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Conan Thinks We Need Emoji For More Hard-to-Describe Emotions

Happy? Easy. Sad? A cinch. But how do you convey that strange emotional reaction when someone asks you if you honestly understand how Bitcoin works? Conan thinks he has the answer. [Team Coco]

Google Glass is now borrowing the notifications feature from its stablemate Android Wear, so it can display anything from texts messages to Instagram likes from your smartphone in your filed of view. Users just need to install the new version of MyGlass and activate Notification Sync.

Use These Optical Illusion Rugs to Mess With Your Guests’ Heads

Some decorating decisions are made for reasons of beauty. Some for a specific taste. And others are made because the homeowner’s a sadist who enjoys fucking with people’s heads. Here are some lovely floor options. The top image is from a Panasonic ad campaign, showing the bugs and dust and everything else that lurks on…

Bono Has Apologized About Putting U2 in Your iTunes

Apple’s decision to give away U2’s new album to each and every iOS user didn’t go very well. Now, Bono has apologized for what he’s done. https://gizmodo.com/conan-thinks-apple-should-have-released-an-all-encompas-1636742918 In a Facebook interview—where U2 answered questions posed by fans; a kind of diluted Reddit AMA for big-name rockstars—he admitted that the band got a little… carried away.…

Video Proof That Cats Are Furry Work Saboteurs

This video speaks to me on a spiritual level. It’s pure luck that I haven’t accidentally posted something with a string of cat-generated gibberish in the middle of it. Mostly, my cats like to run searches. If you’ve ever tried to do work from home, and had to fight your furry work-haters the whole time,…

Astronauts Playing Hide-and-Seek On The Station Is Adorable

An astronaut popping up like a curious meerkat from within his International Space Station nest is my new favourite photograph. A close runner-up is the Milky Way spilling into the sky over yellow Sahara sands. Top image: Alex Gerst poking over part of the station during the first spacewalk of Expedition 41, posted by Gerst…

Sexy music video makes it feel like you’re in an underground dance party

I’ve had this song, Paradise Awaits by ZHU, on repeat ever since I first played it. Partly because the song gives me energy but also because the video makes me feel like I’m walking through an underground dance party in New York with glow in the dark graffiti on the wall and pulsating fun in…

This Transforming Tablet-Phone Combo Costs Just $200

Isn’t it fine to have a smartphone that fits in your pocket? Isn’t it dandy to have a tablet for two-handed tasks? Soon you’ll be able to buy both for just $200 — no contract required — with this Intel-powered smartphone that transforms into a tablet. It’s called the Asus Padfone X Mini, and the…

Mudbloods Proves Quidditch Is the Only Game Where USC Roots for UCLA

The rivalry between the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Southern California is a deep one, and any one of those schools cheering for the other is an incredibly rare sight. And yet, that’s exactly what happens in this exclusive clip from the Quidditch documentary Mudbloods. Mudbloods, directed by Farzad Sangari and…

This is what happens when you put smart brakes in bumper cars

Here’s one of those ads that make you go, “those damn consumerism pimping bastards actually came up with an annoyingly clever idea.” Volkswagen outfitted bumper cars with its City Emergency Brake technology so that when you try and bump another car, the ultrasonic sensors would force the bumper car to brake and stop itself. Volkwagen…

Once Again, Scorpion Wows Us With Some Genius Hacking

This week, Scorpion continues to deliver the head-smashingly terrible high-tech adventures of our geniuses. They’re in Vegas, baby, doing things like using wifi and talking about statistics! In the scene above, we’re deep in the middle of a dangerous hack, where Hardware Ninja is gaining access to data using what she authoritatively refers to as…

I got lost in another dimension while watching these kids shuffle cards

I don’t know how many finger exercises it takes to pull this off or how much wizard potion these kids from Singapore drank but they make shuffling cards look like a dancing symphony. Each finger seems to be powered by its own brain and yet they all work in concert to make complicated movements look…

One Image That Reveals the Full Wonder of Martian Geology

Mars isn’t just an endless stretch of dull red dirt — different parts of the planet’s surface are geomorphologically distinct, with some parts boasting dunes, craters, or flood channels, while others feature evidence of avalanches, dust devil trails, and stratified terrain. Casey Rodarmor made this composite using images from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment…

PlayStation TV Isn’t What You Want It To Be

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a tiny set-top box that plays all your Sony PlayStation games? That’s probably what you’d think if you saw the new PlayStation TV on the shelf. For just $99, this incredibly tiny box promises the world. Shame it doesn’t deliver. Launched in Japan last November as the PS Vita…

Popping Frozen Poop Pills Can Stave Off Dangerous Bacterial Infections

Fecal transplants are an effective way to combat C. difficile infections, but they’re typically delivered by enema or a tube down the digestive system. Not pleasant. But thankfully, scientists from Massachusetts General Hospital have now made the healing powers of poop available in pill form. Fecal transplants work by revitalizing healthy intestinal microbial activity. Essentially,…

A bouncing basketball connects 24 different movies in this absurd video

I’m not entirely sure at what point I stopped thinking this video was incredibly stupid and started thinking it was incredibly hilarious but I think it was probably after The Big Lebowski got a hold of the basektball. And once it hits space thanks to Shaolin Soccer and Anchorman, I pretty much couldn’t stop giggling.…

A Utopian Optical Illusion in San Francisco

Amazing mural artist Mona Caron has created a number of wall-sized paintings in San Francisco. But this painted utility box is one of her standout works — and it’s a great optical illusion, too. There are two incredible things about this work. One, it allows you to glimpse the intersection of Duboce and Church as…

A Heartbreaking Portrait of the People Affected By California’s Drought

When Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti issued some of the most sweeping citywide water reforms in history today, it included this haunting line: “Our major supplier of imported water expects to curtail supplies in the next 12 months.” While the drought is about to change life drastically in LA, it’s already crippled the lives of…

Hot Damn, Last Night’s Originals Was A Solid Hour Of Television

Two episodes in, and The Originals really seems to be hitting a new level in its second season. It’s not just the fact that the stories are fast-paced and kind of insane — there were some serious emotional bombshells this week. And this episode actually had some new things to say about the show’s theme…

This One-Minute Horror Film Will Make You Afraid To Look Under The Bed

A reminder to parents: don’t look under your kid’s bed unless you’re prepared to deal with what you find. Ignacio F. Rodó adapted Tuck Me In from a two-line horror story by Juan J Ruiz. All it takes is a minute to send a chill right up our spines. This short was the international one-minute…