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New ‘Brain Age’ Blows Your Mind on Nintendo Switch

Considering its launch titles were Super Mario 64 without an analog stick and a Metroid demo, the original Nintendo DS didn’t launch like a rocket. What ultimately turned the bizarre, dual-screened, touch screen […] The post New ‘Brain Age’

NASA Telescope’s ‘Starglasses’ Make It Easier to Spot Exoplanets

JPL optical engineer Camilo Mejia Prada shines a light on the interior of a testbed for a coronagraph that will fly aboard the WFIRST space telescope (via NASA/JPL-Caltech/Matthew Luem) From Earth, distant stars look like mere pinpricks of light

Artificial Skin With Haptic Feedback Could Let You Feel VR

Artificial skin adapts to any morphology (via EPFL) Haptic feedback helps elevate video games and smartphones by giving digital devices a heightened sense of touch. Now, researchers at Switzerland’s École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausan

Gaze Upon SpaceX’s Steely Starship Prototype

Starship Mk1 at SpaceX's launch facility in Texas (via SpaceX) SpaceX unveiled its new Starship rocket: A stainless steel torpedo designed to haul a crew and cargo into outer space and back again. On the 11th anniversary of the company’s fi

Top Movie and TV Trailers of the Week: ‘Watchmen,’ ‘El Camino,’ and More

Jesse Pinkman is back and on the run in 'El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie.' (Photo Credit: Ben Rothstein / Netflix) TGIF. While you’re planning for the long weekend ahead, we’ve rounded up the top movie and TV trailers that you may have misse

11-Foot Burmese Python Goes for Swim, Gets Caught By Florida Officials

An 11-foot, 31-pound Burmese python was caught swimming in Florida's Biscayne National Park. (Photo Credit: Biscayne National Park / Facebook) Florida officials made a shocking discovery when they spotted a giant Burmese python swimming in Bisca

Kevin Feige, Make These ‘Star Wars’ Movies

Forget the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The biggest crossover in Hollywood is no longer those Disney movies but an executive shakeup happening within Disney itself. After years of Kevin Feige publicly stating his love […] The post Kevin Feige, Make These

‘Checkm8’ Exploit Jailbreaks Generations of iPhones

But can they put it back together? (via iFixit) Apple loves to boast about how safe and secure their pricey, premium, proprietary platforms are. And they back that up. Whether or not you think it’s worth it, Apple’s tight walled garden contro

NASA’s TESS Mission Finds Eerie Star-Shredding Black Hole

NASA's TESS planet-hunting mission observed its first star-shredding black hole. (Photo Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center) NASA’s planet-hunting Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has observed a black hole ripping apart

Spider-Man Is Back in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Well that was certainly dramatic. For quite some time now all of you who love continuity (and corporations) have been tearing your hair out because Sony threatened to end its lopsided deal with […] The post Spider-Man Is Back in the Marvel Cinematic Uni

‘Mario Kart Tour’ Is a Pretty Pedestrian Mobile Game

If this winds up being a shorter, hollower, and less thought-out game review, then it’s only because Mario Kart Tour is a shorter, hollower, and less thought-out mobile take on Nintendo’s widely popular […] The post ‘Mario Kart Tour’ Is a Prett

Participating in Inktober? This AI Has a Few Prompt Ideas

(via Skitterphoto/Pixabay) It’s the most wonderful time of the year: The first autumn leaves have fallen, which means chunky sweaters, pumpkin spice-flavored everything, and another round of Inktober. Every October, artists pick up their pe

Review: ‘Contra: Rogue Corps’ Is Fun if You Don’t Think of it as a ‘Contra’ Game

Contra: Rogue Corps marks the return of one of gaming’s classic franchises. Given the legendary status of the series, it’s no surprise the game comes saddled with a ton of expectations from long-time […] The post Review: ‘Contra: Rogue Corps&#

Tea Bags Release Billions of Microplastics Into Brew

Plastic teabags release billions of microscopic particles into tea (via Lynda Sanchez/Unsplash) Do you take your tea with milk, sugar, or microplastics? The latter may be unavoidable, according to researchers at McGill University. A recent study

Labradoodle Creator Calls Crossbreed His ‘Life’s Regret’

How can anyone regret this face? (via joshborup/Pixabay) What do the atomic bomb, AK-47, Flappy Bird, and Labradoodle have in common? Inventor regret. Albert Einstein, Mikhail Kalashnikov, Dong Nguyen, and Wally Conron would take it all back if t

McDonald’s Tests Plant-Based Burger From Beyond Meat

Plant. Lettuce. Tomato. (via McDonald's) McDonald’s is testing a new plant-based burger in Canada. Starting Monday, the P.L.T. (plant, lettuce, and tomato) will be available at 28 restaurants in Southwestern Ontario for 12 weeks. The sandwi

World’s Largest Wind Farm Will Power 1 Million Homes Next Year

Hornsea 1 will produce enough electricity to power one million U.K. homes in 2020. (Photo Credit: Orsted / Facebook) Construction is nearly complete on Britain’s expansive Hornsea 1 wind farm. Once it goes online it will produce enough elec

Samuel L. Jackson Will Be First Celebrity Voice for Amazon Alexa

Samuel L. Jackson's iconic voice will be available on Amazon Alexa devices later this year. (Photo Credit: CHRIS DELMAS / AFP / Getty Images) Samuel L. Jackson will be running your smart home setup soon: Amazon recently announced that the movie s

Kitten Rescued From Outdoor Area Turns Out to Be…Not a Kitten

A Tennessee animal lover recently rescued a «stray kitten» that turned out to be a small bobcat. (Photo Credit: For Fox Sake Wildlife Rescue / Facebook) A Tennessee woman was very surprised when the “stray kitten” she resc

