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Watch an Embarrased Jimmy Fallon Hide His MacBook from Bill Gates
Jan 22, 6:20PM
Bill Gate's Microsoft-running days are behind him. He's moved on to toilets and condoms and general philanthropy. Still, Windows is his baby, so no wonder Jimmy Fallon felt the need to hide his MacBook during an interview on Late Night. Awkwardly.
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Virgin Galactic Doesn't Have FAA Permission to Fly You to Space
Jan 22, 6:00PM
If you're one of the 700 or so people who bought tickets to fly to outer space on Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic rockets, don't pack your space bags just yet: Smithsonian notes that the company doesn't have the Federal Aviation Administration permit required to take passengers to space. Hope you folks got traveler's insurance. Or kept your Bitcoin receipts. [Smithsonian]
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My Monopoly Lets You Name Your Own Properties on a Custom Board
Jan 22, 5:40PM
Boardwalk, Park Place, and even Marvin Gardens are all iconic properties on the world's most popular board game. But what if you wanted to play a game of Monopoly with locales you were actually familiar with? A simple Sharpie is one solution, but so is Hasbro's My Monopoly game. It lets you create a custom board online—with graphics and properties of your choosing—that's then delivered right to your door.
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The Fastest Real-World Internet Is 1000x Quicker than Google Fiber
Jan 22, 5:20PM
Fiber internet is great no matter who's laying it down. Gigabit connection speeds? Hell yes. But if you thought that was fast, researchers in the UK have something better that will not only blow your hair back, but blow it right off: a 1.4 terabit connection, and all with commercial-grade hardware.
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Shocking Photos from the Water Sports Site of the Rio Olympics
Jan 22, 5:00PM
Getty Images has published a fresh set of photos from the heavily polluted Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro—which is the site chosen for water sports at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. The photos are frankly shocking, as the iconic bay will be the site of sailing events during the summer Olympic Games.
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Ford is teaming up with the brainy folks at MIT and Stanford University to work on self-driving cars
Jan 22, 4:57PM
Ford is teaming up with the brainy folks at MIT and Stanford University to work on self-driving cars. MIT will focus on technology that anticipates movement by pedestrians and other vehicles, while Stanford will work on sensors that let autonomous vehicles see around obstacles. [Ford via PhysOrg]
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Google Chrome Has a Bug That Lets Any Site Eavesdrop On You
Jan 22, 4:39PM
Voice control is an awesomely futuristic way to control your technology like a spaceman, but only if you can trust it. So you might want to stay tight-lipped around Chrome; Google's browser has a dangerous security flaw that can let malicious sites eavesdrop on your every word.
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After lightning struck and chipped Rio de Janeiro's iconic Christ the Redeemer statue last week, rep
Jan 22, 4:17PM
After lightning struck and chipped Rio de Janeiro's iconic Christ the Redeemer statue last week, repairs were required. In this AP photo, a worker is inspecting the statue's outstretched arm for damage, with the goal of installing more protective lightning rods on the figure in the weeks to come. [AP/Felipe Dana via Hypervocal]
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A Map of the Mile-Thick Ice Sheet That Made Modern Manhattan
Jan 22, 4:00PM
Think this polar vortex part deux is bad? Here's a little perspective, courtesy the wonderful PTAK Science Books: A map of the glacier that once covered New York City in thick ice some 20,000 odd years ago, carving out the landscape we know today.
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Being on a Smartphone Makes You More Likely to Use Public Spaces—Kinda
Jan 22, 3:40PM
In the 1960s, a sociologist named William H. Whyte revealed something interesting about the behavior of people in parks and plazas across the U.S.: people liked being with people. But has that changed now that everyone carries a tiny computer in their hands? According to a new study: no.
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New video footage of world's tallest waterslide is absolute insanity
Jan 22, 3:29PM
You might have heard the rumors that Kansas City is about the receive the world's largest waterslide, but if you haven't seen the new drone-shot video.. you don't know how terrifying it's actually going to be.
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A Discovery That Literally Turns the Maple Syrup Industry Upside Down
Jan 22, 3:20PM
And, yes, we do mean "literally."
