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Google took a big step into virtual reality with its Android-powered VR platform Daydream, and while we have to wait until fall for "Daydream-ready" phones, we did get a brief glimpse of the reference design for its headset and motion controller, which is also coming this fall from Google itself...

Google Home is a response to Amazon's Echo, a home speaker and digital personal assistant operated by voice commands. The Echo looks like a generic Bluetooth speaker, which is to say it resembles a stack of hockey pucks or a very large tube of Pillsbury croissant dough. Google Home looks like...

On this week's episode of Game of Thrones, Jon Snow receives a letter, which he reads aloud reluctantly because it is vile. Today, HBO has released an image of the prop letter used when filming the scene:

Calligraphy does nothing to make these words seem elegant. If...

In the ranking of unpleasant life experiences, using Apple's iTunes lies somewhere between filing your taxes and having your wisdom teeth pulled out. It's not good even at the best of times, but two weeks ago it was downright harmful to one James Pinkstone of Atlanta, who found 122GB of his own...

The New York Police Department isn't one for subtlety. In an effort to deter illegal dirtbikes and all-terrain vehicles from drag racing on city streets, the department rounded up a few hundred vehicles that it confiscated and crushed them using a couple of bulldozers. Oh, and they broadcast the...

Drake is a former child actor, current pop star, and the secular god of memes — even if he disputes that last label. Born Aubrey Drake Graham, the Canadian celebrity has been inescapable, not just for fans of music, but enthusiasts of technology. That's because Drake is a meeting point of the...

To promote its new Lethal Weapon television series, Fox (aka the network that killed The Grinder) released a three-minute promotional trailer. The first half is what you'd expect: an inconsequential adaptation of an R-rated classic, the rough edges polished down to a glossy sheen for television....

I like Justin Timberlake, but I have a couple of small issues with his latest music video — you know, the one for "Can't Stop the Feeling (From DreamWorks Animation's "Trolls")." For example, it's rude to throw a ton of produce in your shopping cart without weighing and labelling it for the...

Errol Morris is one of the best documentarians working today. His subjects range from former Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara to the person who dresses up as New York baseball mascot, Mr. Met. Unlike many of his contemporaries, much of Morris' current work is made available for free,...

Porn is porn, except when it's research.

That's the backbone of a curious defense made by Mike Webb, a Republican congressional candidate for Virginia's 8th District, who on Monday posted a screenshot of his desktop. The image pertained to a now irrelevant call with a staffing agency. More...

It might not be immediately apparent why a blog comparing pictures of ocean-dwelling nudibranchia and David Bowie is a brilliant idea. After all, one is a flamboyant and mysterious organism, known for its variety of colorful and imaginative looks, and the other is a type of mollusc.

But...

CH4 wanted to "keep track of your gases," but apparently the wearable-loving Kickstarter community wasn't into it. The device was designed to detect when you fart, and then correlate your fart quantity with what you eat — quantified self to the max. The project inspired plenty of think pieces...

Whenever I see stock photography, I'm reminded of Ancient Greek theater. This is what happens when you put yourself in debt in order to attend a fancy art school. You justify the burden by seeing the arts in practically everything.

Anyway! In Ancient Greece, actors wore big masks called...

What are you willing to believe?

Are you willing to believe that a man who photoshopped his own body onto Rihanna's shoulder not two weeks ago hates being a meme? Are you willing to believe that a musician who recently rapped the lines "I do my own propaganda" and "L-O-L-O-L I'm glad you find...

Last week, the planet Mercury put on a show for astronomers by trekking across the Sun for 7.5 hours. In what is known as a Mercury transit, the tiny planet passed between the Sun and Earth, appearing as a tiny black dot moving slowly across the Sun's bright disc. It's an event that happens only...

I’ve watched Top Gun countless times. Back when the film first came out in 1986 (30 years ago today), I’d just bought myself a large Sony TV and a state-of-the-art Sony VCR and amp, which meant I could watch films in loud, stereo sound. That was a huge thing back in the day. At least for me.

I...