Asian-American, Black Activists Rally For Immigrants In Their Communities

“We are making it known that this is a rainbow movement,” Rep. Karen Bass said.

Franken has been accused of groping and kissing women without their consent.

Reddit is down, it’s not just me (or you)

This morning Reddit went down and an incident was investigated starting at 8:17 AM PST. This incident began to take effect between 5-10 minutes before the investigation was logged on the official Reddit Status Page as such. Reddit’s request rate was down at about 4AM this morning – down but not out, meaning it was normal. Starting at just after … Continue reading

PUBG’s new desert map has been detailed and it sounds intense

We’ve known about the new desert map coming to PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds for quite some time, but now it finally looks like we’re closing in on release. The map is scheduled to get a larger reveal tomorrow during the 2017 Game Awards, but in the meantime, PUBG developer Bluehole has shared some new details and screenshots. Chief among those details is … Continue reading

Gomer is a soft robot that can bother your cat

 If there’s any sort of trend in robotics this year it’s soft hands. Robots with soft pincers are quite useful in picking up – and not breaking – objects and now you can enjoy a soft-handed robot at home. The robot is called Gomer and it’s available now on Indiegogo. The little robot had an expressive face and a big claw on top. You can play games with Gomer –… Read More

Lytro’s ‘living pictures’ cease to live

 As part of its move away from consumer gear towards professional cinema hardware, Lytro has killed off the site that once hosted “living pictures,” still photos taken with its cameras that could be refocused after the fact. This will turn a handful of those pictures, where they had been embedded on the web over the past few years, into empty frames. Read More

EU lets luxury brands block goods from Amazon

Luxury brands in Europe have won the right to block sales of their products online if they feel it damages their image. An EU court ruled that Coty, the owner of brands like Calvin Klein, Covergirl and Chloe, can block its German distributor from usi…

'Black Mirror' season four hits Netflix on December 29th

After months of hype, Netflix has finally set a release date for the fourth season of Black Mirror. A trailer for Charlie Brooker’s technology-gone-wrong anthology has revealed that the six new episodes will premiere on December 29th. You already h…

Facebook’s Year in Review confirms 2017 was terrible

Yesterday, Facebook unveiled its annual Year in Review, which highlights the biggest moments of 2017. And, unsurprisingly, most of them are pretty depressing, confirming what we all already knew: The year 2017 was pretty terrible.

‘Pokémon Go’ will soon incorporate real-world weather

Pokémon Go is getting a slew of new Pokémon this week as well as a dynamic weather system later this month. The game will soon reflect the real weather around you and that will affect which Pokémon you see and how strong they are…