15 Mistakes Tourists Make While Visiting Paris

Paris locals share the faux pas they often see visitors committing.

How To Take Care Of Yourself If You Were Laid Off Over The Holidays

It’s not the most wonderful time of the year for those who just lost their jobs.

Facebook helped Reuters create an online course on identifying deepfakes

Reuters has released a new 45-minute online course designed to help give journalists the tools they need to spot and avoid sharing manipulated pictures, videos and audio clips. While deepfakes are obviously a major component of the material, there’s…

Blue light filters may actually make it harder to fall asleep

A number of past studies have found that exposure to blue light later in the day may disrupt one’s sleep pattern, making it difficult to fall and stay asleep. New research out of the University of Manchester challenges those studies, asserting that blue light filters in the evening may actually make it harder to fall asleep by exposing humans to … Continue reading

Fortnite v11.31 details arrive: Downtime and what to expect

Yes, Epic Games has another update in the pipeline for its Fortnite battle royale game, this one scheduled to arrive in the early morning hours on Wednesday. Players are excited about this update, which will officially usher in a new batch of challenges and the return of 14 Days of Fortnite. What else can you expect? Rewards, tasks, festive skins … Continue reading

Ford details 2021 autonomous car production amid $1.45bn investment

Ford has detailed its multi-million dollar plans to build autonomous vehicles in Michigan, part of a $1.45 billion scheme to reinvent its auto business and catch up in electrification. The news comes shortly after Ford unveiled its first all-electric crossover, the 2021 Mustang Mach-E, which has already proved controversial among muscle-car fans. For EV fans, the prospect of a relatively … Continue reading

Disastrous NLRB Ruling Adds Another Hurdle for Tech Worker Organizing

Shortly after Google staffers engaged in the largest mass walkout at any tech firm in the United States, the company quietly lobbied the National Labor Relations Board in the hopes it would roll back a decision that safeguarded the only way protesters were able to organize that action as quickly as they did: email.…

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Investors Want to Exhume Body of Crypto-CEO Who Had the Password to Millions In Bitcoin

It’s been about a year since users of Canadian cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX were informed that the company’s CEO unexpectedly died, taking the password that accessed most the money from their accounts with him to the grave. And now, those clients want to know what’s inside that grave.

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This Is How You Paint Jeff Bezos

The National Portrait Gallery of Washington, D.C., is currently displaying a psychological thriller of a painting: “Untitled, Jeffrey P. Bezos,” 2019. We won’t ask why the gallery would choose to display a six-by-five-and-a-half portrait of the 2019 fundraising gala honoree as it enjoys a new spate of VIP interest and…

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Nancy Pelosi’s Daughter Hilariously Mocks Trump’s Ranting Letter To Mom

Christine Pelosi had a great suggestion for what to do about “this angry, nasty, lying screed by President Trump.”