Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s Husband Named In College Admissions Scandal

“This is the first time I’ve heard that maybe I did something that wasn’t right,” Richard Blum told a California paper.

Stop Calling Members of Congress Who Aren't Yours

Calling your elected officials at the federal, state, or local level is a quick and effective way to advocate for issues you care about. But what you don’t need to (and shouldn’t) do is contact members of Congress—whether senators or House representatives—who don’t actually represent you.

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Black Hole From Iconic Image Appears to Be Wobbling

Scientists are learning important new things about the first-ever directly imaged black hole, including behaviors consistent with Einsteinian theory, but it’s also showing an unexpected feature in the form of a very wobbly ring.

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The Rallying Cry Against Apple's App Store Policies is Getting Louder

Several developers and organizations have banded together to lead a campaign against Apple’s App Store policies. Announced today, the Coalition for App Fairness (CAF) is a new nonprofit dedicated to fighting for fair, competitive practices across the app ecosystem. The CAF’s founding members include Epic Games,…

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Atari’s Vaporware Console Is Getting Blockchain-Based Games

In what is certain to be one of the least promising moves in console gaming in 2020, Atari has partnered with a company called Ultra Gaming to offer blockchain-based game streaming to its forthcoming VCS console.

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NASA on Bennu asteroid touchdown: Everything we know about TAG

This afternoon, NASA held an online conference to talk about TAG, an upcoming event under the OSIRIS-REx mission. During this event, which is scheduled to take place in a couple of weeks, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will briefly touchdown on the asteroid Bennu in order to collect a small sample of gravel before taking off again into orbit. The space agency … Continue reading

Facebook takes down more fake accounts linked to Russian intelligence

Facebook has uncovered yet another network of fake accounts with ties to Russia’s intelligence services. As with another recent investigation, Facebook says the fake accounts posed as editors and other media entities in order to trick actual journali…

GameStop will have more $499 PS5s available to pre-order on Friday

If you didn’t get a chance to snag a PlayStation 5 when initial pre-orders went live last week, you’ll have a chance to try and buy one tomorrow. GameStop says it will have additional PS5 stock available to pre-order on September 25th both online and…

Nearly 500 Retired Military Officials Endorse Biden

President Donald Trump “cannot rise to meet challenges large or small,” the letter says.

Bill Murray Gets Hilarious Cease-And-Desist Letter From Doobie Brothers

The band’s lawyer pointed out that Murray has a pattern of not paying to use music in ads and other promos.