On Saturday, a pipe bomb exploded in Chelsea , injuring 29 people. Late Sunday night, authorities reportedly found three pipe bombs and two “smaller devices” at a train station in Elizabeth, New Jersey, after two men discovered them in the trash.Re…
Lees meerApple Music isn’t the most perfect music streaming service, but I like it fine. What I cannot tolerate, however, is shelling out $9.99 each month to a company who does business with the offensively mediocre James Corden. So with a heavy heart, I m…
Lees meerWhile the Star Trek actor and Amazon CEO wasn’t nominated for an Emmy this year, Jeff Bezos managed to steal the limelight at the award show Sunday.Read more...
Lees meerDelivering this weekend’s most nuanced reading of Snowden, Jaden Smith, the greatest philosopher of our time, recognized the courageous public service of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden with not one, but several, shouts out on Sunday.Read more...
Lees meerLately, Uber has been gobbling up all of the self-driving car attention with its launch of an experimental program in Pittsburgh. But Lyft wants you to know that it shouldn’t be counted out. In a manifesto published this morning on Medium, the rides…
Lees meerThere’s something especially satisfying about a nice cold brew with a thick head of foam. But that foam also serves a purpose: not only does it enhance the flavor of your beer, it also helps dampen the inevitable sloshing when you and your pals clin…
Lees meerAlthough The Washington Post shared a Pulitzer prize with The Guardian for its reporting on the NSA leaks provided by Edward Snowden, yesterday its editorial board became the first to call for the prosecution of its own source.Read more...
Lees meerYou’ve never truly known what kind of gunk lives beneath the keys of your keyboard until you’ve seen them melted off in hi-def macro photography.Read more...
Lees meerDisney’s latest film Moana is a celebration of Polynesian culture that, by all appearances, is aiming to be mindful and diverse. Sadly, it doesn’t look like the Halloween costume department got the memo.Read more...
Lees meerA huge Amazon jacket sale, Kindle ebooks, and a foam massage ball lead off Sunday’s best deals.Read more...
Lees meerAt approximately 8:30pm on Saturday night, an explosion shook Manhattan near 23rd St and Sixth Avenue. The New York Police Department and Fire Department are on the scene but haven’t yet confirmed the cause. So far, there are 26 reported injuries an…
Lees meerWhile a lot of people have been infuriated by the 7's removal of the headphone jack, I’m having a much more difficult time getting used to this new haptic feedback home button. It just makes the whole phone feel dinky to me. I am frustrated. Read …
Lees meerOn Friday, Twitter shareholder Doris Shenwick filed a lawsuit against the company for allegedly misleading investors about its growth projections. The lawsuit claims that in November 2014, Twitter promised investors that the size of its active month…
Lees meerA new study has found that “schooling” is a horrendous process in which an individual’s unique personality is unceremoniously supplanted by groupthink and the notion of bravery is cast aside when a danger to the overall status quo is presented. Scho…
Lees meerIn a misguided effort to address complaints about the smell and cleanliness of Philadelphia’s public transit system, the city will begin testing a pee-repelling paint called Ultra-Ever Dry in the coming weeks. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportatio…
Lees meerIn his most recent upload, Schnooleheletteletto pushes a potted plant to the left—with varying degrees of force—3,000 times over the course of 77 minutes. This is a classic Schnoo troll, one that bears more resemblance to an art project than the sor…
Lees meerPretty much any lab-based destruction of colorful clay you could ask for is covered in this video. Freezing, exploding, melting and crushing? Check. Fiery balls of molten metal and application of blow torch? Check. Combinations of the aforementioned…
Lees meerA Florida man who claimed to suffer severe burns when his Galaxy Note 7 exploded in his pocket is now suing Samsung. Jonathan Strobel of Boca Raton is the first to file a lawsuit against Samsung after the company officially recalled the latest addit…
Lees meerThe Russian robot that gained internet infamy by “breaking out” of its lab a few months ago just can’t stay out of trouble. A new report says that Promobot was “arrested” at a political rally in Moscow.Read more...
Lees meerStep aside lizards, looks like we have a new animal overlord. A recent study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that pigeons can be trained to understand some words, sort of.Read more...
Lees meerAnker’s most powerful USB-C charger, Sport-Brella, and the best Snowden movie lead off Saturday’s best deals. Read more...
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