Don't look now, but you won't believe how your smart TV is not just gobbling up your viewing data, but it may also be gathering information about your home. Can you minimize your smart TV's snooping activities? Our advice: Turn off its tracking features. I'll tell you how.

Here on Terra Firma, crimes are committed every day. Even if it's just something small like jay-walking or speeding, they are still crimes. Well, now those crimes have made it to space. The first “crime” ever committed in space just occurred and you won’t believe what it was.

We have long been told that to train a dog you have to make yourself the alpha. This basically means your dog has to think of you as the leader of the pack. It turns out this is only a myth and the true reason people think this is surprising.

Remember this idea you probably heard as a kid: "If you dig straight through the Earth you’ll end up in China." While that might not be exactly true, the biggest hurdle would actually be digging deep enough to go through the planet’s core. Humans have been unable to get very far into the Earth, but the deepest we have gone will blow your mind.

Quantum computers are the future of modern-day computing. They allow us to take a processor the size of a dime and make it the size of a single atom. Well, it turns out this big leap may have only been possible due to a series of accidents.

You may have noticed that the USB charging cables we know and love, and were meant to unify different devices, have been changing. These basic plugs seem to be everywhere, but why can’t engineers agree on a standard? Well, the true history of this technology will surprise you.

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