A new study out Wednesday might just reaffirm your worst fears about staying glued to Twitter or cable news during a mass tragedy like the latest school shooting. It suggests that getting exposed to media coverage of these events can create a vicious emotional cycle that not only sends you into despair, but also makes...
Since Hulu and Netflix released dueling documentaries on the Fyre Festival fiasco, both films have stirred controversy. And now both could be facing subpoenas.
Scientists spotted a superflare larger than some of the hugest solar storms on record--from what seems to be a tiny, almost Jupiter-sized star.
The UK government is going to remarkably puritanical lengths to make sure the youth can't look at online fucking. On July 15, porn companies will be required to have age-verification systems to make sure that anyone consuming their content online is 18 or older. If they don't implement these checks on their websites,...
Everyone has an opinion about fonts, but Helvetica has long reigned over the modern era. It's used for brands galore--Panasonic, Jeep, American Airlines, Motorola, 3M, Toyota, to name a few--but in recent years, tech companies like IBM, Apple, Netflix, and Google have been shifting to their custom...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced that it will move to block China Mobile, the largest telecom company in mainland China, from offering services in the United States. The effort comes at the direction of the White House and still needs to be approved at the FCC's May 9 meeting.
Three episodes in, it's now confirmed that the What We Do in the Shadows series is every bit as wonderful as the film that spawned it. While the show taps into many of the elements that made the movie a success, it also brings some unique additions to the material--in particular, a new vampire that's one of the most...
What we can all agree on is that of the heavy hitters operating in the voice assistant market--Siri, Alexa, Google Assistant, and I guess Cortana and Bixby if we're being generous--exactly none are made by Facebook. We can probably also agree things ought to stay that way, but then, when in recent memory has humanity...
More than five years have passed since a major new natural gas pipeline entered the boundaries of New York City. Since then, the city's undergone a massive building boom, adding some 24,000 new housing units a year since 2017. Every new building, however, requires more energy for heating, and local utilities are...
A fresh report has renewed rumors about Apple's super-secretive autonomous car unit known as Project Titan.
The Federal Aviation Administration has released a draft report about its initial review of the Boeing 737 Max software update, following two recent plane crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia that killed 346 people and led to the grounding of more than 300 of the jets around the world.
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With ever more streaming options and set-top boxes than any one person could ever possibly need, it's certainly much more convenient to cut the cord than ever before. But if you're looking to cut corners with the devices you're using for those services, you may want to reconsider.
Plastic pollution in the oceans is a huge, disgusting problem. Which is why it's pretty fitting that Greenpeace decided to raise awareness of one company's contributions with huge, disgusting trash monsters.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security might classify fentanyl, a highly addictive pain reliever that's at the center of American's opioid epidemic, as a weapon of mass destruction, according to a leaked document obtained by military-focused news site Task & Purpose.
The tech giants Apple and Qualcomm avoided extending an already grueling three-continent legal battle by settling their years-long disputes on Tuesday. The agreement includes an undisclosed payment from Apple to Qualcomm, a six-year licensing deal, and a chip supply agreement.