Venmo invites users to try physical debit cards

Venmo is inviting select users to try out new debit cards that deducts right from their account, TechCrunch reported. This is four months after rival payment service Square started trying out its own card (and two months after its public launch), so…

Pope Francis On Climate Change Denial: ‘Man Is Stupid’

“When you don’t want to see, you don’t see,” the pope says while flying over the hurricane-ravaged Caribbean.

Equifax Scandal Could Complicate GOP Efforts To Gut A New Consumer Protection

And some conservatives are telling Republicans to back off.

United Nations Passes New Sanctions Against North Korea

The penalties fall short of those requested by the Trump administration, however.

Bridal Party’s Doughnut Bouquets Are A Delicious Idea

Something borrowed, something … glazed?

NASA is funding an ultra-thin way to deal with space junk

NASA has its eyes set on an ultra-thin way to deal with all the junk floating around space. The space agency awarded a second round of funding to the Brane Craft, a thin ‘sheet’ of sorts from Aerospace Corporation that works by wrapping around junk, driving it down through the atmosphere so that it’ll eventually burn up, solving the waste … Continue reading

The Jammy is a steel string guitar that fits in a pocket

 As a fan of electronic guitars – as opposed to plain old electrics – the Jammy seems like a very interesting piece of kit. Designed to be played like a regular guitar, you fret on the top part of the neck and strum the strings on the bottom half. Because it has only five frets you change the octave by pulling the neck out from 0 to the full length of 12 inches. Design house… Read More

GM might beat its competitors to driverless car production

While a large number of companies are working on self-driving cars, including Google/Waymo, Uber, Audi and Tesla, it might be General Motors that beats them all. In a blog post, GM’s CEO of Cruise Automation, Kyle Vogt, says that his team has created…

Apple adds a mail-in option to its iPhone Upgrade Program

Apple is adding a mail-in option to its iPhone Upgrade Program, making it easier to ditch your suddenly-outdated iPhone 7 Plus after tomorrow’s 10th-anniversary iPhone showcase. First spotted by techdude13 on the MacRumors forums, the page for Apple’…

Monkey selfie copyright battle ends with a settlement

The battle over who owns the rights to a monkey’s selfies has raged for years, but it’s coming to a quiet end. Camera owner David Slater, PETA and Blurb have reached a settlement in the case before a federal appeals court could rule whether or not S…