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Chances are you’ve never watched Syfy’s mad science show Helix. It airs on Friday nights, it doesn’t get a lot of buzz, and if you’ve ever caught a promo, it must look pretty confusing. And it is! But it’s also completely insane, and that’s what makes it one of the most fascinating, entertaining shows on right now.

In honor of the Tonight Show’s week in Los Angeles, Jimmy and the Roots parody “The Fresh Prince of

Internet speed now has to be a lot faster in order to qualify as advanced broadband in the U.S. — five times faster than high-speed broadband in Canada.

Today in the earnings call coinciding with its Q4 2014 release, Google CBO Omid Kordestani let us in on a few metrics of the Chromecast’s success. The $35 (or less) streaming stick has been available for over a year and a half now, and just crossed the milestone of users tapping the “cast” button a full one billion times as of last week. Further, Chromecast usage per device has…

Watch Budweiser’s 2015 Super Bowl XLIX commercial, “Lost Dog.” #BestBuds Music: I’m Gonna Be (500

“The pleasure we derive from journeys is perhaps dependent more on the mindset with which we trave

Despite the 80s hard rock soundtrack—or maybe because of it—SpaceX’s new 3D animation showing their future Falcon Heavy in action, complete with the landing of three of its stages back on Earth, is freaking cool. I can’t wait for Elon Musk’s bandits to solve all problems and see this happening in real time.

Taking photos and uploading them to the web has never been easier. The best sites to store those photos keep them backed up, make them easy to share, showcase them in good-looking galleries, and offer you tons of space and editing tools. This week, we’re looking at five of the best image hosting sites, based on your nominations.

Want Windows 10? You got it: for free. This is a sea change in Microsoft’s strategy when it comes to upgrades. Gratis upgrades will be available for Windows 7, 8.1 and even Windows Phone 8.1 users for a full year.

Huge news for UFOlogists: nearly 130,000 pages of fully searchable archives, dubbed the Project Blue Book Collection, are now available on truth-seeking website the Black Vault.

Now that it is 2015 – hell, even dating back to 2012 – you should know how to sign a PDF document without having to print a piece of paper. If you don’t yet, that’s OK, because the inspiration behind this post is the fact that almost the entire Droid Life team had no idea how to do this until a …

Last year broke another heat record, becoming the hottest since 1880. But did it feel that way to you? Probably not, since it was Canada’s coolest in 18 years.

A while ago, all it took to be a great password manager was to keep your passwords in an encrypted vault. Now the best password managers give you the option to sync or keep them local only, change web passwords with a click, log in to sites for you, and more. This week, we’re looking at five of the best options.

The latest numbers from app metrics tracking firm AppFigures reveal that Google’s Play Store topped Apple’s App Store based on total number of apps and developers for the first time in 2014. Google…

Even with the assistance of modern technology, holding a conversation in two different languages can be difficult. Google Translate allows you to speak w

With the announcement of Sling TV at the Consumer Electronics Show last week, it’s become clear: The era of cord cutting is here to stay. The new service will provide consumers who’d rather not pay for cable TV with live streaming of ESPN, TNT, TBS, CNN, and some other cable…

As if Gmail wasn’t powerful enough, you can find all sorts of goodies and extra features in Gmail Labs. The list is pretty massive, so we’ve narrowed down our 10 favorite labs to help increase your email productivity.

Here’s your daily dose of general adorableness: HD footage of a swan flying within arm’s reach of David Attenborough, who is chilling on a boat, narrating and cooing and chuckling and just taking it all in, man.