The LAPD Has Decided It Needs Drones
The Los Angeles Police Department approved a test program to deploy drones alongside its officers on Tuesday, with the Police Commission voting 3-1 to roll out a year-long “small Unmanned Aerial System” program.
Sonos Finally Squished Alexa Into A Speaker, But Maybe Just Buy A Dot
Sonos wouldn’t like it, but you could call its new smart speaker an “Echo.” A high-end, very nice-sounding, but flawed Amazon Echo—the kind someone who just got a promotion might buy themselves, because unlike the $50 Dot or new $100 Echo, this speaker will set you back $200.
Ajit Pai Took Six Days to Respond to Donald Trump's Threat to Strip NBC's 'License'
On October 11th, President Donald Trump tweeted that if NBC was going to continue being so mean to him, he could simply have his subordinates “challenge their License,” adding that adversarial media was “Bad for country!”
We Love the Badass Grandma In Pixar's Coco
Respecting your elders is a staple of all cultures. But you really respect them when they can use their shoe like it’s a switchblade knife.
China Blocks WeChat Features Ahead of 19th National Congress
In the lead up to the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China this month—a major changing of the guard which will see widespread retirements among senior leaders—the country’s censors have been cracking down on everything from an unnerving sex doll-sharing company to even milquetoast criticism of the…
Tesla Workers Allegedly Faced Racial Discrimination And Harassment By Coworkers And Superiors: Lawsuit
Three black former Tesla employees claim they suffered racial discrimination and racially-motivated abuse by company supervisors and fellow employees, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
This Pen/Whistle/Ruler/Glass Breaker/Fire Starter Is a Fidgeter's Dream
When is a pen worth $40? Possibly never, but the GP 1945 makes a really strong case.
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Twitter Has New Rules for Violent and Sexual Content
Twitter’s downward spiral into a platform where abuse thrives has been well-documented over the years, but harassment on Twitter is in the news again this week because the company suspended actress Rose McGowan after she tweeted about sexual abuse in Hollywood. In response, CEO Jack Dorsey promised to introduce…
Use an Android Launcher to Get the Pixel 2's New Search Bar On Your Current Phone
The Pixel 2 comes packed with new features you won’t find on regular vanilla Android 8.0, and a big part of that is the home screen. Google redesigned its calendar widget to show upcoming events, and as a result it moved the search bar down to the bottom of the screen under the dock where you can access it even faster.
The 10 Best Deals of October 17, 2017
We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.
There's Never Going to Be a 'Right Time' for The Punisher TV Series
Netflix and Marvel made the right decision a few weeks ago when the companies decided to cancel The Punisher panel at New York Comic Con in the wake of the October 1 shooting in Las Vegas that left 58 people dead and 489 others wounded. The timing would have been beyond offensive, which raises the question: When can…
Drink Up: High Lead Levels Found in Two InfoWars Supplements
The most accurate description of the shrieking pageantry we’ve come to know as InfoWars is that it’s a dietary supplement business hiding behind a debased, unreliable, and exhaustingly stupid news network. Unfortunately for its founder Alex Jones, seen above chugging a glass of “Caveman True Paleo Formula,” two of…
What Happens to Facebook’s Mind Reading Project Now That Its Leader Is Gone?
Regina Dugan, a tech exec with roots in the government sector as the former director of DARPA, is leaving Facebook and her departure calls into question the status of one of the craziest things Facebook has been working on.
Watch This Photoshop Master Use a Clever Trick to Make an Ugly Crane Disappear
A crane left parked in front of a sugar factory for months in Baltimore, Maryland, prevented photographer Paul Frederiksen from getting the exact shot he wanted. He had assumed that using Photoshop to erase the obtrusive crane was all but impossible, until Denyer, a UK-based photographer, performed a photo-editing…
Scientists Uncover a Clue About How Bacteria Develop Antibiotic Resistance
In recent years, superbugs have become one of the biggest threats to modern human health. At present, the CDC estimates that some 23,000 people die every year from multidrug-resistant infections in the United States. The threat of antibiotic-resistant bacteria to global health is big enough that this year the World…
Escape This Wretched Earth With Google's Sweet New Solar System Maps
If you, like me, are tired of this world—these people—tired of being caught in the tangle of their lives, Google now allows you explore 16 other planetary bodies that are more serene than this one.
British Spies Accused of Gathering Untold Social Media Data on Innocents, 'Unlawfully' Sharing it With Foreign Powers
British spy agencies have collected and shared huge databases of personal and social media information on millions of individuals, and effectively circumvented the investigatory body tasked with surveillance oversight, according to documents newly obtained by Privacy International, a London-based consumer advocacy…
The Ultimate Gifts For Any Zelda Fan Are On Sale Today
Nintendo created three gorgeous books that are must-owns for any Legend of Zelda fan, and all three are on sale today. They aren’t all-time low prices (except for the Zelda Encyclopedia, which comes out next year), but they’re solid discounts off what you’d normally pay, so you won’t have to break too many pots or cut…
World's Largest Mud Flow Probably Powered By Underground Magma Tunnel
The largest mud volcano eruption has been raging in Indonesia since May 29, 2006. At its peak, 180,000 cubic meters of mud flowed daily from a site near a heavily populated region of Java—enough mud to completely fill the Empire State Building every six days. Almost 60,000 villagers have fled since then, and it’s…
