Ashley Feinberg

Twitter just added a third column to make it “more flexible for various screen sizes” and not at all to look more like Facebook, nope.

Amazon’s Revolutionary New Patent: Taking Photos on a White Background

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is no stranger to making generally awful (and excessive) patenting decisions, but that doesn’t make its latest grant any less absurd. Amazon has officially been granted a patent for its brilliant idea to… take photos on a white background. Whether it’s a testament to the skill of Amazon’s…

Capture Full 3D Models In Seconds With Just Your Phone

Just a few months ago, we go our first look at the 3D photo-app Seene. But now, instead of just turning photos into a parallax party trick, the app’s next update will let you make full fledged, textured 3D models. And judging from the preview below, it looks positively awesome. The app itself doesn’t require…

Could This Curvy Screen Be the Front of the iPhone 6?

A new supposed dummy iPhone 6 leak seems to support the return to a more curved design we’ve seen hinted at. And since it came from Sonny Dickson, a usually reliable source, it’s worth considering this is a real possibility. Of course, this is just a dummy model, so whatever we see later in the…

Researchers Are Making an ATM that Spews Hot Acid at Thieves

For wannabe thieves, nothing is more tantalizing than an empty street and a vulnerable ATM. Soon, though, they could be facing more than just failure. Taking design cues from mother nature herself, researchers are building ATMs that fend off thieves with a spray of hot, steaming foam. The inspiration for this dastardly defense mechanism comes…

Inside the Boeing Capsule That Could Take You on a Space Vacation

If you’re looking to one day spend your summers aboard the scenic International Space Station, your travel options are steadily growing. Now, Boeing has unveiled new interior shots of its next-gen commercial spacecraft, the CST-100. And though one of its main competitors, SpaceX, may have the benefit of having been in the space game for…

5 Crowdfunded Projects That Defy All Logic and Reason

The online fund-begging havens of Kickstarter and Indiegogo (among quite a few others) are bursting with wild, fantastical visions of things once thought impossible. Some of them are awesome, some outlandish, some flat-out insane. These are but a few. Whether these craziest of projects are scams or the masterminds behind them have actually lost their…

This Vibrating, Motor-Powered Pill Wants to Make You Poop

We’ve all been there before: You know you’ve gotta go, but you just can’t seem to make it over the edge. Soon, instead of turning to laxatives for relief, a tiny, swallowable engine may be all you need to whip your colon back into shape. Yep, this vibrating pill wants to make you poop. The…

Would You Have Sex With a Robot?

Time and time again, humans have proved their willingness to make the beast with two backs with a cornucopia of inanimate objects. But what happens when that inanimate object starts to, you know, animate (albeit mechanically)? Yep, it’s time to talk about robot sex. Apparently—and according to an admittedly questionable survey—one in six living, breathing…

We Reviewed a Scratch-and-Sniff Guidebook That Included Horse Manure

If you’ve never visited the city of York in North Yorkshire, England, you could just pick up any old guidebook, sure. But the nose always knows best. So to help immerse you in this medieval city, York has put out the very first, scratch-n-sniff guidebook—stinking horse stables and all. Smell is one of the most…

If you use Dropbox or Box, make sure you’re restricting access to shared links. Otherwise, third party advertisers could be raking in some seriously sensitive URLs. Dropbox your tax return, anyone?

7 Google Search Redesigns That Are Better Than the Real Thing

Google’s homepage is one of the most immediately recognizable websites on the internet—if not the most. And it’s for that very reason that it’s also one of the most overlooked. So why fix something if it’s not broken? Why the hell not. There’s always going to be room for improvement, which is whycollaborative, challenge-based design…

UPS Just Delivered a $400,000 Drone to Some Dude by Mistake

No one’s perfect, least of all UPS. But as far as mistakes go, this is just about as bad—and expensive—as it gets. Thanks to one hell of a mixup, Reddit user Seventy_Seven just got a $400,000 unmanned aerial vehicle delivered straight to his doorstep. Talk about service. Apparently, the rather expensive piece of federal property…

Google Just Brought Me a Single Bag of Cookies and I’m Scared

Today, Google Shopping Express—Google’s gift to hermits, misanthropes, and anyone otherwise averse to movement everywhere—made its way into the cities of New York and Los Angeles. And after trying out the service for ourselves, we can finally say with confidence that, yes—we are all doomed. Don’t get me wrong; using this same-day delivery service was…

The Government Is Finally Trying to Make Kickstarter Scammers Pay

Finally, one of the scam artists making his home on Kickstarter is getting what’s coming to him. The Washington state government has just filed the very first consumer protection lawsuit against a crowdfunding scammer. The hack in question is a one Ed Nash of Nashville, Tennessee, who had raised $25,146 has just filed for a…

The NSA’s Drunk Again

Or, you know, they’re hiring code-breakers. One of the two.

Science Has Finally Figured Out How to Win Rock-Paper-Scissors

Turns out that all you rock-paper-scissors champions who chalk it up to skill over luck may be on to something. Because according to science, there might actually be a winning strategy to this greatest of metacarpal match-ups. The bold claim comes from a collective of Chinese researchers who recently took 360 students, broke them into…

44 Better Times to Wear Google Glass Than in the Shower

Earlier in the week, we asked you, dear readers, to help us celebrate the one-year anniversary of Robert Scoble’s steamy, Glass-adorned shower photo with a fresh batch of Photoshops. And by god did you ever deliver. Believe us when we say that this may be the best round of Photoshop entries we’ve had in years.…

How Much Do the Parts in Google Glass Actually Cost?

Google’s willingness to trash Glass for the sake of fashion might not be as insane as we previously thought. Because according to a recent estimate from Teardown.com, the actual parts going into the $1500 faceputer only add up to a measly 80 bucks. It’s important to note, of course, that this is just an estimate—more…

This Full-Auto Dart Blaster Is a Science-Fueled Dream Gun

Nerf better be watching its back. Because after testing out Mattel’s new BOOMco line of dart blasters, we are happy to report the secret formula backing its new Smart Stick darts works like magic—and makes for one hell of a good time. But before we get to the science, it’s worth noting that the various…