Blue

January 24th 2025

Archaeologists Uncover Unusually Large Chunk of Rare ‘Egyptian Blue’ in Nero’s Palace

The discovery of this ancient synthetic pigment highlights the impressive artistry of Rome’s imperial era.

Human History Margherita Bassi Jan 24

April 25th 2024

How Scientists Are Preparing for Apophis’s Unnervingly Close Brush With Earth

The potentially hazardous asteroid is on its way for an uncomfortably close flyby of Earth in 2029.

Space & Spaceflight Passant Rabie Apr 25

October 27th 2023

On Loki, Time’s Running out for the TVA—and the Multiverse

Season 2 of the Marvel Studios series starring Tom Hiddleston and Owen Wilson is now streaming on Disney+.

Television Sabina Graves Oct 27

May 13th 2023

The Best Ways to Legally Stream Music for Free

Listen free on Bandcamp, YouTube, Spotify, and more.

Gadgets David Nield May 13

April 24th 2023

Elon Musk Gave Blue Checkmarks to Chadwick Boseman, Kobe Bryant, Anthony Bourdain, Paul Walker, and… Dril

Twitter's CEO isn't just pushing Twitter Blue on living celebrities—he's also giving it out to dead ones.

Social Media Jody Serrano Apr 24

April 21st 2023

Elon Musk Is Paying for Stephen King’s Blue Checkmark to Try to Make It Cool Again

Twitter largely took away blue checkmarks from legacy verified accounts yesterday, but Stephen King, William Shatner, and LeBron James' checkmarks remained.

Social Media Jody Serrano Apr 21

March 15th 2023

NASA Taps Firefly for Lunar Far Side Delivery Mission

Under the $112 million contract, Firefly will attempt to place a lander on the Moon's far side and deploy a European satellite.

Space & Spaceflight Passant Rabie Mar 15

February 27th 2023

Elon Musk Lays Off Twitter Employee Who Slept on the Floor to Meet His Crazy Deadlines

Product manager Esther Crawford was all in on Musk’s “hardcore” Twitter. It didn’t matter to the billionaire in the end.

Social Media Jody Serrano Feb 27

August 28th 2018

Blue’s Yeti Nano Is a Shrunken Down Version of the Popular Podcasting and YouTuber Mic

The prefix nano calls to mind something microscopic. Tiny robots invisible to the eye, or an iPod many orders smaller than its predecessors. When I hear the word I expect tiny. Apparently when Blue, the respected studio microphone maker that has spent nearly a decade producing great USB mics, hears the word nano it expects…

Gadgets Alex Cranz Aug 28

December 8th 2016

My Favorite Time of the Day Is When the Entire City Turns Blue

The world never looks cooler than when it does during the blue hours of dawn and dusk. Photographer Romain Jacquet Lagreze captured Hong Kong in that brief moment when daylight is just about over but nighttime hasn’t crept on yet. It looks fantastic. The chilly, icy blue makes things glimmer in stillness rather than burn…

Sploid Casey Chan Dec 8

September 27th 2016

Blue’s Tiny New Microphone Wants to Be Good at Everything

Blue has long been known for excellent USB microphones—namely the Yeti and its younger brother the Snowball, both of which function intuitively for people outside the audiophile community, while providing dependable recordings with little fuss. That attention to detail has been shrunken down even further with the new, $200 Raspberry. But what need does it…

Reviews Avery Ellis Sep 27

February 8th 2016

An Invisible Man Meets His Soul Mate in Sweet Short Film Blue

Born invisible, a young man paints himself blue so that he can be seen and lead a “normal” life that’s actually incredibly, suffocatingly lonely. Until one day… when he catches sight of a woman who’s in a remarkably similar situation. What happens next isn’t entirely surprising, but it’s quite lovely the way it plays out.…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Feb 8

October 27th 2015

Blue’s Lola Headphones Are a More Practical Evolution of a Crazy Idea

Released last year, Blue’s Mo-Fi headphones were an ambitious concept for better-sounding cans. They were awesome, but not quite awesome enough to justify their inconveniences. Can the new Lola model deliver on the big promise for a different kind of headphone? To recap, the Mo-Fi headphones sounded very good due in part to their totally…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Oct 27

