Today the entire internet was riveted by a live llama chase in Arizona. All work ground to a halt while the world watched the furry creatures’ daring escape. This is hardly the first time the internet has had a collective breakdown. What’s the weirdest clusterfuck that got everyone talking? We need your help to remember.
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By Chris Matyszczyk Technically Incorrect: Verizon issues a press release suggesting that the FCC’s decision to regulate the Internet as a utility is archaic and sends the world back to the Dark Ages — of 1934.
By Darren Orf
Your smartphone may be as powerful as a computer, but it’s also hobbled. You can only install apps on it from the walled garden of the official app store. Your options are limited to the small, vetted collection of “approved” apps as opposed to the unlimited options available for PCs. That’s where jailbreaking comes in.
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By Michael Franco A new report and video show how dust from an ancient lakebed in Africa is critical to plant growth on another continent.
There’s a never-ending debate when it comes to buying umbrellas: Do you spend a lot of money on an expensive one you’ll probably end up losing, or do you buy a cheap model that will most certainly break in a light breeze? Davek wants you to go the former route, and is now …
By Anthony Domanico Scientists have found a black hole 12 billion times more massive than the Sun that was formed so soon after the Big Bang that it’s challenging what we know about black holes.
A little over a year ago, Facebook finally …
By Abhimanyu Das and Diana Biller
Everybody loves infographics. Facts (and assertions) just spring to life when you make them into cool pictures. But this powerful tool is all too often misused. Here are 11 infographics that are either completely misleading or totally useless.
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By Don Reisinger The company’s moratorium on raises this year for executives now extends to all employees in South Korea, as the electronics giant focuses on facing its troubles in the mobile market.
