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Should You Go to Jail For Making Threats on Facebook?

The Supreme Court announced that it will hear the appeal of Anthony Elonis, a man convicted and sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison for making threats over Facebook—threats that were often in the form of rap lyrics—according to The Morning Call, the local newspaper covering the case. Elonis claims his threats to kill…

Tech News Micah Singleton

Incredible video of wild Alaskan brown bear chilling out with a camper

Drew Hamilton, a tech worker at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, was chilling out with a friend, admiring the majestic landscape at the McNeil River State Game Sanctuary, when a cool Alaskan brown bear walked into the scene, sat down, and just chilled out for a while contemplating the river. It’s amazing that…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

Google’s About to Ruin YouTube by Squeezing Indie Labels

It’s official: Google is about to ruin YouTube. A company exec told the Financial Times it will start blocking videos from record labels that refuse to sign licensing deals for its forthcoming premium service, YouTube Music Pass. This is the dumbest thing Google could do, and it threatens the very heart of what has always…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Raytheon’s Modular Missile Defense Snaps Together Like Lego Bricks

As the number and variety of air, space, and surface-based threats to our naval fleets continue to proliferate, defending against them all is getting harder and harder. But equipped with this new unified threat detection system from Raytheon, our Arleigh Burke-class destroyers will know what’s coming from 30 times farther away. Dubbed the Air and…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Building the Part of Facebook No One Ever Sees

Ever since we humans gave up the nomadic life and started building homes, architecture had one goal: To make life better for humans. But now, a new architecture is taking shape in remote, frozen corners of the world. And it’s not designed for humans. It’s for machines. In this case, for the remote machines that…

Social Media Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

How Bell Labs Almost Put a Videophone in Every Home

From the 1950s until the 1970s Bell Labs spent over $500 million developing the videophone. But the technology failed to achieve mainstream success. Why? Bill Hammack from the University of Illinois has a great video explaining the tremendous promise and eventual demise of the videophone as a standalone appliance in the mid-20th century. Below is…

Tech News Matt Novak

New Guardians of the Galaxy’s trailer reveals new cool scenes

After this new trailer, it’s clear that the amount of eye candy in the new Marvel space opera Guardians of the Galaxy is going to be so high that I think we should all take a Xanax before watching it—to avoid having seizures. Or, my favorite option, pop an Ambien and enjoy the hallucinatory ride.…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

“Radiophonic Satie”

This is a recording of fake, Radiophonic space-age Satie that I attempted with a combination of my ukulele and the modular synthesis kit I’ve been slowly experimenting with. The short version is I’m trying to use the modular synth as a realtime processing unit, taking in the sound of the ukulele and making something of…

Tech News Marc Weidenbaum

Steaklocker Could Let You Dry-Age Delicious Beef Chunks at Home

Dry-aged beef. It’s a phrase that gets fancy steak-lovers’ mouths all drooly. The magic dance of enzymes and moisture reduction creates out-of-this-world flavor and tenderness that, unless you’ve got restaurant-grade equipment, you can’t recreate at home. Steaklocker wants to change that, with a device on Kickstarter that promises to bring that meaty magic to your…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich

China’s New Tallest Building Adds a Floor Every 96 Hours

At 2,165 feet, Shenzhen’s Ping An Finance Center is about to become the tallest building in China and the second-tallest in the world. And it’s getting there very quickly: According to a new report from DesignBoom, workers are finishing a new floor of the 115-story building every four days. That’s a remarkable pace for a…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

How to Turn Your Daily Commute Into Something You Actually Enjoy

For many of us the daily commute is a necessary evil; not all that enjoyable but unavoidable if we want to keep our job. While it might not be your favorite part of the day, there are plenty of ways you can make the most of your time stuck in traffic or wedged between fellow…

Gadgets David Nield

The Only Thing More Relaxing Than a Zen Garden Is One Made Of Candy

For some people, a box of chocolates is the perfect way to de-stress after a long day. For others, a few minutes painstakingly tending to a desktop zen garden does the trick. But for those who are really stressed, an edible candy zen garden brings everything together into the ultimate way to relax. Japanese art…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

17 Pieces of Origami From a Huge New Show About Paper Folding

To most of us, the boundaries of origami are pretty well established: You have your cranes, your elephants, and your paper footballs. But hundreds of artists around the world use origami as a technical framework for making original art—and now, 88 of those artists are getting a high-profile show of their work. At New York’s…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Betamax vs. VHS: How Sony Lost the Original Home Video Format War

Remember a few years ago when Blu-ray battled HD-DVD in the high-def DVD format war? Sony and Blu-ray ultimately won out, but there was a time when the electronics giant wasn’t as successful in getting its way. As the EngineerGuy explains, the first home video recorder to hit the market back in 1975 was from…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Why Do We Still Have Pubic Hair?

