Space is noticeably short on gas stations, requiring spacecraft to carry huge reserves of expensive and cumbersome propellant which limits their range. But with NASA’s newest Sun-powered propulsion concept, future astronauts could sail to the stars on solar winds. More »
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The World’s Biggest Solar Sail Launches Next Year
Not too long ago, BitTorrent launched a little project called Sync , which provides practically unlimited “cloud” storage. Now the professional sharers are rolling out yet another service called “SoShare” which promises to let you easily send huge files to friends and coworkers with little to no hassle. Up to a whole terabyte at the click of a button . More »
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BitTorrent’s New Trick: Letting You Send Terabyte-Sized Email Attachments
Ever since Microsoft acquired Skype and confirmed the end of Windows Live Messenger , a merger has been a tiny dot off on the horizon. Now Microsoft has pinned down when the two will become one : this April. More »
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Microsoft Is Finally Merging Skype and Windows Live Messenger This Spring
Next time you whinge about your slow-ass internet, spare a thought for a bunch of British farmers who have had to build, test and install their own fiber network this year—from scratch. More »
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British Farmers Install Their Own 1Gbps Fiber Network in the Middle of Nowhere
Our friend Casey Neistat made a wonderful documentary for the New York Times , he went and compared the actual calories of food to what’s listed on the nutrition facts. And guess what? More times than not, food had more calories than what was advertised. More »
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Are There More Calories in Food Than What’s Listed in the Nutrition Facts? (Yes)
Security researchers warn that many emergency alert system devices used by radio and TV stations are susceptible to cyberattacks, which could cause widespread panic. [Read more]
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Hackers can easily breach Emergency Alert Systems
Oh, Iran. Your Qaher 313 stealth fighter jet sure looks intimidating but it will never get off the ground. So why do you insist on tricking everybody into thinking that the beast can fly? Iran’s latest transgression is especially hilarious: they’ve photoshopped the Qaher 313 onto a stock image of Mount Damavand to make it look like it’s flying. More »
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Iran Photoshopped Its New Stealth Fighter Jet to Look Like It Was Flying When It Totally Wasn’t
iOS 6.1.1 was released yesterday, and there’s already a jailbreak available for it . The Evasi0n jailbreak tool which hit the internet last week has been updated to v1.3, and it will now liberate everything. More »
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A Jailbreak for iOS 6.1.1 Is Already Here
A leaked report from Morgan Stanley seems to suggest that Google will pay Apple a cool $1 billion dollars in 2014 to remain the default search engine in iOS. More »
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Google Reportedly Pays Apple $1 Billion To Be the Default iOS Search Engine
The reclusive country confirmed today that a 5.1-magnitude earthquake was the result of a nuclear test, and apparently this explosion was more powerful than the earlier two. [Read more]
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North Korea confirms third nuclear test