October 24, 2020 Patreon is the next tech giant to crack down on QAnon Patreon is joining the ranks of tech companies cracking down on QAnon. Bloomberg reports the crowdfunding site is banning accounts “dedicated” to promoting the…
October 24, 2020 Saturday’s Best Deals: Le Creuset Stoneware and Cast Iron, Razer Tactical Laptop Backpacks, Dyson V6 Cordless Vacuum, Samsung POWERbot, JACHS NY Fall Jackets, Studio Ghibli Home Goods, and More A sale on Le Creuset stoneware, kettles, cast iron and Razer Tactical laptop backpacks lead Saturday’s best deals. Read more… via Gizmodo Check out…
October 24, 2020 Language learning game Drops hits 25 million users Drops made a game out of learning a language, and it’s paying off. The company said it has hit 25 million users.Read More via…
October 24, 2020 Just in Time for ‘Slaughter Phase,’ Scientists Find First Murder Hornet Nest in the U.S. Entomologists in Washington have confirmed the existence of a nest of Asian giant hornets, more fondly known as murder hornets. The nest is the…
October 24, 2020 Hitting the Books: Widespread DNA testing could intensify American racism In the modern digital media landscape, we are not the customers — or even the audience — we are the product. Every time we…
October 24, 2020 Italian authorities are investigating deepfake bots on Telegram Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Italian Data Protection Authority has started an investigation into the widespread use of bots that generate…
October 24, 2020 Recommended Reading: The challenge of remastering ‘Blade Runner’ Replicating Blade Runner: Why the adventure game classic is so tough to remasterWesley Yin-Poole, EurogamerNightdive Studios announced earlier this year that it planned to…
October 24, 2020 Why the Hell Doesn’t the PS5’s Media Remote Have the DualSense’s D-Pad? Recently I was going through what should have been a rather straightforward announcement from Sony detailing which streaming services the PS5 will support at…
October 24, 2020 Hundreds of thousands of people didn’t have to die Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge If you take the typical death toll in the United States in a typical year and add…
October 24, 2020 Netflix’s Rebecca flattens a classic Kerry Brown / Netflix In 1939, Alfred Hitchcock came to Hollywood. The English master of suspense would ply his trade in sunny California, and…