'Dota 2' app rewards you for predicting pro match winners

Valve doesn’t just want you to watch Dota 2 eSports matches — it wants you to have a small stake in them. It just released a Dota Pro Circuit app for Android and iOS that lets you win Shards (the in-game currency for Dota Plus members) by predictin…

It’s A Boy! April The Giraffe Gives Birth Again

The newborn giraffe was on his feet within 45 minutes.

Steam mods will filter 'off-topic review bombs' from ratings

One of the issues with relying on user reviews to rate content is the possibility that some of those reviews may not be written in entirely good faith. Recently Rotten Tomatoes took new steps to manage the impact of fake reviews submitted for Captain…

Twitter Scrambles To Hail Teen ‘Hero’ Who Egged Anti-Muslim Aussie Senator

Teen “Egg Boy” was punched and tackled after gooey political action against right-wing Fraser Anning.

How To Fight Islamophobia In America, No Matter Your Faith

The U.S. is no stranger to discrimination against Muslims. Here’s how you can fight back.

Facebook board member met Cambridge Analytica whistleblower in 2016

Facebook has never said when its execs learned about Cambridge Analytica’s misuse of data, but The Guardian might have some insights. Its sources claim Facebook board member Marc Andreessen met Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie bac…

The Wakanda Scenes in Avengers: Infinity War Were Shaped by the Cast of Black Panther

Avengers: Infinity War is such a sprawling, complex movie that, a year later, new tidbits come out about its production that surprise and delight me.

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Jon Cryer Decided to Play Lex Luthor to Correct the Mistakes of the Past

Specifically, for Superman IV. Oh, Superman IV.

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Trump Now Just Accusing Google of Aiding the Chinese Military, or Whatever

In yet another example of some morsel of news carrion being dragged all the way up to the top of the White House before being partially digested and regurgitated onto a bunch of Twitter eggs, Donald Trump accused tech giant Google of aiding the Chinese military (as well as “Crooked Hillary Clinton”) on Saturday.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson will continue with 'Cosmos' after investigation

Fox and National Geographic have completed their investigation into Neil deGrasse Tyson over alleged sexual misconduct, and have decided to give both Cosmos: Possible Worlds and StarTalk the go-ahead. While the channels didn’t reveal their findings (…