The Morning After: Thursday, December 28th 2017

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous.

Good morning. NASA is already planning a mission in 2069, we watch an iPhone X camouflage your face, and combine sex, robots and popular culture.

HTC reportedly cut down on number of phones in 2018

Could this be the sign of HTC slowly winding down on its smartphone business? According to a report citing industry sources, the Taiwanese company will be limiting the number of phones it will be releasing next year. But in addition to reflecting the company’s continuing struggles in the smartphone market, it could also be reflecting HTC’s substantial loss of resources, … Continue reading

LG unveils its first smart speaker with Google Assistant

LG is acting on its promise to unveil a slew of AI-powered gadgets at CES this January. The tech giant has unveiled a 2018 speaker lineup headlined by the ThinQ Speaker, a Google Assistant-powered device that promises “premium” sound alongside its s…

Roy Moore Sues To Stop Alabama Senate Election Results

The suit was filed less than a day before the state officially declares Doug Jones the winner.

LG G6 Android Oreo beta starts in China, OnePlus 5T soon

There’s just three days left, more or less, before the year ends. And while most take the new year as a chance to make new resolutions, it’s perhaps best to first keep the ones you already made. And so with a few days to spare, LG and OnePlus are rushing their Android Oreo beta testing for the LG G6 and … Continue reading

Amazon hopes for major expansion of its online ad business

You probably don’t associate Amazon with online ads outside of sales pitches for Echo speakers, but you might think differently in the near future. CNBC sources claim that Amazon is aiming to expand its online ad business well beyond its own sites an…

Box Truck Blocks Media’s View Of Trump Getting ‘Back To Work’ ― By Golfing

The Secret Service reportedly denies the vehicle’s placement was intentional.

Olympic organizers may use facial recognition to manage guests

Japan is looking for a different way to confirm the identity of the hundreds of thousands of athletes, officials and journalists who will be attending the 2020 Olympics. The Japan Times reports that sources close to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic organizing…

Thousands of websites are quietly fighting ad blocking

Websites aren’t always conspicuous in their attempts to combat ad blockers. Researchers from the University of Iowa and UC Riverside have learned that 30.5 percent of the top 10,000 websites have measures to thwart ad blocking, and they’re frequentl…

Medical Evacuations Trickle Out Of Syria’s Besieged Eastern Ghouta Enclave

Only four people have been transported to Damascus hospitals so far. Others have died waiting.