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Chromecast Now Pairs With Phones Using Simple Ultrasonic Pulses

Google’s Chromecast picked up a slew of great new features the other day. But it’s also getting a new system for pairing devices which doesn’t rely on sharing a Wi-Fi network—instead, it uses ultrasound. And it’s more simple than it sounds. All you have to do to enable the feature is to allow Chromecast to…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

New Senate Bill Could Help You Unlock Your Phone

The murky copyright situation surrounding phone unlocking could get a little bit clearer, thanks to the new and somewhat improved Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act, a bipartisan bill in the Senate. As a refresher: the notion that phone unlocking might violate copyright law comes from an ill-conceived section of the Digital Millennium Copyright…

Tech News Parker Higgins - EFF

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Motorcycle Safety Gear

Capable of keeping you dry when it’s wet, cool when it’s hot, warm when it’s cold and alive in a crash, motorcycle safety gear is the most advanced apparel this side of a space suit. This guide is going to focus on street motorcycle gear and the kind worn on dual-sport and adventure bikes. Maybe…

Tech News Wes Siler

Woman photoshopped to fit the definition of beauty in 25 countries

Here’s an amazing experiment to see the differences between feminine beauty “ideals” across different countries: 24-year-old radio journalist Esther Honig had her picture photoshopped by Photoshop artists from 25 different countries. She told them to “make her look beautiful” according to their country standards. Sometimes the changes were sweeping with skin lightening, new hairstyles, excessive…

Sploid Casey Chan

Create a Composition by Altering an Ongoing Loop

Each Thursday at the Disquiet Junto group on SoundCloud.com a new compositional challenge is set before the group’s members, who then have just over four days to upload a track in response to the assignment. Membership in the Junto is open: just join and participate. This project was published in the evening, California time, on…

Tech News Marc Weidenbaum

This map shows where the most famous Marvel characters are from

Here’s a map of the world plotting out Marvel characters and there’s no surprise which state is best at pumping them out. Basically, if you want to be a successful superhero in the Marvel universe, you should probably find some way to be born in New York, or at the very least, be from some…

Sploid Casey Chan

The world’s largest gathering of snakes looks like a slithering sea

Imagine your worst nightmare. And then imagine your living room filled with thousands and thousands and thousands of snakes. That’s what it’s like at the Narcisse Snake Dens in Manitoba, Canada. It’s the largest concentration of snakes in the world. It basically looks like an ocean of snakes. National Geographic reports: Every year, thousands of…

Sploid Casey Chan

The best way to peel a whole bucket of potatoes in seconds

Leo Morten Lund has a great trick to peel an entire two-pound sack of potatoes in less than a minute. All he needs is a drill, a round (clean) toilet brush head, a hose, and a bucket full of water. As the caption on Leo’s video says, better lazy than stupid. SPLOID is a new…

Sploid Bob Sorokanich

The Darkest, Strangest, Creepiest, British-est Comedy Series of All Time

Are you local? It’s a simple question. If you answered yes, it’s likely you’ve already taken a trip to Royston Vasey, the fictional town at the irregularly beating heart of The League of Gentlemen, one of the greatest TV series of all time. From 1999 to 2002, stage veterans Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith,…

Tech News Jordan Kushins

There’s a Plan to Breed Bald Chickens That Can Survive Global Warming

In a few decades, global warming will likely make our unbearable summers hotter, longer, and even more unbearable. So think of the chickens. Or, if you can’t find a place for chickens in your heart, think of the chicken nuggets and hot wings that you’ll miss. That’s why researchers at the University of Delaware want…

Tech News Sarah Zhang

Watch Plastic Ocean Junk Become a Pair of Wild Multi-Colored Sneakers

That our poor oceans are overflowing with our disgusting floating garbage is not news, but we keep on keeping on disposing of a crazy amount of non-biodegradable trashola—and lightly worn wardrobes. Your Shoes Are Rubbish represents one small step towards increasing awareness of the massive problem; these kicks were made entirely from washed up junk.…

Tech News Jordan Kushins

Scientists Swapped a Toxic Chemical in Solar Cells For a Tofu Ingredient

Thin-film solar cells promise to bring flexible, low-profile solar power to all kinds of surfaces. Unfortunately, constructing thin-film panels requires cadmium chloride, a finicky, expensive, and toxic material. Now, University of Liverpool scientists have figured out how to make solar cells using magnesium chloride, a compound so innocuous, it’s actually used in the production of…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich

This 80s Version of the Game of Thrones Theme Is Totally Radical

If you think about it, the battle for control over the lands of Westeros would totally still make sense if it were set in the 1980s. It now even has an appropriate remix of its theme song as written and performed by Steve Duzz. No seriously, think about it. You’ve got two primary superpowers jockeying…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

4 Things You Need to Know If the Police Try To Search Your Phone

In a rare unanimous Supreme Court decision yesterday, all nine Justices agreed that, yep, searching your phone without a warrant is indeed illegal. So if a police officer ever does try to dig through your digital dirt unlawfully, this is what you need to do. The often controversial Chief Justice John Roberts summed the whole…

