Silicon Valley On TV: "Girls" For Geeks
"For thousands of years, guys like us have gotten the shit kicked out of us. But now...we can be in charge and build empires."So says Richard Hendricks, the protagonist of "Silicon Valley", a...
View Article'Game of Thrones' Fans Can Tear Down A Giant King Joffrey Statue Using Twitter
In preparation for Sunday's premiere of "Game of Thrones," New Zealand's SKY TV has erected a giant statue of the most-hated man in Westeros — King Joffrey.The 23-foot statue placed in Auckland is part...
View ArticleFootball Team Owned By KISS Is Set To Debut Crazy New Uniforms And Field
The L.A. KISS, the newest team in the Arena Football League, is set to make their home debut this weekend.Much like their namesake and two of their owners, Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of the band...
View ArticleHere's Why Hillary Clinton Is 'Deeply Worried' About The UN's Damning Climate...
Yesterday, at the launch event for the U.S. Global Development Lab, the conversation was mostly optimistic. The goal of the lab is create a center for science and innovation focused on what the...
View ArticleThe Firm Wall Street Revolted Against Totally Nailed The Jobs Report
On Wednesday, we wrote about the revolt on Wall Street against ADP for its perceived inaccuracy in predicting private BLS payrolls.ADP stood by their methodology. And this morning, ADP appeared to have...
View ArticleHere's What It's Like To Parachute Into A Baseball Stadium
Padres fans at the 2014 home opener got a special treat when the Navy Parachute Team — the Leap Frogs — landed in the stadium.The incredible directed jump was filmed via a mounted helmet camera. The...
View ArticleHOUSE OF THE DAY: Former Art Dealer Sells East Hampton 'Cottage' For A...
Two years after former art dealer Bernard Goldberg put his 1900s beach house on the market for $40 million, he finally found a buyer.The property's price had recently dropped to $29.95 million,...
View ArticleThe Global Luxury Index Has Been Red-Hot
Inequality continues to be a major issue in the world.And it has manifested very clearly within the the stock market.Check out S&P's Global Luxury Index, which consists of 80 large publicly traded...
View ArticleHere's What Ku Klux Klan Gatherings Are Like Today
Decades after the era when the Ku Klux Klan lynched African-Americans, the hate group is still fighting for white power.There are active chapters in 41 U.S. states, with between 5,000 and 8,000 active...
View ArticleAmazon Just Launched A Cool New Product To Let You Create A Shopping List...
Amazon just launched a new product called Dash, a little gadget that lets you scan bar codes or speak into its internal microphone to create a shopping list on-the-go. The idea is that you can order...
View ArticleAn Internal Document Reveals How Terrified Apple Is Of Android (AAPL)
An internal Apple document Samsung used as evidence during its ongoing patent trial shows that some people at Apple fear that sales of the iPhone could fall as the competition releases better hardware...
View ArticleCongressman Upset His $174,000 Annual Salary Not Enough To Live 'Decently' In...
In an interview published Thursday in Roll Call, Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) lamented that his $174,000 annual salary was not enough to live "decently" in Washington, D.C."I think the American people should...
View ArticleIf You're Trapped In A Reply-All Email Chain From Hell, Here's Gmail's Simple...
If you're a Gmail user and find yourself in the middle of an email thread that you'd rather not be a part of, you can excuse yourself from the thread, without causing a commotion.This is certainly...
View ArticleThis Chart From IBM Explains Why Cloud Computing Is Such A Game-Changer
All of the industry's biggest tech players are going gaga chasing the cloud-computing market these days:Cisco just vowed to spend $1 billion to build a new cloud to compete with Amazon's Web...
View ArticleWe Ate Dinner At The Michelin-Starred Restaurant That Was Funded On...
Earning a Michelin star is an achievement many professional chefs spend their lives working toward. But amazingly enough, Chef Matt Lambert got his star within four months of opening his own...
View ArticleSalesforce.com Just Gave CEO Marc Benioff A $1.24 Million Cash Bonus (CRM)
Fresh off a record-breaking year, where revenue hit over $4 billion, Salesforce.com has issued annual cash bonuses to its executives, according to documents filed with the SEC.But their payouts fell a...
View ArticleThe Tragic Map Of Where You Can Get In-N-Out Burger
In-N-Out Burger is often named as one of the best fast food burger chains. Unfortunately, it's only available in a few regions. Most of the locations are in California, although the chain is now...
View ArticleThis Amazing Jumping Kangaroo Robot Can — In Theory — Go Places Wheeled...
German robotics firm Festo has come up with a unique take on robot locomotion.Their newest robot is built on the principle of "recovering, storing, and releasing energy based on a natural model" in...
View Article12 Ways To Be Happier At Work In Less Than 10 Minutes
What’s the key to workplace happiness?If you ask bestselling author Sharon Salzberg, she'll tell you that it's a combination of knowing what you're doing in the moment and feeling like your work is...
View ArticleHere's The Best Strategy To Use To Bet On Craps
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