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What the U.S. Should Have Learned From the 2016 Election

Years after revelations regarding Russian interference in 2016 started to come to light, the tiresome odes to “Soviet Russian tradecraft” ought to leave us wondering what’s changed. At this point, the fact that there were multiple Russian-led campaigns to sow disinformation around the 2016 election has become a well-documented fact. All took advantage of social…

Politics Hannah Gais Oct 30

20 Years Later, Pulse Is Still the Creepiest Horror Movie About Internet Ghosts

Pulse begins with an ancient sound: the screech of a dial-up internet connection. At the time of its release in 2001, however, that sound signified a new form of communication that had already begun to change the world. The movie takes a look at where that technology will take us, and forecasts nothing but doom.…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Oct 30

The Suicide Squad’s John Cena Spinoff TV Series Gains Another Familiar Face

Michael Giacchino talks swinging back into action for Spider-Man 3’s soundtrack. The Strange Talent of Luther Strode is getting a movie adaptation. Rami Malek teases the villainous complexity of his No Time to Die villain. Plus, a look at the Gremlins animated series, and what’s to come on the Walking Dead spinoffs. Spoilers, away! The…

Television James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson Oct 30

10 Tips and Tricks to Help You Get the Most Out of Your Amazon Echo

Amazon has refreshed its Echo line again, and this time the speakers are shaped like balls rather than cylinders—though all of the key functionality remains the same. Your Echo can do so much more than summon Alexa, so we’ll steer clear of giving you a long list of commands you can use—you already know most…

Gadgets David Nield Oct 30

The Pixel 4a 5G Is Hands Down the Best $500 Phone

The Pixel 4a 5G is an interesting phone, because on the outside it’s as plain as can be. But just like the Millennium Falcon, she’s got it where it counts. The Pixel 4a 5G is also somewhat awkwardly named, having more in common with the Pixel 5 than its smaller sibling, the standard Pixel 4a.…

Smartphones Sam Rutherford Oct 30

Author Behind Bogus Hunter Biden Report Isn’t Real Either

As if this Hunter Biden smear campaign couldn’t be more clearly manufactured, Martin Aspen, the author behind a viral phony “intelligence” document about the Vice President’s son that made it to Trump’s inner circle, is not the Swiss security analyst he claims to be. Namely because Martin Aspen doesn’t exist. Even his profile picture is…

Tech News Alyse Stanley Oct 30

The Mandalorian Season 2 Premiere Spoiler Discussion Zone Is Right Here

This is the way and this is the day. Update: Our full recap is now live here. Almost a year has passed since Moff Gideon emerged from his fallen TIE Fighter, mythic Darksaber in hand, ending the first season of the first live-action Star Wars TV show, The Mandalorian. Now, finally, fans can see what…

io9 Germain Lussier Oct 29

Two Ohio Republicans Plead Guilty in Alleged $60 Million Bribery Scandal for Coal and Nuclear Bailout

Two of the five Republicans arrested on corruption charges involving former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder pleaded guilty on Thursday to racketeering. They’re the first to be convicted in the alleged $60 million federal corruption scandal, which federal prosecutors are already calling one of the largest pay-to-play scandals in the state’s history, regarding a nuclear…

Earther Alyse Stanley Oct 29

When Behemoths Like Apple Hoard Cultural Touchstones, It’s a Recipe for Disaster

The holidays are looking a little less Linus this year for Peanuts fans hoping to catch Charlie Brown specials on network television, as has been tradition for decades. Instead, Peanuts will be exclusively available on Apple’s streaming service—which has prompted a petition demanding the specials return to broadcast TV. It’s not the first time a…

Internet Catie Keck Oct 29

The Scariest Scenes in Star Wars

Fear may be a path to the Dark Side but it’s not something most people associate with Star Wars. When you think Star Wars you think sweeping sci-fi adventure or maybe even laid back Western swagger. You rarely think of nail-biting dread or shocking jump scares. They’re in there though and this Halloween, we’ve gone…

Movies Germain Lussier Oct 29

Disney Made a Skinless Robot That Can Realistically Stare Directly Into Your Soul

One of the obvious giveaways that you’re interacting with a robot is their blank dead-eyed stare. The eyes don’t connect with yours the way they would if they were, you know, human. A research team at Disney is trying to fix that using subtle head motions and eye movements that make the robot seem more…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Oct 29

Blumhouse Orders Up a Bunch of Scares, Including a New Insidious Movie

It’s time to get horrifying. Blumhouse has unveiled a whole new slate of frights to get us through 2021, featuring several more “Welcome to the Blumhouse” flicks, a new teaser for Halloween Kills, and a fifth Insidious movie—this one directed by franchise star Patrick Wilson himself. The studio held its first BlumFest, where it shared…

