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At last, the great straw reckoning is upon us. Last week, Starbucks announced it would phase out plastic straws by 2020, replacing them with a plastic lid that resembles the top of a sippy cup. Numerous cities across the U.S., including Seattle, Oakland, Malibu, and Miami Beach, have already banned single-use plastic straws. In New …
July 18, 2018 | by RaheelFans of Funko's squat, wide-eyed Pop! figurines have a surprise headed their way: A line is incoming based on the popular game Fortnite. Epic Games has partnered with the toy company to release a smattering of figures, collectibles and apparel that s… Source: Engadget | ‘Fortnite’ Funko Pop! toys will be here for the holidays
July 18, 2018 | by RaheelInkHunter, an augmented reality tattoo try-on app that was born out of a 48-hour hackathon back in the altogether gentler days of 2014, has bagged a place in Y Combinator’s summer 2018 batch, scoring itself the seed accelerator’s standard $120,000 deal in exchange for 7 percent equity. We first covered InkHunter in April 2016 when it …
July 18, 2018 | by RaheelPresident Trump is still dealing with the repercussions of appearing to agree with Vladimir Putin that Russia didn't interfere with the 2016 US election (and the subsequent attempted walk back of this statement), but that isn't stopping him from furt… Source: Engadget | Trump claims Russia has stopped its cyberattacks against the US
July 18, 2018 | by RaheelIf you haven’t already heard, Prime day brought us some pretty sweet deals on Instant Pots. Prime Day is over, but luckily for those who missed out on the deals, it isn’t too late to swipe an Instant Pot on sale. SEE ALSO: Best Instant Pot cookbooks on Amazon: Traditional, vegan, Weight Watchers, and more …
July 18, 2018 | by RaheelIt has been five grueling years since we last visited Walter White and Jesse Pinkman, but… that could be about to change. AMC’s Better Call Saul is finally allowing its time jump structure to take us right into the meat of Breaking Bad. SEE ALSO: Summer entertainment we (still) can’t wait for A recent Entertainment …
July 18, 2018 | by RaheelPrime Day may be over, but that doesn’t mean there still aren’t deals to be had. All you have to do is dig around to see who and what is still offering some deals you may want to jump on. And for all those dog lovers out there, this is just the thing for you. …
July 18, 2018 | by RaheelA state-owned telecommunications company in China now stores the iCloud data for Apple’s China-based users. This is really bad news for dissidents and critics of the government. In February, Apple caused an uproar when it announced it would be moving Chinese users’ iCloud accounts — and their encryption keys — to a China-based server company …
July 18, 2018 | by RaheelApple just released the third version of the iOS 12 beta as part of the public beta program. It means that everyone can now install a development build of iOS 12, the next major version of the operating system for iPhone and iPad. Don’t forget this is still a beta version. Things will crash, things …
July 18, 2018 | by RaheelComic book and graphic novel sales fell 6.5% in 2017 from a 2016 high of $1.015 billion. Graphic novels brought in $570 million while comic books brought in about $350 million. A report posted to Comichron notes that comic stores are still the biggest source for revenue while $90 million is attributable to digital downloads. …
July 18, 2018 | by Raheel