It may be having outages, but Facebook isn’t charging to keep your profile private
While Facebook has had its fair share of problems this week, charging to keep your profile private isn't one of them (yet).
Gigi Hadid writes an epic takedown of body shamers and trolls in Instagram post
In an Instagram photo of a word document that has since garnered nearly 240,000 likes, Hadid fought back against body shamers and trolls.
Want to put the moon in your living room? Now you can with Luna
With the development of an incredibly realistic moon lamp called the Luna, Acorn Studio has brought together art, fantasy, and our inner astronauts.
The last ‘supermoon’ total eclipse for 18 years happens Sunday night
You should probably be getting super excited for the upcoming "supermoon" total lunar eclipse happening Sunday and Monday.
Chinese President Xi Jingping owns China’s only legal Facebook page
Call it executive privilege or call it hypocrisy, but despite the ban on Facebook that exists in China, Chinese President Xi Jinping has a Facebook page.
Natural selection in the modern era: Selfies are more deadly than shark attacks in 2015
So far this year, a dozen people have lost their lives while attempting to take a selfie, and only eight have perished as a result of a shark attack.
Want shorter flying times? NASA may have a solution for you
NASA is developing the Traffic Aware Planner (TAP) application to help air carriers save time and reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions.
Your personal cloud of microbes follows you around literally everywhere
According to new research, we humans are surrounded by a "personal microbial cloud" comprised of countless microbes of bacteria, yeast, and cell parts.
Surpassing Twitter by a country mile, Instagram hits 400 million users
Instagram, the wildly popular editing and sharing app, recently surpassed 400 million users, which is 80 million more than Twitter.
#MasculinitySoFragile is bringing angry men to the forefront
This morning, the hashtag #MasculinitySoFragile is trending, a jab at the idea that the rise of women should be equated with the trampling downfall of men.
AI is almost as smart as the average high schooler, at least when it comes to the SAT
An AI system managed to score a 500 out of 800 on the math section of the SAT, slightly lower than the average score of 513 achieved by high school seniors.
Here are the best questions that came out of #AskTrump, the predictable disaster
Not that anyone is (or should be) surprised, but #AskTrump didn't exactly go well for The Donald.
The Dallas school that suspended Ahmed Mohamed for building a clock just lost him altogether
Ahmed Mohamed's father has pulled all of his children out of Irving Independent School District in Dallas, and Ahmed is no longer a student at MacArthur.
He thought he got an Apple Watch, but he got a baby instead
What could possibly be better than an Apple Watch on your birthday? Maybe the news that you’re going to be a father?
Good guy Kickstarter says no to IPO, becomes a public benefit corporation instead
Kickstarter is reincorporating as a public benefit corporation, which means that it's now bound by law to make a "positive impact on society."
Watch a miniature chef prepare your dinner with this 3D mapping called Le Petit Chef
Meet Le Petit Chef, a 3D mapping project that puts the "show" in "dinner and a show," and does so rather spectacularly.
3D-printed hearts can now be used for surgery practice
Doctors now have access to a 3D-printed model heart that they can use for surgery practice.
What’s the future of drones? Building rope bridges in the sky for us
In a video, quadrocopters are shown flying around and putting together a reputedly very sturdy rope bridge that could support the weight of a human being.
With 96% of ex-NFL players’ brains testing positive for CTE, something has to be done
In a recent study, 87 out of 91 deceased former NFL players tested positive for degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
Snap! Pro turns the amateur iPhone photographer into a pro
Snap! Pro is the self-described “best iPhone case for snapping a shot.”
Finally, a camera that won’t let you be an annoying tourist
Philipp Schmitt’s Camera Restricta actually prevents the over-zealous tourist from taking too many pictures (or any at all).
Navy proves its love for whales and dolphins, curbing sonar use
The Navy has agreed to curb use of sonar following marine life injuries that resulted from such exercises.
Truly immersive journalism takes form in ABC’s virtual reality tour of Syria
On Wednesday, ABC News became the first to employ virtual reality in their newscast, taking viewers on a truly immersive journey through Damascus, Syria.