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Can Drinking Cure Your Cold?

There’s a lot of nasty, virulent bugs going around this year. Colds and flus are putting people out of commission for weeks on end. This means that by now one of your friends has told you to drink some whiskey because that’ll knock the cold right out. Some people swear by it. But is there…

Tech News Brent Rose

Let’s Talk About Anything You Want for the Next Hour

Hey, guess what? It’s Friday! We’re sure you’re feeling just as restless as we are, so to help the final minutes of this day fly by, we’ll be hanging around this thread to talk about anything you want for the next hour. Not a joke. Give us your words. Anything goes. Image via Shutterstock/IR Stone

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Don’t Toss That Tattered Old Tee, Immortalize It In This T-Shirt Shaped Frame

You loved wearing it out in public all those years, but deep down you new your favorite t-shirt—with its ironic catchphrase/humorous illustration/retro faded corporate logo—would not last forever. Instead of demoting it to rag duty, you can immortalize it forever in this t-shirt-shaped T-Frame. Unlike most t-shirt frames that are just a square box, the…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Error Message Sticky Notes For When You Really Need Someone’s Attention

Years and years of personal computer use has conditioned humanity to feel a sense a dread, of worry, and stress, whenever they see a warning message. So if you need to leave someone a note that they absolutely can’t ignore, what better way than with a pack of fake Windows error message sticky notes? Five…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Our Favorite Tablets, Subwoofers, Backpacks, and More

February is the cruelest month. An unconventional sentiment, maybe, but by now we’ve lost that New Year’s vigor, spring is still just out of arm’s reach, and our only escape is the dumping ground of post-awards-season Hollywood. But that’s ok! Because February also brought some major upheavals to our Best Gadgets roster. So turn away…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

An Apple Airport Extreme Router Under $100 Is Your Deal of the Day

The Airport Extreme is the nicest router that Apple makes. As you’d expect from a $180 router, it has all the major features you’d want: simultaneous dual-band routing, gigabit ethernet ports, and the ability to add a USB hard drive. If you like flashing router firmware or futzing with network configurations, this is not a…

Tech News Kif Leswing

How Much Twitter and Facebook Is Okay When You’re On Vacation?

Barcelona is such a wonderful place to visit if you get the chance. Check out the architecture. Eat the jamón. Drink the wine. Our own Kyle Wagner is there right now on vacation, and although you’d think he’d be chilling away from the internet, he’s tweeting about which camera he’s using. Here’s the question: just…

Social Media Leslie Horn

How the Sequester Will Affect Science and Technology

At midnight tonight, the federal government’s budget sequester kicks in. That means—if congressional leaders and President Obama can’t sort out their disagreements over the country’s finances—$85 billion will be cut from the 2013 budgets for government programs. Space exploration, medical research, and technology investment are just a few of the items on the block. Here…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

How to Build an Ice Hotel

In the tiny arctic village of Jukkasjärvi, Sweden, dusk lasts most of the day at this time of year. Against the dramatic and ever-evolving pink and purple sky sits a structure that looks like a cross between a sleek nightclub and an igloo from outer space: Lapland’s storied IceHotel, the world’s largest and longest-running luxury…

Tech News Jessanne Collins - Mental Floss

The First Images of the Ocean Beneath Antarctica

NASA’s got all kinds of cred when it comes to space, but the very depths of our own planet’s oceans aren’t that much different. So who better to take a deep dive and drudge up the first images of the watery world beneath Antarctica’s ancient glaciers? The Micro-Submersible Lake Exploration Device is a small, tubular…

Tech News Eric Limer

Steelcase Gesture: A Smartphone-Friendly Office Chair

Finally acknowledging that very few people actually sit in an office chair the way it was designed to be used, Steelcase has created a new chair that caters to all the wacky poses we strike when using various devices. So while the new Gesture can still be used with a traditional keyboard and monitor setup,…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

MoMA Curator on Colbert: The Future of Design Is Physics

Paola Antonelli stopped by the Colbert Report earlier this week to talk about Applied Design, an exhibition currently running at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, where she is senior curator of the Design and Architecture department. In case you missed it, she has some great insight on the future. Antonelli shows off a couple…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Facebook’s Getting a News Feed Overhaul Next Week

As though Graph Search wasn’t enough to turn your Facebook world upside down, the company’s retooling its news feed again. So what will new new new (new) Facebook have in store? We’ll find out next Friday.