August 26th 2014

Blue Mo-Fi Review: Great-Sounding Headphones That Aren’t Quite Great

Blue Microphones is best known for, uh, microphones. And not just any mics; they specialize in the expensive studio kind, well-regarded for sound and design, not the beaters you used in your high school garage band. But while Blue’s headphones pop, they’re not much for getting around. Blue has been teasing its $350 Mo-Fi headphones…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Aug 26

August 1st 2014

Change Your Hair Color By Etching Nano-Patterns Into Each Strand

In a weirdly serious bit of hair research, engineers have figured out how to change hair color without an ounce of hair dye. The only catch? You need a focused ion beam. Color is in the eye of the beholder after all. When microscope spirals and hyperbola are etched into strands of hair with a…

Tech News Sarah Zhang Aug 1

July 21st 2014

A never-ending ocean of 4.5 million flowers in Japan

The Hitachi Seaside Park is one of the most beautiful parks in the planet: A place where millions of flowers grow every year in the most amazing displays of colors imaginable. Here you can see about 4.5 million baby-blue nemophilas blossoming in April—but there’s more, much more. Top image by Teerayut Hiruntaraporn. Photo by azure…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Jul 21

March 24th 2013

Windows Blue Leak Reveals Snap View Side-by-Side Apps, Different Live Tile Sizes, IE 11

A leaked copy of Microsoft’s latest Blue OS—its rumored incremental Windows upgrade—is spreading, and shows an increased focus on personalization including new Live Tile arrangements on the Start Screen, a Snap View for side-by-side apps, and new color choices. https://gizmodo.com/report-microsoft-blue-is-coming-this-summer-with-inter-5986499 What’s referred to as Build 9364 leaked onto file sharing sites earlier today, possibly from…

Tech News Lily Hay Newman Mar 24

March 12th 2013

Why Is the Sky Any Color?

You probably think the sky is blue because of the ocean and air and reflections or something like that. But how does it turn red sometimes? Or orange? Or rather, why does the sky have to be any color at all? PBS explains it so you can explain it to your future kid. PBS’ It’s…

Tech News Casey Chan Mar 12

January 9th 2013

Give Your iPhone 5 a Pro-Quality Mic with the Zoom iQ5

The iPhone 5’s capable of capturing really impressive video with its 8MP camera but the accompanying sound quality isn’t all that great. But with this new add-on mic from Zoom, your iPhone 5 videos will finally have the audio they deserve. The iQ5 is a Mid-Side stereo mic compatible with iOS 6.0 and above, connecting…

Gadgets Andrew Tarantola Jan 9

January 7th 2013

Unlike Its Namesake, Blue’s Nessie Microphone Is Real

You know how you can set a point-and-shoot camera to Auto Mode and it’ll do a lot of the tweaking for you to get the best shot possible? Wouldn’t it be cool if you could do that for audio? Well, the new Nessie is Blue’s first shot at a mic with Auto Mode. Nessie, which…

Tech News Brent Rose Jan 7

Blue

Archaeologists Uncover Unusually Large Chunk of Rare ‘Egyptian Blue’ in Nero’s Palace

How Scientists Are Preparing for Apophis’s Unnervingly Close Brush With Earth

On Loki, Time’s Running out for the TVA—and the Multiverse

The Best Ways to Legally Stream Music for Free

Elon Musk Gave Blue Checkmarks to Chadwick Boseman, Kobe Bryant, Anthony Bourdain, Paul Walker, and… Dril

Elon Musk Is Paying for Stephen King’s Blue Checkmark to Try to Make It Cool Again

NASA Taps Firefly for Lunar Far Side Delivery Mission

Elon Musk Lays Off Twitter Employee Who Slept on the Floor to Meet His Crazy Deadlines

Blue’s Yeti Nano Is a Shrunken Down Version of the Popular Podcasting and YouTuber Mic

My Favorite Time of the Day Is When the Entire City Turns Blue

Blue’s Tiny New Microphone Wants to Be Good at Everything

An Invisible Man Meets His Soul Mate in Sweet Short Film Blue

Blue’s Lola Headphones Are a More Practical Evolution of a Crazy Idea

Blue Mo-Fi Review: Great-Sounding Headphones That Aren’t Quite Great

Change Your Hair Color By Etching Nano-Patterns Into Each Strand

A never-ending ocean of 4.5 million flowers in Japan

Windows Blue Leak Reveals Snap View Side-by-Side Apps, Different Live Tile Sizes, IE 11

Why Is the Sky Any Color?

