Polk Command Bar Review: A Fantastic Sound Bar That Happens To Have Alexa
At a press conference last month, renowned home audio brand Sonos made a big deal out of how its sound bar with built-in Alexa is…
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How To Watch The Perseid Meteor Shower This Weekend
The Perseid meteor shower is one of the astronomic highlights of any year, and luckily for those of us slaving away in front of a…
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Scientists Finally Have A Suitable Explanation For Jupiter's Weirdly Colorful Bands
Of all the planets in our Solar System, Jupiter is probably the most interesting to look at. It's just a big ball of fast-moving gasses…
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First Samsung Stole The iPhone's Design, And Now McDonald's Is Ripping Off The Apple Store Look
Don't stroll into this sleek new 19,000-square-foot store that opened yesterday in Chicago thinking they're going to be able to repair your iPhone X here…
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Airbnb Invited People To Spend A Night In The Great Wall Of China, But Forgot To Ask China First
The Great Wall of China is often considered to be one of the wonders of the modern world. It's an incredible accomplishment in engineering and…
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Tech Billionaire Arrested After A Suitcase Of Drugs Was Found In His Vegas Hotel Room
Henry T. Nicholas III, the billionaire founder of chip-maker Broadcom, has been arrested by Las Vegas police on drug trafficking charges. According to the Associated Press, Nicholas…
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Black Widow Spiders Are Spreading North To Entirely New Areas
One of the many side effects of climate change is the gradual shift in territories of some species. Most animals have certain temperature thresholds that…
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Ancient Human Ancestors Went Extinct Because They Were Lazy
In news that should surprise absolutely no one, scientists now believe an ancient ancestor of modern humans died off because they were too lazy for…
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Scientists Trained An AI To Write Poetry, And Now It's Standing Toe-To-Toe With Shakespeare
If science fiction has taught us anything it's that artificial intelligence will one day lead to the downfall of the entirety of mankind. That day…
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DirecTV Now Is Set To Become The Biggest Live-Streaming TV Service This Year
While cord-cutting is doing an admirable job of decimating the profits of the major pay TV operators, AT&T is having some quiet success with its…
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MIT Created A High-Tech Pill That Spews Glowing Bacteria Into Your Gut, For Science
For all the ultra-powerful technology that doctors have at their disposal, it's still shockingly difficult to see what's actually happening inside the human body. Sure,…
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Space Shuttle Astronaut Says He Thought He Saw An Alien In The Cargo Bay
NASA astronauts are usually pretty dismissive of conspiracy theorist claims of aliens hanging out around Earth. You see a lot of weird stuff when you're…
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Samsung Just Launched The LTE Galaxy Watch - Here's What You Need To Know
While demoing the Galaxy Note 9 during the Unpacked event in New York, Samsung on Thursday took a break from talking about the phone to…
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People In Florida Are Paying Thousands Of Dollars To Be 'Buried' In An Underwater Graveyard
Making plans for what will happen to you after your death is always kind of weird, whether you believe in an afterlife or not. Where…
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NASA Is About To Launch The Fastest Manmade Object Ever
You've already heard plenty about the Parker Solar Probe over the past year or so, and with good reason. It's NASA's long-planned attempt to "Touch…
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Uber Eats Is Getting Rid Of The Flat Delivery Fee
Currently, your idle slothfulness that sees you pay someone to bring food to your door rather than walking six blocks has a very distinct price.…
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Dinosaurs Were Sniffing Flowers Millions Of Years Before Humans Even Existed
You don't normally think of dinosaurs doing the kinds of things that modern animals might do — like taking a nap in a grassy field…
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Yep, Cable Companies Still Suck
I am sure that this will come as a tremendous shock to the five people who have had pleasant interactions with their cable provider in…
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This Meteorite Was Hiding A Mineral That Has Never Been Found On Earth
Humans have been on Earth for long enough that we have a pretty darn good idea of what our planet is made of. Scientists have…
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NYC Votes To Cap Uber And Lyft Vehicles
The New York City Council voted Wednesday to set a cap on the number of ride-hailing vehicles in the city, a move that will see…
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It's International Cat Day: Here Are Some Cats That Need Adopting
Every year on August 8th, countries worldwide (apart from Russia, apparently) take a full day to appreciate our feline friends. As our editorial team loves…
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These Bizarre Ancient Creatures Looked Like Huge Aquatic Plants, But They Were Actually Animals
Fossil hunting isn't quite as cut-and-dry as you might think it is. Finding the leftovers of a creature that lived a hundred million years ago…
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Magic Leap One Is Now Available For Purchase, And It Obviously Doesn't Live Up To The Hype
We've often talked about the Magic Leap augmented reality (AR) glasses that promised an experience like nothing else available from competitors. And we've been waiting…
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The Founders Of A Viral Polling App Showed Facebook A 'Psychological Trick' To Target Teens
When we reported last month that Facebook had decided to wind down tbh, the anonymous polling app for U.S. high schoolers that Facebook had just…
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Defense Dept. Finally Stepping In Because Of Soldiers' Sloppy Mobile Device Habits
Former Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff once said during a conversation with me that he uses a fitness tracker to monitor his regular runs, but…
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Yep, Elon Musk Is Serious About Taking Tesla Private For $420 A Share
Earlier today, Elon Musk caused a stock market freakout (and a suspension on trading Tesla's stock) when he tweeted that he's considering a plan to…
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Samsung's New 4TB SSDs Will Be Cheaper Than Ever Before
Last year, Samsung unveiled its first 1-terabit V-NAND chip. At the time, it ensured consumers that the new memory solutions would allow for the creation…
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