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Myspace, that ancient social networking dinosaur, is back with a new coat of paint. And get ready for this: it looks kind of neat. The new format has some pretty clear Pinterest and Tumblr influence, and also looks like ...

Hokai. So—let's assume that fashion companies must photoshop their ads in the name of perfect aesthetics and traumatizing women everywhere. Fine, do what you have to, fashion companies! But why don't you hire peopl...

Confession: I can tolerate some pretty mediocre coffee. I'm sipping a K-Cup right now. I grew up in the south drinking Waffle House coffee that had scorched on a hot plate since the last shift. And Waffle House was consi...

These beautiful lamps from Vita look like giant snow covered pine cones grabbed right off a tree. In reality, they're DIY flat pack kits made of polypropylene, polycarbonate, and goose feathers that make for some really ...

Today is a breezy, beautiful fall day in New York City. But if you ask Siri about the weather here, she'll tell you it's 90 degrees. This is not the weather in New York City, but rather the weather in New York, Texas. So...

You might have read somewhere today that Facebook made your pre-2009 private messages public on your own Timeline. And on your friends' Timelines! This would be a huge scandal, except it's not true at all. More &raq...

Some person snapped an Instagram of a poor soul's suicide attempt on the Brooklyn Bridge today. Thankfully, the police officer pictured was able to help him down. But do we really have to say this? This is NOT OKAY. [Buz...

Some insensitive person snapped an Instagram of a poor soul's suicide attempt on the Brooklyn Bridge today. Thankfully, the police officer pictured was able to help him down. But do we really have to say this? You should...

Trying to count the bees buzzing about in a hive is like trying to count the grains of sand on a beach. But if you're worried the deadly virus that has been decimating beehives across the country might be jeopardizing yo...

Until recently, Dealzmodo was phasing out deals on disc media. There's a plethora of online options to stream or download, and many laptops and desktops don't even come with optical drives anymore. It seemed like the rig...

The Apple TV software has been updated in a very quiet manner, but the new functionality contained in that update—AirPlay broadcasting, support multiple iTunes account, shared photo streams—is more substantia...

Everyone you know has Facebook unless they're weird, but Facebook still has territory left to cover, specifically in the developing world. That plan for global domination includes making Facebook free on mobile. More&nbs...

Most contractors are honest professionals who finish their jobs on time and do great work. But a few bad ones have given entire trades a bad name, leaving customers with cost overruns and unfinished work. More &raqu...

In the early days of the web, the technology space was flush with not only money, but a specific type of optimism: that this new medium would allow anybody to make whatever they wanted, and have the world see it (assumin...

Philosophy goes where hard science can't, or won't . Philosophers have a license to speculate about everything from metaphysics to morality, and this means they can shed light on some of the basic questions of existence....

Yesterday, The Jetsons celebrated its 50th birthday. It may seem like we're living in the future these days, but, half a century after the show's original 24 episode run, we still don't have a lot of that juicy future-te...

Gone are the days where we paste our pictures into big bulky photo albums. But what would happen if we didn't just store our pictures, but our entire memories in the cloud? One day, they could be completely wiped out, wh...

The iPhone 5 has been the most anticipated mobile device of 2012 together with its cousin the iPad Mini, which we expect to be seeing shortly. Apple has made displays their most prominent marketing feature because it det...

If you bought yourself an iPhone 5, and are looking for a cheap, third-party lightning adapter to save a couple of bucks, you might want to hold off. There's an authenticator chip in the official adapters, and third-part...

Could sharp, pointy corners and box-like form factors join faux-wood finishes in the industrial design graveyard? Bauknecht, Whirlpool's European brand, has collaborated with German designer Arman Emami to create this st...

To crafty thieves, a bike locked up on the street looks like free money. Even if you're using one of the finest locks in the world, your bike is still pretty easy to jack. We proved it with an angle grinder, and our frie...

Getting old isn't all it's cracked up to be. Sure, you get a hefty discount at the Country Kitchen Buffet. But you also suffer from stuff like age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a retinal disease that afflicts more ...