Ex-CDC Director Tom Frieden Arrested And Charged With Sexual Abuse, Harassment

The ex-NYC health commissioner allegedly forcibly touched a woman inside his residence in 2017.

Senate Dems To Mike Pompeo: Give Us Interpreter’s Notes From Trump-Putin Meeting

“Our questions over what commitments President Trump made … during the private, two-hour meeting remain unanswered.”

Serena Williams’ ‘Wakanda-Inspired Catsuit’ Banned By French Open

“One must respect the game and place,” an official said months after she wore it at the tournament.

There's No Such Thing as Safe Alcohol Consumption, Huge New Study Finds

You don’t have to go far to find people, including doctors and researchers, who will argue that a little bit of alcohol can actually help you live a longer, healthier life. But an enormous new study published Thursday in the Lancet seems poised to rip that idea to shreds. Its findings not only reaffirm that alcohol is…

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Nearly 15 Million Texas Voters Reportedly Exposed by Data Leak

The voting records of some 14.8 million Texas residents were left exposed online and eventually got discovered by a data breach hunter overseas, according to TechCrunch.

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Opel's new EV concept is a stylish take on the compact SUV

This week, car manufacturer Opel introduced a brand new electric concept SUV called the GT X Experimental. What’s more, with the introduction of this vehicle, Opel has announced that all of its models will be fully electric by 2024.

A cheat sheet for the new Galaxy Note 9 S Pen

In its quest to lure more users to the flagship Note 9 phones, Samsung imbued its S Pen with many new powers. Now, in addition to letting you scribble on the screen, the stylus serves as a remote trigger for the Note’s camera, letting you launch the…

The best portable hard drive

By Justin Krajeski

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The Lamborghini Aventador SVJ is 770hp of peak V12 track fiend

Is there such a thing as too powerful? Lamborghini certainly doesn’t subscribe to such a concept, as the Lamborghini Aventador SVJ revealed at Monterey Car Week demonstrates. 770 horsepower and a top speed in excess of 217 mph suggests temperance and restraint still haven’t found their way into the Italian supercar-maker’s vocabulary. Then again, we wouldn’t really want it to. … Continue reading

LG ThinQ TVs get a big Google Assistant expansion

Earlier this year, LG announced a rather big team up with Google that would see Google Assistant come to 2018’s lineup of ThinQ TVs. LG first announced this partnership at CES in January, then by the time Google IO rolled around, the company was ready to announce and release the TVs that would host Google’s AI companion. At the time, … Continue reading