It’s been nearly 15 years since the South Park episode “Simpsons Already Did It” aired for the first time on Comedy Central. In case you haven’t seen it, the conceit is that The Simpsons have already covered basically every plot imaginable, so at some point, you’re going to repeat something that happened in an episode.
What’s incredible is that real life is apparently subject to the same rule.
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Remember when we taught you how to figure out if all those glowing reviews on an Amazon product listing were fake? Well here’s an indication that product reviews are real: if a product on Amazon has a 4.1-star overall rating that includes more than 9,000 — that’s nine thousand — 5-star reviews, it’s a pretty safe bet that it’s the genuine article. And you can trust us, the Maxboost 0.2mm Ballistic Glass iPhone 6/6s Glass Screen Protector is indeed the genuine article.
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There are a lot of very freaky looking animals out there that are still being discovered to this day. One such animal was recently discovered just above the Mariana trench: A “Jack-o-lantern” jellyfish whose head lights up like a Halloween pumpkin.
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At $35,000, the Tesla Model 3 is a lot more affordable than its siblings. The car will be even cheaper to some early buyers based in the U.S. as they’ll be eligible for huge savings in the form of a $7,500 federal tax credit. That much was known before Tesla started taking orders for the car, and could explain the huge number of preorders registered in the first days. The faster you order one, the more likely to have a chance of scoring that tax cut, as this program expires after a certain sales milestone is reached.
However, Tesla had to readjust its manufacturing plan after about 400,000 people ordered the Model 3, which means that more Americans might be eligible for the tax break than initially believed.
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The fossil fuel industry is not exactly beloved, but it has us in a bind since we’re still so dependent on oil for our energy needs. The Guardian brings us word that Tesla CEO Elon Musk believes it’s time to really take the fight to the fossil fuels industry so we can really pave the way for cleaner energy alternatives. While talking at the World Energy Innovation Forum at the Tesla Factory in California this week, Musk decried the lobbying power that the oil and gas industries have over politicians in Washington and other capitals around the world.
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Of all the industries that are currently undergoing actual disruption right now, the automobile industry has to be somewhere near the top of the list. We’re not talking about “disruption” as a meaningless buzzword — we’re talking actual disruption here. Tesla’s attack on the major players in the industry started off small, but now the biggest car brands in the world are scrambling to release electric cars and help build out charging infrastructures. Beyond electric, there’s a whole new breed of autonomous vehicles lingering in the future, just waiting to change the way we travel.
And as it turns out, you might be riding in self-driving cars much sooner than you thought.
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As the CEO of both Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk is often regarded as a real-life version of Tony Stark. But truth be told, Musk isn’t the only prominent CEO with two jobs and grand aspirations for space travel. While Jeff Bezos is primarily known as the CEO of Amazon, he’s also the founder of Blue Origin, a privately funded spaceflight services company.
Similar to what Elon Musk is trying to do with SpaceX, Blue Origin is primarily focused on developing technologies that will allow private citizens to travel to space without breaking the bank. And though Blue Origin receives a lot less press than SpaceX, the Jeff Bezos led company this past November launched a rocket about 62 miles up into the atmosphere (the outskirts of space) and successfully managed to land it back on earth in one piece.
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We’re two episodes into the new season of Game of Thrones, and we’ve already seen more than half-a-dozen people meet the gods of Westeros. Death is one of the recurring characters in the popular HBO series, and it often takes away some of our favorite heroes. It did so with Jon Snow, albeit temporarily, which was a major upset for fans. By now you’ve heard that he returned from the dead even if you don’t watch the show, so we haven’t really spoiled anything at this point. But if you don’t want to know how Jon Snow’s resurrection impacts the show, then stop reading now, as some huge spoilers follow below.
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Hey, remember Windows Phone? You probably don’t and for a long time it seems like Microsoft hasn’t remembered it either. Behind the scenes, however, it looks like Microsoft has been working on new features for its mobile operating system and at least one of them is really cool. Per The Verge, Microsoft recently took the wraps off a new feature that it describes as “pre-touch sensing for mobile interaction.” Essentially, this feature can detect when your fingers are near the devices display and will automatically put up menu options for you to use.
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Jon Snow isn’t the only Jon that HBO fans are excited to see return to television this year. Speaking with CNN’s Brian Stelter in a Paley Media Council interview this week, HBO CEO Brian Plepler was asked about the chances that Jon Stewart would make his way on to the network before the election in November.
“Yeah, I’m hopeful,” Plepler responded.
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