Razer Atheris mouse promises lag-free wireless gaming

Generally speaking, PC gamers want a wired mouse to cut back on latency as much as possible. The only problem with that is gaming on the road – if you’re playing on a gaming laptop, you may not want to carry a wired mouse as a wireless mouse is more convenient. Razer claims to have the solution to that problem … Continue reading

Motorola’s planning a thermal self-repairing phone

Motorola has a plan to make a self-repairing smartphone covered with shape memory polymer material. Motorola’s patent for this idea reveals in part how the device’s smart glass would function. Note that we’re using the term “smart glass” here for ease in explanation – in reality, Motorola’s plan for the device calls for a much more complex piece of material. … Continue reading

Nielsen ratings give credit for Facebook, YouTube and Hulu views

Media ratings giant Nielsen announced today that publishers will now get credit for digital video content aired on Facebook, Hulu and YouTube. “Through capturing this audience, Nielsen is providing publishers, agencies and advertisers with a better p…

Facebook Camera adds GIFs, colorful text and the ability to go live

Facebook is beefing up its Camera functionality with a trio of Snapchat- and Instagram Live-inspired updates. Starting today, iOS and Android users have the ability to go live, create GIFs and share colorful blocks of text directly from the Facebook…

Instagram tidies up comment sections with threaded responses

Instagram doesn’t care if you see all your friends’ posts in chronological order. But it does want you interacting with the month-old photos its algorithm picks to appear above and below more recent posts. The latest example is a change to how commen…

Facebook is making the News Feed easier to navigate

Over the next few weeks, Facebook will be introducing a few updates to its News Feed that make it clearer and easier to navigate. First, comments within a post are going to look a bit different. They’ll now look like chat bubbles and replies to speci…

Teen Tackled By Bystanders For Allegedly Vandalizing Holocaust Memorial

It’s the second time the New England Holocaust Memorial has been vandalized in the last two months.

White People Are The Ones Who Made America This Way — It's Our Job To Undo It

We are beyond the point where silence is an acceptable response to hate.

Bizarre Switcheroo Makes 'The Wonder Years' Much Creepier Than You Remember

Ooowee, this gives us the willies.

Google just patented a new kind of laptop

A new kind of notebook computer was granted a patent for Google this week by the USPTO. In this patent, a notebook with a new method for multiple use-case scenarios was presented. Instead of what the patent calls an “uncomfortable ‘squishy’ feeling”, the user would cover the notebook’s keyboard when the notebook is in “tablet” mode, doing so with a … Continue reading