Officer Forced to Abandon Pursuit as Tesla Patrol Car Runs Out of Juice

A California police officer was forced to abandon a high-speed chase after his Tesla patrol car ran out of power. (Photo Credit: Fremont Police Department / Facebook) During a shift this week, Fremont Police officer Jesse Hartman was forced to ab

The Complete History Of Dirty Puppets

'Crank Yankers' is coming back to Comedy Central after a 12-year hiatus. (Photo Credit: Comedy Central) Crank Yankers returns to Comedy Central this week after a 12-year hiatus. The show features puppets acting in extremely naughty ways that we a

Hands-On: ‘Ring Fit Adventure’ Is an Exercise Experience That’s a ‘Game First’

If you just ignore the nightmare people hosting the presentation, the reveal of Ring Fit Adventure left us pretty intrigued. Nintendo took some of the “exercise as video game” concepts it toyed with in the […] The post Hands-On: ‘Ring Fit Advent

Here’s Everything Coming to Amazon Prime Video in October 2019

Robert Pattinson ventures to deep space in the creepy sci-fi movie 'High Life.' (Photo Credit: A24) Fall is here and to get you ready for Halloween, Amazon Prime Video has some eerie sci-fi flicks that will be available to stream this month, incl

See a Black Hole’s Warped World in Trippy NASA Visualization

Take a look at this mind-bending view of a black hole, which was generated at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. (Photo Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center / Jeremy Schnittman) NASA’s new visualization shows a black ho

Watch: Jogger Bends Bars on Fence to Rescue Trapped Deer

A jogger rescued a deer trapped in a fence at Stone Mountain Park near Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo Credit: chloememoir / Instagram) A jogger is being called a hero after she rescued a trapped deer at Stone Mountain Park in DeKalb County, Georgia. Ch

NASA’s Shape-Shifting Robot Could One Day Explore Saturn’s Moons

A prototype of the transforming robot Shapeshifter is tested in the robotics yard at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (via NASA/JPL-Caltech) Move over, Michael Bay: NASA is designing its own shape-shifting robots to investigate Saturn’s moo

McDonald’s Taps Alexa to Recruit New Hires

(via Joirib Morales Uc/Unsplash) “Alexa, would you like fries with that?” Take the first step toward a future at McDonald’s with the restaurant’s new Apply Thru skill on Amazon Alexa- and Google Assistant-enabled devices.

T. Rex Used a Stiff Skull to Demolish Prey

An artist's rendition of the Tyrannosaurus rex with the 3D imaging showing muscle activation in its head (via Brian Engh/University of Missouri) Paleontologists have long wondered how the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex could shatter the bones of its pr

Mattel Launches Gender-Inclusive Doll Line

Creatable World invites all kids to play with customizable, gender-inclusive dolls (via Mattel) Mattel has launched a gender-inclusive doll line. Creatable World is a customizable kit that gives kids a blank canvas to create their own characters

Scientists Develop Longer-Lasting Mac & Cheese For Space Missions

WSU graduate student Juhi Patel puts packages of purple potatoes into an incubator, which speeds up the food quality changes at a consistent rate (via Washington State University) When you’re colonizing a planet millions of miles from home

Warner Bros. Responds to Concerns Over ‘Joker’ Movie Plot

Warner Bros. addressed concerns over the 'Joker' movie plot and its violent protagonist Arthur Fleck. (Photo Credit: Warner Bros.) Joker has been a hit among film critics, however, there have been concerns over the movie’s plot and how it

New Amazon Echo Products Are the Internet of All of the Things

If you thought Amazon’s smart microwaves and smart wall clocks would be their wildest products yet, you need to be more open-minded about what they’re willing to shove Alexa into. At a recent event Amazon […] The post New Amazon Echo Products

Here’s Everything Coming to Hulu in October 2019

Lupita Nyong'o has to protect her students from the undead in the new Hulu movie 'Little Monsters.' (Photo Credit: Sundance Institute) It’s almost time for Halloween and Hulu’s month-long horror fest will make sure you stay up all nig

Learn to Code for Just $20 With Hacksaw Academy

If you don’t know how to code, you should learn. It’s fun, helps you get jobs, and gives you a new appreciation for all the tech geeks in the background of TV shows. […] The post Learn to Code for Just $20 With Hacksaw Academy appeared first on Geek

‘Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond’ Is Respawn’s WWII Virtual Reality Game

Respawn Entertainment is having itself quite a year. While the Titanfall games were always critical darlings, those giant robots were never the commercial success the former Call of Duty devs were surely hoping […] The post ‘Medal of Honor: Above and

Australian Man Captures Enormous 6-Foot Snake, Names it ‘Chonk’

An Australian snake catcher recently found a massive, 6-foot snake and nicknamed it «Chonk» for its healthy appearance. (Photo Credit: Snake Catchers Brisbane, Ipswich, Logan & Gold Coast 0413 028 081 / Facebook) A snake catcher was r

Sharp Made a Smartphone With a (Sort of) 240Hz Display

Building a smartphone that stands out in a sea of black rectangles takes breakthrough technology. A bit of clever marketing can be helpful, too. Somewhere around the intersection of those two things you’ll […] The post Sharp Made a Smartphone Wit

‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Clip Lets You Pretend It’s a Raimi Movie

The most surprising thing about Spider-Man: Far From Home is that it wound up being Spider-Man’s final appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, thanks to the ongoing financial feud between Marvel and Sony. […] The post ‘Spider-Man: Far From

‘Jurassic World 3’ Will Bring Back Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and Sam Neill

'Jurassic Park' trio Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum and Sam Neill are returning for 'Jurassic World 3.' (Photo Credit: Universal Pictures / Getty Images) Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and Sam Neill are returning for more dinosaur adventures in the upcomi
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