America Is Launching A Giant, World-Sucking Octopus Into Space
One of the National Security Agency's partners is launching a spy satellite with a classified payload into space on Thursday night -- and its logo is an angry, globe-gripping octopus. The spacecraft,...
View ArticleNatural Gas Building Spree Cancels Out Emissions We Save From Leaving Coal...
WASHINGTON -- Companies are so excited about cheap natural gas that they're on an expansion spree, which might undo some of the good we've done by switching to the cleaner fuel from coal, a new report...
View ArticleFacebookers Like The Idea Of A 'Sympathize' Button (Keep Waiting For 'Dislike')
The long-coveted "dislike" button may never make its way Facebook. But a Facebook engineer said Thursday that the social network has informally experimented with an alternative to "like": specifically,...
View ArticleSaturn 'Hexagon' Video Spotlights Planet's Vast Six-Sided Jet Stream
Though best known for its rings, Saturn has another unusual--and unusually beautiful--feature. As you can see in spectacular new video footage taken by NASA's Saturn-orbiting space probe Cassini, the...
View ArticleBitcoin Crashed Today
Bitcoin's value plummeted today, by 25% from a high of over 1100 US dollars per BTC to a low value of under 830. The virtual currency, whose value has increased five-fold in just over one month, has...
View ArticleWATCH: Motion Sensors Are Paving The Road For Big Innovations
Home security systems, video games and smartphones are all equipped with sensors, but the technology is making an impact on major industries, as well. Motion sensors not only bringing characters to...
View Article10 Awesomely Analog Toys For Kids Who Are Too Plugged In
At HuffPost Screen Sense we're all about mindful technology use for children and adults. We also know that a lot of kids have electronic gadgets and games at the top of their holiday wish lists. To...
View Article3D Printing: No Longer Just an Idea
Picture this: A man buys an iPhone and is worried that it will break. Fearing that he would waste all his money, he decides to get a case. He has three options. He could go to the store, wasting gas...
View Article50 Things You Didn't Know Your iPhone Could Do
You probably already knew that your iPhone's virtual assistant, Siri, could send text messages and set alarms. But did you knows that it can also show you pictures of puppies? This new video by...
View ArticleDelta Airline Pilot Sends Actress Claire Holt Adorable Thank-You Note (PHOTO)
Gratitude at 30,000 feet! Actress Claire Holt, who apparently is a frequent flier with Delta Air Lines, was clearly touched when the pilot of a recent flight sent her a handwritten note thanking her...
View ArticleNSA Defends Global Cellphone Tracking, Calls Practice Legal
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Security Agency is defending its tracking of foreign cellphones overseas. It says the practice is legal under a U.S. presidential order governing all U.S. government...
View ArticleGeoengineering The Sky is Not 'Normal'
In the wake of the climate negotiations in Warsaw, the consensus appears near universal: the international process is not going to deliver, and it is up to countries and communities to go it on their...
View ArticleThe Real Reason We're Hovering Parents
There's been some finger-pointing lately about meddlesome parents who will not let go of their off-to-college kids. Colleges are offering incoming freshmen workshops on how to "break up" with their...
View Article3 Reasons Why the School Principal Needs to Tweet
I envision every school principal with smartphone in hand, anxious to send out the next tweet. And here's why: Now, more than ever before, schools have their own media channel -- the ability to say...
View ArticleWhy Should a Girl in Nigeria Learn to Code?
Editor's Note: This post is part of a series produced by HuffPost's Girls In STEM Mentorship Program. Join the community as we discuss issues affecting women in science, technology, engineering and...
View ArticleThe 'Traffic Jam' You Can't See
A recent New York Times headline cautioned, "Wireless carriers warn of crisis in mobile spectrum." Is spectrum -- the essential building block of cell phone service -- really in short supply? What is...
View ArticleiPhone in the Warsaw Ghetto
Let's just say I throw my smartphone over the wall into the Warsaw ghetto. Along with it, I send instructions to make a video diary until the battery drains, then to wrap it in lots of newspaper before...
View ArticleWho Actually Looks Like This At Home? (PHOTOS)
Honestly, who wears sexy lingerie while frolicking around the house? In reaction to the blog Me In My Place (MIMP), which features scantily clad women photographed posing in their tidy homes, actress...
View Article10 Surprising New Twitter Stats to Help You Reach More Followers
Since social media is changing so often. It can be really hard to keep up with stats and trends that affect how you use it. I quite often forget the facts that I've read, or I use Twitter based on...
View ArticleReal World 'Mario Kart' Exists, And It Should Be In The 2016 Olympics
You can now play the real life version of "Mario Kart," if you go to Australia. YouTube user Devin Graham posted a video of friends riding grass karts in Kurrajong Heights, outside of Sydney. Graham...
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