In a surprise move on Thursday, Twitter closed its offices, telling staff not to return until Monday, November 21. To ensure no one tries to enter any of its sites, badge access has also been suspended. It’s not clear why Twitter has decided to temporarily shutter its offices, but it comes during a chaotic time for the social media platformfollowing its $44 billion takeoverby billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk at the end of October....
Even though Instagram announced its new “Photos of You” feature already, it’s been in a kind of private incubation mode, where you could see how it worked but no one else could actually see the photos people tag of you. So if you tried to humiliate your friends by tagging the most unflattering pictures possible, nobody could see your evil handiwork … until now. As of today, those tagged photos are live....
Along with whiteboards, MacBooks, and some overworked co-founders, foosball tables are probably one of the most common sights you’ll find at a tech startup. So what could be more appropriate than a high tech overhaul of this retro gaming item? Called RoboSoccer, this nifty Kickstarter reimagining of table soccer combines the concept of the popular original game with a team of impressively agile miniature robots, controlled via mobile app, on a folding pitch....
Assembling a computer might seem like a huge undertaking if you’ve never done it before, but the truth is there’s never been a better time to build. Whether you’re using it for gaming, as a home media center, or just an everyday web browsing, you’ll save money and headache by rolling your own. An increased rate of product turnover means lower prices, a wealth of selection, and extensive benchmarking resources to help you get the best value for your system....
Seattle-area tech companies like Amazon and Facebook have told employees towork remotelyduring the COVID-19 outbreak (if possible), but some people were already working from home anyway. But with Seattle Public Schoolsclosed through late April, many of these workers have kids with time on their hands at home — while they work. “That’s the biggest challenge right now, is they’re just bored out of their minds,” Deven Wilson, a program manager at Verizon, told Digital Trends....
What’s the one big feature yourApple Watchis missing? If you said a camera, then your wait is almost over. It’s calledWristcam, and it brings a pair of cameras that can shoot stills and video to your Apple Watch’s strap. Cameras on smartwatches are a forgotten genre, with past examples adding dubious benefit to the first wave of serious smartwatches years ago. And it turns out that despite the new name, Wristcam is itself not entirely new either....
It is almost universally acknowledged that the holy grail of all kitchen appliances is the KitchenAid stand mixer, so chances are you’ve got one of these on your holiday wish list, or you’re hoping to bring one home for someone you love. If that’s the case, today is your lucky day because, even though Black Friday is already over, the retailer is still knocking $200 off the original price of $450, meaning you can bring home a brand new KitchenAid Pro 5 stand mixer for only $250....
Samsung’s most impressive gaming monitor finally has a full set of specs, a reservations date, and a price. The55-inch Samsung Odyssey Ark, in all of its stunning 4K glory, is now available to reserve and will be up for sale in early September. Looking at the specsand the monitor itself reveals a dream come true for many gamers, but there’s a catch, and that catch is pretty massive: the price. Because really, how many of us are prepared to spend $3,499 on agaming monitor?...
YouTuber Chris Stuckmann thrilled as his horror movie gets picked up by Longlegs distributor Movie review YouTuber Chris Stuckmann’s horror movie, Shelby Oaks, has been picked up by Longlegs distributor Neon. Neon bought the global rights to the movie before its debut to audiences at the Fantasia Festival on July 20. Stuckmann has been working on Shelby Oaks for years, starting a Kickstarter for the movie in 2022, and raising over $1 million for its production from 14,000 backers....
Dead or alive, the RoboCop franchise is coming back to the big screen. Paul Verhoeven’s wildly successful 1987 film about a police officer brought back from the dead as a powerful cyborg law-enforcement agent spawned multiple sequels, spinoffs, a 2014 remake, and even a pair of animated series — and now RoboCop is coming back online again withDistrict 9andChappiedirector Neill Blomkamp behind the camera. The new film is expected to be a direct sequel to Verhoeven’s original movie, ignoring the events of 1990’sRobocop 2, and will be based on an unused script for the sequel penned byRoboCopscreenwriters Ed Neumeier and Michael Miner....
Summary Peanutshas been an icon of American culture for over half-a-centruy. Practically everyone is familiar with its characters, especially Charlie Brown and Snoopy.First published in the 1950s, the ’90s proved to be the last decadePeanutshad new comic strips – but up until the very end, creator Charles Schulz' strip didn’t miss a beat, delivering the classic humor it became synonymous with. The 1990s saw the continuation of many fan favorite running gags, such as the crummyPeanutsbaseball team,Peppermint Patty and Marcie’s misadventures in class, and Lucy’s unrequited adoration of Schroeder....
With October winding down, Halloween is closer than ever. If costume parties aren’t your thing, consider watching a horror film to honor the spooky season. What’s great about horror is the high number of genres to pick from and the variety of movies made. Horror movies made for under $1 million are just as good, if not better, than some $50 million projects. We also have guides to thebest movies on Netflix, thebest movies on Hulu, thebest movies on Amazon Prime Video, thebest movies on Max,andthebest movies on Disney+....
Amazon’s extraordinary growth in recent years has forced traditional brick-and-mortar retailers to adapt or die, with major chains creating online stores to compete with the Seattle-based behemoth. So it’s with some irony that Amazon has begun to do the reverse, opening a string of brick-and-mortar stores to take on those giants, beat them at their own game, and utterly dominate the world of retail. Following the opening of a string ofbook storesand, more recently, several revolutionaryAmazon Go storesthat let you justgrab your stuff and go, the company has just announced that on Thursday, September 27, it’s opening Amazon 4-star, a physical store in New York City....
