The biggest problem with most smartwatches today (GOOG)
If someone asked you what the primary function of a wristwatch is, you’d probably say it’s to tell the time. So why would anyone buy a smartwatch that does a horrible job of telling you the time,...
View ArticleInside the 'Be Marlboro' parties Philip Morris throws for teenagers — but...
Smoking is deadly, but Philip Morris International and Marlboro still want to push its tobacco products onto trendy and attractive teenagers around the world.The company does so by throwing "Be...
View ArticleNational Geographic just reached one billion likes on Instagram — here are...
As print magazines transition to digital, one legacy publication has had no problem amassing a large social following from millennials: National Geographic.With 17 million followers, the magazine's...
View ArticleThere's one glaring problem with Oculus Rift's plan to conquer virtual...
The highly-anticipated virtual reality headset Oculus Rift is finally going to be available for purchase early next year. But there's a problem: If you own a Mac or Linux system, or a basic PC, you're...
View Article'The Apple of China' is dipping its toe in Apple's home turf (AAPL)
Xiaomi, the so-called "Apple of China" and the biggest smartphone maker in the country, announced on Friday that it will soon sell its popular line of consumer electronics in the US, UK, France, and...
View ArticleThis young couple was brought to tears after a makeup artist showed them what...
Young couples have no way of predicting what their partner will look like over the coming years.That is unless, like two engaged twenty-somethings named Tavis and Kristie, they sign up to have...
View ArticleA part of physics Einstein didn't believe in is now being used to explain one...
One hundred years after Albert Einstein developed his general theory of relativity, physicists are still stuck with perhaps the biggest incompatibility problem in the universe.The smoothly warped...
View ArticleWhat the director of 'Thought Crimes' thinks about the current Cannibal Cop...
Erin Lee Carr, the director of HBO's latest documentary "Thought Crimes: The Case of the Cannibal Cop," has been following the trial of Gilberto Valle since November 2013.When Carr first started...
View ArticleOur genes change with the seasons, just like the weather
Ever wonder where colds get their name? Or why we're all coughs and sniffles during the winter but are rarely sick in the summer?Turns out our genes change with the seasons, just like the...
View ArticleThe ‘Man Who Flies For Free’ says these are the three cheapest days to fly
Contrary to popular belief, there is no right day to buy a plane ticket.A flight to New York is not going to be much cheaper on Tuesday than it will be on Wednesday.But according to Scott Keyes, a...
View ArticleAll the horrible ways people think 'Mad Men' is going to end
Is "Mad Men" going to end with one of its characters plunging out a window, literally becoming the falling man from the opening credits? Probably not, for the very simple reason that that would be a...
View ArticleWhy you won't see Mel Gibson in the new 'Mad Max' movie
Before he starred in "Mad Max" in 1979, Mel Gibson was unknown to the rest of the world. Then, "Mad Max" became a box-office smash. It grossed $100 million worldwide and held the Guinness world record...
View ArticleMoments after a producer told Paul Bettany his career was dead, he was asked...
One of the best parts of "Avengers: Age of Ultron," hands down, is the big reveal of a new superhero, Vision.We won't spoil much about the character if you haven't seen the film, but the droid,...
View ArticleAfter 3 weeks of using an iPhone, I'll never use Android again (AAPL)
About a month ago, I wrote passionately about how I had tried Android for eight months and learned it simply wasn't for me.Eventually, I concluded that Google and Android were just getting it wrong....
View ArticleThe Chinese have a weird way of using the iPhone, and no one knows why
The Chinese tourist next to me was doing things I'd never seen with an iPhone. He was using an on-screen button to pull up a menu and perform a series of rapid commands, and moving that button around...
View ArticleWe're on the brink of a new form of testing that could transform medicine
We know more about how the human body works — how we live and die — than we ever have before.We've mapped the human genome, the blueprint that's largely responsible for who we are, and scientists are...
View ArticleThese two men face the enormous responsibility of rescuing a...
Two French-Canadian men in their mid-to-late 30s are nervously scrambling in a swank New York City hotel room, still reeling from a game console crash during a live demo. The game froze, hard, while...
View ArticleMeet the actresses behind the 5 beautiful wives in 'Mad Max: Fury Road'
Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron may be the leads in "Mad Max: Fury Road," but long after leaving the film you'll likely be talking about five other women.The plot of the apocalyptic high-octane car-chase...
View Article‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ is easily the best movie of the year so far
There’s a scene in "Mad Max: Fury Road" where you’re watching Tom Hardy’s titular character rise slowly out of the sand.You hear every little speck of sand shaking loose from his body from his head...
View ArticleDisney has been recycling the same footage in its beloved animated movies for...
If you've ever watched one of your favorite animated Disney classics like "Robin Hood" and have felt like you've seen it before, you may be right.A lot of the scenes in the film are from older Disney...
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