Downtown Davenport, Iowa flooded after HESCO barriers in the region failed sometime around 3:30 p.m. local time as the Mississippi River rose to nearly...
5 Things We'd Like to See From The Orville Season 3 (Also: Hey Fox, Please Renew The Orville!)
There’s a lot going on in pop culture at the moment, but somehow we’re still thinking about The Orville’s thrilling season two finale. Our immediate...
Apple Q2 2019 Earnings Show iPhone Business Stalling, But Services Expanding at Rapid Pace
Everyone has a theory: Maybe it’s that iPhones are too expensive. Maybe it’s that Apple’s quality control seems weaker, or that they’ve alienated consumers...
I Must Grudgingly Admit That Laundry Folding Boards Are Pretty Useful
If you’ve only seen one of these laundry folding boards only once, it was probably in a scene from The Big Bang Theory. That alone was enough to keep...
Avengers: Endgame's Women Deserved More
Avengers: Endgame was a riot of flashy fights and fan service, with enough humor thrown in to sometimes feel like a great comedy. It was silly and nonsensical,...
Two HIV Cases Linked to Spa That Gave Trendy 'Vampire Facials'
The so-called vampire facials that have been touted by celebrities for ostensible rejuvenation benefits have been linked to two cases of HIV in New Mexico,...
Five Camp Stoves That Will Have You Cooking Frontcountry Gourmet in No Time
Prepare to impress, my friends. Ditch the dehydrated meals and whip up a four-course gourmet meal, all without breaking a sweat. Camp stoves are like...
Netflix Responds to Data Connecting 13 Reasons Why With Rise In Teen Suicides
13 Reasons Why, a Netflix show exploring why its protagonist died by suicide, has sparked debate among the research community as to whether it contributed...
Zuckerberg Promises 'the Future Is Private,' but Facebook Will Still Be Facebook
To open the decade, Mark Zuckerberg defiantly announced that the age of privacy was over. Now, as we approach the decade’s end, the Facebook founder...
Sleep Drugs Like Ambien Will Get a New FDA Warning About Potentially Fatal Side Effects
The Food and Drug Administration is forcing certain sleep drugs to carry a deadly serious warning about the rare, frightening side effects they can cause....
Crash Test Dummy Failures Send Them Flying Off Roller Coaster Into Nearby Hotel
Stories about amusement parks are typically dominated by two topics: either the opening of a new attraction or the catastrophic failure of an old one....
The 10 Best Deals of April 30, 2019
We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.
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Facebook Wants to Know Which Friends You Want to Fuck
Remember back in ye olde days when you would poke that cute friend of yours on Facebook? Well, at its yearly F8 conference today, Facebook announced...
Lunar Eclipse Meteorite Briefly Created a Spot on the Moon as Hot as the Sun
This past January, astronomers managed to capture the moment a space rock struck the Moon during a total lunar eclipse. Now we’re learning more about...
Your Joy-Cons are Holding You Back: Grab This Wireless GameCube Controller On Sale
If you suddenly find yourself in need of extra controllers for your Super Smash Bros. parties (like I do, every other Saturday), PowerA’s Gamecube-style...
The Most Interesting Thing About Valve's Fancy New VR Headset Might Be Its Controllers
About a month ago, Valve teased that it was working on its own VR headset separate from the HTC’s Vive and Vive Pro, but still compatible with all the...
How to Make Your Own Functional Spider-Man Web Shooters
You can hang around as many laboratories as you want, but there are zero chances you’ll ever get bitten by a spider and find yourself with superpowers....
Indonesia Is Moving Its Capital City as the Current One Sinks Into the Sea
For as long as Indonesia has existed—even during colonial times—Jakarta has been its capital. But the 10 million-strong coastal city that sits on the...
The Apartment-Friendly Instant Pot Mini Is Back On Sale For Under $50
If you don’t own a pressure cooker, today’s a great day to fix that. The apartment-friendly 3 qt. Instant Pot Mini wants a permanent home on your kitchen...
How Game of Thrones' Azor Ahai Prophecy Could Still Be Fulfilled
The latest episode of Game of Thrones shocked audiences when it seemingly ended one of the show’s greatest conflicts and dashed hopes about a prophecy...
Facebook Tries to Wipe the Slate Clean by Giving Its Busted Website a New Look
Facebook’s F8 conference is currently underway, which means that Mark Zuckerberg’s company will attempt to rebrand itself as new and improved following...
Researchers Say They’ve Created a Blood Test for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Researchers at Stanford University and elsewhere say they’ve taken an important step in potentially helping people with a barely understood ailment that’s...
Build Your Own Retro Game Console With This One-Day Raspberry Pi Sale
There are a lot of reasons to own a Raspberry Pi, but anecdotally, I think somewhere north of 90% of people buy them to build retro game consoles. But...
Uber and Lyft Cut Off Hiring of New Drivers in NYC as New Regulations Appear to Work
Lyft and Uber are halting onboarding for new drivers in New York City following last year’s historic vote that lifted the wage minimum for drivers ride-hailing...
Substandard, Superficial, and Absurd: Experts Slam the Science Behind the CRISPR Baby Experiment
A pair of genetic experts are claiming that the controversial human gene-editing experiment conducted by Chinese scientist He Jiankui was not only unethical,...
