Domestic Abusers Are Increasingly Weaponizing Smart Home Tech
The rising popularity of smart home technology has given rise to something dangerous: internet-connected abuse.
Fantastic New View of Ryugu Asteroid Reveals a Distinctly Dice-Like Shape
The Hayabusa 2 spacecraft‘s latest photo of the Ryugu asteroid, taken from a distance of just 25 miles (40 km), shows for the first time surface features like boulders and craters, in addition to revealing the object’s unique dice-like appearance.
Monday's Best Deals: Dark Souls, Wireless Earbuds, Lawn Care Sale, and More
Your week starts off with deals on Dark Souls, earbuds perfect for working out, a Greenworks sale, and many more.
Face Recognition CEO Says Use of This Tech by Police Is 'Irresponsible and Dangerous'
Face recognition will be used to harm citizens if given to governments or police, writes Brian Brackeen, CEO of the face recognition and AI startup Kairos, in an op-ed published by TechCrunch today. Last week, news broke that bodycam maker Axon requested a partnership with Kairos to explore face recognition. Brackeen…
Fire Chief 'Bewildered' After Mysterious Incident at E-Cigarette Plant Left 29 Sick
Nearly 30 workers at an e-cigarette plant in Salem, Massachusetts were hospitalized following a mysterious incident.
Mouse and Keyboard Support May Finally Come to the Xbox One This Year
After years of promises, multiple reports claim that keyboard and mouse support is officially coming to Xbox One and could be a reality as soon as this fall. Finally, your dreams of being endlessly sniped by a 14-year-old with god-like reflexes will come true.
Anker Has a New Best Lightning Cable, and It's $6 Off Today, With a Lifetime Warranty
Anker’s reader-favorite PowerLine charging cables have blossomed into an entire line of different products, and it hasn’t always been clear which one was the best:
Motorola’s Making the Cheap Smartphone Even Harder to Resist
Apple and Samsung would have you believe quality smartphones should cost the many hundreds of dollars you must sacrifice to obtain their rarefied devices. But in recent years, the march of time has made that notion obsolete. In 2012, a $200 device was nearly unusable. But now? Sharp screens are cheap, and fast…
The Westworld Finale Was a Beautiful, Bonkers Mess
Crazy twists! Shocking murders! Secret hosts! The ultimate Bernard vs. Dolores showdown! If those are the things you loved about watching Westworld, last night’s season two finale had to be immensely satisfying. If you wanted everything to make sense, well… maybe not so much.
Stock Up On Philips Hue Bulbs For $11 Off
We see good deals on Philips Hue starter kits fairly often. But if you already have a Hue system set up, it’s very rare to see individual bulbs for over 20% off, so stock up!
How to Play Google Podcasts Everywhere—Including iOS
Do you podcast? Google has a new app out for Android that’s ready to download and play all your favorite pods. While the functionality is a little on the bare-bones side for now, it does have one ace up its sleeve—the ability to play your podcasts across all your devices with the help of Google Assistant. Here’s how…
A Truly Weird Rumor About a Special Star Wars: Episode IX Cameo
DC might be hunting for the perfect actor to play Doom Patrol’s team leader. Hannah John-Kamen is up for a Thunderbolts movie. Don Mancini has confirmed that a Child’s Play TV show is in the works. Plus, more hints at casting for the new Men in Black movie, and The Terror’s second season heads beyond the Northwest…
TrumpHotels.org Purchased by Pranksters to Promote America's Concentration Camps
The Trump organization owns over 3,000 web domains, including TrumpFraud.org and TrumpScam.com. It’s standard practice for big companies to buy up names that might insult their brands, but it looks like the Trump regime forgot one. The domain TrumpHotels.org is now a parody website that features photos and video of…
Anker Upgraded Our Readers' Favorite Bluetooth Headphones, and They're On Sale For the First Time
At first glance, Anker’s SoundCore Spirits look a lot like the reader-favorite SoundBuds Slims, but they do have a few key upgrades. The big one is IPX7 water resistance, plus added sweat-countering measures from Anker that make them ideal for working out, especially compared to the IPX5-rated Slims. They also last a…
Flying Saucer Toy Recalled For Teaching Kids That Nazis Achieved Space Travel
If you’ve ever watched the History Channel at 3AM, you know that the Nazis had a secret program during World War II to develop flying saucers. The Nazi’s UFO experiments never actually flew, but the model toy company Revell recently released a set in Germany that makes it look like one of the Nazi saucers actually…
The Avengers: Infinity War Cast Found Out About the Ending On the Day of Shooting, While in a Van
If you thought you had a hard time learning about the ending of Infinity War, it seems like the stars had an even rougher one.
#PermitPatty: White Woman Calls Police on 8-Year-Old Black Girl Selling Water, Says She Was Tired of the Noise [Updated]
Updated: Saturday, June 23, 2018, 6:17 p.m. EDT: The woman appropriately dubbed #PermitPatty has been identified as Alison Ettel, who owns a weed-for-dogs business in San Francisco. But get this: Ettel, in an interview with HuffPost, says that she was not racially motivated to snitch on the 8-year-old but was tired of…
Actions Have Consequences
The media firestorm that kicked off on Friday night when Sarah Huckabee Sanders was refused service at a Virginia restaurant has reached its logical conclusion: a message from the editorial board of the Washington Post that the Real Problem is mildly inconveniencing powerful people.
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