The dramatic increase of online shopping has fanned the flames of competition between shipping companies. Which is why, using thermal-activated ink, DHL figured the best way to advertise just how fast and efficient its shipping services are was to trick its competitors into doing it for them. Read more…
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DHL Pranked UPS Into Advertising For Them
A Tinder security flaw has been exposing users’ exact locations for several months . Fixed now, though! Read more…
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A Tinder security flaw has been exposing users’ exact locations for several months.
It’s finally time! Google just announced that it’s “exploring” the idea of bringing Fiber to nine more metropolitan areas across the country—34 cities in total. And based on the map Google made to show what the expansion would look like, you’re in luck if you live in the South. Read more…
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Google Wants to Bring Fiber to 34 More US Cities
No braille? No problem! This FingerReader by the Fluid Interfaces Group at the MIT Media Lab is a high-tech way to help visually impaired people read; it actually scans printed text and narrates it aloud. Read more…
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This Ring Scans Text And Reads It Aloud For Visually Impaired People
Nvidia’s Tegra K1 is damned pretty for mobile tech, but the desktop team hasn’t just been sitting around waiting for Tegra to catch up. Say hello to Maxwell—the new architecture on the desktop side—and the GTX 750Ti. It’s a tiny little sucker that’s worth its weight in watts. Read more…
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Nvidia’s First Maxwell Card Is a Power-Sipping Screamer
An entire drowned city has become the world’s most mind-boggling scuba-diving attraction. Consider booking a trip to Qiandao Lake, China, where you can wreck-dive a 1, 800-year old flooded metropolis. Read more…
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Your Next Scuba Destination Is An Entire Drowned City in China
Heralded as “the world’s fastest speed skating suit, ” Under Armour’s all-in-one was hoped to give U.S. athletes the edge in Sochi. Now, though, it appears it could in fact be slowing them down . Read more…
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Under Armour’s Suits May Actually Be Slowing U.S. Speedskaters Down
Life is hard for soldiers in the battlefield, so when the troops want something that might make things a little more bearable—say, a particular food item in their meal rations—the military listens. And right now, soldiers want pizza. They want it bad . And it looks like they’re finally going to get it. Read more…
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The Army’s Perfecting a Pizza That Lasts for Years and Years
Toyota is recalling 1.9 million Prius hybrids to fix a serious bug in the engine control unit which can cause transistors to overheat—and potentially cause the hybrid system to shut down while driving. Read more…
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Toyota Is Recalling Millions of Prius Hybrids to Fix a Software Bug
To all of you convinced there’s no such thing as a perpetual motion machine, behold Benjamin Shine’s brilliant Rekindle candlestick holder that slowly but steadily turns into a brand new candle as it burns and melts away. Read more…
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Burn An (Almost) Infinite Candle With This Clever Wax-Catching Holder