Emily Velasco seems to absolutely delight in the weird, and we think that is wonderful. Weird brings us together. If you can be weird with someone else, you’ll have a special bond for life. In her inspiring 2019 Supercon talk (embedded below), Emily explains why she is drawn to weird things, and why you should
Read MoreResearchers may have found a path to safer spacefaring. Beer and donuts not included. Scientists blast yeast with cosmic radiation to protect astronauts – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Detroit-based automaker is in talks with NHTSA about getting approval to evaluate such vehicles on public roads. General Motors pushes for self-driving car tests sans steering wheel – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreGift cards and online services are always easy to give right up to the last minute — and it doesn’t get much more last minute than this, folks. Best super-last-minute gifts for the holidays: Disney Plus, Netflix, gift cards and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWe have to admit, we have an odd fascination with WSL — the Windows subsystem for Linux. On the one hand, it gives us more options on Windows 10 for running the software we love. On the other hand, we wonder why we aren’t just running Linux. Sometimes it is because our cool laptop doesn’t
Read MoreFirst off, it’s “ToTok,” not “TikTok.” One is a messaging app that turned out to be spyware for the United Arab Emirates; the other is that quirky video app that people use to lipsync with their cats to make funny memes. Keep doing that, but definitely remove ToTok from your device if you’re one of
Read MoreAsgaard’s favorite trickster is coming to Disney Plus in spring 2021. Marvel's Loki series work begins for Disney Plus – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThree color schemes pay homage to the retro looks of yore. 2020 Shelby Mustang Super Snake's retro colors make 825 HP look even better – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read More{$inline_image} Winter is upon us, the cold and dreary season where the fall’s big games go to get delayed. The weather outside may be frightful, but games are hopefully delightful. Let’s turn those lights way down low and see what the wintertide has in store. Read more… Every Big Game Coming Out In Winter 2020
Read MoreThe entire Pixel phone lineup recently received a handful of new capabilities thanks to the first “Pixel Feature Drop” update, but it looks like Google managed to sneak in a few extra Pixel 4 updates in as well. Read more… Look for These New Pixel 4 Features Google Secretly Added Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreIf I have one wish for 2020, it’s that we see an end to the stream of gadgets that convince customers to buy a product that requires even more products to make it functional. Instead of being the “Uber for X,” like every app startup used to want, now IoT and gadget makers are aspiring
Read MoreMany headphones that were on sale for Black Friday remain on sale. Get Bose QuietComfort 35 II for $279, save $100 on Jabra Elite 85h and score on Sony’s “Bose killer” WH-1000XM3. Best last minute holiday headphone deals: Sony, Bose, Beats, Jaybird and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThat’s 2,000 times colder than deep space. Scientists chilled Lego bricks to near absolute zero to see what happens – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePlus: The Beats Studio3 dips to a new all-time low, $180. And more. On sale today at Best Buy: Microsoft's Surface Pro 7 for 9 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe newly revealed infant stars appear as pink and red specks toward the center and appear to have formed in regularly spaced intervals along linear structures. Stellar Snowflake Cluster Source: NASA
Read MoreAlex Castro Women’s share of a $100 billion industry is growing, but shoe fit remains elusive Continue reading… As women’s running takes off, the shoe industry is racing to keep up Source: New feed
Read More2019 was the biggest year for quantum computing since, well, ever. It’s the year IBM put a quantum computer in a box and Google claimed its Bristlecone system reached quantum supremacy. But perhaps most exciting was the incredible research happening in universities and think-tanks around the globe. From warp drives to time travel, scientists around
Read MoreA stroke of luck at the dawn of the internet era is paying big dividends for the country in the streaming era. Tuvalu is a tiny island nation of 11,000 people. It’s cashing in thanks to Twitch. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MorePhoto by Chris Welch / The Verge The cheap days of Sling TV are over. Dish’s internet TV service is raising the price of both of its subscription packages, Sling Blue and Sling Orange, to $30 each per month. Subscribing to both bundles of channels now costs $45, which is a few bucks shy of
Read MoreLucasfilm It’s difficult not to look at Disney’s record-breaking year, securing eight of the top 10 highest-grossing films of 2019 domestically and its impressive entrance into streaming with Disney+, without whispering to yourself “maybe Martin Scorsese had a point.” Disney’s new record follows the release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. The film grossed
Read MoreArtificial intelligence isn’t just for dystopian algorithms; it also makes for creative entertainment, like when this AI wrote beginning sentences for a bunch of nonexistent novels. Now, an AI stands ready to guide you through an old school text adventure game, a game that doesn’t exist until you start trying to play… Read more… This
Read MoreImage: Stern Pinball Today, the pinball wizards at Stern Pinball announced a new machine based on Netflix’s hit series Stranger Things. That’s pretty meta, given the show’s reverence for 1980s nostalgia, but the machine seems to bring a lot of modern ideas to the table. Honestly, it looks pretty awesome. The Stranger Things machine comes
Read MoreTo live in microgravity, astronauts need to stay fit Continue reading… How do astronauts exercise in space? Source: New feed
Read MoreAmy Booth / OneZero: In Argentina, delivery apps Glovo and Rappi, which allow users to send and receive all kinds of packages, have been found to deliver drugs in ~10 cases so far — There, they can be hired to transport anything — including illegal drugs — and poorly enforced laws leave them responsible In
Read MoreVjeran Pavic / The Verge It’s officially crunch time for buying gifts before the holidays arrive. If you haven’t yet begun your shopping, it’s time to start now, because if you wait much longer, it’s possible that your gifts won’t arrive on time — or you’ll pay much more for them to be delivered. On
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