Essential Is the Latest Phone Maker to Fold
Former Google executive Andy Rubin’s smartphone startup, Essential Products, is officially done after years of circling the drain. Read more… Source : Essential Is the Latest...
Scientists Turned McDonald’s Fryer Oil Into Plastic Resin For 3D Printed Models That Probably Smell Amazing
There are lots of reasons not to eat greasy deep-fried fast food, the least of which being the challenges involved with disposing of used cooking oil...
Discovery of ‘Invisible Oil’ Shows BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster Was Bigger Than We Thought
We already knew 2010’s Deepwater Horizon disaster was the biggest oil spill in history. When the BP rig exploded, it released 210 million gallons of crude...
Leia Succeeded Where Luke Failed
The Skywalker bloodline is perhaps defined by a series of failures. Anakin’s attempts to protect Padmé brought about the rise of the Empire. Luke’s pressure to...
Homeless Man Files Civil Rights Suit Against Police Officer Who Monitored Him on Facebook
Not all police are bad, but Facebook is the highway to surveillance hell, and cops are on it. In the latest story to highlight cop’s social...
Mobile World Congress Cancelled Over Coronavirus Fears [Update: GSMA Confirms]
Companies have been canceling appearances at Mobile World Congress 2020 left and right—to the point where GSMA, the conference’s organizer, has decided to pull the plug...
US Congress Starts Review on Possible Modernization of the DMCA
When the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) was introduced in 1998, few people could of imagined the online developments of the next two decades. Nevertheless, the...
Here’s the Best Way to Make Fried Rice, According to Hungry Engineers
Scientists explored the physics of tossing fried rice in order to devise the “optimal regime” for producing the dish, according to a new paper. Read more…...
It’s Not a Clinic It’s a Caste System
Because I cover healthcare, and because I work for a website concerned with all the ways people try to separate women from their money, I’m often...
Activision Blizzard Pulls Its Games From Nvidia’s Streaming Service
Nvidia’s GeForce Now game streaming service only came out of beta last week, and it’s already lost some major games. This week, Activision Blizzard pulled its...
