Sam’s Club Now lets you scan whole items, not just barcodes

If you’ve been to a Sam’s Club in the past two years, you might have used Scan & Go. The store’s app lets you use your phone to scan the barcode of each item you put in your cart. When you’re ready to check out, you can pay via the app and show y…

'Anthem' is reportedly bricking and shutting down PS4s

Gamers would love to play BioWare’s new loot shooter Anthem but there’s one problem: the game keeps shutting off their console. A number of players have taken to Reddit and other forums to complain that Anthem appears to be plagued with an issue that…

Missouri Man Charged With Setting Fire To Planned Parenthood Clinic

Wesley Brian Kaster tried to burn down the reproductive health care center in Columbia last month, investigators said.

Friday the 13th: Ultimate Slasher Edition announced for Nintendo Switch

Back in 2017, Gun Media released the Kickstarter-funded Friday the 13th: The Game. Though we don’t hear too much about the game these days, the idea behind it was certainly a solid one, as it offered eight-player multiplayer matches in which seven camp counselors attempt to avoid Jason Voorhees while trying to get to safety. Today, we learned that the … Continue reading

VW I.D. BUGGY is an all-electric dune buggy you have to love

Electric cars can be earnest, sensible, and green, but Volkswagen is taking the opportunity to show EVs can just as much be silly, playful, and neon green, with the VW I.D. BUGGY concept at the Geneva Motor Show 2019. The latest in the I.D. family – and, like its siblings, the latest to use Volkswagen’s modular electric drive matrix (MEB) … Continue reading

Study links sleep apnea with increased Alzheimer’s disease biomarker

A new study has highlighted a link between a health condition called sleep apnea and the accumulation of a brain biomarker associated with Alzheimer’s disease. At the heart of the issue is tau, a protein that has been found in abundance in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease. The new research has found a link between suffering from sleep … Continue reading

Use a Plex Media Server to Stream Your Media Collection Anywhere

We might be in the era of cloud streaming and subscription services, but media ownership (both digital and physical) is still alive and well. That said, being able to consolidate and stream your collection of movies, music, and other media from one place is far more convenient than having a fragmented library across…

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You Should Probably Replace Your Surge Protector, And This One's On Sale

Anker makes a surge protectors now, which is…incredibly logical. Their newest, largest model is down to $27 today, or about $8 less than usual. The PowerPort Power Strip includes 12 AC outlets and (naturally) three USB ports, plus a flat, swiveling plug that fits nicely behind your furniture. Surge protectors…

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Amazon May Finally Have to Start Paying Taxes (in France)

A newly unveiled French tax proposal targets American internet companies like Amazon, a company notorious for paying zero federal taxes in the United States on multibillion-dollar annual profits.

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Pininfarina's 1900 horsepower Battista will go over 217 MPH

As it promised last year, Pininfarina is taking on Rimac with the Battista, a 1900 horsepower/2,300 nm (1,700 ft-pound) hypercar EV that the company calls “the most powerful road-legal car ever designed and built in Italy.” Suffice to say, this car…