| Is 'Star Trek' Technology Still Light Years Away? | | 12:06:46 AM | Sean Fitz-Gerald |
| In the age of iPads, flying cars and space rovers, some gadgets that were once confined to the science-fiction world are quickly becoming commonplace 21st-century commodities. Star Trek, which aired its first episode more than 40 years ago on NBC, stood at the forefront, dazzling its fan base for decades with such high-tech gizmos as phasers and tricorders in the exploration of the final frontier.
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| Madonna Lashes Back at Haters: 'Stop Following Me On Instagram!' | | Friday, July 05, 2013 7:06 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Never one to hold her tongue or suppress her thoughts, Madonna used Instagram to respond to recent criticism about a photo she posted. The image showed the pop superstar wearing a chainmail mask that some people say resembles the face garb worn by Muslim women.
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| 7 Tips For Scoring a Date on Tinder | | Friday, July 05, 2013 6:14 PM | Adam Popescu |
| If your thumb hurts from constantly browsing Tinder, the addictive dating app, you're not alone — it boasts of a membership of about 20 million. The service is extremely simple. Cycle through potential partners, and click the green heart on profiles of those you're interested in. Otherwise, click a red "X," and you'll move on to the next profile.
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| The Popularity of Your Tweets Can Be Predicted | | Friday, July 05, 2013 5:33 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| Three university researchers have come up with a model they suggest can predict how popular a tweet will be. This formula doesn't look at the content of a tweet, but focuses on the behavior of people and retweets on Twitter. "I can't tell you what kind of tweet is going to be big, but I can tell you the minutes of which one [tweet] is going to be big," Tauhid Zaman, assistant professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, told Mashable.
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| The Ultimate Compilation of Wacky Japanese Commercials | | Friday, July 05, 2013 5:08 PM | Hannah Orenstein |
| Excuse the slight exaggeration, but everything cool comes from Japan. That's hardly a hyperbole — it's just true. Sushi. Hello Kitty. Karaoke. And now, this video. This compilation of bizarre Japanese commercials is going viral, and it's easy to see why. A commercial for breakfast cereal features disembodied heads on a playground, while an ad for bug spray stars dancers who make Prancerise look totally normal by comparison.
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| 5 Futuristic Inventions We Wish Existed | | Friday, July 05, 2013 3:12 PM | Adam Popescu |
| Who would have thought Total Recall's prediction of driverless cars or The Truman Show's forecasting of the rise of reality TV would actually come to pass? But other predictions from futurists and Hollywood visions of hoverboards, flying cars and space colonies don't exist quite yet.
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| Visit 23 Museums and Zoos Free With Google Field Trip App | | Friday, July 05, 2013 2:30 PM | Emily Price |
| Google wants you to go on a field trip this summer. If you have Google’s Field Trip app installed on your phone, you can get free admission at 23 of the nation’s best museums and zoos until the end of July. Options include everything from President Lincoln’s Cottage in Washington D.C. to the Bronx Zoo in New York City. SEE ALSO: Top 25 Free iPhone Apps of All Time Google originally launched Field Trip last September.
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| Lady Gaga Changes Twitter Avatar to Egg and Takes Mysterious Hiatus | | Friday, July 05, 2013 1:51 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Lady Gaga is egging us on, switching her Twitter avatar to the service's default egg image. The 27-year-old global pop star also updated her Twitter bio, causing fans to panic. The new bio reads: "This interface has been shut down temporarily. Please check back for updates." The changes have drawn comparisons to her 2011 Grammy Awards appearance, where she arrived inside an egg and later emerged from it during a performance.
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| Everything Gmail Knows About You and Your Friends, Visualized | | Friday, July 05, 2013 10:34 AM | National Journal |
| When Google hands over email records to the government, it includes basic envelope information, or metadata, that reveals the names and email addresses of senders and recipients in your account. The feds, in turn, can mine that information for patterns that might be useful in a law enforcement investigation.
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| Clever Ad Celebrates Honda's History | | Friday, July 05, 2013 9:33 AM | Todd Wasserman |
| Honda isn't turning 65 years old until September, but the company is already starting its celebrations with this video that deftly details some of its greatest accomplishments. The ad lightheartedly illustrates the highlights as toys manipulated by a man's hands.
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| 14 Google Tools You Didn't Know Existed | | Friday, July 05, 2013 8:22 AM | Denise Lu |
| Now that you've written your eulogies for Google Reader, it's a good time to remember that Google has an abundance of other resources that may not be as popular but still deserve a spotlight. We rounded up some lesser-known Google tools and applications that could help you cope with the loss of Reader and rekindle your love for Google.
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| You Aren't Using These 10 Simple Security Settings | | Friday, July 05, 2013 7:11 AM | Jess Fee |
| Online security isn't just a good idea anymore — it's an essential safety measure for anyone using the web. In 2012, Wired senior tech reporter Mat Honan lost more than a year's worth of pictures of his newborn daughter after his Google and Amazon accounts were hacked. Earlier in 2013, the Syrian Electronic Army allegedly hacked the Twitter accounts of The Financial Times, E! Online and The Associated Press.
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