Source: Google News | US Trade Is Trump's Main Focus at G-7 Gathering
UPDATE: June 6, 2018, 5:30 p.m. PDT Updated with news of Cheif Knowledge Officer Russell Berger’s official termination.
UPDATE: June 6, 2018, 4:26 p.m. PDT Updated with comments from CrossFit CEO Greg Glassman.
A CrossFit executive was fired on Wednesday after calling LGBTQ pride a “sin.”
Prior to being terminated, he was placed on unpaid leave for a string of homophobic tweets.
In the now-deleted tweets, CrossFit’s Chief Knowledge Officer Russell Berger congratulated CrossFit Infiltrate, a CrossFit gym in Indianapolis, for canceling their Pride-themed workout. Pride events, including parades and community gatherings, are hosted across the country in June. Read more…
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Source: Mashable | CrossFit exec fired after calling LGBTQ pride a 'sin'
The shallow, tropical waters of the Big Island’s Kapoho Bay are no longer: Satellite images show a bay overtaken by lava, transformed into a black mass of land jetting into the sea.
Lava meeting the ocean is, of course, the way Hawaiian islands grow. Unfortunately, the rumbling flow of lava from the Kilauea volcano engulfed more than 130 homes in the neighborhoods of Vacationland and Kapoho Beach Lots — including the home of the Hawaii County Mayor — before oozing to the beach.
As of June 6, the island’s Civil Defense agency said lava is still actively pouring into the ocean, where it produces dangerous clouds of acidic steam, filled with natural glass particles. Read more…
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Source: Mashable | Lava transforms a Hawaiian bay into a blackened peninsula
The 'Hereditary' heart rate challenge proves no one is ready for this horror movie
June 6, 2018People are losing their shit over Hereditary — and we mean that almost literally.
We knew we were in for a ride after the jaded film critics of Sundance called the A24 film the “most traumatically terrifying horror movie in ages.” Now, people are even asking “can a movie be too scary?“
As horror lovers, we say never to that question. But A24 is known for bringing some of the most riveting and unique horror in recent memory to the screen, like 2016’s much-adored The Witch.
So they tested this hypothesis on Hereditary by tracking the heart rates of 20 participants during promotional screenings of the movie at eleven different Alamo Drafthouse Theaters. No one fainted or died, so The Exorcist has it beat there. But the results (graphed above) suggest that you may want to call your doctor as well as a therapist after watching Hereditary, which release this Friday June 8. Read more…
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Source: Mashable | The 'Hereditary' heart rate challenge proves no one is ready for this horror movie
Apple’s “walled garden” approach to the App Store may not be perfect, but it does make life harder for racists, homophobes, and other purveyors of hate to peddle their goods.
The same can’t be said for Steam, however. The PC gaming marketplace owned and operated by Valve Corporation was at the center of controversy just last week over a product listing for a game called Active Shooter, which allowed players to step into the role of a marauding school shooter.
Valve removed the listing after widespread outcry led to mainstream media coverage, and the company’s public address of the matter concluded with a promise: “The broader conversation about Steam’s content policies is one that we’ll be addressing soon.” Read more…
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Source: Mashable | Valve's video game marketplace Steam is now the anti-App Store
Hot Wheels and GoPro have teamed up to create a special ‘Zoom In’ car. Watch it zoom down the track with a GoPro Session or Hero5 Session along for the ride, recording everything on the way to bring you a totally unique perspective. Read more…
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Source: Mashable | This GoPro-mounted Hot Wheels car gives you a first-person POV
Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn, the sequel to the legendarily bad and weird game Shaq Fu, is not good.
After a couple of hours of playing the Shaq Fu: The Legend Reborn, it’s abundantly clear that almost no thought went into this game in terms of gameplay. Not only that, the Shaq Fu sequel is a bit racist, sexist, and homophobic.
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The game starts off in China, where little baby orphan Shaquille is discovered in a bag floating down a river. It’s a bit of a jab at the classic “chosen one” origin story, but it’s quickly revealed the this game doesn’t know how to do anything but make fun of tropes, which itself is an awfully tiring trope. Read more…
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Source: Mashable | The new 'Shaq Fu' game is aggressively bad and pretty offensive
Ready, set, Super Cruise.
That’s the hands-free driver assistance feature on the Cadillac CT6 SUV. Starting in 2020, all Cadillacs will have Super Cruise, the Tesla Autopilot competitor, available to deploy for Level 3 autonomous driving on highways.
Eventually, after the 2020 rollout across the Cadillac lineup, Super Cruise will also be an option for other General Motors vehicles. On 130,000 miles of freeways in the U.S. and Canada, the LIDAR-enabled tech allows drivers to let go of the wheel while the car drives. Read more…
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Source: Mashable | Super Cruise hands-free driver assistance is coming to all Cadillacs soon
Apple’s finally beginning to take our battery anxiety seriously.
The upcoming iOS 12 update will include a new battery-monitoring feature that details which apps are sucking up the most battery life, according to screenshots from the current developer beta of iOS 12.
Images published by 9to5Mac show a new feature battery-tracking feature, which provides detailed stats on which apps are using the most battery throughout the day. The feature, which wasn’t mentioned during Apple’s WWDC keynote, comes with an interactive graph that breaks down battery use hour-by-hour. Read more…
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Source: Mashable | iOS 12 makes its easier to see which apps are destroying your iPhone battery
Okay, everybody, this latest Scott Pruitt scandal has gotten a little out of hand.
When The Atlantic‘s Elaina Plott reached out for comment from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) — you know, the government organization Pruitt is running like his own personal bingo hall — EPA spokesperson Jahan Wilcox told Plott, “You have a great day, you’re a piece of trash.”
Whoooooaaaaaaa there, Jahan.
A bit much, don’t you think?
Apparently, Wilcox has had a rough day answering questions about the impending departure of EPA aide Millan Hupp. Read more…
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Source: Mashable | Salty EPA spokesman slams journalist as 'a piece of trash' for doing her job