It’s troubling enough that British teenager Molly Russell sought out images of suicide and self-harm online before she took her own life in 2017. But it was later discovered that these images were also being delivered to her, recommended by her favorite social media platforms. Her Instagram feed was full of them. Even in the […]
Join us for the 10th birthday party of Samsung’s Galaxy phone. Syndication Source
China is on track to deploy high-capacity fiber-optic cable across much of Eurasia, and lock out American companies. The US sorely needs a way to compete. Syndication Source
This weekend is Presidents’ Day. Maybe you’ve chosen to spend the day contemplating the long history of our nation’s highest office, or maybe you’re taking advantage of the long weekend to get out of town. If you find yourself with some free time, we’ve rounded up more than two dozen of our favorite deals from […]
Following a down period for rumormongering around December’s Star Wars: Episode IX, things have really picked up in the last couple of weeks. Now all kinds of potential plot points, costume designs, and even maybe-possibly-kinda movie titles are being thrown around with wild abandon. Fans won’t know for sure until the end of the year, […]
The internet also said “hello, again” to more government shutdown talk last week. Syndication Source
Plus: We bid adieu to the Airbus A380, Amazon makes a move, and we take a tour of the gear that keeps Nascar racers on the oval. Syndication Source
Trouble at OKCupid, Coffee Meets Bagel, and Jack’d have made February a bad stretch for romantics online. Syndication Source
New York’s mayor says the rule, which halts the granting of new licenses, is vital for reining in congestion. Uber says the city is overreaching. Syndication Source
The virus is the most contagious in the world, exploiting the human body’s immune system to spread with extreme agility and harming its victims for years. Syndication Source
Rollerblades, climbing shoes, and more—here’s our favorite gear for warding off the winter blues. Syndication Source
Last night, amidst the hubbub of the Grammys, Disney released the first TV spot for its upcoming live-action version of Aladdin. Directed by Guy Ritchie, it features Hot Jafar, a sweeping soundtrack, and Will Smith as the iconic Genie (the character voiced by Robin Williams in the animated 1992 film). The trailer itself looked fine; […]
Video has become an increasingly crucial tool for law enforcement, whether it comes from security cameras, police-worn body cameras, a bystander’s smartphone, or another source. But a combination of “deepfake” video manipulation technology and security issues that plague so many connected devices has made it difficult to confirm the integrity of that footage. A new […]
Hey, tiger. Long week, huh? Between the Jeff Bezos vs. National Enquirer dustup and the acting attorney general of the United States testifying before Congress, there’s been a lot of back and forth. But last week also saw the premiere of Ariana Grande’s new video and a cat that miraculously came back to life after […]
That old saw about watching the money turns out to work as well in the wild world of transportation as anywhere else. First up, the robotics veterans behind autonomous vehicle company Aurora just raised a cool $530 million in funding, and check out where it came from: stalwart Silicon Valley venture firm Sequoia Capital and […]
Dimension 404 on Hulu is a science fiction anthology show in the tradition of The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits. TV writer Andrea Kail loved the fifth episode, “Bob,” about a (literal) giant brain who works for the National Security Agency. “I thought this was one of the best things I’ve seen in a […]
