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Marvel Studios is Celebrating Its Tenth Anniversary With Some Snazzy Gold Posters
Some forgot to tell Marvel that the gold anniversary is the 50th. But these posters are still pretty great.Read more...
Donald Trump Jr. Just Loves It When Daddy Attacks the Press
In case you hadn’t realized it, the country is being run by a bunch of pathetic, immature grade-school bullies.Read more...
Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes Is Allegedly Looking to Start Another Company
Elizabeth Holmes lost everything—and nearly $900 million of other people’s money—when her bunk blood-testing startup Theranos went into full meltdown, resulting in the layoff of nearly all staff and civil charges of “massive” fraud for Holmes and former company president Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani.
Factory Making Amazon Products in China Violated All Kinds of Labor Laws
Factory workers in China tasked with building Amazon’s popular Echo speakers and Kindle e-readers are exposed to horrendous work environments and conditions that often are in violation of Chinese law, a recent report from a watchdog group found.Read more...
Shazam! Technically Exists in the Same Universe as David F. Sandberg's First Feature Film
Well, this is interesting: according to David F. Sandberg, director of the upcoming Shazam!, the DCEU film will technically share a universe with his previous film.Read more...
Amazon's Father's Day Device Deals Just Went Live
Amazon’s Father’s Day device deals just went live, with big savings available on Echoes, Kindles, Fire tablets, and more. So if Dad’s had a new Kindle on his list, or if you want to get him an Echo Show to video chat with the grandkids, now’s the time to buy. Some of the deals, like the Echo Dot, have additional…Read more...
Save $60 On This Family-Sized Instant Pot, Today Only
If you don’t own a pressure cooker, today’s a great day to fix that, as Amazon’s knocked the highly-rated Instant Pot DUO Plus 8 qt. down to an all-time low $100 today, which is a full $60 less than usual, and the same price as the 6 qt. model.
Florida Didn't Run FBI Background Checks on Gun Buyers for a Year Because of a Forgotten Login
The state of Florida failed to conduct national background checks on tens of thousands of applicants looking to procure a concealed weapon permit for more than a year, and the reason is about as dumb as it gets: the person in charge of performing the checks forgot their login information.
Stephen Colbert Cut a Star Wars Trailer to Dunk on Kelly Marie Tran's Harassers
The idea that Kelly Marie Tran, the charming actress who played Rose Tico in The Last Jedi, would get such hate for her role that she would possibly leave social media for it, is tragic by way of infuriating.Read more...
Anheuser-Busch Pulls Funding From Controversial, Industry-Backed NIH Study on Daily Drinking
The National Institutes of Health has taken a whole lot of heat for allegedly cozying up to Big Alcohol in order to secure funding for a major study on the effects of having a daily drink. On Friday, the NIH lost one of its backers from the booze business, as brewing giant Anheuser-Busch InBev pulled funding from the…Read more...
According to Jeff Goldblum, the Grandmaster is Alive, Powerful, Coming For You
The Infinity War was a dangerous time for the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe. And Jeff Goldblum has his own take on how the Grandmaster from Thor: Ragnarok fared during Thanos’s invasion.Read more...
Get Six Months of Xbox Game Pass For $30, Even If You're an Existing Member
Update: Back in stock, if you missed it yesterday.Read more...
The Predator's New TV Spot Shows Two Predators Fighting, is Thus Worth Watching
Look, I don’t know if The Predator, a soft reboot of the franchise directed by Shane Black, is going to be good. We haven’t been super impressed in the past. But I do know that, in this new footage, two Predators fight each other. And I am here for that.Read more...
Looks Like White House Chief of Staff John Kelly Got Hacked
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly informed his staff in an email that one of his personal email accounts hacked while he was still serving as Secretary of Homeland Security, confirming previous reports that suggested one of his phones may have been compromised.
French Artist Benedetto Bufalino Is Turning Old Cars Into Pizza Ovens
Usually when people think of modifying a car, it’s to make it more of a car. Y’know—some engine upgrades, better suspension, that kind of thing. But if you’re French artist Benedetto Bufalino, your idea of a modification would be a little different. More along the lines of “so what if I turn this car into a pizza…Read more...
Saturday's Best Deals: QLED 4K TVs, Uniqlo Basics Sale, Air Conditioners, and More
Here’s how to save on QLED 4K TVs, an air conditioning unit, this Uniqlo sale on wardrobe basics, and the rest of today’s best deals.
Ryan Gosling Soars as Neil Armstrong in the Trailer for First Man
Going to the moon was not exactly easy. This isn’t a revelation, but it’s something that’s easy to forget, from our perspective, a solid 49 years later. First Man’s first trailer is dedicated to helping us remember.Read more...
What's the Best Chat App of All Time?
In case you haven’t heard, your once-favorite chat apps are going the way of the dinosaur. Yes, following the recent demise of AIM, Yahoo Messenger is saying goodbye next month, the company announced today. It’s got me thinking about my relationship with the concept of chats, especially chats in apps so intertwined in…Read more...
