Apple is getting into show business, and in a decidedly un-Apple-like way. The technology titan is set to back a series from rapper Dr. Dre, who will produce and star in “Vital Signs,” according to the Hollywood Reporter. Dre (real name Andre Young) joined Apple alongside music producer Jimmy Iovine when the company bought Beats …

When we last heard from the band OK Go, it was filming one of its quirky music videos with the help of electric unicycles and a drone camera. Now it’s taken the art form to new heights, breaking the bonds of gravity itself in the process. The video for the band’s song “Upside Down & Inside Out” was shot while …

If you call me out in a comment at the end of this story and I ignore you, one of two things are happening. A: I’m not really ignoring you, but I just haven’t gotten around to responding yet. Or B: I think you’re a troll. As it turns out, ignoring Internet trolls might be the right move, according to …

It should be easier than usual to spot Santa Claus making his magical journey from the North Pole on Christmas Eve, thanks to the first full moon to be seen on the holiday since 1977. Even better, you can watch for St. Nick in the live video feed below, courtesy of the Slooh online observatory. Slooh astronomers will provide live …

There’s a not-so-clever little Facebook hack going around that promises to name all your friends on the social network who “like” Donald Trump so that you can either unfriend or congratulate them, I suppose. It relies on Facebook’s search feature, which allows you to search for your friends who have “liked” certain pages. You can do this yourself by simply …

Daydreaming about future gadgets that don’t exist (and probably never will) has become a popular pastime, with too many slick iPhone concept videos coming out now for us to keep up with. But every now and then there are a few truly novel ideas worth sharing, like the recent one above from the Sonitdac YouTube channel that imagines a CO2-powered …

Donald Trump is in the headlines once again this week after making some rather radical proposals about barring Muslims from entering the US and soliciting Bill Gates’ help to somehow shut down parts of the Internet (video). Before you get all worked up, either because you think he’s nuts or he’s someone finally speaking the truth, take a deep breath …

The nerds have taken over the Internet, even more than usual, with a new Google Easter Egg to add to all the “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” hype. Simply type “a long time ago in a galaxy far far away” into a Google search (on desktop or mobile) and watch your screen turn to a darkened starscape as John Williams’ …

For the first time ever, the Oxford Dictionaries’ word of the year isn’t even a word. It’s an emoji. Specifically, the teary-eyed, bald and jaundiced guy on the right there. Interesting for a dictionary publisher to make a move that risks removing all meaning from the word-of-the-year exercise. Officially, the first pictograph to be bestowed with the honor is actually …

The protest on the University of Missouri-Columbia campus that arguably started, grew and saw victory thanks to social media is now seeing those same tools backfiring thanks to a viral video of students and a member of the communications faculty bullying reporters trying to document the story. I’ve just seen an uncut version of the video and it’s even weirder …