Privacy & Security Ashley Feinberg

Project Tango Hands-On: Computer Vision Is So Much Cooler Than You Think

Google’s Project Tango tablet can see in 3D, but I didn’t really understand why I, human person, would actually care about the technology beyond an abstract appreciation of the ideas behind it. Until I strapped one to my face, with an Oculus Rift-like head mask. Until I strapped the mask on, I never believed that…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Your Old School Trapper Keeper Is Making a Comeback As a Tablet Case

In one of the more brilliant ideas to prey upon our nostalgia, the Trapper Keeper is returning to back-to-school shelves in a form far more applicable to our present-day lives: As tablet cases. Here’s the even better news: They are bringing back some of the traditional Trapper Keeper designs that you might have stashed in…

Tech News Alissa Walker

The Uncanny Valley of Old Futurism

In 1995 Eugene Volokh wrote the most paleofuturish article ever written. By that I mean it’s an incredibly prescient meditation on the future of media and technology. But it has just enough weird anachronisms to remind us that nobody can predict the future with absolute certainty. Think of it as the uncanny valley of old…

Tech News Matt Novak

The Designers Behind Beats Are Making Surfboards, Too

Buying a good surfboard is such an investment that you should also be able to hang it on your wall as art. Not a problem with these boards designed by Ammunition—the firm launched by Robert Brunner, ex-Apple industrial designer and the founding designer of Beats—in collaboration with Jason Tilley, a surfboard builder from Oregon. Made…

Tech News Alissa Walker

Fighter jet loses front landing gear, lands vertically on padded stool

What happens when your front landing gear fails and you are flying a AV-8B Harrier that can land vertically? You ask your ship crew to place a comfy padded stool to softly put your airplane’s nose down. That’s exactly what happened to this Harrier on the Wasp-class USS Bataan on June 7. Apparently, the stool…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

This is the largest movable machine in the world

Behold the largest movable machine in the world: The Overburden Conveyor Bridge F60 is more than half a kilometer long. At 1647 feet long and 13,600 tons, it’s much larger than the Empire State Building, a Nimitz-class super carrier or the Bagger 288, the previous record holder. Top photo by A. Gutwein Used to carry…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

Chromecast Now Pairs With Phones Using Simple Ultrasonic Pulses

New Senate Bill Could Help You Unlock Your Phone

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Motorcycle Safety Gear

Woman photoshopped to fit the definition of beauty in 25 countries

Create a Composition by Altering an Ongoing Loop

This map shows where the most famous Marvel characters are from

The world’s largest gathering of snakes looks like a slithering sea

The best way to peel a whole bucket of potatoes in seconds

The Darkest, Strangest, Creepiest, British-est Comedy Series of All Time

There’s a Plan to Breed Bald Chickens That Can Survive Global Warming

Watch Plastic Ocean Junk Become a Pair of Wild Multi-Colored Sneakers

Scientists Swapped a Toxic Chemical in Solar Cells For a Tofu Ingredient

This 80s Version of the Game of Thrones Theme Is Totally Radical

4 Things You Need to Know If the Police Try To Search Your Phone

Project Tango Hands-On: Computer Vision Is So Much Cooler Than You Think

Your Old School Trapper Keeper Is Making a Comeback As a Tablet Case

The Uncanny Valley of Old Futurism

The Designers Behind Beats Are Making Surfboards, Too

Fighter jet loses front landing gear, lands vertically on padded stool

This is the largest movable machine in the world

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

The Curtain Has Closed on Meta’s Movie Rating-Inspired Content Filters

Good News! You Can Finally Change That Ridiculous Gmail Address

ExpressVPN Just Launched ExpressAI: Your Prompts Are Now Invisible

VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

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AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

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

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

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Chromecast Now Pairs With Phones Using Simple Ultrasonic Pulses

New Senate Bill Could Help You Unlock Your Phone

​Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Motorcycle Safety Gear

Woman photoshopped to fit the definition of beauty in 25 countries

Create a Composition by Altering an Ongoing Loop

This map shows where the most famous Marvel characters are from

The world’s largest gathering of snakes looks like a slithering sea

The best way to peel a whole bucket of potatoes in seconds

The Darkest, Strangest, Creepiest, British-est Comedy Series of All Time

There’s a Plan to Breed Bald Chickens That Can Survive Global Warming

Watch Plastic Ocean Junk Become a Pair of Wild Multi-Colored Sneakers

Scientists Swapped a Toxic Chemical in Solar Cells For a Tofu Ingredient

This 80s Version of the Game of Thrones Theme Is Totally Radical

4 Things You Need to Know If the Police Try To Search Your Phone

Project Tango Hands-On: Computer Vision Is So Much Cooler Than You Think

Your Old School Trapper Keeper Is Making a Comeback As a Tablet Case

The Uncanny Valley of Old Futurism

The Designers Behind Beats Are Making Surfboards, Too

Fighter jet loses front landing gear, lands vertically on padded stool

This is the largest movable machine in the world

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

The Curtain Has Closed on Meta’s Movie Rating-Inspired Content Filters

Good News! You Can Finally Change That Ridiculous Gmail Address

ExpressVPN Just Launched ExpressAI: Your Prompts Are Now Invisible

VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

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

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

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

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Motorcycle Safety Gear