Disney World Guest Mercilessly Heckles Animatronic Trump

“Lock him up! Lock him up!”

Weather Channel Claps Back At Trump Over Difference Between Weather And Climate

Round of applause for The Weather Channel, y’all.

Amazon Digital Day Sale is on: Here’s what’s good

While we’d normally expect to moving into a silent time for sales now that we’re past the holiday shopping frenzy, Amazon has one last day of discounts to close out 2017. Today Amazon launched its Digital Day Sale which, as you can probably guess, sees it discounting a variety of digital products. If you’re looking for a movie to watch … Continue reading

Ford wants to patent self-defense for autonomous cars

Autonomous cars might count avoiding hurting pedestrians as a core safety skill, but Ford’s latest patent application covers what happens when it’s the vehicle at risk instead. Among the automaker’s most recently published filings is a system for “Detecting physical threats approaching a vehicle,” with the same sensors used for driverless navigation on the roads turned into a proximity alarm … Continue reading

Google Maps bans business reviews left by former employees

Disgruntled former employees, those feeling wronged in one way or another, have a tendency to take out their frustration online. One may seek a sense of justice or revenge by lambasting their former place of employment online, and chief among those online review destinations is Google. The Internet giant has updated its Google Maps policy to ban that specific kind … Continue reading

Kroger is the next grocery chain hoping to cut checkout lines

It’s not just tech giants like Amazon or corporate behemoths like Walmart that are hoping to reduce the need for checkout lines. Kroger is expanding its Scan, Bag, Go self-checkout technology from a handful of stores in the Cincinnati area (which hav…

'PUBG' sets new record with three million simultaneous players

In case you needed further proof that people really, really, really like PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), Steam has your back. Today, the game shattered its previous concurrent-players record by more than double the amount, peaking at 3,106,358…

2017’s biggest cybersecurity facepalms

2017 was a year like no other for cybersecurity. It was the year we found out the horrid truths at Uber and Equifax, and border security took our passwords. A year of WannaCry and Kaspersky, VPNs and blockchains going mainstream, healthcare hacking,…

Battle Over Contested Virginia House Of Delegates Seat Will Drag On

The name-drawing for the winner, which could decide which party controls the chamber, is now scheduled for Jan. 4.

Obama Tweets Uplifting Local Stories To Remind Us What Went Right In 2017

“Each of us can make a difference, and all of us ought to try.”