This Is As Close As We're Getting To A 'Dislike' Button
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc has replaced its "Hide All" button with the more succinct "Unfollow," letting users block all messages and posts from selected friends. As with the previous button, it gives...
View ArticleIs It Recording? Google Glass in NYC
Walking down Fifth Avenue on a weekend afternoon is a tourist's dream and a New Yorkers past-time. Walking down Fifth Avenue wearing Google Glass caused a woman to do a head turn in the middle of her...
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The Scary And Amazing Future Of Work
By Vivek Wadhwa Vice President of Academics and Innovation, Singularity University. Cubicles with low walls, open collaboration areas, desks and computers assigned as you show up for work. If you need...
View ArticleIn The Future, Your iPhone Password Could Be Your Face
If your fingerprint isn't secure enough for you, you might be able to use your face to unlock your iPhone someday. Apple Insider reported Tuesday on a new Apple patent called "Personal computing device...
View ArticleScience YouTuber Delivers The Perfect Response To Sexist Commenters
Science communicator and Field Museum Chief Curiosity Correspondent Emily Graslie is no stranger to tackling tough subjects on camera for her web series "The Brain Scoop." Viewers can watch her to do...
View ArticleStudent Dressed As 'Arcade Fire' And Brought A Flamethrower To A Party
If you bring a flamethrower to a costume party, there's a good chance everything will get shut down. Just ask Inigo Lapwood. Lapwood, a 20-year-old student at Oxford University in the United Kingdom,...
View ArticleThe New York City Subway Map, 'Super Mario World' Style (VIDEO)
Actor and comedian Robert Bacon has re-imagined the New York City subway map as a a Super Mario World-scape. Bacon, who previously designed a Donkey Kong-inspired Chicago neighborhood map, wrote on his...
View ArticleHouse Passes Ban On Plastic Guns As Senate Eyes Broader Reforms
WASHINGTON -- Something bizarre happened in the House of Representatives on Tuesday: Republicans quietly passed gun control legislation. The bill, which renews the 1988 Undetectable Firearms Act, faced...
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Car Clubs: Not Just for the Guys Anymore
Women like me are finally starting to enjoy that last bastion of men -- we are joining car clubs. We often get a few quizzical looks and a few times it even leads to more. For instance, I met my...
View Article20 Amazing Photographs Of Earth, Taken From Space
In a (slightly) different take on the standard "Best of 2013" roundup, DigitalGlobe has released its collection of the top 20 satellite images from 2013. The collection highlights our planet's natural...
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L.A. Coffee Shop Exploits Paul Walker's Death
A disturbing new Twitter photo has surfaced that seemingly exploits the death of the late Paul Walker. The "Fast and the Furious" star died on Saturday (Nov. 30) in a car accident in Santa Clarita,...
View ArticleNew Stress-Detecting Bra Meant To Curb Overeating
This is not a joke: Microsoft Research is developing a bra that can detect stress, with the hope of preventing emotionally-triggered overeating in women. "Because what's more tragic than a woman who...
View ArticleCheck Out the Fine Print Before Giving Gift Cards
Sometimes it's hard to know what to get someone as a holiday gift, and that's one reason gift cards are so popular. A survey commissioned by the National Retail Federation found that 81 percent of...
View ArticleAwesome Physics Teacher Dan Burns Explains Gravity In A Way Anyone Can...
General relativity, the geometric theory of gravity developed by Albert Einstein in the early 1900's, is today considered one of the twin pillars of modern physics. Along with quantum mechanics, it is...
View ArticleMy Stop Motion Video Explains How to Curb iPhone Theft
It all started one day when my friends and I realized that there's not much you can do when your phone gets stolen. Do you report it to the police? The NYPD is simply too busy in solving other crimes....
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Google's Santa Tracker Is Like The NSA If It Was Awesome
Tech already has its tablet wars, smartphone wars and patent wars. Now we've got a Santa war. Google has revamped its Santa tracker this year to compete with Microsoft's NORAD Santa tracker, and it's...
View ArticleBillionaire Goes To Battle With Apple Over Giant Cash Pile
The richest man on Wall Street is opening a new front in his quest to persuade Apple to part with more of its massive cash stockpile.
View ArticleNSA Tracking Cellphone Locations Worldwide, Snowden Documents Show
The National Security Agency is gathering nearly 5 billion records a day on the whereabouts of cellphones around the world, according to top-secret documents and interviews with U.S. intelligence...
View ArticleWatch This Incredible LEGO Re-Enactment Of The Famous Mall-Chase Scene From...
It's well known that "The Blues Brothers" are well loved around Illinois, but one Australian Lego builder who counts himself among the BB diehards has taken his affection for Jake and Elwood to another...
View ArticleHere's The Video That Got Aaron Swartz Arrested
In 2011, a video was recorded of then 24-year-old programmer and Internet activist Aaron Swartz breaking into a computer closet at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It showed him switching out...
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