Assorted kitchenware, the smartest olive oil dispenser, and a popular safety razor lead off Friday's best deals.
Friday, September 30, 2016
Thursday, September 29, 2016
The 'Sorry I Tased You' Cake That's Going Viral Is Totally Fake
Did you see that cake with the words “Sorry I tased you” scrawled on it? A cop in Florida tasered a woman, who's now suing. The cop allegedly apologized by baking the cake, featuring crudely drawn stick figures. The only problem with the photo that's being passed around? It's from at least a full year before the incident.
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Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Large Looking Man Prepares Seemingly Small Lasagna
Without an outside reference point, it's impossible to say whether Jay Baron is exceedingly large or the food he makes quite small indeed, but there's a definite disparity of scale going on throughout his YouTube channel Walking with Giants.
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Helpless Bone Thug Becomes Latest Victim of Drone Menace
Go almost anywhere these days and they're out there, lurking. At our festivals
Dogs Suck at Sniffing Out Lung Cancer
A team of European researchers put six highly-trained sniffer dogs to the test to see if they were any good at detecting lung cancer. The results were surprisingly bad, but the scientists say factors other than the canine sense of smell were responsible for the poor performance.
YouTube-to-MP3 Converter Site Sued by Major Record Labels
A group of major record labels-including Universal, Sony, Capitol and Warner Brothers-is suing YouTube-mp3.org, which rips audio from YouTube videos, for every single instance of piracy the site allegedly facilitated.
SpaceX Wants to Venture Much Further Out Into the Solar System
Elon Musk finally revealed his plans for a mission
Monday, September 26, 2016
Hillary Clinton Alienates the Spotify Vote
Hillary Clinton appears to be Apple Music's new spokesperson. This may cost her much of the streaming vote, but for Apple it's a huge step up from James Corden
Uber's Self-Driving Car Passengers Were Signing Their Lives Away
Uber's fleet of self-driving cars in Pittsburgh
Sunday, September 25, 2016
Thermal Photography Shows Even Pizza Emits Radiation
These beautiful photographs of fast food were taken by Brea Souders using a radiometric thermal camera. They demonstrate that all matter with a temperature greater than absolute zero emits electromagnetic waves-no microwave oven required. And that Day-Glo Warholish quality is more than appropriate for junk food.
Saturday, September 24, 2016
Saturday's Best Deals: Dyson Fan Heater, Tevas, Bluetooth Headphones and More
Sales on a Dyson fan/heater combo, Teva shoes, car Bluetooth/FM transmitters and more lead today's best deals.
New Law Forces IMDB To Remove the Age of Actors on Request
The governor of California signed a bill into law today that will make it illegal for entertainment websites like IMDB to post the ages of actors if that actor requests the information to be taken down. Needless to say, free speech advocates are outraged.
What If Mythical Creatures Were on Tumblr?
Tumblr is often a place where people discuss identity politics, but how much more complicated would those identity politics be if they included vampires, werewolves, fairies, and other fantastical creatures?
Friday, September 23, 2016
Palmer Luckey Says He's Sorry, Sort Of
Surrounded by a swirl of controversy after published reports connected him to an alt-right political organization
Today's Best Deals: Socks, Shoes, SSDs, and More
Thursday, September 22, 2016
Oculus Rift Founder Palmer Luckey Funding Trump Shitposters
Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus Rift, has been keeping busy since he sold the company to Facebook in 2014
The Feds Will Probably Get Records of Anthony Weiner's Alleged Sexts With a Teenager
Earlier this week, the Daily Mail broke a story reporting that former New York congressman Anthony Weiner was sending explicit texts to an underage girl. Now, federal authorities have issued a subpoena for Weiner's “cell phone and other records,” according to CNN.
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Simulation Becomes Reality in the First Live-Action Ghost in the Shell Teasers
During Wednesday night's broadcast of the Mr. Robot season finale, viewers got their first peek at the upcoming live-action Ghost in the Shell movie with five new teaser trailers.
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Jalopnik Ford GT Test Drivers Caught Going 101 MPH In A 50 MPH Zone: Police
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Jumping Into a Pool Off a Super High Balcony Is Frighteningly Crazy
Sure, maybe I've thought about doing something like this before while peering over a hotel balcony and staring at the pool on the ground level. And yeah, maybe I've considered it as a potential escape strategy for the times in the future that I would be chased by some world class assassin. But no way in hell would I actually ever jump straight down from a 5th floor balcony into the damn pool. This dude is fearless.
YouTube's Solution to Moderation Will Be a Mess
YouTube is famously terrible at announcing site changes, and the upcoming rollout of its “community” features are thus far no different. Today it created a program to enlist users as moderators, and it's bound to be a goddamn mess.
Monday, September 19, 2016
Obama Muses About the Wonders of Tech in Op-Ed About Self-Driving Car
In an op-ed for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, President Obama not only advocates for the self-driving car, but muses on the technological advancements of the past seven-and-a-half years. “Things are a little different today than when I first moved into the White House,” the president writes. “Back then, my watch told me the time. Today, it reminds me to exercise. In my first year, I couldn't take pictures with my phone. Last year, I posted on Instagram from Alaska.”
We're Getting Deliciously Close to Terabit Internet
Nokia Bell Labs, Deutsche Telekom T-Labs and the Technical University of Munich have made some important strides towards extremely fast internet connections. The team says they have achieved “unprecedented transmission capacity,” at a rate of 1 terabit-per-second.
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