Twitter's new feature for businesses makes it even easier to hop on the social network and use it for customer service. It enables companies, startups, establishments and so on and so forth to indicate that their accounts can assist people …
Lees meerThis week, Oliver Stone and the kid from 3rd Rock from the Sun plan to bring the story of NSA leaker Edward Snowden to a wider audience with the release of Snowden, their new You’ve Got Mail remake . Sadly, Congress has yet to issue an official rev…
Lees meerInstant cameras are coming back in a big way. In the past couple years, Fuji , Lomography , and “Polaroid ” have all thrown their hats into the ring, producing cheap, fun devices that provide a nostalgic experience. Leica is keen to get in on the…
Lees meerFor a brief, one-year period, Uber's marketing materials stated that the company's ride-hailing app automatically charged users a 20 percent tip for drivers. Unfortunately for drivers and users, Uber was actually taking a 40 to 50 percent c…
Lees meerSamsung’s faulty Galaxy Note 7 is an unprecedented screw-up. First reports of exploding Note 7s started popping up in late August , and it’s taken Samsung a long time to announce an official recall with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission. No…
Lees meerIt's going to take a lot of money (among many other things) to help combat climate change, and one of the challenges there has been getting citizens to pay for it. But a new survey from Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago a…
Lees meerOn Wednesday, Mic published an extensive report on leaked internal emails from Apple employees that discussed the “sexist, toxic work environment” at the company. The anchor of the story, and the incident that apparently sparked an internal email th…
Lees meerYou can basically transform anything made out of metal into a working knife—if you blast it with enough heat, pound it enough times with a hammer, and then sharpen it over and over again. Even an old horseshoe can become an implement of danger. …
Lees meerTrump never was much for the environment. The man who calls global warming a Chinese hoax and questions the existence of California’s drought has made it clear he has better things to do than worry about his Florida properties going underwater. Bu…
Lees meerAsk a neurologist -- as far as brains go, humanity has one of the largest and most complex thinking muscles on the planet. That's why researchers have never really had a good atlas of the human brain's underlying structure. According to the…
Lees meerEarlier today, our colleagues at Deadspin discovered something strange about the new gif search in iOS 10's iMessage: Inadvertently do the wrong search, for, say, the word “huge,” and you could be looking straight at a stranger’s genitals (or a cart…
Lees meerThe whole point of graffiti is to get people to look at your artwork, and remember your tag. But a new piece by a graffiti artist in the Czech Republic does more than just catch someone’s eye, it will actually leave them scratching their heads wonde…
Lees meerThe US. Consumer Product Safety Commission is going to officially recall Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal.Read more...
Lees meerFinally making use of the Desktop Bridge announced during Build 2016, Microsoft will now allow third-party developers to bring existing desktop apps into the Windows Store. While the store was mostly an emporium for Microsoft's own universa…
Lees meerAmerica's most wanted hackers apparently think they've got some leverage over the US government. The ACLU last week began petitioning the Obama administration for a full pardon for Edward Snowden and, on Thursday, Julian Assange announced t…
Lees meerThey’re supposed to be an alternative to pumpkins and skeletons for decorating your home come Halloween, but these porch light covers, featuring Iron Man, Darth Vader, and Stormtrooper masks, can just be left up all year round as a way to let the ne…
Lees meerAs the election looms, Obama’s plan to save the planet kicks into high gear. Last month, POTUS vastly expanded Hawaii’s Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, turning it into the world’s largest marine protected area. Today, speaking at the S…
Lees meerPresidential debate season is upon us, and in our Age of Social Media™ that means your voice will be heard. Well, sort of. Facebook is helping source questions from average people, for better and for worse. The second presidential debate on October …
Lees meerYou’ve probably seen slackliners at the park, balancing a few feet above the ground on a thin strap strung between a pair of trees. Highlining is the same idea, except Hayley Ashburn walked over 170 feet between mountain peaks, over 9,000 feet above…
Lees meerT-Mobile issued a stern warning to its customers against downloading and installing the new iOS 10 update to their existing 6, 6 Plus and SE iPhone models. According to the T-Mobile website, doing so will, cause the handset to "lose connect…
Lees meerIf you've turned in your Galaxy Note 7 (like you should!), you've probably been wondering when Samsung would start getting replacement devices out the door. Turns out you won't have to wait too long: the company just announced that "most re…
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