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Lion Murderer Walt Palmer Has Done More For Conservation Than You Have

Lion murderer Walt Palmer is an asshole. But, he’s also an asshole who’s contributed more money to animal conservation in Africa than pretty much anyone else. In fact, trophy hunters like him are a large part of the reason we still have animals like lions at all. Hunting is one of those things that, if…

Tech News Wes Siler

Beautiful video of beautiful birds flying in slow motion

Birds being able to fly is Mother Nature’s ploy to make us all jealous. There are few cooler abilities in the real world. What else even comes close? Being able to hold your breath really long? Change colors? Grow back a chopped claw? Flying tops them all. Here’s a collection of birds flying in slow…

Sploid Casey Chan

The Terribly True Tale of the Youngest Girl Ever Executed in America

Today, the crimes of Hannah Ocuish would be readily explained, if not outright forgiven. Her childhood incorporated all the clichés and every demographic of the youthful offender: poverty, neglect, ignorance, discrimination. Taken together, they ensured that Hannah would be a naughty little girl indeed. Unfortunately, it was Hannah’s poor luck to be born in 18th…

Tech News John Marr - Murder Can Be Fun

This Is the Quietest Place in the United States

If you really want to get away from it all, head to Washington State. There, on a trail along the Hoh River, in the rain forest of Olympic National Park, only 40 miles from Seattle, it’s what one scientist has deemed the quietest place in the contiguous United States. An incredible story in Outside follows…

Tech News Alissa Walker

LG’s Latest Innovation Is… An Android Flip Phone?

Do you miss T9? Do you dislike productivity? Then the new LG Gentle is for you. In today’s word of overpowered massive handsets, it’s not hard to imagine that there might be some nostalgia for a simpler time, when texting was complicated, email required a computer, and you could still count on receiving a few…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Japanese Telecom Companies Are Having a Robot Showdown

Here in the US, telecom giants like Verizon and AT&T fight for their share of customer data plans. But Japan’s own telecom outfits are embroiled in an additional head-to-head: selling robots. Yesterday, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT)—Japan’s biggest carrier—announced that it’s launching a service that lets a small, talking robot interact with other smart objects…

Tech News Bryan Lufkin

Yahoo’s New Livetext App Wants You To Livestream While You Text

Smartphone apps are entering a live-streaming age, with services like Meerkat and Periscope offering instant access to everyone you follow. Yahoo’s new Livetext app is the same idea—but tweaked for more personal, one-on-one conversations. Think soundless video for texts. It’s kind of weird. Where Periscope puts video at the center, Livetext—as its name suggests—is more…

Tech News Darren Orf

He-Man’s Battle Cat Is a Better Hunting Trophy Than Some Famous Lion

Who in their right mind would pay $50,000 to hunt some boring old lion when for just $8,500 you could instead put the head of He-Man’s ferocious sidekick, Battle Cat, over your fireplace mantle? The folks at Super 7 created this awesome Masters of the Universe collectible as a decoration for its temporary pop-up shop…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

13 different ways to make crazy tasty sandwiches from around the world

Sandwiches are the reason why happiness is possible. Why being optimistic pays off. Why lending a helping hand is worth it. Because if you’re a good person who does more good things than bad things, your faith in life is reaffirmed when you bite into a sandwich. Every sandwich is basically paying it forward. Here…

Sploid Casey Chan

Throwing Ice Grenades Is Only Slightly Safer Than Tossing the Real Thing

We’ve all seen enough movies and war footage to know what happens after you toss a real grenade, but hurling one made from ice really isn’t that much safer. If you get hit with one of these, it’s going to hurt. And if it does explode, it’s going to send ice cold shrapnel flying in…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

This Hololens Tech Brings Us One Step Closer to Star Wars Holograms

When I watched Star Wars: A New Hope for the first time as a five-year-old, my face looked like O_O for two straight hours. Spaceships! Lightsabers! Robots! But one piece of future that wormed its way even deeper into my brain was the Millennium Falcon’s holographic monster mash chess game, aka Dejarik. It was the…

Tech News Darren Orf

This machine sings better than most humans

Most humans can’t sing. But that doesn’t stop them from belting out songs in the shower or whistling a tune in traffic or drunkenly grabbing the mic during karoake. It should. Maybe this machine can shame us. It’s a singing machine that sings love songs from the 90’s with emotion unexpected from a machine. The…

Sploid Casey Chan

9 More Viral Photos That Are Actually Fake

Sometimes it feels like half of the internet is just fake photos. Whether it’s Elvis cutting Johnny Cash’s hair (FAKE), Hillary Clinton posing next to someone in an ‘I’m With Stupid’ t-shirt (FAKE) or John Lennon on a skateboard (FAKE FAKE FAKE), we’re breaking down the latest fakes swirling around the internet. 1. Is this…

