Oct 10
Oct 10
Tech layoffs appear to be striking everywhere, and Spotify is the latest victim. The streaming company has reportedly laid off 38 employees from its Gimlet and Parcast studios, which produce Spotify Original podcast content. With the layoffs come the cancellation of 11 of those Spotify Original podcasts, 3 from Gimlet…
Oct 10
The Western drought has come for pasta sauce and ketchup. Processing tomatoes, used in innumerable grocery store staples, are suffering from years of subpar rainfall and snowpack in California. The state, which has historically produced about one third of the processing tomato crop’s global supply, is slated to fall…
Oct 10
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer wanted to congratulate Fallout on Monday for 25 years of… yadda yadda, but what’s that? Up there on the top shelf, could it be? An Xbox streaming box?
Oct 10
‘House Of The Dragon’ Star Emma D’Arcy Arouses Fans Merely By Saying 7 Words
Posted in: Today's ChiliA clip of the actor discussing cocktails with co-star Olivia Cooke is so hot, it’s left many social media users needing a strong drink… or a cold shower.
Oct 10
“Prepare for Nuns. Demons. Murder. Some children. A Goat. And a dead priest,” warns the newest trailer for Wendell & Wild, the upcoming stop-motion film by The Nightmare Before Christmas creator Henry Selick and co-written by Get Out’s Jordan Peele. But can anyone ever truly prepare for goats and nuns?
Oct 10
AirPods, iPhone 15, And Mac Accessories All Reportedly Have USB-C In Their Futures
Posted in: Today's ChiliApple may switch the iPhone to USB-C charging in the near future, though it could take a bit longer to see the port arrive on some of its other products.
Oct 10
io9 is proud to present fiction from LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE. Once a month, we feature a story from Lightspeed’s current issue. This month’s selection is “Primordial Soup and Salad” by Gene Doucette. You can read the story below or listen to the podcast on Lightspeed’s website. Enjoy!
Oct 10
If you haven’t been tracking it, Game of Thrones is back—and it’s up to its same old tricks: namely, violence, incest, and great power politics. My opinion is that House of the Dragon is a mediocre follow-up to the original series, but it’s still an interesting meditation on power and rivalry in a brutal world.
Oct 10
PayPal Says Statement That It Would Fine Users for 'Misinformation' Was 'Incorrect Information'
Posted in: Today's Chili
PayPal, the company co-founded by right-wing darling Peter Thiel, was caught in a firestorm of conservative backlash over the weekend for daring to say it would not allow its services to be used to promote misinformation. Now, the company has walked everything back, and further claimed that policy was one big…
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