• Another Exploding Phone Story Reveals the One Good Thing About Women’s Pants

  • Motiv’s Ring With Built-in 2FA Would Be Nicer If It Worked Consistently

    Doing this looks really stupid. Screenshot: Victoria Song (Motiv App) I actually never got this to work successfully. I tried troubleshooting—making sure the ring was situated correctly with the sensor palm-side down. I experimented with various speeds and watched Motiv’s video, miming it in real time. Nada. I reached out to Motiv, and they gave…

  • Desperately Horny Australian Cane Toads Ride Snake Train to Sex Town

    A cane toad in Kakadu National Park in Australia’s Northern Territory.Photo: Mark Baker (AP) Are these invasive cane toads waterlogged, or just really, really thirsty? The below photo, captured by one Andrew Mock of Kununurra in northern Australia, shows 10 cane toads riding out a storm that dumped nearly 70mm of rain by hitching themselves…

  • U.S. Strategic Command Helpfully Reminds World It Could Still Annihilate Everyone Before Midnight

    Screenshot: U.S. Strategic Command (Twitter) The United States Strategic Command—a high-level U.S. military unified command that oversees everything from nuclear deterrence, command, control, and communications to intelligence, cyber warfare, and combating the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction—helpfully reminded the world on New Year’s Eve that it has the capability to bomb the world back…

  • FBI Botched Interrogation of Former NSA Contractor Accused of Stealing Secrets

    The house of Harold Thomas Martin III photographed in Glen Burnie, Md., on Oct. 5, 2016. The federal government contractor is accused of stealing highly classified information. In the case of a former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor accused of stealing a large cache of classified documents, a federal judge this month agreed to toss…

  • Why Is Jeff Bezos on a Horse? 2018 Is Nearly Over, So Here Are Some Random Guesses

    Jeff Bezos, horse overlord.Screenshot: Instagram Why is Amazon CEO and world’s richest man Jeff Bezos a cowboy now? On Monday—New Year’s Eve—the Western-themed apparel store Kemo Sabe posted a video of Bezos riding a horse right on into what appears to be the entrance of its Aspen, Colorado branch (apparently accompanied by his brother, Mark).…

  • What Are You Leaving Behind in 2018?

    Photo: Stephanie Keith (Getty) Tomorrow begins a New Year, full of resolutions, throbbing hangovers, and gym membership contracts. Missed opportunity if you ask me! Most of the common things we associate with our collective slouching into another trip around the sun result in cheated fad diets and multiple (very, very long) calls with Retro Fitness…

  • Desperat Kåt Australske Stokk Padder Tur Slange Tog til Sex Town

    En stokk padde i Kakadu National Park i Australias Northern Territory.Foto: Mark Baker (AP) Er disse invasive stokk padder oversvømt, eller bare veldig, veldig tørst? Nedenfor bildet, tatt av en Andrew Narr av Kununurra i nord-Australia, viser 10 stokk padder rir ut for en storm som dumpet nesten 70mm av regn av haiket seg til…

  • USAS Strategiske Kommando Hjelpsomt Minner Verden Det Fortsatt Kunne Tilintetgjøre Alle Før Midnatt

    Skjermbilde: USAS Strategiske Kommando (Twitter) Usas Strategiske Kommando—en høy-nivå AMERIKANSKE militære enhetlig kommando som fører tilsyn med alt fra en kjernefysisk avskrekking, kommando, kontroll og kommunikasjon etterretning, cyber krigføring, og bekjempe spredning av masseødeleggelsesvåpen—hjelpsomt minnet verden på Nyttårsaften at det har evnen til å bombe verden tilbake til steinalderen før 2019 ruller inn. I en…

  • FBI Feilslått Avhør av Påståtte NSA Leaker

    House of Harold Thomas Martin III fotografert i Glen Burnie, Md., på Okt. 5, 2016. Den føderale regjeringen leverandøren er anklaget for å stjele høyt gradert informasjon. I tilfelle av en tidligere National Security Agency (NSA) leverandøren anklaget av å stjele en stor cache av konfidensielle dokumenter, en føderal dommer denne måneden ble enige om…