Google’s parent company posted strong earnings after stock markets closed on Monday, numbers that were good enough to push its stock up enough to make the company worth more than Apple.
This is so awesome!
This is so awesome!
Always ready to screw his enemies in private. He’s back in business Thurs, 3/31 on FX. SUBSCRIBE t
British Researchers Get Approval to Genetically Modify Human Embryos
Less than a year after scientists in China became the first to genetically modify human embryos, a research team in Britain has been given the green light to perform similar work. It’s a huge moment in biotech history—one that could eventually lead to “designer babies.”
Material Design is slowly coming to Chrome, take a peek
Google has planned to bring Material Design to Chrome for more than a year, but efforts to bring the design language to the browser have recently started a
NASA Challenger space shuttle disaster remembered on 30th anniversary
Thirty years ago today, the space shuttle Challenger exploded during liftoff, killing seven astronauts. Their families gathered with NASA today to mark the space shuttle accident’s 30th anniversary.
Here’s a Lightning Bolt Striking and Destroying a Tree
Alternative headline: Tree takes a lightning strike and is somehow still standing? I don’t know who the actual winner is here. The lightning bolt that struck the tree and rocked half of the trunk away while flooring all of its branches or is it the tree that takes the bolt’s best shot and hangs in there quite admirably?
Cleansing Our Perception
“The other world is this world rightly seen.” – Nisargadatta Join Jason Silva as he freestyles c
Nice, no more copy and past!
Nice, no more copy and past!
Sage LaTorra, a Test Engineer at Google, just told the world about an awesome little Easter egg he added to Google Hangouts. He’s one to often use the shrug emoji, so it makes sense that this was a…
18 Things You May Not Have Known Google Photos Can Do
Google Photos may seem like a simple image hosting service, but it’s actually quite powerful. Google Photos bridges the gap between cloud storage, image hosting, and image sharing services, giving stiff competition to Flickr, iCloud, Dropbox, and OneDrive.
Launches are always cool to watch but now even the landings are enjoyable in a suspenseful kinda way…
Launches are always cool to watch but now even the landings are enjoyable in a suspenseful kinda way.
On Friday, Blue Origin launched their same New Shepard rocket booster that it launched into space two months ago. Looks like the commercial space race for reusable rockets is on—SpaceX is flashier with bigger trajectories, but Blue Origin keeps winning the race to first.
Ridiculous!
Ridiculous!
Gillian Anderson has been pretty public about her fight to get paid the same amount as David Duchovny for her work on The X-Files. She’s clearly a badass. To Fox, though, I have to say: Are you fucking kidding me?
Seeing the Migration of Thousands of Reindeers in the Winter Is Totally Majestic
Here’s absolutely gorgeous footage of a huge herd of reindeers making their way across Norway during winter from photographer Jan Helmer Olsen. Seeing all those reindeers walk through the snow in search for warmth is especially beautiful because of the aerial drone view. Their movement is almost balletic from up there.
Definitely won’t be needing an app to tell me the weather now.
Definitely won't be needing an app to tell me the weather now.
The Google app for Android now shows you more detailed information about the weather.
4K Blu-ray has already lost to streaming
Astronomers may have found the Solar System’s 9th planet
Record a Screencast with Nothing but YouTube
If you’re the family tech support, you probably have to record the occasional screencast to show people how to troubleshoot. Chances are, you don’t need special screencasting software just for that. Digital Inspiration shows a clever way to just use YouTube.
Get Ready for the Next Winter Storm with This Emergency Essentials Infographic
If you live in a place where winter can be harsh, you know how important it is to be prepared. This infographic/checklist from JK Mechanical can help you on that front.
Infographic: What’s the Most Powerful Weapon in Sci-Fi History?
What’s the most powerful weapon in the sci-fi universe? How does a lightsaber in Star Wars compare to the energy sword of Halo? What about a Death Star vs Dr. Who’s reality bomb? And how do they match up with a real life nuclear bomb? Foundation Digital made this infographic for Fat Wallet detailing the top sci-fi weapons in history measured by their “energy of devastation in Joules.”
I’m excited to see how this project progresses.
I'm excited to see how this project progresses.
New CEO Rob Lloyd is promising a “Kitty Hawk” moment.