Cheap Sennheiser Earbuds, New TVs for the Big Game, and More Deals
If you ever use the terrible earbuds that shipped with your smartphone, stop what you're doing and replace them with this pair of Sennheisers, marked down to just $25 for the iPhone version, or $20 for Android.
Jim Rockford Warned Us About Google And Facebook Back In 1978
Why didn't we listen? The fourth season of The Rockford Files, arguably the greatest television show of all time, features a "futuristic" storyline about a terrible threat. What if a private corporation used computers to gather personal information on hundreds of millions of Americans? Could we trust them with that…
This foam can raise and remove complete concrete slabs from sidewalks
Watch this high-density polyurethane foam raise concrete slabs thanks to the magicks of physics. The foam, called PolyLEVEL, is applied through a hole drilled in the concrete, expanding under the concrete and pushing it up.
Twitter Now Uses Bing To Translate Weird Foreign Tweets
If you've always looked longingly over the Fence of Babel at all those foreigners making jokes that you know would be funny, if only you could understand them, then fear not: Twitter has harnessed the power of the internet's second-best translation tool into its service.
The First Drone Lawsuit Settled For Pennies
Back in 2011, a man called Raphael Pirker 'recklessly' flew his five-pound foam airplane around the University of Virginia without hurting anyone, an act the FAA thought worthy of a $10,000 fine. A few years of wasted court time later, and both parties have agreed to settle for $1,100.
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Adorable Article From 1990 Warned That Marketers Were Buying Your Data
Do you ever worry about what Google and Facebook are doing with all of your personal information? Well, they worried about all that stuff in 1990 too. Only the people of that era were concerned that it was being sold to marketers on computer disks. (Awww, cute.)
Pro Tools Is Releasing a Free Version of Its Legendary Audio Software
Pro Tools is the industry standard for digital audio production, but if you wanna get with the pros, you've always had to pay. No longer! Now, there's a free version of the software targeted at beginners, and that rules.
The First Entirely Plant-Based Plastic Milk Carton Is Now on Shelves
This month, anyone in Finland who buy a lactose-free skimmed milk drink called Eila at the supermarket will buying the world's first carton made entirely out of plant-based plastics—right down to the cap.
Even If Jurassic World Sucks, At Least We Get More T-Rex Toys
The first official trailer for Jurassic World has us cautiously optimistic about the upcoming blockbuster, but even if the movie stinks, we still get a pretty great consolation prize: mountains of new dinosaur toys. Andcourtesy of the London Toy Fair we now have our first look at Jurassic World's T-Rex, or at least…
Use Ratings Preview For Smarter YouTube Browsing
There's an awful lot of content out there on YouTube and sorting the wheat from the chaff can be a serious undertaking. One way of making your video browsing smarter is to install the unofficial Ratings Preview extension for Google Chrome; it rather handily shows the rating for a clip right alongside every thumbnail,…
Shooting Challenge: Texture
It's horribly cold. So I won't make you go outside this week. Instead, for this week's Shooting Challenge, we're going to call attention to something all around us that we take for granted: Texture.
Why There's Still No Electronic Technology That Can Put You To Sleep
If I learned anything from watching the Back to the Future movies, it is that prescience is dangerous. Someone who knows too much about their own future might try to reprogram it in their favor, and every small change has the potential to rewrite history.
Barrett Brown Will Spend 5 Years In Jail for Hacking-Related Offenses
A federal judge just sentenced journalist Barrett Brown to 63 months in prison and ordered him to pay nearly $890,000 in restitution for charges related to the 2011 hack of Stratfor Global Intelligence. Brown's supporters maintain that the young writer and activist was "merely linking to hacked material." Either way,…
Confused By The Spider-Verse Comic Event? Here's What You Need To Know
You might have heard about Spider-Versebefore - probably something about how crazy it is, or who cameoed where, or a fewnew characters. But if you don't follow the comics, it probably all sounds a bit confusing. Here's a brief catchup on what you've missed, and what it means for Spidey's comic future.
Report: The Apple Watch Will Only Last 2.5 Hours With "Heavy" Use
We've heard rumors for some time that Apple's been less than pleased with the purported battery life of its upcoming Apple Watch. And now, it looks as though it has plenty of reason to be worried. According to a new report from 9 to 5 Mac, the Apple Watch the battery is looking at just 2.5 to 4 hours of "active…
Where Have All the Google Play Edition Devices Gone?
This week, Google polished off the last remaining Google Play edition smartphone in its online store, The HTC One (M8). The device has been scrubbed from the "devices" main page, but you can pull up the smartphone with a direct link...only to be welcomed with "HTC One (M8) Google Play edition is no longer available…
This Is the Iron Giant Figure We Deserved 16 Years Ago
It's a testament to Brad Bird's skills as a storyteller that The Iron Giantstill holds a soft spot in the hearts of countless fans, even if the animated film wasn't as big a blockbuster as Bird's later Pixar efforts. And if you've got an extra $300 lying around, you can finally bring home your own version of the Iron…
Show Us Your Handwriting
For most of us, typing supplanted the pen and pencil years ago—nowadays, anything longer than a thank you note feels odd to write on real paper. Sadly, the keyboard is taking the great, weird eccentricities of handwriting with it.
Aaaand Windows RT is dead. Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 10 won't be coming to either of the Surfaces that run RT, though an update that offers some of the features will. It's Windows Phone 7 all over again. But hey, good riddance.
Parahawking: An Actual Sport That Mixes Paragliding And GIANT BIRDS
Parahawking is falconry in flight. Just with a vulture. There's only one place in the world you can do it: Pokhara, Nepal and doing it is as awesome as it sounds.
Our Favorite Mobile Apps of the Week
Man, lots of mobile news this week. Windows Phone finally previewed its Windows 10 overhaul (it looks great!) and huge apps debuted big updates and extra features, such as Spotify andTwitter (they also look great!). But among all the big news, bunches and bunches of great apps found their way on various app stores.…
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