China Hacked a Navy Contractor and Stole 600GB of Data
Hackers working for the Chinese government compromised a US Navy contractor and stole a massive cache of highly sensitive data, including details about a planned supersonic anti-ship missile, American officials said Friday.Read more...
Surprise, Facebook Reportedly Gave Companies Your Friends' Data After It Said It Wouldn't
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but it looks like Facebook may have been sharing more of your data than you thought it was. The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that the social network cut deals with a number of companies to provide access to user records and friend data even after its policy change that…Read more...
Uber Is Trying to Patent an AI System to Identify Erratic Behavior in Riders
It looks like Uber has a growing interest in the behaviors of its users. According to a patent application filed by the company Thursday, Uber is planning to use machine learning to better understand the “state” of a passenger when they request a ride.Read more...
The Top 7 Gadgets Shaped Like a Cube
Amazon’s announcement for its new Fire TV Cube on Thursday was a great reminder that the cube just doesn’t get enough love in gadget design. Cubes are solid as hell. They’re elegant, simple, functional, and memorable. They beg the question: “What’s in the box?” As a reminder of all that and more, we’ve pulled together…Read more...
Two Quantum Computing Bills Are Coming to Congress
Quantum computing has made it to the United States Congress. If this field of quantum information is the new space race, the US doesn’t want to fall behind.
The 10 Best Deals of June 8, 2018
We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.
The World’s Most Powerful Supercomputer Is an Absolute Beast
Behold Summit, a new supercomputer capable of making 200 million billion calculations per second. It marks the first time in five years that a machine from the United States has been ranked as the world’s most powerful.Read more...
Facebook May Have Been Shamed Into Fixing the Most Annoying Thing About Messenger
Facebook says it’s “working to” reduce the number of annoying notifications it sends you when you add new friends. The alerts, which masquerade as Facebook Messenger notifications, were the subject of a BuzzFeed article lambasting the feature two days ago.Read more...
We Should Search for Aliens by Looking for Their Space Junk
SETI enthusiasts have devised all sorts of complicated ways for us to find signs of alien life, but a new paper suggests we may be overthinking it. Instead of looking for megastructures and spaceships, we should consider something a bit more obvious: alien satellites and space junk in orbit around distant exoplanets.Read more...
The First Game of Thrones Spinoff Is a ‘Golden Age of Heroes’ Prequel
HBO has just given a pilot order to Jane Goldman’s Game of Thrones spinoff, one of five potential follow up shows to the acclaimed series currently in the works—and with it, we have the first story details, revealing a show set well before the Westeros we’re familiar with.
New Acne-Fighting Compound Blocks Inflammation and Kills Bacteria Without Irritating Side Effects
If you survived adolescence without a harrowing bout of acne, consider yourself lucky: It’s estimated that 85 percent of people aged 12 to 24 have had at least mild acne. But if you’re among those of us who would have been thrilled to deal with merely “mild” acne, you’ve probably tried a number of different products…Read more...
The FirstIncredibles Movie Is a Web of Massacred Disney Superheroes
The Incredibles 2 sees the return of iconic “supers” like Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl, along with some new ones. But let’s not forget that Disney Pixar’s first venture into the superhero genre resulted in one of Pixar’s highest body counts. Twenty supers died to make this movie. But even though they were barely…Read more...
The First Eastern Pacific Hurricane of 2018 Is Now a Category 4 Beast
Well that escalated quickly. Hurricane Aletta became the first tropical storm of the eastern Pacific hurricane season on Thursday, and by Friday morning it had spun up into a Category 4 monster. The storm might not be done ramping up, either.
Which Volcanoes Are Most Overdue for Eruption?
The recent volcanic eruptions in Hawaii and Guatemala are potent reminders that our planet is capable of unleashing its pent up fury at virtually any given time. Predicting eruptions isn’t easy, but some volcanoes are more worrisome than others.
FCC Approves New Rules Banning Phone Companies From 'Slamming' and 'Cramming' You
Just in case the idea of unauthorized charges wasn’t clear enough, the FCC approved new rules this week that would make it illegal for solicitors and carriers to slam and cram their phones with unwanted services and fraudulent fees.Read more...
America's Suicide Rate Has Increased by Nearly 30 Percent Since 1999
The annual rate of death by suicide has steadily risen in the US since the turn of the millennium, according to a new report released this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In many cases, those who died had not been diagnosed with any mental health condition—though the data does not specify…Read more...
Apple Isn't Your Friend
Apple has been steadily positioning itself as the anti-Facebook for a while now, and between verbal jabs aimed at the social media giant and privacy-focused product decisions, the patient goodwill campaign seems to be working. Unfortunately, Apple isn’t going to save us, and now’s the time to keep your guard up.Read more...
