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Cracking the iPhone might be harder to do these days, but that only makes it more valuable. On Thursday, exploit vendor Zerodium announced they were tripling their bounty for a zero-day hack of Apple’s iOS 10, offering a new maximum payout of $1.5 million. To claim the prize, Zerodium is asking for a previously undocumented…
I don’t really think pizza needs any more toppings beyond some sauce (preferably marinara) and some cheese (preferably mozzarella) but if you’re one of those weirdos who enjoys silly things on their pizza like cauliflower, grapes, potatoes, and shrimp, you’re gonna love this video where ten wacky pizzas get baked right in front of you.…
There are more optical illusions on the internet than stars in the sky, but not only does this seemingly impossible object exist in real life, YouTube’s Shopbuilt channel shows you how to build your own—without having to bend the laws of the universe. Deep down you always knew there was a good reason you took…
There’s really nothing like playing a Nintendo 64 game with one of the classic controllers. The problem is that classic N64 controllers don’t hook up to phones, tablet, or laptops, which makes playing console emulators a real pain. Now, there’s finally some sweet relief for retro gaming fans. Popular gaming accessories company 8Bitdo is preparing…
Earlier this week, Elon Musk revealed his plan to make humanity a multi-planetary species by building an express train to Mars. There are a lot of open questions about how this will work, technically speaking, and who will pay for it. But there’s another fundamental issue that must be addressed before anybody can reserve a…
Hold up, Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter is now a tech investor! Bey has invested $150,000 into a startup called Sidestep as part of her management company, Parkwood Entertainment. That’s not a ton of cash, but it’s at least enough to pay a few telephone bills, to say nothing of those pesky startup automo’ bills. It will…
Have you ever tried to get something that you shouldn’t through US Customs? Frankly, I don’t know how people summon the nerve. Whether it’s illegal drugs, exotic animal meat, or counterfeit purses, people will try to smuggle just about anything. And everyone seems to have their own favorite hiding places. But if any of your…
The internet’s obsession with all things bacon shows no signs of slowing, but for some reason it’s happy to ignore the biggest downside to frying up that fat-filled treat: the layer of grease that ends up splattered all over your kitchen. At least someone has acknowledged the problem, and created a brilliantly simple solution. The…
Seeing these film shots from Empire of the Sun, Lost in Translation and Sexy Beast next to the paintings of Norman Rockwell, John Kacere and Marc Chagall is like seeing double. The film version are close versions of the original art. It’s obvious that Steven Spielberg, Stanley Kubrick, and Sofia Coppola get their inspiration from…
Google’s October 4 gadget extravaganza is quickly approaching, and if the rumors are true, there’s plenty to be excited about. The company is supposedly getting ready for an entire hardware overhaul, and that means we expect to see not just new phones but possibly also laptops, streaming devices, and more. Have there been rumors? Many!…
If you were a child of the ‘80s, Teddy Ruxpin probably blew your mind the first time you saw him chatting away. He was one of the earliest animatronic plush characters you could actually own (without robbing a Chuck E. Cheese’s) and quickly became one of the best-selling toys of all time. Now he’s back,…
HP is apologizing for deliberately pushing a software update to customer’s printers that would prevent them from working with non-HP ink. Last week, news broke that HP was pulling a Keurig, after an automatic software update on certain printers would prevent them from printing with ink cartridges not made by HP. Inserting a non-HP cartridge…
Earlier this month, bombings in multiple areas of New York and New Jersey led to the arrest of Ahmad Khan Rahami. Rahami was eventually discovered by police sleeping in the doorway of a bar after a shootout with authorities, but not before many in the area had a vague alert sent to their phones: WANTED:…
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Medtronic’s MiniMed 670G, a medical device that monitors a diabetic’s sugar levels, and then automatically injects the required dose of insulin. This first-of-its kind automated insulin delivery system was approved for people over the age of 14 who have type 1 diabetes, and it’s poised to make…
The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus have been out for almost two weeks. We like the phones a lot, but as with all tech products, there are bound to be issues. So we want to know, what problems are you having with the iPhone 7? In recent weeks we’ve already seen reports of connectivity…
Who knew that Yelp reviews could be art? Toothpix takes advantage of the 12-second videos that Yelp allows its reviewers to post on its site to create totally absurd short films about popular restaurants. It’s truly glorious. Instead of reading a review recommending a specific dish or looking at a poorly lit photo, you end…
By now you’ve likely heard of TechRax, the YouTuber whose shtick consists of buying expensive gizmos and destroying them for views. It’s obnoxious. It’s repetitive. And it’s gotten him over 5 million subscribers. His latest video, however, sees Rax at the top of Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world. He proposes to…
Racing Formula One is like being inside a fighter jet that’s zipping through impossibly winding roads at 200 MPH. There’s a lot going on. Piloting a powerful race car through the twisting roads requires a steering wheel that can control and handle all those changes on the fly. It also makes for a steering wheel…
A train crashed into a station in Hoboken, New Jersey around 8:45am this morning, according to reports. There are 74 injured and three in serious condition. The train’s conductor is in critical condition. One fatality has been confirmed by officials. (Correction 12:03pm: We previously cited NBC News which reported that three people had been confirmed…
By now, you’ve probably had some time to play around with iOS 10 and get acquainted with all the new features. We’ve already told you about most of them, but there are all kinds of tweaks and new settings hidden deep within the software. Here are some of the best features hidden inside iOS 10.…
