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Which Obsolete Tech Will You Never Throw Away?

The technological cycle is not a sentimental one: A new update comes and the old tech gets thrown out, over and over again. Sometimes, though, something goes askew in the whole process, and there’s something you just can’t quite let go of. Today we want to know what that thing is. Tell us in the…

Flag All Company Emails for Faster Inbox Processing

Internal emails from the company you work for can be crucially important or a complete irrelevance—either way, being able to spot these company messages at a glance in your inbox can make a big difference to your email productivity. Here’s how to quickly set up a filter in three of the most popular desktop clients.…

Not Even Bioshock‘s Big Daddy Can Escape Funko Pops

The Big Daddies of Bioshock and the word “cute” rarely go hand in hand… until now, apparently. Yes, not even the warped weirdness and Randian politics of the hit Bioshock video games. No gods or kings, only Pops. Yes, the dearly-departed Irrational Games series is just the latest entity to be consumed by the Funko…

Ride Along on an Insane 2,000-Feet Long Slip ‘N Slide

New Jersey’s Action Park continues to be the single best reason to move your family to that state. In addition to a waterslide with a vertical loop arriving sometime next year, it also now boasts what has to be the world’s longest Slip ‘N Slide that measures about a third-of-a-mile long. Jason Mulder, an employee…

6 Treatments for Erectile Dysfunction We’re Glad No One Uses Anymore

Erectile dysfunction isn’t a new problem, but there weren’t any effective treatments for the condition until the middle of the 20th century. Before then, desperate people turned to sympathetic magic, patent medicines, fad treatments, and convincing frauds to try to get it up. Here are the worst treatments ever. 1. Chewing on small pieces of…

The New Moto X Play and Moto X Style Are All About Looks and Battery

When looking for the next great phone to ride shotgun through your life, there are a few things it needs to do well. It needs to have a great display, look neat, and not have garbage battery life. With the third-generation Moto X, Motorola is laser-focused on all three. Motorola does this with two separate…

All the Ways True Detective Season 2 Should Have Worked, But Didn’t

We all knew that True Detective season two was going to be totally different than season one: new cast, new case, new setting. But it seemed hopeful that the new episodes would keep the weird magic—that thing distinguishing True Detective from a zillion other cop shows—alive. So far, not so much. That’s not to say…

Only Four-Year-Olds Truly Know Whether They’ve Gotten a Bad Deal

You probably lost the ability to recognize a bad deal before you got into kindergarten. This experiment shows that they’re able to emotionally understand when hard work has earned something that’s not worth having—but it turns out in this instance, four-year-olds are wiser than six=year-olds. This experiment, conducted by Gonda Brain Research Center, put children…

Note 5 Leaks: We Could Be Looking At One Of the Best Big Smartphones

Yesterday, Samsung sent out invitations to a New York City event where we’ll all finally (officially) meet the new Galaxy Note 5. But Samsung has done a pretty horrible job keeping wraps on what the new smartphone actually looks like, leaking everything from CAD designs to these new hi-res photos. Technology is filled with all…

Motorola’s Budget Moto G Brings a 13MP Camera and a 5-Inch HD Display

Ahead of an event in New York City today, Motorola has finally revealed its new budget-minded Moto G at an event in India, and the specs seem to mirror what was leaked about a week ago on the company’s site. The Moto G 2015 will be powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 410 SoC processor, feature…

Agents Of SHIELD Gives Us Our First Look At The “New” Daisy Johnson!

A Sherlock star may have joined Star Wars: Rogue One. Batman v Superman adds another comics character. There’s even more crazy rumors about the fate of a Game of Thrones favorite. Plus new looks at Bruce Timm’s Justice League film, and unlikely casting for The Bastard Executioner. Spoilers now! Star Wars: Rogue One Sherlock actor…

What It Was Like to Grow Up as the World’s First Test-Tube Baby

In 1978, Louise Brown became the first baby conceived in a laboratory through assisted reproductive technology. Here, she explains what it was like growing up. I don’t think my Mum and Dad were prepared for the shockwaves that went around the world when I was born. As the first person to be born through in…

Scientists Can Turn Human Cells Into Working Lasers

How about this for a bright idea: A team of researchers from Harvard Medical School has developed three different ways to turn individual cells into functioning lasers that emit light when they’re excited. As New Scientist reports, the team have demonstrated that particles and droplets in skin can be exploited to emit light. In one…

Sydney Has Rolled Out the World’s First E Ink Traffic Signs

E Ink displays are an attractive way of displaying information that doesn’t change by the second: they don’t use much power, are easy to read in variable lighting, and happen to be relatively affordable. Now, they’re finding use not just in handheld devices, though—but on the streets of Sydney, Australia. The Australian Road and Maritime…

A Beautiful Visual Explainer Will Help You Understand Machine Learning

Ever wondered what machine learning was and still failed to understand it no matter how much you read? Then this neat visual introduction to the topic should do just the trick. Using a data set about homes, the site does an honestly amazing job of describing how it’s possible to teach computers to discern between…

Did you want to go to space camp as a child? The Guardian profiled NASA’s summer camp, how it stays current and relevant, and why children — despite the U.S. government’s historically low funding of NASA — are still inspired by space.

eBay has announced that it’s shutting down it’s same-day delivery service, eBay Now. Not, perhaps, surprising given the competition and eBay’s lack of delivery expertise.

Watch This: Inside China’s Prolific Technology Manufacturing Region

The bulk of the world’s gadgets are built in the Pearl River Delta region of China. There, cheap labor, mountains of electronic components and high finance co-exist — if a little awkwardly — to provide a haven for engineers and entrepreneurs. This video takes a peek inside what that’s like. Created by Hackaday, The Factory…

Rudeness Is Contagious

We experience rudeness and incivility all the time. From simple insults and offhand remarks to purposely excluding others from groups, these behaviors are largely tolerated in our daily lives and in the workplace. The question is, what effect do these behaviors have on us? It’s pretty clear that high-intensity negative behaviors like abuse, aggression and…

A Small Galaxy Gives Birth to a Surprising Number of Stars

This is an image of dwarf galaxy NGC 1140, which is ten times smaller than the Milky Way but is producing stars at roughly the same rate as our lovely galaxy. The blue stars in the image are the new ones. Via the European Space Agency: Galaxies like NGC 1140 — small, starbursting and containing…