True crime blurs lines. Listening to a crime podcast or turning on a murder show is a dive into ambiguity. Is the program empathetic or exploitative? Are you being informed or desensitize…
I love paying with my iPhone. I use Apple Pay at grocery stores, vending machines, and really anywhere else that’s compatible. However, if you use Apple Pay, too, be warned—a recently dis…
More than 30 years ago, Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld brought an impressive innovation to the TV sitcom: Protagonists who are uniformly terrible people. Sure, Married... with Children ’…
Siri is not known for being the smartest digital assistant on the block, but at the least, it could do basic functions like checking your voicemails. However, with the public release of iOS 15, it seems that Siri has forgotten how to do…
Love watching Netflix for hours on end? There’s a lot more you can do with it if you spend just a few quick minutes in the settings section. You can make your next binge watching weekend b…
There are lots of things that seem like they might belong in a shed or other outbuilding, but actually don’t, as moisture and temperature can affect things stored in uninsulated and non-c…
I ran across this chart from Reddit’s Dataisbeautiful subreddit recently, and it got me thinking about the economics of working and lunching. Redditor ar243 ’s chart plots the cost of a m…
James Gunn teases a little more of a gun show from Peacemaker . The Kindred adaptation adds more to its cast. Plus, what’s next on What We Do In The Shadows and Y: The Last Man , and Ri…
It’s really simple. If you were a fan of the original Venom , you are probably going to enjoy Venom: Let There Be Carnage . Everything that worked about the first Sony/Marvel movie—the off…
Everyone knows that one person who’s way too excited to nerd out about their home theater system. The Sonos Beam 2 is not for that person. Read more... from Gizmodo https://ift.tt/3upa…
Tech meats won’t save the world , but they do give vegans, vegetarians, and people like my father (who avoids red meat for health reasons) access to the simple pleasure of eating a burger.…
A new report finds that some of the country’s most powerful utilities raked in millions of dollars in taxpayer bailout funds last year—while continuing to shut off service for households …
When your aging laptop or desktop computer is slowing to a crawl to get through day-to-day tasks, you don’t necessarily have to recycle it or hand it off to someone else. Your old machine …
I’ve been dreaming of a modular smartphone since I first laid eyes on Google’s Project Ara . The concept made so much sense to me, a person who has built PCs before and isn’t afraid to att…
Australia reported 2,417 new covid-19 cases on Thursday, the highest number of new cases in the country for any single day of the entire pandemic. The majority of cases were in the country…
As the world slowly attempts to drag itself toward a sense of normalcy as the covid-19 pandemic continues , events and businesses looking to bring the public back have already had to try …
It is time. The seasons have officially turned, the air has gotten that crisp morning edge, and the humidity has left the building. (At least where I live. Sorry, Florida). Which means? It…
Got plans for late October? Then forget about them, because the house from Wes Craven ’s original meta-horror film Scream —you know, the house from which the call comes from inside—will be…
Elon Musk is apparently hankering for those halcyon days when America had a President who really got him. You know, the kind of pro-business bigwig who isn’t afraid to tell the AFL-CIO to…
Though most movie theaters are back to full function, the safer option for entertainment remains streaming, and fans who choose to stay home and take advantage are constantly rewarded wit…
If a vehicle can go fast, you better believe people are going to race it. Boats, planes, motorcycles; there are racing leagues for almost every type of vehicle imaginable. Next year, elect…
Although Robotech was a heavily edited (even-more-heavily rewritten) mishmash of three unrelated anime series, it’s hard to overstate the importance it had in America. For many, it was th…
Forging ahead with its bizarre plans to expand into the video game space, Netflix has reportedly acquired Night School Studio , an indie game developer that will mark the first acquisitio…
Remember the Exxon lobbyist who got caught on tape admitting that the company had poured money into “shadow groups” in order to fight against climate science? He’s officially out of a job. E&E News confirmed with Exxon on Tuesday th…
We may have only just gotten one Star Wars show , and another series on the way this week , but one fans have been waiting for ever since The Mandalorian season two came to a close is g…
Sony’s headphones and earbuds have long been some of the best you can buy, and its latest devices, the WH-1000XM4 wireless headphones and WF-1000XM4 wireless earbuds , offer incredible au…
