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Vivaldi, A Web Browser Featuring Tab Stacking, Speed Dials, Quick Commands, and Notes
Vivaldi is a web browser created by a team headed by former Opera CEO Jon von Tetzchner that essentially intends to uphold the original values…
Microsoft Is Abandoning Internet Explorer and Using a New Name for the Browser in Windows 10
Microsoft is abandoning Internet Explorer and using a new name for the browser in Windows 10. The current codename for the new browser is Project…
A Clever Canine Vest With Smartphone-Controlled Customizable LED Messaging and Design Capabilities
Disco Dog is a clever piece of wearable technology for small dogs that has smartphone-controlled customizable LED messaging and design capabilities that assist in locating…
Kids React to Old School VCRs, VHS Video Tapes, and Bulky CRT Television Sets
On the latest episode of their Kids React series, Benny and Rafi Fine of The Fine Brothers showed a group of kids old-school VCRs, VHS…
100 Years of Hair and Makeup in Both North and South Korea Shown Decade by Decade in Split Screen Time-Lapse Video
In the fourth episode of their “100 Years of Hair and Makeup” series, Cut shares the visual history of the past 100 years of beauty…
Tom Scott Explains How Nanotechnologists Use Basic Objects to Create Materials With a Thickness of One Atom
In his latest video, Tom Scott (previously) travels to Bristol Centre for Functional Nanomaterials and the Chemical Imaging at the University of Bristol to discuss…
‘Wake up to Eggs with Bacon’, A Hilarious Commercial Where Kevin Bacon Shares Healthy Facts About Eggs
“Wake up to Eggs with Bacon” is a hilarious commercial–created by Incredible Egg–about eggs that stars none other than Kevin Bacon, the star of The…
‘Unpronounceable’, A They Might Be Giants Dial-A-Song Track About the Mystery of Other People
For the 11th week of their year-long Dial-A-Song project (previously), They Might Be Giants offer up “Unpronounceable,” a track about how difficult it is to…
An Explanation Why Mosquitoes Prefer to Bite Some People More Than Others
Craig Benzine provides an explanation for why mosquitoes prefer to bite some people more than others in a recent episode of the Mental Floss series Big…
BlippyBot, A Twitter Bot That Delivers Reactionary Animated GIFs Based on Keywords
@PHClapp @Steve_Campbell exciting pic.twitter.com/K0c4ls8z8g — BlippyBot (@blippybot) March 17, 2015 BlippyBot is a Twitter bot designed by San Francisco-based app developer Blippy that responds with…