| Report: Sony to Launch PS3 Successor in February | | Sony will launch a PS3 successor on February 20, the Wall Street Journal reports citing sources familiar with the matter. Sony has officially announced an event on that date, saying the fans will "see the future" of PlayStation, but has not disclosed what, exactly, will be revealed at the event.
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| Your Facebook Profile Could Determine Mental Illness | | 3:53:14 AM | Camille Bautista |
| Everyone has that one crazy Facebook friend. They overshare, write cryptic statuses or worse, type in all caps. Those seemingly annoying posts, or lack thereof, could be more than just news feed fodder. Facebook profiles could be used as insight into mental health issues, a new study says. According to researchers at the University of Missouri, whether you post once an hour or once a month can be an indicator of your psychological state.
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| This Is How Your Brain Works | | Quick, what's 23 times 46? No time to think, your mind has already figured it out. Confused? No need for an explanation, your mind is two steps ahead of you. Sometimes your brain is working so fast it's getting everything wrong. And sometimes it's working so well, it makes you blind. It doesn't make much sense, until ASAPScience lays it out. It all boils down to the fact that our mind is constantly playing tricks on us, but for our own good.
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| The Apple Versus Android War Song | | Thursday, January 31, 2013 11:37 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Haven't you heard? It's not just a phone, it's a war. So pick a side and choose wisely. You're making a lifetime commitment; is it Apple or Android? And there's no going back for fear of being called a traitor, a war criminal even a flip-flopper. SEE ALSO: How to End the iPhone vs. Android Debate And if you're spending any time liaising with the other side, prepare to sever ties.
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| Mini-Drone Will Watch Wherever You Go | | Thursday, January 31, 2013 10:39 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| If you're one of those people who feel the urge to document each and every breathing moment of your life, but think it's annoying to have to get out your smartphone to snap pictures and upload them every time, you're in luck. Thanks to startup Always Innovating, you'll soon be able to have a mini-drone hover over your shoulder and do that job for you.
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| Puppies Adorably Predict Super Bowl Winner | | Thursday, January 31, 2013 9:46 PM | Neha Prakash |
| If you're betting on the outcome of this year's Super Bowl, we think we've found a way to zone in on the winning choice. Puppy predicting — a long practiced and perfected art — uses a streamlined mathematical formula which promises 100 percent guaranteed results. It has absolutely nothing to with the dogs just trotting over to the closet bowl filled with Kibbles 'n Bits.
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| Top 10 Twitter Pics of the Week | | Thursday, January 31, 2013 9:06 PM | Eric Larson |
| See which pictures were shared and retweeted across Twitter the most this week.
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| Vinecats: the Purrfect Way to View Vine? | | Thursday, January 31, 2013 8:46 PM | Emily Price |
| Feeling down? This site is guaranteed to put you in a good mewd. Meet Vinecats, a vine aggregator that shows nine random six-second cat videos, in a grid, all the time. The creation of q30 Design, the site’s home page shows 9 different cats Vines at a time, simultaneously.
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| R2-D2 Heels! Need These, You Do | | Thursday, January 31, 2013 8:31 PM | Chris Taylor |
| Ladies and gentlemen, presenting the winner of Star Wars item of the week: R2-D2 shoes for ladies. These beauties, featuring R2s clinging to their heels and a blinking R2-like front panel up on the foot, showed up Wednesday on Instructables — a site that documents its users' creations, so you can make your own.
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| 8th Grader Has Best Breakup Line Ever | | Thursday, January 31, 2013 7:53 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Photo courtesy of Imgur "It's not you it's me. I just need some space to work on myself. It's really just the timing. You deserve someone better." Puh-lease. Those breakup lines aren't foolin' anyone. We've all heard 'em, we've all used 'em. It's time the dating world was injected with some creativity, some wit and, for goodness sakes, some honesty. Enter an 8th grader mature beyond his years.
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| Mega's First Search Engine Gets Blocked | | Thursday, January 31, 2013 7:43 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| Kim Dotcom's new sharing website Mega got a little closer to resembling its old, closed-down version, Megaupload on Wednesday. Anonymous users launched a search engine that indexes files uploaded on the new sharing service, potentially making it easier to find copyright-protected material. On Thursday, less than 24 hours after the first news reports of the existence of the third-party engine surfaced, Dotcom blocked it.
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| Is Sony Launching a New PlayStation Next Month? | | Thursday, January 31, 2013 7:05 PM | Emily Price |
| Could Sony finally be unveiling the PlayStation 4? The company is holding an event Feb. 20 to talk about the future of PlayStation. Announced via its Twitter account, a page for the event simply shows the date and time of the event (6 p.m. EST) along with the short teaser version shown above, with no other information about what it has in store.
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| Here's How Data Can Solve the World's Most Challenging Problems | | Thursday, January 31, 2013 6:26 PM | Zoe Fox |
| Swedish academic and Gapminder Foundation co-founder Hans Rosling says data doesn't always back up our conceptions about the world. In the video above, Rosling explains that our ideas about developed and developing countries largely reflect the reality of fifty years ago, rather than today.
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| Super Bowl Teams Are Losers on Facebook Likes | | Thursday, January 31, 2013 6:13 PM | Fran Berkman |
| If Facebook Likes were touchdowns, both Super Bowl teams would be losers. In fact, both teams combined can't compare to the champion of Likes: the Dallas Cowboys. With more than 5 million Likes, the Cowboys far outpace the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens, whose Like counts stand at about 1.7 million and 1.4 million, respectively.
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| How Nvidia Kept Project Shield a Secret | | Thursday, January 31, 2013 6:06 PM | Pete Pachal |
| Nvidia surprised the world at CES 2013 when it unveiled Project Shield, a portable Android gaming device that also works the PC games. Everyone expected the Tegra 4 mobile processor, but no one saw Project Shield coming. In this age of a hyperscrutiny of tech companies, how did Nvidia keep it a secret? Three ways: simple security precautions, very little outside involvement and an incredibly tight development schedule.
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| 10 Liz Lemon Life Lessons | | Thursday, January 31, 2013 10:06 AM | Annie Colbert |
| NBC's 30 Rock airs its final episode Thursday night. If you've tried dealing with your sadness by wrapping yourself in a Slanket and indulging in night cheese, consider stepping back from the dairy aisle and finding a new coping method. Why not instead map out a life plan inspired by the all — er, somewhat — knowing Liz Lemon? A life of Lizbeanism.
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