Earlier this year, social media was briefly taken over by seemingly everyone using MyHeritage’s Deep Nostalgia feature to bring old photos to life. The company whose AI technology powers…
Carving a pumpkin means being confronted with a mass of stringy pulp and seeds, which can get easily overwhelming, especially when there are kids involved. But before you throw the entire…
When we got our last look at Disney’s upcoming movie Encanto , we met the Madrigals, the magical house that gave the intergenerational Colombian family their unique superpowers, and Mirab…
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will propose removing 22 animals and one plant from the endangered species list on Wednesday, declaring them extinct. The casualties—11 birds, eight spec…
If you were born after wifi, the dial-up modem noise is what electronics used to sound like: dated, from the era of the fax machine and the non-customizable ringtone. To me, it’s more than that. The sound symbolizes the limits of what wh…
You can be excused for confusing “every day” with “everyday” or “anyone” with “any one.” They sound the same, after all. But these homonyms can’t be used interchangeably in writing without…
Netflix bags a few more names for its Enola Holmes sequel . Aeon Flux is on its way back. Paradise Hills ’ Alice Waddington is turning Matt Kindt’s Dept. H into a movie. Plus, what’s co…
Your next window unit air conditioner is in for some big changes over the next decade. The Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule last week to largely phase out the chemicals in…
What you don’t want on pizza night: a severe, unexpected allergic reaction. If you have a food allergy and you’ve bought DiGiorno frozen pizzas recently, you might want to check your freez…
Apple’s $4.99-per-month streaming service is starting to make a name for itself with popular, exclusive and even Emmy-winning shows like Ted Lasso , Foundation, and The Morning Show. Sl…
A couple of days ago, I was making my beloved broccoli stem tart , and I realized I was out of eggs, and therefore did not have anything with which to make an egg wash . I cursed my lack of fridge awareness and stomped around the kitchen,…
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has threatened harsh retaliatory measures against YouTube after the video sharing service suspended two German-language accounts run by Russian state media, accor…
Amazon has a new robot —a sly little cyber-pet called “Astro” who is supposed to be a goofy domestic helper reminiscent of R2D2 but is, in reality, both a privacy nightmare and a dysfuncti…
No Time to Die , the 25th James Bond movie, almost feels like 25 movies in one. So much happens in its complex story—filled with so many sprawling, varied set pieces—that by the time you g…
AirTags, Apple’s Bluetooth-powered item trackers, were designed with good intentions: They’re useful for attaching to important things like keys and luggage to help you track them down. However, said devices also apparently come with a sm…
A three-year coma couldn’t kill Sterling Archer—or his namesake animated series. FXX has just ordered up an eight-episode 13th season of Archer , which will air next year and will presumably see the gang continue to carry on with top-sec…
The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday published the latest in its investigative series “ The Facebook Files ,” diving even deeper into the ubiquitous platform’s efforts to target and recruit…
It’s getting harder and harder for Google to pretend it’s not the anticompetitive bully we all know it to be. Case in point: as part of the company’s ongoing battle to fend off the large…
Warhammer is an expensive hobby and has been for a very long time. Grabbing yourself a viable force of Games Workshop’s tabletop miniatures—whether it’s in Age of Sigmar ’s fantasy or 4…
As much fun as the Nintendo Switch is, it’s not exactly the most portable or pocket-friendly device. There are much smaller alternatives out there, but the Thumby takes portability to an…
The brands are at it again, folks. Tech giant Samsung enlisted Vanilla Ice—yeah, that Vanilla Ice—in an energy conservation campaign that is part greenwashing and all cringe. Read more..…
Though we knew that the world of Netflix’s The Witcher franchise would be expanding with Nightmare of the Wolf , an animated prequel about Geralt’s mentor Vesemir, and Blood Origin , a l…
Last year’s iPhone 12 was a meaningful upgrade from the iPhone 11 and felt more premium than its $799 price tag. I was less sold on the $699 iPhone 12 Mini , which was a perfectly sized …
Venom: Let There Be Carnage may seem like nothing more than the expected, logical follow-up to the 2018 hit Venom , but in reality, its roots reside in Middle Earth. Andy Serkis, the acto…
New research this week may make diet soda lovers a bit less confident in their habit. The small experimental trial found that some groups of people seemed hungrier and consumed more calori…
