why is your computer still moving like it's half frozen? After all those long winter nights surfing shady sites, it's no wonder. Here's how to give your most important devices a spring cleaning fit for a May Queen. More »
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