Category: Weird
Tired, Filthy, and Overworked: Inside Amazon’s Holiday Rush
Tyler Hamilton has optimized his every waking minute. Between Black Friday and Christmas, five nights a week, he pulls himself out of bed, brushes his…
Analogue Pocket Review: The Best Way to Play Old Game Boy Cartridges
I’ll admit it: I’m a skeptic, and a grouchy one at that. I rarely let fun or interesting new products go by without a “harumph”…
Conscious Machines May Never Be Possible
In June 2022, a Google engineer named Blake Lemoine became convinced that the AI program he’d been working on—LaMDA—had developed not only intelligence but also…
9 Best Retro Game Consoles (2022): Evercade, Polymega, Analogue Pocket, and Controllers
Do you remember the alluring 8-bit music, flashing screens, and excitement of the arcades? Maybe you spent happy hours in front of an early home…
The Quest to Defuse Guyana’s Carbon Bomb
In March 2015, the Deepwater Champion rig was at work for Exxon Mobil, exploring for oil in the Atlantic Ocean 120 miles off the coast…
The Mystery of Nevada’s Ancient Reptilian Boneyard
Berlin, Nevada, is a treasure chest for paleontologists. Just down the road from now-abandoned gold and silver mines, a rockbound collection of bones hints at…
How to Get Your 4 Free At-Home Covid-19 Tests (2022)
It took nearly two years of living through the Covid-19 pandemic to get our first round of free at-home rapid tests. Now, we’re on our…
Everrati GT40 2023 First Drive: Fast, Furious
Any thoughts of fast-charging equalling practicality are erased, however, when you try to get into the thing. The “40” in the GT40’s name is a…
5 Best Rain Jackets (2022): Cheap, Eco-Friendly, Hiking, and Running
If you would prefer to look a little less like Paddington Bear on your everyday city outings, I also recommended Adidas’ Rain.Rdy City Jacket ($260)…
13 Best Messenger Bags (2022): Crossbody, Slings, Shoulder Bags
If I’m out and about and I don’t have a bag slung across my body, I feel naked and unprepared. It’s like venturing into a…