Apple generated more revenue in one quarter than Google did in all of 2014

Now that Google has reported earnings, we can add another incredible stat to Apple’s mind bending fourth quarter performance. For the December quarter, Apple generated $74.6 billion in sales. For all of 2014, Google generated $66 billion in sales. That’s really impressive. So is this… The combined fourth quarter revenue of Microsoft, Google, and Amazon […] …

A Drone Carrying 3 Kilos Of Meth Crashed Into A Parking Lot In Mexico

Tech giants Amazon and Google are both testing delivery drones — but so are drug smugglers. A drone crashed into a supermarket parking lot near the Mexican border last night, and it was loaded with 3 kilos of crystal meth. As reported by the Verge, the news first came via the Facebook page of a …

2015 could be the year of the personal robot

The release of yet another personal robot reminds me that they’re coming: a fleet of emotionally aware robots synced with your totally connected home. Companies and technologists have promised for years that there would come a day we’d get our very own Rosie. And last year saw the debut of a number of personal robots. Two of the most […] …

The NFL Is Still Trying To Wrap Its Head Around The Genius Patriots Formation That No One Has Seen Before

The New England Patriots only used four offensive lineman during a series of three plays in the third quarter of their comeback win over the Baltimore Ravens on Saturday night. It totally confused the Ravens, and was so unexpected that the NBC announcers didn’t even catch it during the live broadcast. An explanation: Under NFL …

Elon Musk uses this ancient critical-thinking strategy to outsmart everybody else

Before he was a world-changing entrepreneur, Elon Musk was on track to become a physicist — even starting an applied physics Ph.D. at Stanford University. But while he dropped out of the program after only a few days, the field left an impression on the billionaire-to-be. Perhaps most crucially, it trained him in “first principles […] …