Larry Nassar Blames Judge For Prison Assault, Files Appeal For New Sentence

Nassar’s lawyer suggested a judge’s castigation of the disgraced doctor laid the groundwork for the alleged assault.

Fast-Food Workers Notch Win In Alabama Minimum Wage Fight

A ruling Wednesday breathes life back into a major lawsuit the workers brought against the state of Alabama in 2016.

Reap the Benefits of WatchOS 5 In the Fall With a $149 Apple Watch

It’s not one of the high-end models with GPS or LTE, but $149 for a 38mm Apple Watch Series 1 (or $179 for the 42mm) is one of the best deals we’ve ever seen on Apple’s increasingly popular wearable.

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A Parasitic Disease Spread by Sandflies Is More Common in the U.S. Than Previously Thought

A disease spread by sandflies seen as an exotic nuisance in the U.S. might not be solely a traveler’s disease after all. A new study published Wednesday in JAMA Dermatology suggests that most American cases of leishmaniasis are actually spread by native bugs, not caught while traveling. And thanks to climate change,…

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The Coen Brothers' Netflix series is actually a movie

Last year, the Coen Brothers announced that they would bring an anthology series about the American West to Netflix. Called The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, it was supposed to focus on six different stories about life on the frontier. However, now Varie…

YouTube removes multiple Alex Jones videos for hate speech

YouTube has taken down four videos from Alex Jones’ channel, The Verge reports, and has issued the channel a strike. When a channel is found to be in violation of YouTube’s community guidelines, the violating content is removed and the channel is giv…

Amazon will prevent command confusion on all Alexa devices

Amazon’s Echo lineup, like some smart speakers, uses proximity detection to decide which device is best-suited to responding to your voice commands. It’s a clever way to prevent multiple devices from waking up at the same time. There’s just one pro…

Galaxy Note 9 price may kill the release

The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 price and release dates appear to be here in a set of leaks just this morning. The device will apparently cost at least as much as the iPhone X at launch, and that phone got its fair share of public skewering due to the same factor. What’s stopping Samsung from jacking up the price of … Continue reading

Impossible Burger ‘bleeding’ veggie meat found safe to eat by FDA

Impossible Foods, the company behind the realistic meat-free “bleeding” Impossible Burger, has announced FDA recognition of its safety. The company’s meat products are produced entirely with plants, its Impossible Burger the most eye-catching — it can “bleed” like real meat, satisfying those cravings you may otherwise get during the veggie burger transition. The Impossible Burger sounded, well, impossible the first … Continue reading

Google’s Titan security key tackles hardware-based authentication

Yesterday, Google shared a rather surprisingly statistic when it claimed that none of its 85,000 employees have had their work accounts compromised since early 2017. Those are some secure accounts, especially when you consider that they’re associated with one of the largest companies in the world and are therefore prime targets for phishing attacks. What was the secret? Google began … Continue reading