Iggy Azalea Reveals: ‘I Have A Son’

“I kept waiting for the right time to say something,” the Australian rapper said.

Meghan Markle’s BFF Jessica Mulroney Under Fire For Threats Against Black Influencer

Sasha Exeter, a lifestyle influencer, spoke out about Mulroney’s threatening actions in an Instagram video Wednesday.

Artemis Fowl Is a Flashy Fairytale About a Magically Militarized Police Force

If you wandered through a book store’s YA section back in the early aughts, chances were good your eye would eventually be caught by one of the glittering, golden cardboard standees stocked full of Eoin Colfer’s Artemis Fowl, a novel about a criminal boy genius with designs on carrying out the most impressive heist in…

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Great, Even Our National Parks Are Full of Microplastic

Microplastics are taking over the world. A new study found that microplastics are present in at least 11 remote and protected areas in the western U.S.

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Scientists Want to Test Existing Polio Vaccine Against Coronavirus

A group of scientists have a striking proposal for keeping people safe from covid-19. In a new paper published Thursday, they argue that we can use existing vaccines like the oral polio vaccine to provide some degree of temporary immunity against the coronavirus.

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Block YouTube Ads With a Single Keystroke

One of the more frustrating things to deal with on the web are the small (to not-so-small) video ads that pop up before YouTube videos you’re trying to binge. Even though most of them let you skip to your video after a few seconds, this advertising-filled interlude can feel like an eternity. We have a hack to fix…

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Grubhub Is Being Bought by Europe's Largest Food Delivery Service

Following the cycle of stories of Uber’s plans to buy Grubhub—a potential move that reportedly rankled U.S. senators and investors alike—it looks like the multibillion-dollar food delivery company has found a new buyer: Just Eat Takeaway, a food-delivery service based in Europe. The acquisition, per Bloomberg, cost…

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Apple pledges $100 million to foster racial equity and justice

Apple is joining the chorus of companies promising to address racial justice in the wake of large-scale protests over police violence and discrimination. Tim Cook has unveiled a Racial Equity and Justice Initiative, including a $100 million pledge, t…

‘Death Stranding’ should run just fine on your older PC

When Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding arrives on PC on July 14th, you won’t need the most cutting-edge computer to play as deliveryman Sam Bridges. On Thursday, the auteur’s studio shared the game’s system requirements. And for the most part, they’re m…

Apple's virtual WWDC keynote starts on June 22nd at 1 PM ET

With less than two weeks to go before this year’s entirely virtual edition of the Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple has announced the schedule for the event. The WWDC keynote will take place at 1 PM ET on June 22nd, and you can expect to learn a…