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Atari To Introduce Gay-Inclusive 'Pridefest' Video Game
Atari is set to introduce "Pridefest," an original social-sim game for tablets and mobile devices that's specially geared toward the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. According...
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Supernormal Stimuli: This Is Your Brain on Porn, Junk Food, and the Internet
"A wise man rules his passions; a fool obeys them." --Publius Syrus Given the rapid pace of technological change, one has to wonder whether or not our brains (and bodies) have been able to keep up with...
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Weird Al Tries To Teach Fox Business Reporter How Internet Comedy Works
When "Weird Al" Yankovic stopped by Fox Business on Thursday to promote his new album, he ended up having to explain the economics of Internet comedy. Yankovic has been all over the Internet the past...
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The Toaster Selfie Should Be The Only Selfie
This new technology is a toast to America, you guys. Our country will do anything to win at everything, and nobody could argue that we've won at selfies. Selfie at a funeral? Check. Selfie in space?...
View ArticleExchange Tourism Initiates a Dialogue on Smart Cities
As a blogger, I enjoy the privilege of talking to aspiring changemakers and listening to them. Lately, a particular group pushing for change include advocates for "smart cities." Within this global...
View ArticleJust Pick Up the F*#@ing Phone
Like most people, I send dozens of emails a day. Pretty much anything that I work on can be dealt with using email. But is that always the right choice? Most of the time, the communication is simple...
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Everything You Need to Know About a Credit Freeze
A credit freeze locks down your credit report so lenders can’t see your scores, making your credit/SSN useless to them because they don't know their risk level. If thieves get ahold of your ID, they...
View ArticleBits on the Beach
Beach reading. Or maybe at 30,000 feet, in the mountains, or the backyard. Summer marks a time to catch up on unread books piled by your bedside or to order a new slew to consume during that week or...
View ArticleWhy You Feel Terrible After Spending Too Much Time On Facebook
Next time you’re in a bad mood, resist the urge to try and cheer yourself up by checking Facebook. It likely won’t work, according to a recent study. Two behavioral researchers have confirmed what...
View ArticleBasic Safety Is Not Negotiable in Human Space Exploration
Today there is widespread agreement that Mars is our human space exploration "horizon goal." There seems to be less agreement on how safe future human space transportation should be. It is less an...
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This Guy Wants $22,000 To Make An iPhone Handle
Your phone is missing a very important accessory. No, it's not an external battery pack or a camera lens. It's a handle. At least, that's the idea behind Yonatan Assouline's new invention: the...
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Facebook Is Trying Out A 'Buy' Button
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is testing a "Buy" button in its latest effort to help businesses boost their sales through the world's biggest online social network. The company said in a statement Thursday...
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Ikea Advertises Adoptable Dogs In Stores, Because Every Home Needs A Rescue Pup
Furniture might help make a living space comfortable, but nothing makes a house a home like a furry best friend. With that in mind, some Ikea stores are now featuring cardboard cutouts of adoptable...
View ArticleNSA Workers Might Be Sharing Your Nude Photos
According to Edward Snowden, the former government contractor who leaked key documents detailing the National Security Agency's broad surveillance tactics, workers at the embattled agency routinely...
View ArticleBillboard Warns Workers They'll Be Replaced By iPads If They Demand A Fair Wage
Walking home from Pando’s office a few nights ago, I noticed this giant new billboard…
View ArticleObama Opens East Coast To Oil Exploration For First Time In Decades Amid...
ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Obama administration is reopening the Eastern Seaboard to offshore oil and gas exploration, approving seismic surveys using sonic cannons that can pinpoint energy...
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Apollo 11 Mission's 45th Anniversary Reminds Us To Never Stop Taking Small Steps
Forty-five years ago, on July 20, 1969, crew members of Apollo 11 made history when they walked on the moon. "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind," U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong...
View ArticleWhen We Explore The Deep Sea, We Are Exploring For Our Own Survival
Click here to watch the TEDTalk that inspired this post. In 1953, on the heels of a discovery of a second coelacanth specimen in the Comoros Islands off Madagascar's coast, J.L.B. Smith, the man who...
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Nelson Mandela Doodle May Just Be Google's Best Yet
What better way to spend #MandelaDay than reading wise words from the civil rights hero himself? Google is celebrating Nelson Mandela’s birthday with what is perhaps their greatest doodle to date....
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Tablets' Coming Dominance Sign of Fast-Twitch Nature of Retail
Gartner's recent proclamation that tablets will soon overtake PCs in the global market was hardly shocking. Mobile devices have increasingly become the go-to device for the growing number of global...
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