September 15, 2018 Facebook is hiring a human rights policy director Facebook has faced criticism for its slow response to the Myanmar government's use of its social network to fuel atrocities, and it's determined to…
September 15, 2018 Ball Lightning is a gripping tale of obsession from the biggest name in Chinese sci-fi In 2015, Liu Cixin’s The Three-Body Problem (translated into English by Ken Liu), earned science fiction’s highest honor: the Hugo Award for Best Novel….
September 15, 2018 Swedish regulator says contraceptive app works as advertised The Swedish Medical Products Agency has decided that Natural Cycles, the first app to be certified for contraceptive use, works like it says it…
September 15, 2018 The Apple Watch stole the show from this year’s new iPhones The most exciting announcement from Apple’s annual iPhone event on Tuesday was not a set of three new smartphones, but a smartwatch. The Apple…
September 15, 2018 9 new trailers you should watch this week The Deuce started up again last week, which means I’m subscribed to HBO again. But mostly, it means I’m back to being continually puzzled…
September 15, 2018 FEMA will test mobile ‘Presidential Alert’ on September 20th Don't be surprised if your phone (and everybody else's) goes into a panic in the near future — that's on purpose. FEMA and the…
September 15, 2018 FEMA will conduct a national emergency alert system test next week On September 20th, FEMA will conduct a test of its Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS), which brings together two existing alert systems,…
September 15, 2018 This week’s best deals include iPhone XS preorders and discounted Fitbits from Amazon The new iPhone XS and XS Max and the Apple Watch Series 4 have found their way into lots of headlines this week. That’s…
September 15, 2018 A third-party app can use Grindr to expose your exact location Back in March, a report revealed that Grindr suffered from flaws that could expose its users' personal information. The company issued a statement in…
September 15, 2018 Here’s 7 new sci-fi and fantasy novels coming out this September to check out HBO recently aired its adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s short novel Sharp Objects, and while I haven’t caught up on the entire thing yet, the…