As the polymath engineers and scientists who work there are fond of saying, Google X is the search giant’s factory for moonshots, those million-to-one scientific bets that require generous amounts of capital, massive leaps of faith, and a willingne… - 6 hours ago, 22 May 13, 2:49pm -
Details are still emerging, but it appears that two men have been shot by the authorities after allegedly hacking a soldier to death with machetes in Britain. - 7 hours ago, 22 May 13, 2:02pm -
In the previous "Fast & Furious" movie, the heroes managed to steal a room-sized safe with two tuned muscle cars. But could it actually be done in real life? - 7 hours ago, 22 May 13, 1:14pm -
Yes, the new Xbox One is highly covetable for many reasons. But once you get past the games and the TV integration and the rumbling controllers, you finally land on what might be its most useful purpose: The world's most sophisticated workout gadget. - 8 hours ago, 22 May 13, 1:09pm -
When severe weather conditions developed over Oklahoma on May 20, NOAA's GOES-13 satellite was switched to opposed to the normal interval of 30 minutes. - 8 hours ago, 22 May 13, 12:55pm -
Gmail users got a taste of Google's new Hangouts feature this week, but it was missing the VOIP calling feature Voice users had come to love. Starting today, it's back...sort of!Read more... - 2 hours ago, 22 May 13, 6:19pm -
Great discussions are par for the course here on Lifehacker. Each day, we highlight a discussion that is particularly helpful or insightful, along with other great discussions and reader questions you may have missed. Check out these discussions and… - 3 hours ago, 22 May 13, 6:00pm -
If you know your terminal basics, you know that mkdir creates directories—but it can do more. If you add the -p flag, you can create a directory with subdirectories in a single command and save yourself the trouble of quite a bit of extra typing.Re… - 3 hours ago, 22 May 13, 5:30pm -
Gawker London Soldier Hacked To Death By Machete-Wielding Terrorists | Kotaku Xbox Exec: 'If You’re Backwards Compatible, You’re Really Backwards' | Lifehacker How I Tricked Myself Into Loving My Workout | Jalopnik Watch This Scooter Crash Four T… - 3 hours ago, 22 May 13, 5:25pm -
I used to hate my workouts. Sure, I did them, but I was frustrated, grumbling, and upset the entire time. I dreaded going to the gym, and did almost anything I could think of to get out of it. At the slightest hint of a cold, I was so relieved to hav… - 4 hours ago, 22 May 13, 5:00pm -
When you know how to do something, you have a skill. When you understand how something works, you can alter that knowledge and adapt it for your best uses. This gives you confidence and the ability to grow.Read more... - 5 hours ago, 22 May 13, 4:00pm -
Welcome to our next Hacker Challenge! Each week, we issue a new challenge. You get until Sunday to prepare your submission and send it to us. That gives you a few days to think about it and a whole weekend to work it up. Our editors pick the best su… - 5 hours ago, 22 May 13, 3:30pm -
If you're at all interested in the science and psychology of motivation, chances are you've read Daniel Pink's bestseller Drive. In it, he argues that three simple things propel us: autonomy (wanting to direct our own lives), mastery (wanting to be g… - 6 hours ago, 22 May 13, 3:00pm -
Ben Marks, our pal at Collectors Weekly, says, "We just published an article on Zoe Mozert, Pearl Frush, and Joyce Ballantyne, who created some of the most memorable pin-up art in the 1940 and '50s. While most people today associate pin-up art with m… - 3 hours ago, 22 May 13, 6:05pm -
SF/thriller writer Iain Banks has weighed in to quash a rumor that he only wrote his amazing SF novels to pay the bills because the (also amazing) high-brow literary thrillers didn't bring in enough: I wish I did have the time to reply to everybody i… - 3 hours ago, 22 May 13, 6:04pm -
Wisconsin's Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream has some refreshingly honest ad-copy on the side of its vans. The photo was snapped by a Consumerist reader named David, and shows a van whose advert disclaims any nutritional merit, proudly proclaiming "gobs of… - 4 hours ago, 22 May 13, 4:58pm -
"I was 14 years old, all on my own because my friend bailed on me at the last minute, and relatively clueless," says science writer Steve Silberman in the story of how he became a Grateful Dead devotée. "Then the Dead came out... I knew I had never… - 4 hours ago, 22 May 13, 4:43pm -
Charlie Savage at the New York Times: "One day before President Obama is due to deliver a major speech on national security, his administration on Wednesday formally acknowledged that the United States had killed four American citizens in drone strik… - 4 hours ago, 22 May 13, 4:38pm -
Among the most recent video posts you will find on our video archive page: •Nikola Tesla pitches VCs •Open source hardware 3D printer for pizza-on-demand • Controversial banana-touching. • NASA solar flare video with Lars Leonhard music. •… - 4 hours ago, 22 May 13, 4:24pm -
"Captain Geoffrey Spaulding" shares this vintage ad on Flickr, and a quick Google reveals that it's a promo card for a short-lived program on a Philadelphia TV station in 1954: "Let Scott do it." No known tape exists, and if it does, it's definitely… - 4 hours ago, 22 May 13, 4:12pm -
Alan sez, "Two items here on the same theme: Ruben Bolling, comic author of Tom The Dancing Bug, contributor to JoCo Funnies, etc. has a raffle posted on his blog. If you donate to the American National Red Cross through a page he has set up, you wil… - 5 hours ago, 22 May 13, 3:30pm -
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