• 'Fortnite' streamer breaks 500k viewers with help from Drake

    Tonight Twitch streamer Tyler "Ninja" Blevins smashed the record for concurrent viewers, crossing the 500,000 mark around 1 AM, mostly due to who he's playing Fortnite with: Drake. It's not all Drake or the popular battle royale game though, as Ninja… Source: Engadget | 'Fortnite' streamer breaks 500k viewers with help from Drake

    March 15, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Platypus milk is not a new trendy milk, but it could save lives

    Platypus milk: It’s not the new almond milk, but it could save lives. Milk from Australia’s duck-billed, egg-laying monotreme could be crucial to the fight against antibiotic resistance, thanks to new research by Australian scientists. SEE ALSO: Doctors find virus in a pond, use it to destroy antibiotic-resistant bacteria in man’s heart Back in 2010, …

    March 15, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Google purged 3.2 billion bad ads from the web last year

    It's no secret that Google (and much of the tech industry) struggle to deal with bad advertising in 2017, and the company now has the stats to prove it. The company has revealed that it removed over 3.2 billion bad ads in 2017, or nearly twice as ma… Source: Engadget | Google purged 3.2 billion …

    March 15, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Lawmaker's tweet after physicist Stephen Hawking's death draws criticism

    Lawmaker’s tweet after physicist Stephen Hawking’s death draws criticism  Fox News The Indian physicist who contested Stephen Hawking’s theory about black holes  Quartz 5 things to know about ALS and how Stephen Hawking survived it for decades  Atlanta Journal Constitution Stephen Hawking, Force of Nature  New York Times Ruth Fitzmaurice: Hawking was a bit of a god to us  Irish …

    March 15, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Duolingo's next language course: Star Trek's Klingon

    Duolingo has a gift for nerds: a free Klingon course.  The course launched on Duolingo’s website today, under license by CBS. It will launch on the Duolingo app for Android and iOS at a later date. It’s a highly anticipated release, with a waitlist of over 170,000 prior to launch. You’ll learn vocabulary, sentence structure, …

    March 15, 2018 | by Raheel
  • White Supremacist Adultery Scandal Ends in Jilted Neo-Nazi Web Admin Deleting Site

    White Supremacist Adultery Scandal Ends in Jilted Neo-Nazi Web Admin Deleting Site  Gizmodo Neo-Nazi arrested after trashy affair involving wife’s stepdad and his wife  New York Post White Nationalist Leader Arrested For Battery After Sleeping With Father-In-Law’s Wife  International Business Times Full coverage Source: Google News | White Supremacist Adultery Scandal Ends in Jilted Neo-Nazi Web Admin Deleting …

    March 15, 2018 | by Raheel
  • How seven years of war turned Syria's cities into 'hell on Earth'

    How seven years of war turned Syria’s cities into ‘hell on Earth’  CNN Syria’s civil war has been raging for 7 years and no end in sight  USA TODAY US risks irrelevance in Syria with reconstruction taboos  Al-Monitor Terry Glavin: The despots of the world have taken our measure. And found us weak  National Post Full coverage Source: Google …

    March 15, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Dylann Roof's sister busted with weapon, drugs after disturbing social media post

    Dylann Roof’s sister busted with weapon, drugs after disturbing social media post  New York Post Dylann Roof’s sister arrested on weapons, drug charges  Fox News Sheriff: Dylann Roof’s sister arrested on multiple charges  WCNC Full coverage Source: Google News | Dylann Roof's sister busted with weapon, drugs after disturbing social media post

    March 15, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Nest's $229 video doorbell is a useful addition to its ecosystem

    Last September, Nest introduced several products to its connected home lineup: the Nest Secure home security system, the Nest Cam IQ Outdoor and the Nest Hello video doorbell. While both the Secure and the IQ outdoor cam have been out for a few month… Source: Engadget | Nest's 9 video doorbell is a useful addition …

    March 15, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Duolingo's Klingon course has finally arrived

    It's not an exaggeration to say we've been waiting for Duolingo's course in Klingon for years. Now, it's finally making its debut. Star Trek fans (or really, anyone who's interested in taking a course in a constructed language, or conlang) can access… Source: Engadget | Duolingo's Klingon course has finally arrived

    March 15, 2018 | by Raheel