| Oculus Rift Used to Simulate Decapitation by Guillotine | | We've seen the virtual reality headset Oculus Rift take a 90-year old grandmother on a charming tour through Tuscany, but the device can also be used for other, much less pleasant experiences. In one very blatant example, users are going through the experience of being decapitated by a guillotine, a device used for executions, most famously in the 18th century during the French Revolution.
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| Solar Eclipse Will Turn Sun Into 'Ring of Fire' This Week | | The moon will block the sun in a potentially spectacular solar eclipse this week — a celestial event that will transform the sun into a cosmic "ring of fire" in the daytime sky. The ring-shaped solar eclipse, known as an annular eclipse, will occur Thursday and Friday (May 9 and 10) Eastern time.
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| Eyewitness Recounts Rescue of Missing Cleveland Women | | Three women who went missing about 10 years ago were found alive in a house in downtown Cleveland Monday. Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michele Knight are "in good health," Cleveland police said in a release. The women, who disappeared in their teens and early 20s, were taken to a hospital for evaluation, and to reunite with relatives, the Associated Press reported.
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| Budget iPhone Is Reportedly Launching This Year | | Monday, May 06, 2013 10:30 PM | Emily Price |
| A new budget version of the iPhone is set to launch this year, according to an ETrade Supply source. The cell-phone parts supplier has been correct about a number of Apple rumors before, and most recently obtained parts of the iPhone 5 prior to its release. Beyond the budget handset's existence, however, ETrade’s sources weren’t able to share any more details.
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| This May Be the Coolest Hot Dog Vendor of All Time | | Monday, May 06, 2013 7:45 PM | Sam Laird |
| The San Francisco Giants have one of Major League Baseball's coolest ballparks and here's one reason why: McCovey Cove. That's a small inlet beyond the right field fence where dozens of kayakers and boaters gather to hang out, have parties and, if they're lucky, even snag a homerun ball during games.
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| Anonymous, Islamist Hackers Plan Major Assault for Tuesday | | Monday, May 06, 2013 6:35 PM | TechNewsDaily |
| Ascribing a consistent political agenda to the hacktivist collective Anonymous is almost impossible. Anyone can claim the "Anonymous" moniker and use it for good or evil, provided that his or her work is subversive.
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| Zuckerberg Delayed Instagram Deal to Watch 'Game of Thrones' | | Monday, May 06, 2013 5:30 PM | The Daily Dot |
| Only Mark Zuckerberg could throw a billion-dollar deal on ice to sit down with his friends and watch Game of Thrones. We're at least a few years away from calling the 28-year-old Facebook CEO an eccentric billionaire (because a) he's not old; and b) he hasn't thrown stacks of benjamins from a hot air balloon just yet), but this is just one of the few details about the Facebook-Instagram deal that shook up the Web last year.
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| Man Animates Wife's Drunken Story About Tortilla Chips | | Monday, May 06, 2013 4:43 PM | Neha Prakash |
| If there's ever been a PSA for not drinking and joking, it's this video. Adam Patch's wife got a little too tipsy one night and turned, like most do, into a stand-up comedian. Her subject of choice? Tortilla-chip bullying. (No, folks, even we can't make this stuff up.) Patch recorded his wife's nonsensical, pun-filled story and turned it into a darkly hilarious animated video that really shines a light on the chip-on-chip abuse.
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| Your Phone Is Dirtier Than These 5 Objects | | Monday, May 06, 2013 3:56 PM | Bianca Consunji |
| It's a well-known fact that cellphones are dirty objects, but just how unclean are they? Fun fact: each square inch of your cellphone contains roughly 25,000 germs, making it one of the filthiest things you come in contact with on a daily basis. That's something to think about the next time you press your face to your phone.
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| Demi Lovato Is Premiering Songs Based on Intensity of Tweets | | Monday, May 06, 2013 3:31 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Every song from Demi Lovato's fourth studio album, Demi, will premiere online way sooner than fans anticipated — but only if those fans, a.k.a. "Lovatics," tweet like crazy. Lovato's camp launched LovaticsSpeedUpTime.com on Monday, challenging fans to tweet the song name (in hashtag form) that appears on the site. For example, "#WithoutTheLove" is track three on the album.
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| Adobe Goes All-In on Subscription Pricing Model | | Monday, May 06, 2013 1:52 PM | Christina Warren |
| Adobe's flagship product, Creative Suite, has new name and a host of new and updated features now that it's evolved into Adobe Creative Cloud. But the biggest change in the software is how Adobe will be selling it: It's going to be subscription only. That means that users won't be able to buy Photoshop CC or other apps individually from Adobe for a flat rate (known in the industry as perpetual licensing).
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| Israel Says Google Recognizing Palestine Hurts Peace Hopes | | Monday, May 06, 2013 12:38 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| When Google changed the tagline for google.ps, its Palestinian domain, from "Palestinian Territories," to "Palestine," it stepped right into one of the world's most controversial political issues. The change, which was effective on May 1, was seen as Google's recognition of a Palestinian state.
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| TweetDeck Ends Support for Facebook Tuesday | | Monday, May 06, 2013 12:12 PM | Pete Pachal |
| If you use TweetDeck as a dashboard for your Facebook activity, that will end Tuesday. On May 7, as promised, TweetDeck will discontinue support for Facebook feeds. The removal of Facebook support has been planned for some time. In early March, the service publicly said it would stop supporting Facebook at the same time it abandoned its mobile apps, turning exclusively to web- and desktop-based apps.
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| Don't Leave College Without These 10 Digital Skills | | Monday, May 06, 2013 9:59 AM | Matt Petronzio |
| Graduation season is upon us, and that means college graduates everywhere are preparing to enter "the real world." But chances are your liberal arts degree, as hard-earned and valuable as it is, doesn't equip you with every digital skill you need.
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| Billboard Shows Different Messages for Kids and Adults | | Monday, May 06, 2013 9:49 AM | Todd Wasserman |
| A billboard in Spain created by an organization dedicated to aiding abused children shows a different message to children and adults, even if both see the ad at the same time. The feat is achieved by use of lenticular printing, which allows different images to be seen depending on the vantage point.
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| Acrobatic Blogger Puts Your Travel Photos to Shame | | Monday, May 06, 2013 7:57 AM | Zoe Fox |
| Some travelers take clichéd photos when they visit famous sites; others add their own flare. During Jaime Davila's two-year trip around the globe, he took more than 26,000 photos. Of those, 426 feature acrobatic toe-touches, the jumps popularized by cheerleaders. While not all 426 are in particularly unique locations — and many are toe-touch fails — you can take a trip around the world with Davila and his signature pose.
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