Hurricane Laura Sparks a Chemical Plant Fire, Continues to Wreak Havoc on the Gulf Coast

Hurricane Laura’s devastation is becoming clear as light spreads over Gulf Coast. The storm made landfall as a powerful Category 4 hurricane in Louisiana early Thursday with “catastrophic storm surge, extreme winds and flash flooding, according to the National Hurricane Center. When it made landfall, Laura tied the…

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Amazon's New Fitness Tracker Sounds Like a Body-Shaming, Tone-Policing Disaster

There are bad ideas, and then there is Amazon’s attempt to get into the health tracker market with a new health subscription service and accompanying tracker, Amazon Halo and Amazon Halo Band.

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First Amazon Fresh grocery store opens its doors – but good luck getting in

Ever since buying Whole Foods in 2017, Amazon has been in the grocery store business, but today, it’s officially opening its first Amazon-branded grocery store. Amazon today announced that it’s cutting the ribbon, so to speak, on the first Amazon Fresh grocery store, which is opening in the Woodland Hills neighborhood in Los Angeles. Even if you live in Woodland … Continue reading

IKEA and LEGO make BYGGLEK, a match made in modular heaven

LEGO and IKEA just announced that they’ve partnered up to create a line of LEGO-compatible storage and display boxes called BYGGLEK. The initial product will be “a series of storage boxes with LEGO studs and a special LEGO brick set.” The most surprising part of this collaboration is that it wasn’t done a whole lot sooner. Another interesting bit is … Continue reading

Bollinger DELIVER-E electric van has Rivian and Ford in its sights

Bollinger Motors is jumping into the electric delivery van space, following Rivian and others with the reveal of its new DELIVER-E concept. The automaker has been best-known until now for its efforts to build all-electric trucks, aiming to begin deliveries of the B1 and B2 pickup in 2021. Like other electric automakers, however, Bollinger sees much broader potential for the … Continue reading

Inside Facebook Horizon, a social VR playground

Who wants to hang out with strangers in VR? That was the first question I asked myself when Oculus unveiled Facebook Horizon last year. It’s an evolution of the company’s previous social VR efforts, Rooms, Spaces and Venues, with a far grander scale….

Watch the Gamescom 2020 live stream with us at 1:40pm ET

Gamescom is the largest gaming convention in the world, with attendance verging on 400,000 in recent years. The show’s all-virtual edition, which kicks off today, is shaping up to be just as big. Gamescom 2020’s Opening Night Live is a two-hour showc…

Virtual Concerts May Be The Future Of Live Entertainment

Artists and industry insiders share how the coronavirus pandemic forced the live entertainment industry to get creative.

NBA Players Decide To Resume Season

California Residents Fighting Fires Despite Warnings From Officials

Cal Fire’s Deputy Director said civilian efforts to fight the fires ” well-intentioned,” but “absolutely slow us down.”