Every Major 'Game of Thrones' Death, Ranked
Warning: This post contains Game of Thrones spoilers. If Game of Thrones knows anything, it's death George R.R. Martin isn't afraid to kill off one (or two, three or four) of his main characters,...
View ArticleSenator Nearly Hit by Train During a Train Safety Event
United States Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) was nearly struck by a speeding train during a press conference on Friday — at a conference about commuter safety, no less. The conference, which was...
View ArticleBirchbox Raises $60 Million to Shake Up the Beauty Industry
Birchbox, the popular ecommerce service for beauty products, announced Monday that it has raised $60 million in funding. The Series B funding round was led by Viking Global Investors and brings...
View ArticleFirst Scenes Revealed From 'True Blood' Season 7: 'There's No One Left'
HBO is giving True Blood fans their first glimpse of the series' final season in a new video teaser that brings viewers deeper into the aftermath of season six's Hepatitis V virus Sookie Stackhouse...
View Article7 UX Topics Managers Need to Understand
As someone who has been in the user experience domain for a loooooong time, I have had lots of conversations with many different executives. Most of the time, these execs knew how to spell "UX," but...
View ArticleAn 11-Year-Old Rapper Is Dividing YouTube
YouTube commenters have a lot of opinions, but one 11-year-old rapper is getting the brunt of their rage. MattyB's YouTube channel is a huge success by any standard. He's amassed over 2 million...
View ArticleSony Xperia Z2 Tablet Review: Beauty, Brains and a Beach Body
It's an oft-repeated maxim of gadget design that the overall experience should be so engaging that the device itself should "disappear." Sony appears to have taken that advice literally with the...
View ArticleNothing Tarnishes Easter Like Bunny Sex on Local News
Get a cage, you two Two furry bunnies gave the world an eyeful when they got frisky on a local news desk during a live Easter-themed segment. The bushy-tailed booty call took place on NBC affiliate...
View ArticleEvery Game Boy Model From the Past 25 Years
Monday is the 25th anniversary of the original Game Boy's release in Japan. We've come a long way from that green and black screen. Whether you have fond memories playing Tetris, Pokémon, Mario and...
View ArticleHBO Renews 'Silicon Valley' for a Second Season
Silicon Valley is getting a second round of funding from HBO. The cable network announced on Monday that it has renewed Mike Judge's freshman comedy, the day after its third episode aired. SEE ALSO:...
View ArticleThese Are the Twitter Accounts That Turkey Banned
As the dust settles around Turkey's largely failed attempted to ban Twitter, the government has identified the two accounts that pissed it off the most. And if you don't live in Turkey, or you're...
View ArticleU.S. Must Release Legal Justification for Drone Strikes, Court Rules
In an unprecedented decision, a federal appeals court ordered the U.S. government to release a memo detailing the legal justification behind the killing of American citizens by drone strikes overseas...
View Article15 Uplifting Photos From the Boston Marathon
With the second-largest number of entrants in its history, the 2014 Boston Marathon was more than just a race — it was a comeback. One year after the bombings, runners and spectators alike exemplified...
View ArticleTim Cook Narrates Apple Ad on Saving the Planet
It's extremely rare for an Apple CEO to narrate one of the company's commercials personallySteve Jobs did it once for the famous "Here's to the Crazy Ones" ad as part of the company's "Think...
View ArticleDreamWorks Unleashes First 5 Minutes of 'How to Train Your Dragon 2'
DreamWorks Animation has warned us for months that dragon races would pump up How to Train Your Dragon 2, and on Monday, the 'toon studio delivered one of the race sequences early by releasing the...
View ArticleThis Year May Be the Slowest Start to the U.S. Tornado Season, Ever
This year has had one of the slowest starts to tornado season since reliable records began in the early 1950s, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). In addition, the...
View ArticleAlison Bick: Making Your Water Safe, One Picture at a Time
The average teenager doesn’t think much about the quality of her tap water. But for Alison Bick of Short Hills, N.J. — an Intel Science Talent Search finalist in 2011 — the concept of “drinkability”...
View ArticleGoogle Smart Contact Lenses Move Closer to Reality
Google’s plan to bring smart contact lenses to diabetes sufferers inched closer to reality as the company secured two patents last week for the cutting edge, biometric sensor technology. Known among...
View ArticleA Netflix Price Hike Is On the Way
Netflix is planning to raise the price of its popular streaming service by as much as two dollars per month, according to statements in its first-quarter earnings filings. Current subscribers would...
View ArticleIt's Raining Food. In Slow Motion.
It's raining food! Hallelujah! It's raining food! (Apologies to The Weather Girls.) Steve Kardynal subjected himself to a delicious shower of milk, spaghetti, brownie batter and other messy foods. He...
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