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Do You Still Use a Landline?

Reports say less than half of U.S. households are equipped with landlines. I remember when a landline was the best thing that ever happened to me. Do you still have one? What do you use it for? Getting my own landline for AOL connectivity in 10th grade was the ultimate teenage triumph. Only the cool…

The Basis Peak Fitness Tracker Won’t Replace Your Smartwatch

This February, the Basis Peak got a new ability to display smartwatch notifications in a new firmware update. Does that make it a great smartwatch, too? Ehhh… not so much. I just spent the last couple weeks trying it out, and here are my findings. Generally speaking, when the phone is connected, the notifications are…

Which Show Are You Glad Never Got On Television?

We hear tantalizing reports about TV shows in the pipeline… and then most of them never actually appear on your screens. Most of the time, this is pretty sad. But not always. Which TV show are you glad never actually made it to air? https://gizmodo.com/why-do-so-many-tv-shows-get-greenlit-but-then-never-1681405688 Please include a picture, clip, piece of promo art or…

Birdman Deserves This Action Figure Even More Than An Academy Award

Yeah, winning the Academy Award for Best Picture is nice and all, but I bet what director Alejandro González Iñárritu and star Michael Keaton were really hoping for was a sweet toyline for the film. At least they have this majestic fake toy commercial to show them what might have been. [Via Topless Robot]

Leaked Demo Videos Show HTC’s New Flagship Phone Up Close and In Action

We already had a pretty good idea what HTC’s next flagship smartphone is going to look like (Spoiler alert: a lot like it’s last flagship). But now, demo videos have leaked, on top of everything else. You can bet this is the real thing. https://gizmodo.com/leaked-renders-show-htcs-new-flagship-phone-from-all-an-1687300643 There’s are three videos in all. One (oddly vertical) clip…

Beijing’s new airport terminal looks more like a gigantic spaceport

Check out Beijing’s new airport terminal by Zaha Hadid: 700,000 square meters (173 acres!) in total, with an 80,000-square-meter ground transportation centre. It kind of looks like the mother of New Mexico’s spaceport, from where Virgin Galactic operates: New Mexico’s spaceport, however, is tiny compared to Beijing. Look at the insane space inside this place.…

What Did Charles Darwin Put In His Mouth? Pretty Much Everything.

One of Charles Darwin’s quirks was his curiosity as to how the animals he studied tasted. Throughout his life, he went around the world eating exotic species. Charles Darwin’s most civilized attempt at being a foodie was The Glutton Club. This club, organized when he was at Cambridge, got together to eat exotic animals. Because…

The Most Common Numbers in 10 Million Passwords

The primary purpose of a password is to serve as an unique verification identifier for a given user. Ideally, the password for a given website or service should be both random and unique; if the letters and/or numbers in the password follow any patterns, then they might be easier to guess by an intruder. For…

Oh God, This Horrifying Sidewalk Sinkhole

If you’re a person with irrational fears of urban horror stories, stay far far away from this real-life video of two people falling into a sidewalk hole in Seoul, where sinkholes are a mysterious and apparently growing problem in the city thanks in part (maybe?) to super tall skyscrapers. They step off a bus—only to…

Could There Be Another Planet Behind The Sun?

Universe Today’s Fraser Cain nails it in just five words: “No. Nooooo. No. Just no.” But then he explains how we know this, and what would happen if a planet were to suddenly materialize, in an orbital position hidden from our view by the Sun. Eventually, our orbits would intersect, and there’d be an encounter.…

Dish Just Agreed To Blanket San Fran With This Crazy New Cellular Tech

Dish wants to be a mobile phone carrier. Dish wants it bad. And Steve Perlman—the genius behind QuickTime, WebTV and OnLive—has spent over a decade working on tech that could allegedly leapfrog our current cell networks. So guess who just teamed up to potentially revolutionize the mobile internet? Yep. Dish just agreed to lease some…

Six Questions The Sleepy Hollow Finale Answered (And One It Didn’t)

The Sleepy Hollow season finale had one last chance to convince viewers to come back after a rocky second season. But did this “reverse pilot” do the trick? Spoilers ahead… The good news: This was definitely one of the very few episodes this season that made me wish it were longer! On the other hand,…

Want To Start A Webcomic? Here’s The Best Advice Around

Starting a webcomic has never been easier, but it can still be a bit intimidating. Fortunately, if you’re looking for advice, there are plenty of comics professionals who’ve shared their experience, in the form of books, sites, and webcomics. Here are all the resources that will help you get started. Top image from C. Spike…

Tuesday Game Room: Welcome Homeworld Edition

There may not be much in the way of big new releases, but an old classic re-emerges: the iconic space series Homeworld is back, and looking better than ever. Will you be dipping into sci-fi fuelled nostalgia this week? Tell us all about it in Tuesday Game Room! What have you been playing this week?…

The New Avengers: Age Of Ultron Poster Confirms More Marvel Heroes

If you just looked at Marvel’s new poster for Avengers: Age of Ultron, you likely noticed the team being plagued by Ultron robots (and some perspective issues). But a closer examination of the credits finally proves that the Falcon and Agent Peggy Carter will star in the film — and they might not be alone……

Reddit Finally Banned Stolen Porn 

Reddit is finally slamming the banhammer on porn posted without the permission of the people it depicts. This means no more leaked nude photos, no more revenge porn, and no more creepshots*. In an announcement, the Reddit team admitted that they’d “missed a chance to be a leader in social media when it comes to…

The Eiffel Tower Is Generating Power With a Hidden Wind Farm On Its Legs

Paris hasn’t been shy about slapping on sexxxy new attractions to the 127-year-old Eiffel Tower over the past few years—what with the glittering lights and glass floors. But the latest addition is designed to be neither seen or heard. If you look closely at the cross-bracing of the tower this month, you might see them:…

A Chat with Sonia Van Meter, Woman Preparing for a One-Way Trip to Mars

Our friends over at Jezebel are currently hosting a chat with Sonia Van Meter, one of the people who’s currently preparing for a trip to the Red Planet via Mars One. Scroll on below to ask her a question! https://jezebel.com/a-chat-with-sonia-van-meter-woman-preparing-for-a-one-1687428464

Ancient Bolivians Used Basic Chemistry To Strip Flesh From Human Bones

Archaeologists working in the Titicaca Basin have discovered a mortuary used by ancient Bolivians to strip the skin from the remains of the dead. It appears they used calcium oxide – a substance more commonly known as quicklime – to to dissolve these bodies down to the bone. The mortuary site, a religious complex known…

After waiting 80 years to flower, this huge plant has just one month to live. Following a growth spurt that saw the unusually old American agave plant grow to 28 feet tall, it’s now in a period of decline. Thankfully, the “tons” of seeds it finally produced from its pods will be distributed to botanical…