Today in pettiness: Dude sues airline for serving sparkling wine instead of Champagne Image: Yuliya Yesina/Shutterstock By Chloe Bryan2017-10-19 20:05:05 UTC As a man who just adores Edith Piaf has no doubt informed you, the term “Champagne” refers to a…
Following is a transcript of the video. The Orionid meteor shower is happening this weekend. It produces some of the brightest meteors all year. The most meteors will fall between Oct. 20-22. Expect to see between 10-30 meteors an hour.…
A decade ago, people told the MongoDB founders they were crazy to try and build their tech company in New York instead of Silicon Valley. On Thursday, MongoDB proved the naysayers wrong with a successful IPO. It’s been a "surreal" experience…
Pioneer DJ wants to make sure electronic artists get paid for the remixes you hear at the dance club. The company’s Kuvo entertainment service has partnered with Canada’s performing rights organizations (PRO) and the Society of Composers, Authors and Music…
This article contains spoilers for ‘Blade Runner 2049’ There’s a scene in Blade Runner 2049 that takes place in a morgue. K, an android "replicant" played by Ryan Gosling, waits patiently while a member of the Los Angeles Police Department…
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People with advanced lymphoma now have another type of treatment to consider. The Food and Drug Administration has approved Yescarta, a cell-based gene therapy designed to treat large B-cell lymphoma created by Kite Pharma. It’s the second time the FDA…
When the R nineT was on the drawing board, BMW engineers made sure it was easy to modify. And that custom-friendliness has become a core part of the bike’s ethos. This Italian build takes that principle and rides away with…
The dangers of paper lurk at the microscopic level and they can cause a lot of pain. Paper can cut through wood and plastic and lacerate skin with ease. Following is a transcript of the video. Why do paper cuts hurt so much?…
Google’s DeepMind lab has built an artificially intelligent program that taught itself to become one of the world’s most dominant Go players. Google says the program, AlphaGo Zero, endowed itself with “superhuman abilities,” learning strategies previously unknown to humans. AlphaGo…