You Can Now Buy Legal Recreational Marijuana In California

The first state to legalize medical cannabis becomes the largest to allow recreational use.

American Politicians Can Afford To Grow A Spine On Saudi Arabia

Five Democrats helped save an arms deal with the kingdom pushed by President Trump. It doesn’t have to be this way.

Scanning technique reads hidden writing in mummy boxes

Historians can use scanning to peek inside mummies without risking damage, but that hasn’t been true for the papyrus boxes those mummies were placed in before entering the tomb. If you’ve wanted to read the discarded everyday writing on that papyrus…

50 Tons Of Trash Expected After Times Square New Year’s Eve Bash

After the midnight ball drop, NYC sanitation workers — described as the “real MVPs” — began their long night of work.

Remember Don Lemon’s Drunken NYE Rant Last Year? There’s A Happy Ending

The CNN host introduced the audience to his special someone during this year’s broadcast.

Android in 2017: the highs and the lows

Another 365 (and one-fourth) days have passed. Naysayers have again been proven wrong. Android is still going strong and the open source operating system is going places no other OS has or can. But it hasn’t been smooth sailing for Android in general or for Google and its OEM partners. But then again, every year has always had its ups … Continue reading

UN Secretary-General Puts World On ‘Red Alert’ In Somber New Year’s Eve Address

“I appealed for 2017 to be a year for peace. Unfortunately … the world has gone in reverse.”

Barack Obama Shares His Favorite Books And Songs From 2017

The former president shared the “songs that got me moving” and the “stories that inspired me” in a New Year’s Eve post.

F-35 may see combat in 2018

After a very long and problematic development process, the F-35 Lightning II is about to serve on the front lines. The US Marine Corps is deploying the F-35B (the short takeoff and vertical landing variant) to ships in the Central and Pacific Comman…

LG shows off the world's first 88-inch 8K OLED display

Just as 4K and HDR are finally going mainstream, the ambitious folks at LG Display have also been busy pushing its OLED technology to 8K. Come CES, the Korean manufacturer will be letting attendees get up close with its new 88-inch 8K OLED display (c…