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Tuesday May 27, 2025. 05:03 PM
Where does the time go? Before we had the masterpiece of storytelling and world design that is Red Dead Redemption 2, its predecessor was also considered one of the best video games of all time — at least before its weird, half-assed port. — Read the rest The post Red...
Human vision is limited to a relatively narrow section of the electromagnetic spectrum. Night-vision goggles allow people to see infrared but are bulky and require power. According to a new study in the journal Cell, scientists have developed contact lenses that may one day ...
This video gives us the answers to a question I've been secretly wondering for years. Where did office jargon come from? Why do we use phrases like 'circle back later' or 'just looping you in'? I've always wondered if there's some secret manual that contains all the cringey...
This video explains how 19th century French physicist Jules Antoine Lissajous used tuning forks to map out two-dimensional shapes, called Lissajous curves, that uniquely correspond to every musical interval, the difference in pitch between two notes. Musician Reuben Levine...
When most people are too late to hop aboard their means of transportation, they typically have to accept the fact that their plane, train, or in this case, a cruise ship, is going to leave without them. The gentleman in this video wasn't going to give up without a fight,...
If you feel like your devices are constantly watching you, you're not alone. This video from Wired shows how our smart devices spy on our lives. It also tells us what we can do to minimize and control the information that is collected by our smart devices. — Read the rest T...
Kyle Barr reports that the $300 Feno smart toothbrush is 'the worst thing I've ever shoved in my mouth.' The gob-filling mouthpiece cleans every one of your chompers simultaneously. He says it works, but he didn't like the experience one bit: it 'made my entire head shake...
Behold Nick Gillard's pico-mac-nano, a tiny and functional replica of the original Apple Macintosh. Only 62mm tall, it's created with a Raspberry Pi Pico and a a 2-inch LCD panel. The final size was always going to be determined by the LCD panel which needed to be able to...
Francesca Gino is a professor at Harvard Business School whose career was derailed after evidence of data fraud was exposed in her work—a doubly-humiliating circumstance given that she teaches ethics there. The university released a damning report, she sued in response,...
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Monday May 26, 2025. 11:00 PM
TL;DR: See up to 1,000 feet in total darkness, capture HD photos and video, and explore the night with these digital night vision binoculars—now just $89.99. When the sun goes down and shadows start getting longer, you don't have to wonder what's out there; you can find...
Earlier this year, Colossal Biosciences claimed to have 'de-extincted' the dire wolf. The canid species has been extinct for over 10,000 years and features prominently in George R. R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series. Despite breathless headlines proclaiming that the...
Imagine you're heading to your college graduation ceremony, and you have to choose between one of these two graduation speakers: Kermit the Frog, or the person currently in charge of the United States. For me, it's not even a choice—it's 100% Kermit the Frog, every single...
How big of a &%*!-up is Vladimir Putin? I mean, sure, his government has managed to place witting and unwitting assets in the leadership and management apparatus of countries worldwide. Fair play. But the feat is offset by the loss of an estimated one million soldiers to...
In a world rapidly shifting toward a cashless society, where bitcoin ransoms and credit card theft have become common crimes, some criminals still pursue the traditional art of counterfeiting physical currency. Traditionally, counterfeiters target denominations large enough...
The wheel of GTA speculation turns once again. With Grand Theft Auto 6 now in full marketing mode and on track for a release early-ish next year, few mysteries remain and there's not much left to leak. Given the twelve years since Grand Theft Auto 5's first release, though –...
One immutable principle has always guided the art direction of much-lauded demon-slaying simulator DOOM: the rule of cool. Nothing in the series remotely resembles real life, least of all the multitude of increasingly outlandish weapons the Doom Slayer gains access to, but...
The new industry standard price for triple-A games has jumped once again, with each one of the big three gaming companies announcing price hikes and trying to pretend that this has absolutely nothing to do with Nintendo doing it first. — Read the rest The post Borderlands...
Hotel Galactic is an upcoming cozy management game. Like any game with crafting in it, players start by punching trees, but the trees are gorgeous, and so is everything else. The developers call Hotel Galactic 'inspired by Studio Ghibli,' and they have absolutely nailed the...
Did you catch They Might Be Giants performing 'Doctor Worm' on Jimmy Kimmel live earlier this month? If you missed it, I'm posting it here, because it's currently my go-to when I need a boost of serotonin. You should definitely go listen! — Read the rest The post They Might ...
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