Shoelace is Google’s latest attempt at making a social network that sticks

Google doesn’t have the best track record when it comes to creating successful social networks, but that isn’t going to stop if from trying again anyway. Today the company revealed Shoelace, a new social network centered around finding people with similar interests and meeting in up with them in the real world. In that sense, it almost seems like Shoelace … Continue reading

Steam Interactive Recommender just out-Googled Google

After spending just a few minutes with Valve’s new Interactive Recommender for Steam, I can already see the massive improvement. I’ve been using app stores and game stores since before they were digital, and I’ve never experienced such a smooth process. This is a positive, well-planned, thoughtful, non-intrusive way to use machine learning, and I’m glad it was a gaming … Continue reading

CDC seeks data on mystery illness paralyzing kids before next outbreak

A mysterious illness with no known cause or cure has resulted in a number of otherwise healthy children becoming paralyzed, the CDC reports, and it expects another record outbreak to happen in 2020. Called acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), this condition is described as rare but very serious by the CDC; it causes weak muscles and reflexes in the body, lesions … Continue reading

Put Anker's 35" Sound Bar Under Your TV For $60

Anker SoundCore Infini 35" Sound Bar | $60 | Amazon | Clip the $20 coupon

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Twitter Is Down, Which Must Be Why No One's Liking My Sick Tweet

Continuing the summer of site outages… Twitter is now down. Both the mobile and web-based versions of Twitter are failing to load tweets, or even show like and retweet notifications.

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The Dirty Business of Hosting Hate Online

Sometime in the three years before he murdered nine people at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, Dylan Roof sat down at his computer and typed “black on White crime” into Google. According to Roof’s online manifesto, something about the death of Trayvon Martin sparked his…

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ACLU Files Lawsuit To Stop ICE Raids On Sunday That Would Target Migrants

Rather than mass arrests, the ACLU says the undocumented immigrants are entitled to due process.

Donald Glover On Halle Bailey’s Role In ‘The Little Mermaid’: She ‘Earned It’

The actor and singer “thought it was so special” that the 19-year-old, of musical duo Chloe x Halle, was cast as Ariel.

Campy ‘AHS: 1984’ Teaser Reveals Emma Roberts, Gus Kenworthy Characters

Season 9 is reportedly set in a summer camp and will pay tribute to classic slasher films.

Trump Even More Unhinged Than Usual In Extensive Morning Twitter Rant

The president apparently thinks he started his presidential campaign on Election Day.