Give Your iPhone 5 a Pro-Quality Mic with the Zoom iQ5

Unlike Its Namesake, Blue’s Nessie Microphone Is Real

‘Good Omens’ Season 3 Is Still Just One Episode, Despite Being Called That

Steam Gaming Has Arrived on Apple Vision Pro, and It’s Unexpectedly Glorious

RFK Jr. Will Take on Joe Rogan for Podcaster Supremacy

The Spymaster’s Guide to the Secret Agencies of ‘Star Trek’

Uber Is Testing Driverless Volkswagen ID. Buzz Vans in Los Angeles

Cast Adrift, Meta Employees Have No Idea Who the ‘Token Legend’ Is Anymore

Microsoft Office 2024 and Windows 11 Pro Bundle Hits 76% Off, a Complete PC Setup for Less

You Can Add ‘Lamp That Folds Your Laundry’ to the List of Doomed Startups

Asus Zenbook A16 Review: Start Considering Snapdragon on PC, for Real

Aqara Thermostat Hub W200 Review: Almost Better than My Ecobee

HP Omen Max 45L Review: 4K60 Gaming Has Never Been So Easy

Ecovacs Winbot W3 Omni Review: Window Cleaning Robots Have a Long Way to Go

AirPods Max 2 vs. Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen): Which ANC Headphones Win?

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

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Blue

Archaeologists Uncover Unusually Large Chunk of Rare ‘Egyptian Blue’ in Nero’s Palace

How Scientists Are Preparing for Apophis’s Unnervingly Close Brush With Earth

On Loki, Time’s Running out for the TVA—and the Multiverse

The Best Ways to Legally Stream Music for Free

Elon Musk Gave Blue Checkmarks to Chadwick Boseman, Kobe Bryant, Anthony Bourdain, Paul Walker, and… Dril

Elon Musk Is Paying for Stephen King’s Blue Checkmark to Try to Make It Cool Again

NASA Taps Firefly for Lunar Far Side Delivery Mission

Elon Musk Lays Off Twitter Employee Who Slept on the Floor to Meet His Crazy Deadlines

Blue’s Yeti Nano Is a Shrunken Down Version of the Popular Podcasting and YouTuber Mic

My Favorite Time of the Day Is When the Entire City Turns Blue

Blue’s Tiny New Microphone Wants to Be Good at Everything

An Invisible Man Meets His Soul Mate in Sweet Short Film Blue

Blue’s Lola Headphones Are a More Practical Evolution of a Crazy Idea

​Blue Mo-Fi Review: Great-Sounding Headphones That Aren’t Quite Great

Change Your Hair Color By Etching Nano-Patterns Into Each Strand

A never-ending ocean of 4.5 million flowers in Japan

Windows Blue Leak Reveals Snap View Side-by-Side Apps, Different Live Tile Sizes, IE 11

Why Is the Sky Any Color?

Give Your iPhone 5 a Pro-Quality Mic with the Zoom iQ5

Unlike Its Namesake, Blue’s Nessie Microphone Is Real

‘Good Omens’ Season 3 Is Still Just One Episode, Despite Being Called That

Steam Gaming Has Arrived on Apple Vision Pro, and It’s Unexpectedly Glorious

RFK Jr. Will Take on Joe Rogan for Podcaster Supremacy

The Spymaster’s Guide to the Secret Agencies of ‘Star Trek’

Uber Is Testing Driverless Volkswagen ID. Buzz Vans in Los Angeles

Cast Adrift, Meta Employees Have No Idea Who the ‘Token Legend’ Is Anymore

Microsoft Office 2024 and Windows 11 Pro Bundle Hits 76% Off, a Complete PC Setup for Less

You Can Add ‘Lamp That Folds Your Laundry’ to the List of Doomed Startups

Asus Zenbook A16 Review: Start Considering Snapdragon on PC, for Real

Aqara Thermostat Hub W200 Review: Almost Better than My Ecobee

HP Omen Max 45L Review: 4K60 Gaming Has Never Been So Easy

Ecovacs Winbot W3 Omni Review: Window Cleaning Robots Have a Long Way to Go

AirPods Max 2 vs. Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen): Which ANC Headphones Win?

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Let us help find what you are looking for...

Blue Mo-Fi Review: Great-Sounding Headphones That Aren’t Quite Great