New Memorial In Alabama Honors Confederate Soldiers

The monument was placed on private land and dedicated to “Unknown Alabama Confederate Soldiers.”

Xperia XZ1 Compact is pretty in pink and in price

Has Sony finally seen the light in terms of pricing its smartphones? One can only hope so. It might still be asking a lot more than its competitors, but, given the Galaxy Note 8’s shocking price tag, Sony’s excess might seem almost modest. Last we heard, the Xperia XZ1, its next flagship, will cost a pretty 599 GBP, roughly $770, … Continue reading

Houston News Station Evacuates On Live TV As Harvey Floods Studio

Staffers moved the broadcast upstairs but were forced to leave as water poured into the station.

LG V30 brings its audio on, this time with Advanced Quad DAC

How far can you take a winning formula? In LG’s case, that answer is 3 years. It started with the LG V10 in 2015, a smartphone with an audio and video bent and a Hi-Fi DAC sound system. Then in 2016, LG brought out the LG V20 with what it boasted was the world’s first smartphone with a 32-bit Quad … Continue reading

‘Safer’ thorium reactor trials could salvage nuclear power

A Dutch nuclear research institute is conducting the first experiment in close to five decades on molten-salt nuclear reactors based on thorium. Long hailed as a potential “safer” nuclear power, thorium reactor research could provide clean, affordabl…

The Political Show Giving Us All A Break From Trump

Executive producers Morgan Freeman and Lori McCreary break it down.

Lorde Doesn’t Sing A Word At The VMAs And Is Totally Mesmerizing

The singer tweeted earlier in the night that she had the flu and was still a total wacky-dancing champ.

Susan Bro’s Plea At VMAs: Make Heather’s Death Count

Robert E. Lee’s descendant joined Susan Bro to denounce racism and remember Heather Heyer.

Joe Biden Addresses The Hate In Charlottesville With Op-Ed

In a piece for The Atlantic, Biden says Trump’s emboldening of white supremacists is a “special challenge.”

Here’s the latest on Houston and Hurricane Harvey.

The Army Corps of Engineers plans to release water from two huge reservoirs west of Houston early Monday morning.