Google Search now has a completely new look for iOS , though it’s one many Android users will be familiar with. The Search team is bringing Android Lollipop’s Material Design language to the Search app along with lots of other features and optimization for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Read more…
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Google’s iOS App Just Got a Material Design Makeover And Much More
Greenpeace can get a little aggressive with its tactics. That doesn’t mean that it’s not fighting for a good cause! But after the organization marched through the sacred Nazca Lines etched into the Peruvian desert for a climate protest, capturing it all on camera with a drone, you have to wonder what the hell they were thinking. Greenpeace isn’t the best at thinking things through, though. Read more…
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How Greenpeace Wrecked One of the Most Sacred Places in the Americas
Making short GIFs of YouTube videos is a pretty well-established practice now — so much so that there’s dozens of websites dedicated to this finest of art forms. But YouTube might be about to make them all obsolete, thanks to a new built-in GIF maker. Read more…
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YouTube Now Lets You Make GIFs From Videos
The Apple Store will now let you buy stuff online with PayPal in the US and the UK. Along with the new payment option, Apple is also promoting PayPal Credit, which lets you pay for that shiny new MacBook in interest-free monthly instalments, rather than having to sell a kidney upfront. [ re/code ] Read more…
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The Apple Store will now let you buy stuff online with PayPal in the US and the UK.
Remember how we told you that the resolution of Google Maps’ satellite images would soon be doubled ? Well, today we’re seeing the first of those images pop up, and they are indeed a noticeable improvement. New York and San Francisco are the first to get the high-res 3D treatment, but we should see this update rolling out for more cities around the world in 2015. Read more…
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Google Earth’s New Satellite Imagery Is So Much Better
After a long drought, California is suddenly getting pounded with its biggest storm in a decade. Whoa, what’s happening? It’s all the work of an atmospheric river, a particular weather event that can be devastating when it hits land. Read more…
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The Meteorological Phenomenon That’s Flooding California
This picture represents over 30 years of progress in video game graphics. And my, how far we’ve come. On one side, we have Indiana Jones in the video game version of Raiders of the Lost Ark on the Atari 2600. On the other side, we have Nathan Drake in Uncharted 4 on the PS4. We’ll let you guess which side is which. Read more…
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The incredible evolution of video game graphics in one image
Reminder: Computers are dangerous. Lenovo issued a recall this week for over 500, 000 possibly defective power cords that could overheat, spark, burn, or melt. Yeesh. Read more…
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Lenovo Is Recalling 500,000 Power Cords for Being a Fire Menace
Swedish police have reportedly raided The Pirate Bay. The Portal has been down for several hours. The site has long hidden behind the relatively lax laws of Sweden, but it appears it’s exhausted the leniency. Read more…
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The Pirate Bay Raided By Police, Site Down
Skin is complicated. Our body’s largest organ senses touch—but also temperature, pain, wetness, itching, and more. A new, stretchy artificial skin can pick up many of the sensations from the real thing, and it could someday cover a lifelike prosthetic hand. Read more…
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This Artificial Skin Can Feel Pressure, Heat and Dampness