Browsing Category: Tech News

  • It took Harvey Weinstein to bring down Amazon's Roy Price. That's just sad.

    Amazon Studios is no hero for pushing out its chief, Roy Price, after he was accused of sexually harassing a producer. It’s still a villain in this tale, clearly seeking goodwill for doing the right thing, when it only punished Price after being scalded by the spotlight of public ire.  Yes, Amazon Studios quickly put …

    October 18, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Billy Corgan says he saw a person transform into something other than human

    Alien-lookalike and Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan (now known as William Patrick Corgan) says he witnessed a human being transform into “something other than human.” So naturally, aliens … or human shapeshifters?  Corgan was on the Howard Stern Show on Monday when the subject of Corgan’s appearance on the The Alex Jones Show came into …

    October 18, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Restaurant slammed on Yelp after getting called out for selling Popeyes chicken

    Yelp is great for checking out what the community thinks of a certain restaurant. It’s also great for a healthy helping of drama. Sweet Dixie Kitchen in Long Beach, California is at the center of a controversy after a disappointed customer revealed that its chicken sandwich was created using Popeyes chicken. The drama has since …

    October 17, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Not everyone's desperate for Amazon's second headquarters

    Cities have been desperately trying to attract Amazon’s second North American headquarters — but some groups want to know exactly what kind of jobs “HQ2” will bring.  On Tuesday, 73 civic groups, including unions, nonprofits, religious organizations, and political parties sent an open letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos with a list of “expectations” for …

    October 17, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Volvo's wave of electric cars starts with a new brand: Polestar

    Volvo made a big commitment earlier this year to put electric motors in all of its vehicles by 2019 — and now the automaker will double down on electrification with an entirely new luxury car brand.  Volvo and its Chinese parent company, Geely Holdings, just announced that they’ll invest about $755 million together to create …

    October 17, 2017 | by Raheel
  • 'Tetris' is playable in certain Russian trucks, and for a very specific reason

    This is basically the car version of the Konami Code, right? There’s an incredible Easter egg tucked away in the computer brains of trucks produced by Russia’s Gorky Automobile Plant. As the video above demonstrates, performing a specific set of steps unlocks a playable version of Tetris on the tiny dashboard screen. SEE ALSO: The …

    October 17, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Amazon patent shows how drones might some day charge your car

    Your next electric car might be fueled up by drone.  Amazon was granted a new patent earlier this month that was only recently spotted by Green Tech Media. The patent explains how Amazon drones might one day latch onto an electric vehicle and charge it while it’s driving — a complicated balancing act between the …

    October 17, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Everybody is calling bullsh*t on Ivanka Trump's 'punk phase'

    Nestled amongst the many useful parenting tips in Ivana Trump’s new memoir, Raising Trump, is the revelation that Trump’s eldest daughter Ivanka reportedly had a “punk phase” — during which she loved Nirvana and dyed her hair blue (for about five seconds), she writes in her mom’s book. One problem, Ivanka dear: Nirvana is grunge, …

    October 17, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Astronauts got to play with fidget spinners in space

    NASA Astronaut Randy Bresnik posted a video of himself and his fellow astronauts testing Newton’s laws of motion by playing with a fidget spinner aboard the International Space Station. Now we can answer the age-old question: would a fidget spinner spin forever in space? Read more… More about Space, Nasa, Mashable Video, International Space Station, …

    October 17, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Twitter is taking a much more aggressive stance on hate speech. Here's what we know:

    Twitter has been known for preaching free speech, but that’s come to harm the company as trolls and abusers thrive across its network.  Now, in the wake of a movement for women to boycott Twitter, the company is making its biggest sweep of changes yet to address hate speech and abuse.  SEE ALSO: #WomenBoycottTwitter is …

    October 17, 2017 | by Raheel