5 kitchen hacks that’ll help you make healthier choices

April is here — and if you haven’t already jumped into spring cleaning mode (what, you decided to sleep in this weekend instead?), now’s the time to give the busiest room in your home a facelift. SEE ALSO: Winter weight gain got you sweating? Read this to get back into shape Yep, we’re talking a […]

Son turns garage into fully-functioning pub for the sweetest reason

LONDON — A British man has built a proper pub in his own back garden after his father became too ill to go out to their local. Gary Bourne converted his double garage — fitting it out with beer taps, sofas, television screens and a dart board — after his 73-year-old dad suffered a stroke […]

#TBT: Dreamy vintage ’40s film camera takes v cool selfies

http://ift.tt/1T6fVYp Want to be the selfie queen of your squad? Then it’s time to get down with this 1940s Rolleiflex film camera. It’s v dreamy and sure to make you reign supreme in the land of selfies and vintage cameras. Check back each Thursday as we explore another piece of #ThrowbackTech for a whole new […]

Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar’s upcoming biopic will give you all the feels

Sachin: A Billion Dreams, a forthcoming biopic on Indian cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar, has all the makings of a blockbuster. See also: India can’t forgive British Airways for asking for Sachin Tendulkar’s full name The first teaser narrated in Tendulkar’s own voice, focuses on his early love for cricket as a kid in Mumbai and […]

3 ways to increase your email response rate so you’re not always left waiting

In an article for The Atlantic, writer Joe Pinsker split email recipients into two categories: those who let emails pile up, unattended; and those who felt compelled to respond as quickly as possible. It’s certainly worth considering that some people, by habit, reply immediately and others do so in bulk several days later SEE ALSO: […]

Facebook’s AI chief: ‘Facebook today could not exist without AI’

Facebook just wrapped up its F8 developer conference, the company’s biggest event of the year. And, in between talk of bots for Messenger, 360-degree video and virtual reality selfie sticks, one topic that was never far from the discussion was also one that we haven’t heard Facebook discuss very openly in the past: artificial intelligence. […]

Europe approves air passenger data sharing after Paris, Brussels attacks

European MPs have approved a plan to share air passenger data following five years of bitter discussions that escalated after the Paris and Brussels attacks.  SEE ALSO: Here’s how you can help victims and survivors of the Brussels terror attacks The system will allow police and justice officials to access airline passenger data on all […]

WTF is a capybara and why is it so chill?

The capybara is the world’s largest rodent, like a dog-sized guinea pig, native to most parts of South America. Despite their size, other animals really love to chill with the capybara, leaving the Internet to wonder why they’re so popular among other species. So what is the secret behind the capybaras cool attitude, and can they […]

Chimp dances on power lines in daring escape from Japanese zoo

A chimpanzee’s escape from a city zoo has got Japanese social media buzzing. According to local news reports, the primate escaped in the early afternoon on Thursday from Yagiyama zoo in Sendai city, Japan. SEE ALSO: A mountain lion snuck into the Los Angeles Zoo and ate a koala Kyodo reports that the male chimpanzee, named […]

Bots may be cool, but DigitalGenius thinks it found a better way

 Bots seem to be all the rage this week, thanks to the release of Facebook’s Messenger Bot program at F8, but not everyone sees bots as the way to keep up with the customer service glut. DigitalGenius, a former TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield finalist, thinks there’s a better way using artificial intelligence and machine learning. The company […]

Kite wants to be every developer’s pair-programming buddy

 Most integrated development environments (IDEs) and text editors are full of useful features, but, for the most part, they aren’t connected to the Internet. Because of this, developers often have to switch context to Google the solution to a problem or look at a language’s manual. Kite wants to change this by connecting text editors to […]

Paint-filled balloons crashing into each other in extreme slow motion is mesmerising

The Slow Mo Guys are at it again. They’ve burst out of giant water balloons, played around with tasers and blasted flamethrowers into the air — and while their latest experiment is more low key, it’s just as cool to look at. SEE ALSO: Slow Mo Guys remind us we’re never too old to play with Hot […]

European Parliament adopts tough new data protection rules

 The final vote on reforms to Europe’s data protection laws has just taken place in the European Parliament, with MEPs agreeing the new data protection directive — bringing to a close some four years of work to update existing legislation which dates back to 1995. Read More from TechCrunch http://ift.tt/22wpQcqFiled under: U Tagged: TechCrunch

PayPal Credit will lend you money for online shopping in the UK

LONDON — Another challenger to traditional credit cards has emerged in the UK with the introduction of PayPal Credit, a way to spread out payments for online purchases. The payments giant will allow consumers to apply for credit, under which purchases of £150 ($212) or more will be interest-free for four months, then subject to the […]