Airplane Cabins Could Be 100X Quieter With These Rubber Mufflers

The dull throbbing hum that accompanies you on your jet-setting adventures might be quieted in the near future. Scientists from MIT and North Carolina State University collaborated on a thin rubber membrane that can be installed throughout the body of a plane like acoustical tiles, essentially sound-proofing the interior.

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Convicted Silk Road Kingpin Ross Ulbricht Won't Be Getting a Retrial

The Silk Road’s convicted kingpin won’t get a new trial, a judge ruled today. A motion for retrial filed by Ross Ulbricht’s defense team was rejected by Judge Katherine Forrest.

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Instagram Blocks Eggplant Emoji Search

Instagrammers with weiner on the brain will have to look elsewhere: Instagram announced yesterday it’s adding emoji hashtags, but you can’t search for photos hashtagged with the eggplant, a vegetable considered more penile than produce these days.

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How Ikea Could Change Jet Cockpit Design

Spending the day at Ikea is a fun treat in the best of times, a relationship-destroying nightmare in the worst. For one Airbus designer, though, following the yellow arrows around the bins of votive candles and wall hooks was a breakthrough moment.

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YouTube will soon put their ‘stars’ in films

youtube-logo-photoWe all love (or tolerate) those end-of-year YouTube montages, which highlight the best viral videos in addition to various creators who have made a name on YouTube. those creators are a lynchpin for success, as various other platforms are trying to steal them away to create instant viewership. In their latest attempt to encourage those creators to stick around, YouTube … Continue reading

Dropbox ‘commenting’ feature now available to all users

commenting_ss_finalIf you use Dropbox to collaborate a workflow, you’ve probably been left scratching your head now and then. What is your colleague event talking about? Is this the right document for the project they were discussing in the meeting? Typically, that left you firing off emails or tracking them down via chat or stalking their cubicle. Now, you won’t have to … Continue reading

Stan Lee teaches “Cameo School” session with Audi

Screen Shot 2015-04-28 at 9.52.00 AMArriving in his very fancy Audi S8, Stan Lee appears prepared to teach a class in making a cameo appearance. Having appeared in basically every Marvel Comics movie released in the past 10 years, Stan Lee is the pro. He’s about to teach the class what this means. In this spot you’ll find Kevin Smith, Tara Reid, Michael Rooker, Jason … Continue reading

Uber's food delivery service launches in four cities

Uber’s experiments with food delivery in California and Spain must’ve been a resounding success, as the ridesharing outfit is making that on-demand dining a permanent option. UberEats has officially launched in four cities, including the Barcelona an…

A Chrome extension taught me to love the internet again

The internet hasn’t been the happiest place for me lately. Over the past three years or so I’ve watched friends, colleagues and loved ones battle trolls; I’ve learned of tragedies, both personal and public; and I continue to deal with some extremely …

We're live from the LG G4 launch event!

Earlier this year, almost every smartphone maker revealed a flagship model at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. But not LG. The South-Korea based company has been relatively quiet since its introduction of the G Flex2, which was back at CES 2015. T…