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This LED Printer Creates Fleeting Messages on Photosensitive Paper
Jan 22, 3:00PM
Liat Segal's Confession Machine printer isn't designed for running copies of TPT reports at work, unless you're really making an effort to realize a truly paperless office. Because instead of ink or toner, Segal's creation uses an array of 16 ultraviolet LEDs to 'print' messages on a static surface covered with a photosensitive paint that turns bright blue as the printhead passes over—but only momentarily.
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Snowblower turns Fifth Avenue Apple Store glass into beautiful painting
Jan 22, 2:52PM
The Apple Store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan? You know the one—it cost $6.7 million to build. Yesterday, a snowblower smashed one of its 15 seamless glass panels, which created this beautiful cracked vignette of New York City. It looks like a painting.
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Most of China's Web Traffic Wound Up at a Tiny Wyoming House Yesterday
Jan 22, 2:44PM
Yesterday, many of China's 500 million internet users were mysteriously rerouted to a bunch of web addresses registered to this unassuming house in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The New York Times says a fluke in China's internet censoring system was to blame. But why, of all the places in the world, did the traffic come here? And how?
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These Robotic Super Socks Will Aid Rehabilitation
Jan 22, 2:20PM
Science fiction has given us a vision of the future where humans might one day enjoy super-strength and abilities while wearing a rigid robotic exoskeleton suit. But back here in reality, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a soft bio-robotic socks designed to assist those who have difficulty with something as simple as walking.
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Gawker Bill Murray's "Ask Me Anything" Is Amazing | Jalopnik Guy Doesn't Notice The Cyclist He Hit I
Jan 22, 2:10PM
Gawker Bill Murray's "Ask Me Anything" Is Amazing | Jalopnik Guy Doesn't Notice The Cyclist He Hit Is Halfway Stuck In His Car | Jezebel Suspected Black Widow Terrorist Spotted in Downtown Sochi | Lifehacker Three Simple Rules to Sustain Creativity | Defamer Lena Dunham Helps Some Dude Sell a Couch on Craigslist
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How Formula One's Amazing New Hybrid Turbo Engine Works
Jan 22, 2:00PM
A 1.6-liter V6 turbo revving at 15,000 rpm with unlimited boost that turns small drops of fuel into 600 horsepower aided by an electrical system that pumps out another 160 electron-charged horses. This is the pinnacle of engine development.
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22 Images From NYC's Golden Age of Bridge Building
Jan 22, 2:00PM
These days, we tend to think of New York's bridges as traffic obstacles. But at the turn of the last century, the bridges that sprang up in thickets around Manhattan's shores were objects of wonder and civic pride—near magical pieces of infrastructure that took many years (and lives) to build.
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How Science Is Helping Us Understand Pedophilia
Jan 22, 1:05PM
There is no good or pleasant way to broach the subject of pedophilia. But while we find the subject abhorrent, scientists are working hard to try and understand what happens in the minds of those who are attracted to children.
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How A Mathematician Hacked OkCupid to Find His Girl
Jan 22, 12:08PM
Mathematicians aren't renowned for their social skills. But in a quest to find love, Chris McKinlay from UCLA realised he could use his analytical skills to his advantage—by hacking OkCupid.
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The World's Biggest Tea Drinkers, Visualized
Jan 22, 11:15AM
While everyone drinks coffee, tea is a beverage for the more discerning drinker. But where in the world do people drink the most?
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The World's Biggest Tea Drinkers, Visualized
Jan 22, 11:15AM
While everyone drinks coffee, tea is a beverage for the more discerning drinker. But where in the world do people drink the most?
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This is Russia's new nuclear attack submarine
Jan 22, 11:12AM
Behold the Severodvinsk—the pride of the Russian Navy, the first of the post-Soviet era Yasen-class submarines. It entered service at the end of December 2013 and it will replace the old Akula-class and Alfa-class subs. But unlike those warships, and thanks to a new cruise missile, the Severodvinsk has strategic and tactical nuclear weapon capabilities.
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Facebook Is the New Walmart
Jan 22, 10:45AM
Because when everyone hangs out somewhere, those awkward conversations—just like the ones you end up having in the middle of Walmart when you bump into someone you barely know—are inevitable.
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