‘Are You Dead Yet’ is an app recently released in China that asks a user daily if they’re still alive. After two missed button-press confirmations, it notifies the emergency contact they entered when they signed up via an email. I want to read that email. [App developer] Guo and his

The Oxford University Press has chosen ‘rage bait’ as its 2025 word of the year (technically words of the year) after deliberating between it, ‘aura farming’ and ‘biohack’. The definition of each while I ponder when Gen Alpha made a hostile takeover of the Oxford University Press. aura farming (n.)

These are a couple videos of cakes that look like dogs, which, after the dog’s butt is lit, poop (I love the kid’s artwork on the wall behind you by the way). I’m not certain if the cake (if that’s actually a cake) or the poop is edible though. “Everything

This is a video of a cleverly designed Japanese condiment packet that dispenses both ketchup and mustard in equal parts simultaneously. I always knew I could count on Japan for this sort of innovation. Granted, rarely do I want equal parts of ketchup and mustard on anything. I’m usually 2/3s

An insult to pastry chefs the world over, the Bakon Cake Decorator (officially the Bakon Piston Depositor with Cake Decorating Option) can spread the icing on layered cakes with enough precious and evenness to presumably avoid any 1-star Yelp reviews. That’s cool, but I prefer my cakes iced the old

Doing my part to contribute even more people (you) to the number of people who already don’t care about Steve Aoki’s recent NFT purchase, this is a video of the DJ stopping the music during a concert to wave his phone at the audience to show off the Doodle NFT

Presumably inspired by socially distanced birthday parties, Blower is a $2 iPhone app that can blow out a candle by holding the speaker up to the candle. What a time to be alive and celebrating another trip around the sun! The app works by generating pressure waves from the phone’s

Because apparently there’s no such thing as cat ladying too hard, Fancy Feast has released a cookbook for humans (available for download in PDF form here) inspired by the flavors of its new Fancy Feast Petite entrees for cats. That way, you can pair your dinner with your cat’s. Alternatively,