Exclusive: Second Top Daily News Editor Under Investigation For Harassment

News of the investigation comes the same week NPR reported that parent company Tronc had launched an investigation.

Essential Phone: fixing the slippery backside

The Essential Phone PH-1 has a very slippery body. It’s frontside is covered with a pane of reinforced glass, and its back is mostly ceramic. The phone is a good weight (not to heavy, not too light,) but in combination with the front or back lying on any surface at even very small angles, the PH-1 slides right off and … Continue reading

Ocean plastic waste is making coral reefs vulnerable to disease

The masses of plastic in the world’s oceans are having a harmful effect on coral reefs, which are already suffering under the effects of over-fishing and increased water temperatures. According to a new study published in Science, the presence of plastic waste increases diseases among corals from about 4-percent to 89-percent. Sadly, plastic waste, including bags, straws, small toys, fast … Continue reading

iOS 11.3 Beta download: how to and where

This afternoon Apple released the newest version of iOS for iPhone and iPad, iOS 11.3 (in public beta form.) Users will be able to download this software whenever they get the opportunity, starting earlier today. Users with an iPad or iPhone released in the past 3 years will be able to make with all the download’n right this minute. To … Continue reading

Dell Chromebook 5190 offers 13hr battery and USB-C

It’s been a good week for Chrome OS, with Dell adding a new notebook running Google’s platform, the Dell Chromebook 5190, to its line-up. Targeting classrooms and students at home, the new Chromebook 5000 series includes both regular clamshell laptop form-factors and a 2-in-1 convertible with 360-degree hinges. Since a little rough & tumble can be expected, Dell has borrowed … Continue reading

SEC is ‘looking closely’ at companies that dabble in blockchain

The Securities and Exchange Commission has had it with companies throwing around words like crypto and blockchain in order to bump up their stock prices. There have been quite a few instances of that lately and the SEC says it will be looking more cl…

State senator wants to regulate loot boxes in Washington

Despite its long-awaited single-player story and gorgeous graphics and sounds, Star Wars Battlefront II will likely be remembered for one thing: Loot boxes, or the mismanagement of. The game’s rewards took so long to earn that players were incentiviz…

FCC broadband committee member quits over corporate influence

If you think that the FCC is basically controlled by the interests of big ISP-type businesses, you’re not alone. Even FCC members feel that Ajit Pai’s current gutting of net neutrality is a bad idea. Now even the mayor of San Jose has taken a stand….

Americans Are Becoming Less Comfortable With LGBTQ People, GLAAD Report Finds

The 2018 Accelerating Acceptance report’s results are “alarming,” advocates say.

Eagles Player Claims He’s Never Watched The Super Bowl

“I don’t watch sports.”