Atari is back from the grave
Yes, you read that correctly. A new Atari is coming soon, and you can pre-order it on May 30.
Pricing hasn't been revealed, but it'll likely set you back about USD$300. Why so expensive? Because unlike the recent spree of retro-only consoles, the Atari VCS will be capable of playing modern games in 4K resolution at 60 frames per second. Not to worry though, it still comes with Atari Vault, giving you access to more than 100 classic games.
Alternate reality television
Counterpart is, so far, amazing. I'm a few episodes in to the first season, and I can already see why it's been rated 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.
For any of you who watched Fringe, you'll feel right at home with the concept here.
China has heaps of bikes
Piles upon piles of barely-used bicycles are just sitting around in fields. It's both sad and mesmerizing to see the waste.
Bike-share companies have exploded in popularity in China (and around the world) these past few years. And like any good service, humans have screwed it up by leaving the bikes all around town, forcing cities to impound and store them somewhere. Like these fields.
Jelly Mario is the best Mario
Another fun example of what you can do in the browser these days. Someone re-created Mario, complete with jelly-like physics.
Faster Internet, please
DNS is the lifeblood of the Internet. It's the directory that tells your browser that somewebsite-dot-com actually points to a bunch of numbers, like a phone number for a server (aka, an IP address).
But, not all DNS is alike, specifically in terms of speed and security. 1.1.1.1 is a new, free, fast, and secure way to improve your Internet right now. It takes less than three minutes to set up, and the steps are pretty easy to follow.
The computer is fluid
Sure, aluminum and glass computers are great and all, but what's next?
Water. MIT has developed a pretty slick concept showing how computers in the future might coexist with the physical world around us.