October 15, 2019 Atari VCS’s former architect returns to Kickstarter with new boardgame tablet Rob Wyatt, the system architect of the original Xbox, has launched a new Kickstarter for the Gameboard-1, a 16-inch by 16-inch tablet designed for…
October 15, 2019 Sling TV’s free streaming comes to Android and Amazon devices Sling TV offers cord-cutting cable packages and movie rentals, but until recently you needed a subscription starting at $25 per month. Earlier this year,…
October 15, 2019 Walmart will take on Amazon with discounted third-party products Walmart wants some of your holiday shopping money, and it has launched a new program that could make you think twice about buying everything…
October 15, 2019 Congress Wants Answers on Who Sent Millions of Pro-Vaping Tweets From Bot Accounts The House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Massachusetts attorney general’s office are investigating exactly who spammed millions of bot posts promoting e-cigarettes while…
October 14, 2019 I Wore Hasbro’s Ridiculous New Star Wars Replica Helmet for a Day, and All I Got Was Some Neck Ache No wonder those pilots spend most of their time outside of the cockpit with these things off. They’re heavy. Read more… via Gizmodo Check…
October 14, 2019 What’s on TV this week: ‘Watchmen’ This week YouTube kicks off its book club series with a Malcolm Gladwell roundtable interview on Booktube. The MLB playoffs continue, and Netflix has…
October 14, 2019 Zuckerberg: I Only Wined and Dined Right-Wingers to, Um, Engage in a Meaningful Exchange of Ideas Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg briefly poked his head out of his gilded panic room on Monday to address reports that he ran a quiet…
October 14, 2019 Titans Turned Superboy Into Frankenstein’s Manchild, and It Was Awesome Titans’ cast of superheroes and villains has gotten so large that the series has largely shifted away from dedicating entire episodes to single characters,…
October 14, 2019 Ford’s remote car starting and unlocking are available for free Until now, all of FordPass' connected car features have been locked behind a subscription, no matter how basic — while you could get up…
October 14, 2019 Netgear is releasing a new Orbi mesh Wi-Fi system with a cool, boxy design Image: Netgear Many of Netgear’s Orbi Wi-Fi routers seem to look like strange oval towers, but its newest mesh router system has a newer,…