Deny it all he wants, Donald Trump did in fact tweet that global warming is a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese to damage American manufacturing. But, let's give him the benefit of the doubt and say that since 2012 his opinion on the matter h…
Lees meerThis afternoon Twitter's Chief Operating Officer Adam Bain announced in a series of tweets that he is leaving the company after six years "and a once-in-a-lifetime run." Listed second under CEO Jack Dorsey on Twitter's management page, Bain…
Lees meerIt's one thing to track endangered animals on land, but it's another to follow them when they're in the water. How do you spot individual critters when all you have are large-scale aerial photos? Google might just help. Queensland Univer…
Lees meerThanks to the internet and being able to easily share videos of them playing out, those pointlessly complicated Rube Goldberg machines are more popular than ever. But this wonderful kinetic sculpture actually uses the internet as one of its countles…
Lees meerThanks to the internet and being able to easily share videos of them playing out, those pointlessly complicated Rube Goldberg machines are more popular than ever. But this wonderful kinetic sculpture actually uses the internet as one of its countles…
Lees meerIf you crossed a Super Soaker with a paintball gun, you’d get this wild creation from our friend Mark Rober: a crazy weapon that shoots out streams of paint like a Super Soaker would shoot out water. Read more...
Lees meerThe slow drip-feed of information Faraday Future is running until its CES 2017 reveal continues, with this teaser video giving a better look at its still-camouflaged prototype vehicle. Containing a "Who said don't reinvent the wheel?" tagli…
Lees meerDonald Trump is going to be the next President of the United States. And tech stocks, like most stocks this morning, are tanking. The one exception? Twitter—Donald Trump’s platform of choice for spewing hate.Read more...
Lees meerThe future of public health in the United States was a hotly contested topic during the 2016 election, with the presidential candidates making bold promises and several important ballot initiatives up for grabs. Here’s how America voted, and what a …
Lees meerWho said that classic telegrams were dead? Certainly not Vladimir Putin. The Russian leader congratulated Donald Trump on his presidential election victory by sending him a telegram -- yes, of the old-school variety and not the secure mes…
Lees meerGoogle's Map Maker tool was released in April 2011 as a parallel version of its official Maps app that encouraged user-submitted geographical and business changes, essentially crowdsourcing updates. Ideally, moderators would check the edits…
Lees meerWhen it comes to keeping cigars fresh in a small humidor, the options range from humdipacks to compact devices that measure and regulate humidity. If you forget to check on the packs or miss a low water or battery alarm, you could be throwi…
Lees meerIt's been a long time coming, but Dishonored 2 is almost here -- the game arrives this Friday. We've gotten our fair share of glimpses of the game recently, but today developer Bethesda dropped an official launch trailer to get excited play…
Lees meerA political candidate's online support isn't always in the open, and Hillary Clinton wouldn't mind changing that. In her presidential campaign concession speech, she indirectly thanked "secret, private" Facebook support groups like Pantsuit…
Lees meerJumping out of an airplane with a parachute on your back has its own risks. But at least in the air there’s nothing to crash into until you hit the ground. Speedflying, on the other hand, where athletes like Jamie Lee parachute down mountains just i…
Lees meerSoundCloud has been around since 2007, growing from a simple streaming player to take on podcasting, music discovery, and basically anything else that involves audio. Whether you make use of the site as a listener, creator, or both, here are 10 tric…
Lees meerThere have been many attempts to help blind people see, but none of them — so far — have managed to make it to mainstream users. It's a trend that Budapest-based startup EVA is hoping to buck with its eponymous product, EVA (Ext…
Lees meerVR is already used to help juries understand crime scenes, so it's no surprise it could also be used to better educate police officers. That's the idea behind BEST, a VR police training simulator that's been built to try and reduce police-r…
Lees meerOne of the most unsettling moments in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey is when it’s revealed that HAL 9000 can read lips, leaving no secrets between the astronauts and the ship’s computer. That might have been science fiction, but 15 years af…
Lees meerIf you’re curious about Amazon Dash buttons, there’s never been a better time to stick them around your house. For a limited time, our readers can purchase up to three buttons for just $1 each (with promo code KINJADASH), down from the usual $5. Plu…
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