Social Media Brian Barrett

YouTube Puts the Final Meta Nail in the Harlem Shake’s Coffin

If you somehow haven’t had quite enough of the Harlem Shake yet, you might be inclined to surf on over to YouTube and type in “Do The Harlem Shake.” And if you were to do that, YouTube’ll interpret it as a direct order, and unleash a meta-jig of its own. Can this be the final,…

Tech News Eric Limer

6 Fixes That Might Make the Chromebook Pixel Worth Buying

I call them Chromebook Pixel apologists. They’re coming out of the woodwork to defend Google’s super-expensive but flawed $1,299 laptop. You’ll hear things like “It obviously isn’t for everyone” or “You either get it or you don’t.” Count me as one of the people who don’t get it. As I say in my Chromebook Pixel…

Tech News Mark Spoonauer - Laptop Mag

Drink Like a Pixie WIth This Adorable Leaf-Shaped Cup

Unless you’re completely snobbish about only consuming bottled water, this cute silicone cup—crafted in the shape of a leaf—will let you enjoy a drink without having to get your mouth anywhere near a tap, faucet, or bubbling spring. And it’s just $12 and washable, so you’ll never have to feel guilty about asking for a…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The World’s Biggest Fiber LAN Lives at a Nuclear Weapons Research Lab

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premiere nuclear weapons research facility, and for more than 60 years, its researchers have poked and prodded the interiors of atoms to suss out their secrets—a task that has produced mountains of data that the facility’s copper network struggles to contain. But now, even the most remote building’s on…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Why Is the Navy Building a Shiny Drone Base in Sunny Malibu?

Sorry, Sushi/Massage Guru at Google: you no longer have the coolest tech job in America. That honor will belong to the future staff at the planned Point Mugu UAV installation in paradisiacal California. Surfing, sunrays, and constant sensor surveillance. And it’s only the beginning. The Point Mugu base is technically just outside of Malibu—barely—but we’re…

Tech News Sam Biddle

If Batman Played Golf, This Is Probably What He’d Drive

As badass as the various Batmobiles have been over the years, no self-respecting country club would ever let one of them onto their courses. So if the Dark Knight were to ever slip away in the middle of the night to relax with a round of golf, the Mansory Currus is definitely what he’d be…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

A Horrifying 100-Foot Sinkhole Swallowed a Florida Man in His Bed

Last night a Florida man awoke to a very real nightmare as the floor of his bedroom collapsed out from under him. The sinkhole that spawned beneath his home late Thursday simply enveloped the room—and its sole occupant—with no warning, leaving almost nothing behind. http://gawker.com/5987806/100+foot-sinkhole-opens-in-florida-bedroom-swallowing-and-killing-man The man’s brother, elsewhere in the house, rushed to the…

Tech News Eric Limer

Can Drinking Cure Your Cold?

Let’s Talk About Anything You Want for the Next Hour

Don’t Toss That Tattered Old Tee, Immortalize It In This T-Shirt Shaped Frame

Error Message Sticky Notes For When You Really Need Someone’s Attention

Our Favorite Tablets, Subwoofers, Backpacks, and More

An Apple Airport Extreme Router Under $100 Is Your Deal of the Day

How Much Twitter and Facebook Is Okay When You’re On Vacation?

How the Sequester Will Affect Science and Technology

How to Build an Ice Hotel

The First Images of the Ocean Beneath Antarctica

Steelcase Gesture: A Smartphone-Friendly Office Chair

MoMA Curator on Colbert: The Future of Design Is Physics

Facebook’s Getting a News Feed Overhaul Next Week

YouTube Puts the Final Meta Nail in the Harlem Shake’s Coffin

6 Fixes That Might Make the Chromebook Pixel Worth Buying

Drink Like a Pixie WIth This Adorable Leaf-Shaped Cup

The World’s Biggest Fiber LAN Lives at a Nuclear Weapons Research Lab

Why Is the Navy Building a Shiny Drone Base in Sunny Malibu?

If Batman Played Golf, This Is Probably What He’d Drive

A Horrifying 100-Foot Sinkhole Swallowed a Florida Man in His Bed

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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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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