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Hillary Clinton: I Used Personal Email Because Carrying Two Phones Sucks

In a press conference at the United Nations, Hillary Clinton just admitted that the initial reasoning behind her using a personal email account for official business as secretary of state was simple: She didn’t want to carry around two phones. “I thought it would be easier to carry one device for my work,” she said.…

Why America’s Internet Is So Shitty and Slow

You may have heard that the internet is winning: net neutrality was saved, broadband was redefined to encourage higher speeds, and the dreaded Comcast-Time Warner Cable megamerger potentially thwarted. But the harsh reality is that America’s internet is still fundamentally broken, and there’s no easy fix. An Economy Built on Wires When I say “fundamentally…

These Legendary UI Icons Are Now Hanging In a Museum

The original Mac OS icons. The Google Maps pin. The power-on symbol. These marks, which have been with us for years on our screens (or decades, in some cases), are all on display this month at the Museum of Modern Art. In the balcony of MoMA this year, you’ll find a collection of icons and…

Netflix on an NES Is the Best Worst Way to Watch Netflix

There’s no reason you would ever need to rig up an NES to run Netflix. Which is why it’s so great that these two delightfully insane Netflix engineers did it for us. Because at long last, we can finally see the House of Cards intro in all the horrific, 8-bit glory absolutely no one ever…

30 Gorgeous Photos Of Timepieces

We survived Daylight Savings Time and the Apple Watch news cycle. As a reward, here are the gorgeous watches and clocks that all of you own. Winner: Time Distortion I thought this would be a great challenge the second I read it. I work in a jewelry store and have access to so many different…

This Air Traffic Control Plan Is Trying to Make Delivery Drones Legal

NASA has been working on a plan for months to create an air traffic control system for drones to make sure the flying machines don’t crash into things like people and planes. Now that plan includes trying to develop a reliable system so people can fly drones remotely. It’s a response to the massive wet…

Google’s Great New Calendar App Just Came to iOS

The fantastic Google Calendar revamp that Android users have been enjoying for a while now has finally hit iOS. If you’ve got an iPhone/iPad and use Google Calendar at all (or even if you just have a Gmail account), it’s definitely worth checking out—if not for the neat auto-fill-in feature alone. You can read more…

Jean-Claude Van Damme Finally Gets the Action Figure He Deserves

He may not have a successful film franchise like Terminator or Die Hard behind him, but Jean-Claude Van Damme is still one of the most memorable action movie stars from the past few decades. And while there have been lots of action figures made based on characters he’s played, here’s our first official JVCD figure…

Documentary reveals the fascinating ocean life of Sea Gypsies (NSFW)

The Moken people in Southeast Asia are known as “Sea Gypsies” because they’re a nomadic group of people whose life revolves completely around the ocean. This documentary gives you a glimpse of their life, like how a man can’t propose to a woman unless he can make a boat or how love is found in…

Wikileaks founder and current Ecuadorian Embassy mole-man Julian Assange is getting an appeals hearing in Sweden about his 2010 arrest. Contact the author at [email protected]. Public PGP key PGP fingerprint: FF8F 0D7A AB19 6D71 C967 9576 8C12 9478 EE07 10C

Tuesday Game Room: The Blind Forest Edition

A calm before the storm of next week rolls in sees the release of some dazzling indie titles this week, alongside some remasters, collections and a game featuring steampunk Abe Lincoln. Wait, what? Come talk about all things gaming in this week’s Tuesday Game Room! What have you been playing this week? Most of my…

Race the Clock To Rebuild This Puzzle Cube After You Shatter It

Sometimes the challenge of just completing a puzzle isn’t enough. When you’re trying to prove you’re better than your friends you need a specific metric to validate your superiority. So this puzzle, made of randomly-shaped pieces that assemble into a perfect cube, has a built-in timer that starts when the cube breaks apart, and stops…

The Best Reason Not to Buy an Apple Watch Yet

The Apple Watch is a tantalizing piece of hardware. After years of rumors, you can almost finally slide one onto your body. I’m here to throw a wet blanket on your wrist; almost no one should buy one of these things. Yesterday’s Apple Watch presentation was an exercise in empty spectacle: A big old show…

These Terrifyingly Real Teeth Were Made By a New Dental 3D Printer

The world is still trying to figure out why every home would need a 3D printer, but in the professional world they continue to thrive. At the International Dental Show currently going on in Germany, Stratasys announced a new 3D printer that uses multiple materials at once to create startlingly realistic dental models in a…

Cool video shows fighter jet takeoff from a completely new perspective

Here’s awesome footage from underneath a MiG-29 showing the fighter jet taking off from an aircraft carrier. The view is insane, you see the jets fire up and watch the world turn blurry as the MiG launches itself into the air. There’s a surprising, almost sort of peaceful awesomeness when it starts flying and leaves…

The Samsung Galaxy S6 Has the Best Smartphone Display So Far

Samsung is continually improving upon the quality of its smartphone displays, and the screens on the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 take things to new heights. In fact, according to extensive testing from DisplayMate, one of them has the best smartphone display yet. The key element for a great smartphone has always been a truly…

He May Be Chibi, But This Predator Still Looks Like He Could Mess You Up

Usually when a character is ‘chibified’ and given super-deformed proportions, there’s usually a concession made to make the original design look suitably cuter. That’s most definitely not the case with this new Predator from Herocross, who still looks like he could slice and dice you anyway way he pleased. The stunningly titled Hybrid Metal Figuration…

Wikipedia Just Joined the List of Pissed-Off Organizations Suing the NSA

Wikipedia’s parent organization just joined the fight against dragnet government surveillance. The ACLU filed a lawsuit today against the National Security Administration for its spying tactics. The lawsuit challenges the NSA’s surveillance program as a violation of Fourth Amendment privacy rights, an infringement on First Amendment rights, and an overstepping of the authority given to…

View and Edit Your YouTube History for Smarter Recommendations

There’s a lot of content on YouTube, which is why the site tries to shepherd you towards the most relevant videos via its recommendations. These hints are based on your search and viewing history, so they can be thrown off if someone borrows your laptop or you have a sudden binge on lengthy unboxing videos.…

LaCie Just Jumped On the USB Type-C Bandwagon 

Many Apple fans lamented the company’s inclusion of just a single USB Type-C connector on its new MacBook, revealed yesterday. But now that such a desirable piece of hardware supports the new format, we’ll finally see peripheral makers embracing USB Type-C with open arms. SanDisk was one of the first, but LaCie has just announced…