LA’s New Climate Change Plan Will Radically Overhaul the City’s Car Culture
Cars are as wrapped up in Los Angeles’ identity as tacos, the Hollywood sign, and palm trees. But the auto culture could change dramatically in the next...
Get 15% Cash Back On Your Favorite Outdoor Brands With an Amazon Prime Credit Card
The Amazon Prime Store Card and Amazon Prime Rewards Visa are worth having just to get 5% cash back on Amazon purchases, but for a limited time, that...
Collecting the Bizarre Homemade Cars of Russia's Soviet Past
For most Soviet citizens, buying a new car was financially impossible. To put things in perspective, Alexander Petrovych (who built one of the cars you’ll...
Chinese Astronomers Saw an Exploding Star 2,000 Years Ago. Scientists May Have Just Found the Remains
Scientists think that they’ve stumbled upon the remains of a stellar explosion first observed by Chinese astronomers over 2,000 years ago, according...
Why Amazon Is Hiring an Editor for 'Breaking Crime News'
A smart doorbell company owned by Amazon is looking for a new managing editor to oversee a team of journalists breaking crime news for an app tailor-made...
Repurpose An Old Hard Drive or SSD As an External Drive For Just $8
If you have any old hard drives or SSDs gathering dust, this $8 enclosure can turn it into a handy USB-C external drive. No tools are required: just...
You Can't Unsee the First Sonic The Hedgehog Trailer
Like the left side of a classic Sonic video game stage, the live-action Sonic The Hedgehog movie has been steadily approaching, whether we like it, or...
World's Oldest Rainforest Is Being Cooked to Death by Climate Change, Authorities Warn
Australia can’t seem to catch a break. The Great Barrier reef is still limping along after being ravaged by heat waves two to three years ago, while...
Indians Are Roasting Their Army for Posting 'Evidence' of a One-Footed Yeti on Twitter
On Tuesday The Indian Army’s public information account tweeted photos of tracks in the snow along with an image of a stoic team of officers. “For the...
Scientists Are Mapping the Industrial Hums That Travel Through the Earth
Across the U.S., industrial machinery creates a constant underground hum that sends vibrations through the surface of the Earth. Scientists are now mapping...
Energizer's Gigantic Battery Phone Just Ran Out of Juice
Earlier this year, the Energizer Power Max P18K Pop made a splash at Mobile World Congress thanks to its massive size and 18,000mAh battery. But while...
Tuesday's Best Deals: Instant Pot Mini, Watches, Battery Organizer, and More
Discounted Sonos One speakers, Insomnia Coffee, and a sale on graduation party supplies lead off Tuesday’s best deals.
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Color-Changing LEDs Pave the Way to Impossibly High Screen Resolutions
An international collaboration between several universities around the world has led to an innovation in LEDs that could potentially result in a giant...
The Suicide Squad Recruits an Ant-Man Star as a Very Weird Batman Villain
The third Fantastic Beasts film has a release date. Get a look at new set pictures from the still untitled Bond 25. Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss’ Dracula...
How to Charge Your Gadgets as Fast as Possible
It’s hard to think of a scenario where you’re not going to want to get your gadgets charged up as quickly as possible—whether you’re heading to the office...
Controversial Study Suggests 15,600-Year-Old Impression Is the Oldest Human Footprint Ever Found in the Americas
An apparent human footprint uncovered by archaeologists in Chile has been dated to 15,600 years old, placing it among the oldest prints ever found in...
Trump's Health Secretary Praises Trump for Opening Up 'Debate' on Vaccines That Is 'Settled' Now
The nation’s top health official, Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, praised his boss Donald Trump on Monday for supposedly contributing...
Upgrade Your Dual Monitor Setup With An Affordable Monitor Arm
Monitor arms give you back wasted desk space, and include channels that keep your cables hidden and organized. And if that sounds appealing, you can...
Backdoors in Huawei Equipment Discovered by Vodafone Italy in 2009
Vodafone Italy discovered backdoors in its Huawei home internet routers and software between 2009 and 2011 according to a new report from Bloomberg News....
See What Could've Opened Deep Space Nine Season 8 in an Exclusive Clip From What We Left Behind
It’s a miracle that Deep Space Nine got to do what it did with the Star Trek franchise for seven seasons. But what if the series had continued on in...
Anki, Maker of Adorable Robots That Don't Do All That Much, Abruptly Shuts Down
Robotics company Anki, the manufacturer of an adorable line of tiny home robots like Cozmo and its bigger brother, the $250 Vector, has unexpectedly...
Google Sold Fewer Pixels at the Start of 2019 Than the Year Before, Despite Launch of Pixel 3 Line
Google doesn’t sound like it’s had a great time trying to sell consumers on its Pixel line of phones lately, in part because there’s too much competition...
What's the Best Place to Order Flowers Online?
With Mother’s Day and graduation season upon us, I assume a lot of you are desperately trying to remember your old passwords or track down promo codes...
Mozilla Calls Out Facebook for 'Failing' on Ad Transparency
Over at Facebook, it’s been a year of controversy and climbing profits.
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These 3 Characters' Destinies Were Finally Fulfilled During 'The Long Night'
Game of Thrones’ Battle of Winterfell was one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen. My body is still shaking—if you touched my arm, you could feel it...
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