Destroying Entire Villages, Cyclone Idai Leaves Africa With An Inland Ocean

Flooding continues, making Idai one of the most destructive natural disasters in southern Africa’s recent history.

Streaming subscriptions overtook cable in 2018

Cable companies have been nervous about streaming services for a while, but now they have a particularly good reason to be jittery. An MPAA report citing IHS Markit data has shown that there were more subscriptions worldwide to online video services…

Billionaire Michael Steinhardt Accused Of Pattern Of Sexual Harassment

Multiple women who worked for Steinhardt, a co-founder of the nonprofit Birthright Israel, say he asked them for sex.

‘Empire’ Creator Shares How Cast Is Dealing With Jussie Smollett Scandal

“These past couple of weeks have been a freakin’ roller coaster,” said creator Lee Daniels.

Here’s Who Barack Obama Thinks Will Win March Madness

The president picks Duke to win the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament and UCONN to win the Women’s Tournament.

Wisconsin Judge Blocks Lame-Duck Laws That Stripped Democrats Of Power

The lame-duck laws drew national outcry as Republicans quickly moved to pass them before Democrats took office.

Unclothed Man Puts On Free Show At Moscow Art Gallery

Police are trying to track down the nearly naked art lover.

Intel Xe graphics card hardware, Graphics Command Center aim for NVIDIA, AMD

Graphics card sales have long been dominated by two companies – but that might well be about to change. Intel held an inaugural event for its new program called The Odyssey at GDC 2019 this week. This program is made to connect Intel with enthusiast users – gamers particularly, but other high-end hardware buyers, too. They got the opportunity to … Continue reading

Epic Games Store snags Obsidian’s The Outer Worlds, more as exclusives

Every year at GDC, Epic Games hosts a keynote address, and this year, it isn’t really surprising that at least part of the keynote centered around the Epic Games Store. The company announced more exclusives for its storefront during the keynote, and the list includes Obsidian’s upcoming game The Outer Worlds. If we were to hazard a guess, we’d say … Continue reading

AirPower with new AirPods caught hiding on Apple’s site

Apple may not be talking much about AirPower these days, but that hasn’t stopped the long-delayed wireless charger from showing up in a new image with the new AirPods on the company’s site. Mention of AirPower had been scrubbed from the Apple pages, after what have reportedly been engineering delays forced the company’s engineers back to the drawing board. Indeed, … Continue reading