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90,000 People Are Playing Pokemon Together, And It's Beautiful
Remember that epic Pokémon livestream-turned-game called Twitch Plays Pokémon we told you about Friday? Well, while you were enjoying your "House of Cards" Valentine's binge, those 10,000 players...
View ArticleHacking Wicked Social Problems With Renaissance Thinkers and Gamers
You can't cure advanced cancer of the brain with a knife. Not often anyway. Or at least not without causing major damage. We have learned that simple chop-and-carve techniques doesn't work when every...
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Humans in Space: Finding a Shared Voice
Art courtesy of Mark Maxwell Within a year or so we will begin to see the first commercial human spaceflight systems come online, and the first steps to opening space to the people of Earth will have...
View Article12 Mistakes You Are Probably Making On Pinterest
By Andrea Eldridge for GalTime.com Pinterest is a fun way to create and share a visual, digital collection of the things you like, want to try or find appealing. It's images that link to webpages -- a...
View ArticleWireless System Could Offer A Private Fast Lane - NYTimes.com
SAN FRANCISCO — In a spacious loft across the street from the Bay Bridge, Steve Perlman did something last week that would ordinarily bring a cellular network to its knees.
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Plane Windows Are SO Last Century; Video Screens Are Where It's At
Windows are so passe. The Spike Aerospace S-512 will forgo the typical, tiny porthole windows and will sport giant displays that cover the supersonic jet's interior walls. A spokesperson for...
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Mothers' Voices Could Be The Extra Push Preemies Need To Feed (STUDY)
BY KATHRYN DOYLE NEW YORK Tue Feb 18, 2014 11:50am EST (Reuters Health) - A pacifier-activated recording of mother singing may improve a premature baby's feeding, which in turn could lead to its...
View ArticleFacebook To Buy WhatsApp For $19 Billion
If Facebook can't have Snapchat, it'll reach deep into its pockets to buy the next best thing. Late Wednesday, Facebook announced that it will buy the popular instant-messaging app WhatsApp for a...
View ArticleHomeland Security Department Wants Access To License Plate Data
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Homeland Security Department is proposing that a private company give it access to a nationwide database of license plate tracking information, according to a federal contract...
View ArticleThis Is Why It Was So Insanely Cold Last Month
That incredibly cold, it-hurts-to-be-outside weather that much of the U.S. experienced last month may come back to bite the country again next week. So what's causing these temperature extremes? The...
View ArticleJust How Dangerous Is A Giant Comcast?
It's been more than 100 years since the U.S. Supreme Court determined that one of the biggest companies in the world, Standard Oil, was an illegal monopoly and would have to be broken apart. The size...
View ArticleIKEA Discontinues Beloved Shelf, Prompts Internet Fury
IKEA thought it could discontinue a shelf popular with record collectors without causing much commotion. Now it has to face the music. IKEA plans to stop selling its iconic "EXPEDIT" shelf and replace...
View ArticleInspiring Our Children to Pursue STEM Through the Olympics
The world's top athletes are competing at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. Their talents and abilities are truly amazing. Their preparation and dedication to their sport and their...
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Trying To Meet A Guy Online? Apparently, You Shouldn't Call Yourself A 'Woman'
When Britney Spears crooned "I'm not a girl, not yet a woman," she probably didn't know that the virtual dating landscape would favor the former. If we weren't already bombarded with unsolicited...
View ArticleWhatsApp's CEO Crashed Zuckerberg's Valentine's Dinner To Make A Deal
On Wednesday, Facebook announced a huge, $19 billion deal to buy the messaging app WhatsApp. But that staggering sum wasn't the only thing about the acquisition that's shocking. After Mark Zuckerberg...
View ArticleWhatsApp and Facebook's Unite and Conquer Mission
The news that Facebook will spend $19 billion to acquire WhatsApp, a mobile messaging app with more than 450 million users, marks the latest phase in what has emerged as Facebook's defining strategy:...
View ArticleUniversity Of Maryland Reports Massive Data Breach
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) -- The president of the University of Maryland says there has been a breach of a database that contains personal information about more than 300,000 faculty, staff, students, and...
View ArticleHomeland Security Drops Plan To Collect License Tag Data
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Homeland Security Department abruptly reversed course Wednesday and dropped plans to ask a private company to give the government access to a nationwide database of license plate...
View ArticleHacking for Good
Everybody wants to create the next Facebook. Or Snapchat. Or Candy Crush. There's nothing wrong with that. But so many entrepreneurs idolize founders because they are "overnight successes," and make...
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Mastermind Behind BuzzFeed's Quizzes Explains How They Work And Why They're...
Do you drink gin and tonic? Like to eat rice and beans? Can't live without Shakira's "Hips Don't Lie"? Then BuzzFeed knows you definitely should be living in Rio de Janeiro. If you're on Facebook, it's...
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