Tech News Matt Novak

White House Responds to Petition to Pardon Snowden With a Hard Pass

Two years after 167,000 US citizens filed a petition to pardon Edward Snowden, the White House finally answered. The answer: Strong “no.” In a belated response, Homeland Security advisor Lisa Monaco accused Snowden of “running away from the consequences of his actions.” When a petition surpasses 100,000 signatures through the government’s official petitioning platform, the…

Privacy & Security Kate Knibbs

Has Your Data Been Hacked Recently? Find Out With This Handy Quiz

It seems like we can’t go a month without a revelation about some enormous security breach that compromised the personal information of millions of people. The New York Times has a nifty quiz that will quickly tell you whether your personal information was involved. The quiz runs you through all of the recent breaches that…

Privacy & Security Mario Aguilar

A Fun Peek at How the Worlds in Lego Dimensions Got All Mixed Up

Playing as Back to the Future’s Marty McFly while he battles Batman, or controlling Superman while he goes up against The Lord of the Ring’s Gandalf sounds pretty awesome. But how all those worlds and characters got so mixed up in Lego Dimensions is partly revealed in the game’s latest trailer. The trailer also gives…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

A Crazy Amount Of Cash Could Get You A Life-Sized He-Man Battle Cat Head

… for your wall. Ever wanted to basically do what Skeletor never could? Now’s your chance! Well, as long as you have a rather ludicrous amount of money, this massive head of poor Battle Cat from Masters of the Universe could be yours to mount above your fireplace in a mixture of sadness and pride.…

Tech News James Whitbrook

A Cup-Holding Device Mount Makes Flying Slightly More Bearable

Gone are the days when flying was like taking a luxury cruise. Passengers are now herded onto planes and into seats that barely leave enough room to breath. There are ways to make flying slightly more enjoyable, though, like a tablet mount called the Airhook that also holds a drink so you can leave your…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Japan Is a Sunkissed Paradise In This 4K Drone Footage

Summer’s zooming by. Wish you could teleport from your cubicle to a sandbar in turquoise waters? Well, there’s no Hyperloop yet—but thankfully, drone-shot 4K movies of Japanese paradise can make you feel like you’re there. YouTube user egawauemon is known for beautiful, hi-def videos of scenes in Japan, and this latest one was shot by…

Tech News Bryan Lufkin

How These Ants Carry a Whole Cheerio Back to Base

Take a moldy Cheerio. Add a team of longhorn crazy ants and… suddenly you no longer have a moldy Cheerio. So how do they manage to make off with it so efficiently given they’re notoriously disorganized? In fact, that’s exactly what a paper just published in Nature Communications set out to discover. These particular ants…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Lion Murderer Walt Palmer Has Done More For Conservation Than You Have

Beautiful video of beautiful birds flying in slow motion

The Terribly True Tale of the Youngest Girl Ever Executed in America

This Is the Quietest Place in the United States

LG’s Latest Innovation Is… An Android Flip Phone?

Japanese Telecom Companies Are Having a Robot Showdown

Yahoo’s New Livetext App Wants You To Livestream While You Text

He-Man’s Battle Cat Is a Better Hunting Trophy Than Some Famous Lion

13 different ways to make crazy tasty sandwiches from around the world

Throwing Ice Grenades Is Only Slightly Safer Than Tossing the Real Thing

This Hololens Tech Brings Us One Step Closer to Star Wars Holograms

This machine sings better than most humans

9 More Viral Photos That Are Actually Fake

White House Responds to Petition to Pardon Snowden With a Hard Pass

Has Your Data Been Hacked Recently? Find Out With This Handy Quiz

A Fun Peek at How the Worlds in Lego Dimensions Got All Mixed Up

A Crazy Amount Of Cash Could Get You A Life-Sized He-Man Battle Cat Head

A Cup-Holding Device Mount Makes Flying Slightly More Bearable

Japan Is a Sunkissed Paradise In This 4K Drone Footage

How These Ants Carry a Whole Cheerio Back to Base

Anker Prime Docking Station Hits Its Lowest Price as Amazon’s Spring Sale Winds Down (14 Ports With 160W Output)

Google TV Streamer 4K Drops to an All-Time Low, Final Hours in Amazon Spring Sale to Turn Any TV Smart on a Budget

The New ‘Masters of the Universe’ Trailer Brings Eternia to Life

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

UGREEN Bluetooth Tracker 4-Pack Now Just $7 Each With iOS and Android Support, While AirTag Stays at Full Price

Trump Posts Concept Art of His Presidential Library, and It’s AI Slop

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