Oooh. Aaah. Woaah. Here's a bunch of dazzling fireworks displays for the Fourth of July.
Oooh, look at that one. Aaaah, that's a good'un. Woooaaaah, WTF was thaaaat? Folks across America have toasted Independence Day b...Read More
Inspiring: A Small Number of Jackasses Put Minimal Effort Into Remembering Some Onion Inc. Blogs
The Daily Beast reported today that Univision, the parent company of both the Gizmodo Media Group and Onion Inc., is planning to layoff a ...Read More
I Survived Navigating Los Angeles Using Only This Ancient Technology
When I was in high school, before phones and cars directed you to your destination, I would sharpie directions on the tops of my hands so I...Read More
Everyone Should Buy This All-Clad Skillet For $67
All-Clad skillets are among the most popular pieces of cookware we’ve ever posted , and Amazon’s marked the 10" tri-ply down to o...Read More
How Will Future Civilizations Survive the Accelerating Expansion of the Universe?
If you think we have problems now, just wait a few billion years, when the accelerating expansion of the Universe triggers an energy crisis...Read More
Report: Doctors Who Recommend Drugs for Approval Often Get Big Pharma Money After
The Food and Drug Administration is doing a poor job of making sure the doctors who review drugs for possible approval are free of bias, al...Read More
I Don't Care How Rich You Are, You Can't Buy A UPS Truck
It’s got style. It’s got speed. It’s got heart. It’s the adrenaline-pumping, track-destroying vehicle of your dreams. It’s the infamous UPS...Read More
Amazon Called Out for Failing to Keep White Supremacist Garbage Off Its Platforms
Amazon has policies against hateful products, but a new report finds that it could be doing far more to enforce its own rules and tamp dow...Read More
Early Prime Day Deal: Three Months of Audible For the Price of One
Love to read but don’t have the time to sit down and actually read a book? Sign up for Amazon’s audiobook service, Audible for 66% less th...Read More
Scientists Discover Hottest, Most Improbable Way to Steal Your Passwords
A group of scientists Thursday unveiled research into a new method for stealing people’s passwords. The extreme conditions required for suc...Read More
I Do Not Like This New Wasp Species Whose Giant Stinger Lays Eggs Inside Spiders
Hi, do you see that long red thing? It belongs to that wasp. Its function is to both sting and lay eggs inside of another creature, which i...Read More
Star Wars: Episode IX Apparently Has Its First New Cast Member: Keri Russell
Every Star Wars movie adds new characters, and the final film of the sequel trilogy now has its first, to be played by Keri Russell. Read...Read More
Gigapixel timelapse captures a day in the life of London
There's a real chance you've seen gigapixel city shots before, but they've rarely had a dynamic element -- you've had to be ...Read More
MoviePass (was) down and out on a summer Friday night
For the past couple of hours MoviePass was experiencing an outage on a Friday night in the summer. It also happens to be the hottest day so ...Read More
Virgin Galactic plans to open a commercial spaceport in Italy
Virgin Galactic announced today that it has partnered with two Italian aerospace companies with the aim to bring commercial space flight to ...Read More
TwitchCon 2018 tickets are now on sale, starting at $89
This year's TwitchCon is moving north from Long Beach, California, to the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, and if you're planning...Read More
Netflix user reviews weren’t useful anyway
Earlier today, we reported Netflix is getting rid of user reviews, which has been a mainstay of its platform from day one. According to the ...Read More
Twitter reportedly suspended 70 million fake accounts in May and June
Twitter been ramping up its purges of fake users, suspending 70 million accounts in May and June in its attempts to reduce the impact of mis...Read More
Researchers find Amazon is selling white supremacist products
A pair of watchdog groups reported that despite Amazon's policy against the sale of racist or 'hatred-glorifying' goods on its p...Read More
NASA put Kepler to sleep to preserve its remaining fuel
NASA announced today that the Kepler spacecraft, which has been searching for distant Earth-like planets near Sun-like stars, is running ver...Read More
UK politicians push for FOSTA SESTA-style sex censorship
If you're familiar with the phrase "that's a terrible idea, let's do it" then you might be one of the British MPs who ...Read More
I'm giving 'Pokémon Go' another try
I'll be the first to admit that I am not a serious Pokémon player. I don't know a Kanto from a Johto, and really have no ...Read More
Fiske’s Reading Machine was a pre-silicon Kindle
E-readers have become one of the most pervasive pieces of tech for many reasons. They survive alongside tablets because they're accessib...Read More
MIT researchers automate drug design with machine learning
Developing and improving medications is typically a long and very involved process. Chemists build and tweak molecules, sometimes aiming to ...Read More
Mercedes-Benz will test self-driving cars on public roads in Beijing
Daimler will soon take its Mercedes-Benz self-driving cars to the public streets of Beijing. It's the first non-Chinese company to win a...Read More
The Rosinbomb Rocket is a panini press for weed
While medical cannabis is already available in more than half of American states and recreational cannabis nears the cusp of national legal...Read More
Mitsubishi hopes you'll trade driving data for a cheaper oil change
Companies and cities love it when you supply driving data, but how do they convince you to hand it over? In Mitsubishi's case, it's ...Read More
NASA's sun-bound probe just got a super heat-resistant shield
NASA's sun-bound Parker Solar Probe was already set to fare better than Icarus, but it just got some serious fortification. The space ag...Read More
The best AV receiver
By Chris Heinonen This post was done in partnership with Wirecutter. When readers choose to buy Wirecutter's independently chosen editor...Read More
Apple Music reportedly has more US subscribers than Spotify
Thanks to a Wall Street Journal report in February, we knew Apple Music was poised to overtake Spotify in terms of US subscribers this summe...Read More
HTC's June sales highlight the need for its recent layoffs
HTC can't catch a break. The company has announced that in June its sales fell "nearly 68 percent," according to Reuters. Earl...Read More
Hashtag United and the new world of startup soccer
There is an English soccer team which has toured the US and Spain, seen hundreds of thousands of fans tune into their weekend matches and pl...Read More
Drake is the king of memes
Drake has done it again. And no, we're not talking about him repeatedly smashing Apple Music and Spotify streaming records. We're ta...Read More
Sonos' public filing shows the challenge of relying on Alexa
With little fanfare, smart speaker company Sonos has just announced it plans to go public. Sonos plans to raise $100 million in its IPO, but...Read More
Crystals could be the answer to keeping our gadgets cool
Crystals won't do anything to cure diseases, despite the latest health craze floating around, but here's something they can do: cool...Read More
'Gundam' is being made into a live-action movie
Gundam is heading to the big screen -- and, yes, we're talking about a live action adaptation, not a movie-length anime movie you can se...Read More
Newton email app surfaces messages it thinks you should reply to
If you've used the new version of Gmail, you're probably familiar with how the service "nudges" you to follow up on emails...Read More
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