John Oliver Helps You Explain Cryptocurrencies
If you're unfamiliar with the show, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver is great at making complex topics both humorous and easily digestible. In the…
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The Man-child’s Christmas Wish List
Living the beach life creates a lot of man-children. Top psychologists today would agree that the number one sign you are dating a man-child is that “y…
NVMe vs. M.2 vs. SATA — The Best SSD for You
So, you're finally tired of your computer throwing warning messages at you that your hard drive is full and you're ready to upgrade. A quick search on …
#1 Memes in the 904 — Bold Meme City of the South
A cultural phenomenon was born in 1976 when Richard Dawkins coined a term to describe the way cultural information spreads — a meme. Things have gone d…
The Most Popular Mobile Games Out Now
The landscape of gaming has changed considerably over the years and there’s now a plethora of games available for mobile phones. The evolution in the m…
The Best iMessage Games You Didn’t Know About
iOS 10 released back in the summer of 2016, and while a lot of its new features were pretty useless (like the ability to add effects to your text messa…
The Games You Should Have On Your Holiday List
As you waltz into GameStop with every intention of spending money only on a game you’ve already decided to purchase today, you’ll soon come to a questi…
Fashion Meets Function with Smart Tattoos
Researchers at MIT have developed some pretty nifty temporary tattoos that double as a fashion statement and as functional technology. The gold leaf de…
The Roads of the Future May be Paved With Manure
Scientists are always coming up with weird ideas that sound like the result of a long day spent on mind-altering substances, but some of these weird id…
Stop Facebook From Tracking Your Browsing Habits
You may already know that websites like Facebook and Google have a tendency to track your every move online, learning about your browsing habits in an …
This Might be the Dumbest Kickstarter Campaign Ever
Some awful, sick people are running a Kickstarter for the world's worst invention, an instant tortilla maker. That doesn't sound too bad until you read…
Get You A Mattress That Can Do Both
If you don't trust your significant other not to cheat on you while you're away, there are plenty of good solutions out there. You could sit down and h…
You’re Probably Using This Emoji Wrong
It might be time to consider communicating with actual words again. You know ... the way people did in the dark ages. It turns out that emojis aren’t a…
What is the Internet of Things and Why Should Anyone Care?
You might have heard the term "Internet of Things" thrown around by annoying tech people. It’s a terrible name for the equally terrible idea of connect…
A Brief History of the Internet
Grammar nerds everywhere had tiny strokes when the mysterious cloaked figures behind the AP Stylebook announced that as of this June, the word “Interne…
Want a Real Life Stalker? There’s an App For That
Part performance art, part social commentary, Follower was created to make people think about what it means to gain a following in the era of overshari…
What’s The Deal With Apple vs. The FBI?
Apple has a great reputation for upholding the personal privacy of its customers. All of your iPhone data is secured with end-to-end encryption that no…
Google Wants to Bring The World Internet With Drones
Future overlord of our post-apocalyptic world, Google (aka Skynet), is now testing a solar-powered drone designed to bring Internet connectivity to eve…
Hyperloop Aims to Make Supersonic Travel a Reality
Welcome to the future. Two separate startup companies based in Los Angeles are preparing to make all of our science fiction dreams come true with the w…
H&K Designs “Star Wars” Inspired Body Armor … And We Want It
Soak in the "GalacTac" project in all its glory. This "Star Wars" inspired body armor is modeled after everyone's favorite intergalactic bounty hunter,…
Unplug Your Brain
We’ve been hearing all our lives that TV rots your brain, and that same idea can be expanded for the 21st century to include the Internet. Spending too…
The Most Pointless Tech Innovations from CES 2016
This is a big week for tech geeks everywhere, as the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is underway in Las Vegas. For the unaware, CES is the biggest…
5 Things to be Excited About This Month
It’s another new year, and there are already so many things to be excited about! Even if you hate fun, I guarantee there is something cool happening th…
The Best Apps for a Healthy New Year
It’s a brand new year, and as usual, millions of people all over the world are making resolutions to be healthier and happier in 2016. But as January r…
TendedBar — Your Automatic Bartender
As a student at Purdue University in 2014, Jay Perkins was required to come up with a senior design project. The concept he created with was TendedBar,…