Movies Beth Elderkin Oct 29

Hey Tucker Carlson, We Have Some Guesses About What Happened to Your Hunter Biden Docs

Fox News host Tucker Carlson devoted a segment of his show on Wednesday night to damning documents supposedly proving corruption by Democratic nominee Joe Biden—except they had mysteriously vanished in transit. “On Monday of this week, we received from a source a collection of confidential documents related to the Biden family,” Carlson told viewers. “We…

Politics Tom McKay Oct 29

Sorry, Netflix Users, Subscriptions Are Getting Another Price Hike

If it wasn’t enough that Netflix continues to push the eject button on a number of beloved and by all accounts popular series on its platform, the service is now raising its monthly subscription costs in the U.S. While Netflix’s entry-level tier will remain $9, both the standard and premium tiers are being hit by…

Internet Catie Keck Oct 29

Batwoman, Black Lightning, and Superman & Lois Are Coming to the CW This Winter

Though the CW is currently fresh out of new cape content thanks to production delays caused by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the network is already gearing up to hit the ground running with 2021 premieres for more than a few of its superhero mainstays, some of whom are returning with all new looks. As the…

Television Charles Pulliam-Moore Oct 29

Exxon Pays Off Shareholders, Lays Off Workers

The tragedy of Exxon continues. On Thursday, the company said it expects to lay off roughly 14,000 workers over the next year. The huge reduction comes even as it pays out shareholders, albeit at a flat level for the first time in nearly four decades. The tumult hitting what was once the biggest, baddest oil…

Earther Brian Kahn Oct 29

Spell Is a Gorgeous B Horror Movie With Messy Ideas About Class and Power

Paramount Pictures’Spell—from director Mark Tonderai—is a film that sets out to exist in a number of emotional spaces while terrifying you with a story about how simultaneously horrific and freeing homecomings can be. While the film doesn’t quite accomplish all of its goals, it does manage—perhaps accidentally—to be a wildly fun horror flick centering one…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore Oct 29

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A Black Biologist Pioneered Animal Intelligence Research, but His Work Was Buried

Black biologist Charles Henry Turner was doing groundbreaking research into animal cognition at the turn of the 20th century, yet his ideas never gained traction on account of racism and his seemingly radical viewpoint. Many concepts proposed by Turner are now accepted science, and a group of researchers to say it’s long past time to…

Biology George Dvorsky Oct 29

The FCC Is Making a Boneheaded 5G Play to Improve Rural Broadband

On Tuesday, the FCC announced it will set aside up to $9 billion over the next 10 years to fund 5G wireless broadband expansion across rural America. This is in addition to the $20.4 billion already earmarked for wired broadband expansion in rural America over the same time period, but there’s so set date for…

Internet Joanna Nelius Oct 29

Everything You Need to Know About the New Google TV

There’s a new Chromecast in town, only it’s not so much a Chromecast as a little Android TV dongle with Chromecast built in… but that’s not right either, because it’s running Google TV rather than Android TV… I know, I know. If you’re wondering exactly what this new software platform is, and how it relates…

Gadgets David Nield Oct 29

What the U.S. Should Have Learned From the 2016 Election

20 Years Later, Pulse Is Still the Creepiest Horror Movie About Internet Ghosts

The Suicide Squad’s John Cena Spinoff TV Series Gains Another Familiar Face

10 Tips and Tricks to Help You Get the Most Out of Your Amazon Echo

The Pixel 4a 5G Is Hands Down the Best $500 Phone

Author Behind Bogus Hunter Biden Report Isn’t Real Either

The Mandalorian Season 2 Premiere Spoiler Discussion Zone Is Right Here

Two Ohio Republicans Plead Guilty in Alleged $60 Million Bribery Scandal for Coal and Nuclear Bailout

When Behemoths Like Apple Hoard Cultural Touchstones, It’s a Recipe for Disaster

The Scariest Scenes in Star Wars

Disney Made a Skinless Robot That Can Realistically Stare Directly Into Your Soul

Blumhouse Orders Up a Bunch of Scares, Including a New Insidious Movie

Hey Tucker Carlson, We Have Some Guesses About What Happened to Your Hunter Biden Docs

Sorry, Netflix Users, Subscriptions Are Getting Another Price Hike

Batwoman, Black Lightning, and Superman & Lois Are Coming to the CW This Winter

Exxon Pays Off Shareholders, Lays Off Workers

Spell Is a Gorgeous B Horror Movie With Messy Ideas About Class and Power

A Black Biologist Pioneered Animal Intelligence Research, but His Work Was Buried

The FCC Is Making a Boneheaded 5G Play to Improve Rural Broadband

Everything You Need to Know About the New Google TV

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