The Director ofKick-Ass Reveals Reboot Plans, and Hints at Connections to the Recent Comic Run
Kick-Ass director Matthew Vaughn is a busy bee. He’s currently setting up a new production studio and is working on two exciting projects: a Kingsman cinematic universe, and a reboot of Mark Millar’s Kick-Ass... possibly starring the newest face behind the green-and-yellow mask in the comic series.Read more...
How Special Paint On The Hood Of The World War II Jeep Protected Soldiers' Lives
If you’ve ever seen a picture of a World War II Jeep with brown paint between the points of its “invasion star,” you might have assumed it was just an aesthetic touch. But it was much more than that: the paint was there to keep soldiers safe. Here’s how.
What Are These Mystery Puffs Near the Galactic Center?
The center of our galaxy is an extreme place that holds all sorts of mysteries. Among those enigmas are what appear to be gas clouds that somehow refuse to be pulled apart by the immense gravity of the galactic center.Read more...
Yahoo Messenger Is Dead, Long Live Squirrel!
Verizon paid billions last year for the privilege of ushering Yahoo’s services into the great unknown and on Friday it announced that Yahoo Messenger will bite the dust on July 17. Yahoo’s new messaging service, Squirrel, is currently in private beta, but there’s no direct replacement for Messenger at this time. You…Read more...
Over 40,000 Airbnb Rentals Removed After Japan Adopts New Home-Sharing Law
Heading to Japan next week? You should probably double-check your Airbnb rental, because it might be cancelled. The country will soon enforce a law requiring vacation rentals like Airbnb residences to be registered with the Japanese government, prompting the removal of more than 48,000 Japan-based Airbnb listings, and…Read more...
Essential May Be Doomed, But This New Mod Could Make Its Phone Sound Pretty
You’ve got to appreciate a company that doesn’t give up even when things are looking down. Despite a rocky launch plagued by delayed shipments, unfinished software, and a laggy camera app, Essential has done an admirable job of turning an over-hyped (and expensive) phone into something you might actually want to buy.Read more...
The First Halloween Trailer Sets Michael Loose Once More But Jamie Lee Curtis Is Ready for Vengeance
To call the first trailer for Universal and Blumhouse’s Halloween reboot “scary” is an understatement. It isn’t just horrific or unsettling—it’s something much more that’ll leave you feeling cold, terrified, and hyped as hell to see the movie.Read more...
How to Download Absolutely Everything You Can Find on the Web
The internet is always there, vast and accessible, from wherever you happen to be—until it isn’t. Maybe you’ve got a long flight ahead of you and need some reading material, maybe you just want to store something for safe-keeping. Whatever your reason here’s how you can download just about anything you come across on…Read more...
Updates on Suicide Squad 2, Castlevania, and More
There’s even more teasery footage from Ant-Man and The Wasp and Halloween. Marvel TV head Jeph Loeb offers teases about the future of Defenders, the return of Iron Fist, and John Ridley’s ultra-secretive Marvel TV project. Plus, Peter Jackson is back to denying any involvement with the new Lord of the Rings show.…Read more...
Former Revenge Porn King Running for U.S. Senate Sues Twitter for Suspending His Accounts
Craig Brittain, the creator of defunct revenge porn site IsAnybodyDown who is now running for Jeff Flake’s vacated Arizona Senate seat (and recently failed to gather enough signatures to appear on the official ballot), is suing Twitter for allegedly violating his First Amendment rights by suspending his Twitter…Read more...
Save $26 On the Camp Stove That Starts Itself, and Charges Your Phone By Burning Sticks
It’s impossible to describe the BioLite CampStove 2 without sounding like you just woke up from a fever dream, but here goes nothing...Read more...
Trump Regime Says Obamacare Shouldn't Protect People With Pre-Existing Medical Conditions
The U.S. Justice Department made an unusual argument to a federal court last night, claiming that Obamacare’s protections for people with pre-existing medical conditions are unconstitutional. Roughly 1 in 4 Americans have pre-existing conditions that would make it difficult to buy insurance without those protections.…Read more...
Kanye West and Kid Cudi's 'Kids See Ghosts' Livestream Did Not Go Well [Update: It's Finally Working]
Kids See Ghosts, a collaboration between Kanye West and Kid Cudi, was supposed to debut its self-titled album during a livestreamed listening party set to be broadcast Thursday night on the semi-obscure app Wav. It didn’t go very well.
Google Could Face Up to $11 Billion Fine From EU for Android Antitrust Violations
Facebook has been on the receiving end of a lot of government scrutiny in recent months, but it looks like Google’s turn is coming soon. According to a report from Politico, the European Commission is preparing to hand down its decision on an antitrust investigation into the search giant’s Android mobile operating…Read more...
Trump Saved China's ZTE, But Senators Are Still Trying to Kill It
On Thursday, the Trump administration made official its deal to save Chinese phone manufacturer ZTE—a company that was almost dead and buried thanks to crushing sanctions put in place by the president’s own Commerce Department. In response, a bipartisan group of senators announced a plan to reverse the agreement.
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