Everyone’s first impression of the 14-inch Razer Blade, even more than its 17-inch older brother, is Ha, they made a MacBook . But then, Oh—wait . They made a MacBook. And actually, it’s even better than that. Read more…
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Razer Blade 2013: Now This Is How You Make a Damn Windows Laptop
You’d have to be in serious denial not to know that Google Reader is officially dead as of this morning. But there has been a certain ambiguity about how long your data would be available after the rapture. No longer. July 15th is the end. Read more…
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Google Reader Data Will Be Permanently Deleted on July 15th
This is one of those times when you see the news and think to yourself, Wait, they just got that? Comixology—the biggest digital comics distribution platform and the service that powers the official apps of Marvel, DC, Image, and other publishers— finally has subscriptions . It also got the digital version of graphic novels, finally, for good measure. Read more…
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Digital Comics Finally Get Subscriptions and Discounted Collections
We transmit almost a thousand petabytes of data over the ‘nets every month—an amount that’s growing exponentially, thanks to your narcissistic obsession with Snapchat. In fact, we’re quickly closing in on the limits of how much data optical fiber can transmit. Luckily, scientists at Boston University recently unveiled what could be the next generation of bandwidth tech. Read more…
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Corkscrew Lasers Are About to Revolutionize Internet Bandwidth
Our eyeballs are some of our more delicate organs, and the mere thought of them having to be sliced open for surgery is unsettling. So researchers at the Multi-Scale Robotics Lab at ETH Zurich have created a magnetically-guided microbot , barely larger than a few human hairs, that can be embedded in the eye and externally controlled to perform delicate surgery without any part of the patient having to be sliced open. Read more…
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Magnetic Microbots Perform Eye Surgery Without a Single Incision
We’ve all seen those pop-up ads peddling discount prescription drugs from Canadian pharmacies. Ohhhh! Cheap Xanax! They always seem a little dubious, but as of this week, you’re probably going to see fewer of them. In partnership with international regulatory and law enforcement agencies, the FDA has just shut down 1,677 illegal online pharmacies, and seized a whopping $41,104,386 worth of illegal drugs. Read more…
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The FDA Has Shuttered 1,677 Illegal Prescription Drugs Websites
The Drug Enforcement Agency has seized 11.02 Bitcoins —about $800—from a drug dealer in South Carolina who had been using Silk Road. It’s the first (known) time the government has taken control of the virtual currency like it were property or real-world cash. Read more…
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Drug Enforcement Agency Seizes First Bitcoins From Silk Road Dealer
Adidas has another new running shoe, this one even more divergent than its Boost shoe and its new foam . It’s a bunch of springs, basically, strapped to your foot. And it sort of makes a lot of sense. Read more…
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Adidas Springblade: Shoes with Actual Springs Might Be a Good Idea?
Adobe’s shift to cloud-based software provision for its new Creative Cloud design suite was partly motivated by anti-piracy concerns. Which, of course, means… it’s already been pirated. Read more…
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Adobe’s Creative Cloud Has Already Been Pirated
Most helicopters are built for hovering, not for speed. But the Eurocopter X3 is built for both. The demonstrator tilt-rotor aircraft proved as much when it set a pair of air speed records earlier this month. Read more…
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The New Fastest Helicopter on Earth Can Fly at an Insane 300MPH