Star Wars Video Game Players Honor Carrie Fisher
All across the video game galaxy, players are gathering to memorialize Carrie Fisher, who died yesterday following a massive heart attack. Read more… Source: io9
Month December 2016
A 27-year-old raised $10 million from venture capitalists for an unusual hedge fund
Andrew Burton/Getty Images A 27-year-old has raised $10 million for an unusual hedge fund – with support of venture capitalists like Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures. The 27-year-old in question is Olaf Carlson-Wee, and he’s launching a strategy that invests in…
Legends of Tomorrow Is Involving George Lucas in the Silliest Way Possible
Do you honestly think that George Lucas, recently retired and immensely wealthy, would spend his time contributing to a DC CW TV series? Of course not. Now, do you think Legends of Tomorrow might do an episode where its time-traveling…
Ebola vaccine proves 100 percent effective in Guinea trial
An Ebola vaccine has proven to be 100 percent effective during test trials in Guinea. The shot has yet to be approved by a regulator, but Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, has already committed $5 million so a stockpile of 300,000…
Please Help Me Figure Out If This Cooking Show for Giants Is Funny or Horrifying
College Humor’s “How to Make a Human Pot Pie” has a very simple conceit: what would a cooking show in the land of Jack and the Beanstalk-style giants look like? It’s also a masterclass in how easy it is to…
This Bro Texts All His Ex-Girlfriends In A Group Text On Christmas, Hilarity Ensues
Shutterstock This went viral last year and has resurfaced over the last couple days. Honestly, you have to respect the savagery here. This man-with-a-death-wish threw all his ex-girlfriends on a group chat to wish them Merry Christmas. The result is…
Sensor Can Sniff Out 17 Diseases Using Just Your Breath
Image: Loren Kerns via Flickr Usually, the only thing I can tell from another person’s breath is whether they’re drunk (or the last time they’ve brushed their teeth). But an international team of scientists has created a system that can…
Get the Apple TV’s Breathtaking Aerial Screensaver On Mac or Windows
The high-flying Aerial screensaver is one of my favorite things about the 4th generation Apple TV. It looks so cool I often find myself watching it instead of catching up on my Netflix shows. Here’s how to get it on…
Nano-sized discs teach your body to fight cancer
In the future, getting customized cancer treatments might just be a matter of injecting virtually invisible discs into into your body. University of Michigan scientists have had early success testing 10nm "nanodiscs" that teach your body to kill cancer cells.…
Watch Tesla’s Autopilot Brake for a Crash Before It Even Happens
Since Tesla released Version 8.0 of its Autopilot system this summer, CEO Elon Musk has touted its lifesaving potential. Today, dashcam footage from the Netherlands showed just how powerful the new safety feature can be. In the video, the Tesla…