Cyber Command put the kibosh on Russian trolls during the midterms

The US military has reportedly retaliated against Russian attempts to interfere in elections. Cyber Command took the notorious Internet Research Agency offline on 2018 midterm election day in November, officials told the Washington Post.

Cable News Learned Nothing From 2016. Sarah Isgur’s Hire Is Proof.

The problem of “false fairness.”

Caitlyn Jenner Explains Why Kendall Could One Day Win An Oscar

The proud parent dished on the red carpet Sunday night.

Kamala Harris Says She Supports Decriminalizing Sex Work

That’s a big switch for the Democratic presidential candidate, whom sex workers have criticized for good reason.

Scientists make coal from CO2 in climate change alchemy

Scientists have revealed a new process that turns carbon dioxide back into coal, offering a potential way to capture the greenhouse gas and sequester it from the atmosphere. This is the first time researchers have developed a way to transform carbon dioxide into solid carbon particles, adding it to the list of existing technologies and breakthroughs involving carbon capture and … Continue reading

Swatch VS Samsung smartwatch lawsuit, claims, and 3rd-party fallout

Swatch filed a complained against Samsung for their part in allegedly infringing on trademarked watch face designs of many sorts. Filed with the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, both Samsung Electronics Co. LTD. and Samsung Electronics America, INC., were on the defendant side of the document. On the plaintiff side of the equation were a set … Continue reading

They’re making USB 3.2 even more confusing

If you’ve tried to plug your phone into your laptop over the past couple of years, or to charge your tablet with your phone’s charger, you’ll probably have run into USB confusion. Now, things are set to get even stranger, with the USB-IF announcing the USB 3.2 specification and a shake-up in consumer branding. The USB-IF is the USB Implementers … Continue reading

Galaxy S10’s Blockchain Keystore tips on coins and partners listed

The first of the partners were tipped teaming up with the Samsung Blockchain Keystore this week just days after the big Galaxy S10 event. Details leaked in promotional images and from sources apparently speaking directly to Samsung’s higher-ups in South Korea. One of the biggest of these tipped groups was the gaming-focused Enjin. Enjin Coin is a smart cryptocurrency (not … Continue reading

This Ingeniously Simple MacBook Charging Cable Organizer Only Costs $12 On Kickstarter

Think back to the olden days, when Apple still used MagSafe chargers for its laptops, instead of USB-C power bricks. The modern solution is better in a lot of ways, but in the transition, they inexplicably got rid of the little fold-out cable management prongs that were a staple of the old chargers. Now, Fuse is…

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Maybe Facebook's Seldom-Clicked Watch Tab Isn't the Future of News

In June, Facebook’s head of news partnerships announced that the social network was going to fund news shows for its Watch video service. “Watch is the destination on Facebook where people come together around video,” said Campbell Brown in a blog post. Flash-forward to today, with Digiday reporting that two-thirds…

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