It’s a biological mystery that has perplexed humanity through the ages – especially in recent times when so many of us go to such great lengths to remove it. What useful purpose could pubic and armpit hair possibly serve? Is it just Mother Nature playing a sick joke on us? Does she own stock in…

Tech News Kathy Padden - TodayIFoundOut.com

WSJ: AT&T Will Be the Exclusive Carrier For the Amazon Smartphone

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Amazon’s much-rumored and eagerly awaited smartphone will be exclusively carried by AT&T when it launches. https://gizmodo.com/amazons-3d-smartphone-everything-we-think-we-know-1586225798 According to “people familiar with the plans,” the smartphone—expected to be announced at an event on Wednesday June 18th—will “extend Amazon’s relationship with AT&T, which also provides wireless service to Kindle tablets…

Commerce Jamie Condliffe

This video explains why most of us are wasting our lives

This video will make you think about what you are doing with your life. Is this the life you want or are you just living on autopilot? These are questions we should be asking ourselves constantly. If you think you’re wasting your life do something now, don’t wait before it is too late. As for…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi

Garmin’s New Upgradeable Navigation App Starts at Just $2

In order to compete with the navigation apps that both Apple and Google give away for free, Garmin is introducing a new Android and iOS nav app called Víago that sells for just $2 (on sale for $1 until July 13th), with advanced functionality available as in-app purchases. It’s still not free, but compared to…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Fukushima’s Giant Ice Wall Can’t Get Cold Enough to Freeze

Remember how Japan decided to build that crazy ice wall to contain the Fukushima nuclear plant’s radioactive water leaks? Well, its construction is behind schedule—because its engineers can’t achieve temperatures low enough to freeze the ice. https://gizmodo.com/japan-to-start-building-giant-ice-wall-at-fukushima-1581622188 The ice wall was to be constructed by driving vertical pipes, spaced about a meter apart, between 20…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Why You Should Never Diagnose Yourself Using WebMD

Sore throat? Mild sneezing? Slight temperature? Better check what’s wrong on WebMD! Wait, what, you have four incredibly rare diseases, two of which you’ve never heard of? Bummer. [Truth Facts]

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Should You Go to Jail For Making Threats on Facebook?

Incredible video of wild Alaskan brown bear chilling out with a camper

Google’s About to Ruin YouTube by Squeezing Indie Labels

Raytheon’s Modular Missile Defense Snaps Together Like Lego Bricks

Building the Part of Facebook No One Ever Sees

How Bell Labs Almost Put a Videophone in Every Home

New Guardians of the Galaxy’s trailer reveals new cool scenes

“Radiophonic Satie”

Steaklocker Could Let You Dry-Age Delicious Beef Chunks at Home

China’s New Tallest Building Adds a Floor Every 96 Hours

How to Turn Your Daily Commute Into Something You Actually Enjoy

The Only Thing More Relaxing Than a Zen Garden Is One Made Of Candy

17 Pieces of Origami From a Huge New Show About Paper Folding

Betamax vs. VHS: How Sony Lost the Original Home Video Format War

Why Do We Still Have Pubic Hair?

WSJ: AT&T Will Be the Exclusive Carrier For the Amazon Smartphone

This video explains why most of us are wasting our lives

Garmin’s New Upgradeable Navigation App Starts at Just $2

Fukushima’s Giant Ice Wall Can’t Get Cold Enough to Freeze

Why You Should Never Diagnose Yourself Using WebMD

China’s Biggest Social Media Celebrity Is… Kris Jenner?

Up to $1,550 Off on pCloud: Pay Once, Protect Data Forever for World Backup Day

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Adds ‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ Guy

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

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

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

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

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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