This Collapsible Bike Helmet Doesn’t Welch On Safety To Save Space
It not only collapses down to fit in a bag or a purse—it’s stylish, too.
We can debate all day whether or not, given proper infrastructure, bike helmets are necessary. Regardless, in America, the infrastructure isn’t there, which makes helmets something everyone should wear. But we don’t, for a variety of reasons: because they’re bulky to lug around all day, because bike sharing programs like CitiBike don’t offer them, or because we’re thoughtless assholes with a god complex.
IBM’s Watson Can Now Help You Kick Ass In Fantasy Football
Big Blue’s cognitive computing platform is being integrated into a new app from Edge Up Sports to provide deep fantasy football analysis.
Looking for a little competitive edge in your fantasy football league this year? How about a little help from IBM’s Watson?
A Woman’s Most Powerful Salary Negotiation Tool? Silence
Probably works for guys, too.
Salary negotiations fill many people with fear, but studies show that women find them particularly challenging.
Cheaper yuan hurts U.S. businesses that sell to China
Drugmaker Glaxo shuts plant over Legionnaires’ bacteria
How To Take Advantage Of Your Brain’s Hidden Productivity Powers
Your mental lists are distracting you from other, more productive uses of your brain. Here’s how to do a weekly brain dump instead.
If you think keeping everything you need to know neatly packed away in your head is a smart way to run your life, you’re probably hurting your productivity and stifling your creativity.
The Death Of LOL: How Facebook Users Laugh
Whether you use “haha,” “hehe,” or “lol” has more to do with your age and where you live than anything else, the social network finds.
Conveying that you find something humorous in real life can be challenging enough. (“Is a smile enough here, or do I need to laugh?” or “Wait, they look hurt. Did I actually laugh, or just laugh in my head?”) But on the Internet, laughing can be serious business. Is that “LOL” coming across as sarcastic? Does “heh” mean a joke fell flat? And does a crying emoji indicate more laughter than an emoji sticking its tongue out?