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- Ripple Claims Bitcoin Is 'Chinese-Controlled' While Announcing New Lawsuit From SEC
- The Sky Is Up To Something Tonight
- Apple Reportedly Aiming to Launch Self-Driving Cars By 2024
- Robotech's Christmas Episode Is the Perfect Holiday Special for 2020
- Level Up Your Inner Nerd With Pokémon Blue Light Glasses
- Octopuses Like to Punch Fish, New Research Suggests
- AI and Satellite Data Could Help End Slavery on the High Seas
- AT&T Can't Seem to Get Rid of DirecTV
- Play Dozens of Classics on the Sega Genesis Mini, Now Down to $50
- Report: Chinese Hack of Federal Employment Database, Disclosed in 2015, Was a Disaster for the CIA
- Steve Wozniak's Apple II Sketches Go for $630,272 at Auction
- What We Know About the New Coronavirus Mutations and the Vaccines
- How The Mandalorian's Finale Reveal Fits Into Star Wars' Timeline
- The 10 Best Deals of December 21, 2020
- Download Wallpapers From the Not-Yet-Announced Samsung Galaxy S21
- Hackers Steal Thousands of Customer Emails From Popular Crypto Wallet
- The Senate Agrees to a Plan to Phase Out a Dangerous Greenhouse Gas
- OnePlus' Latest Concept Phone Is a Color-Shifting, Motion-Sensing Tease
- The Expanse's Cara Gee and Shohreh Aghdashloo on Playing Powerful Women in Sci-Fi
- Keep Your Mind and Hands Busy With the Best LEGO Deals
- What We Know About the Intriguing Radio Signal From Our Neighbor Star
- I Desperately Need This Lego Machine That Measures Presents and Perfectly Cuts Wrapping Paper to Size
- Rest In Peace, Facebook Ads Boycott (2020—2020)
- Adobe Just Released Its Premiere Pro Beta for Apple's M1 MacBooks
- Get up to $30 off Anker's Speakers at Best Buy Right Now
| Ripple Claims Bitcoin Is 'Chinese-Controlled' While Announcing New Lawsuit From SEC Posted: 22 Dec 2020 03:30 AM PST  The Securities and Exchange Commission plans to sue Ripple in federal civil court for selling unregistered securities, according to a news release published online by the cryptocurrency company late Monday. Ripple defended its cryptocurrency, known as XRP, as a valid currency but then drifted into conspiracy-laden… |
| The Sky Is Up To Something Tonight Posted: 21 Dec 2020 05:06 PM PST  When it comes to the sky, here are the things we know for certain to be true: We know that birds are allowed up there and humans are not (suspicious). We know that the sky acts as the sort of sacred lid to the world, and also that it contains the atmosphere and the air, the same air that our friends and pets and… |
| Apple Reportedly Aiming to Launch Self-Driving Cars By 2024 Posted: 21 Dec 2020 04:09 PM PST |
| Robotech's Christmas Episode Is the Perfect Holiday Special for 2020 Posted: 21 Dec 2020 02:30 PM PST  You don't need to have seasonal affective disorder to be depressed this holiday season. There's plenty to be bummed out about, first and foremost that most of us won't be able to spend time with our friends and family thanks to the pandemic, but then there's also [gestures at everything]. It sucks, but most Christmas… |
| Level Up Your Inner Nerd With Pokémon Blue Light Glasses Posted: 21 Dec 2020 03:00 PM PST  Jins today launched a new line of Pokémon-themed eyeglasses and blue light blockers. The collection, released in partnership with the Pokémon Company, will feature frames for both children and adults in a variety of designs and colors specific to fan-favorite Pokémon. |
| Octopuses Like to Punch Fish, New Research Suggests Posted: 21 Dec 2020 02:21 PM PST Upsetting but strangely satisfying new research documents octopuses punching fish during collaborative feeding sessions. The octopuses primarily do it for practical reasons, but sometimes these underwater jabs seem to be purely spiteful. |
| AI and Satellite Data Could Help End Slavery on the High Seas Posted: 21 Dec 2020 02:13 PM PST  Slavery is rampant on fishing vessels around the world. Just how rampant, though, is an open question, given the challenges of cataloging what happens onboard thousands of vessels that spend weeks out at a sea and move from port to port, including in countries with lax regulations. |
| AT&T Can't Seem to Get Rid of DirecTV Posted: 21 Dec 2020 02:10 PM PST  AT&T is having a hard time trying to find a buyer to take DirecTV off its hands. Ars Technica (via the New York Post) reports the telecom is not happy with the $15 billion offers it has received since opening up auctions in October, and may "cancel the auction altogether if it doesn't get better offers." As of now,… |
| Play Dozens of Classics on the Sega Genesis Mini, Now Down to $50 Posted: 21 Dec 2020 06:56 AM PST |
| Report: Chinese Hack of Federal Employment Database, Disclosed in 2015, Was a Disaster for the CIA Posted: 21 Dec 2020 02:00 PM PST  China's efforts to purge its government of CIA moles has been aided significantly by a massive database of personnel information stolen from the U.S. government nearly a decade ago, as well as other hacked or leaked data sets, Foreign Policy reported on Monday. |
| Steve Wozniak's Apple II Sketches Go for $630,272 at Auction Posted: 21 Dec 2020 01:50 PM PST  How much would the first schematics of the printing press be worth today? What would you pay to own the original designs for the telephone? For some people, Steve Wozniak's simple sketches for the Apple II hold a similar sort of historical significance as those hypothetical artifacts of tech history. And we now know… |
| What We Know About the New Coronavirus Mutations and the Vaccines Posted: 21 Dec 2020 01:42 PM PST  Scientists in the UK and elsewhere are reporting the discovery of new, potentially important mutations found in local strains of the coronavirus. These strains may pose a real added danger to people, with early research suggesting that they're more transmissible than the classic version. And though there's much about… |
| How The Mandalorian's Finale Reveal Fits Into Star Wars' Timeline Posted: 21 Dec 2020 01:30 PM PST  The Mandalorian's season finale took Din Djarin's small slice of the Star Wars universe and exploded it into smithereens—smithereens with much larger ties to the vast Skywalker Saga than any of us could've imagined when this show first started last year. But now that its adventures are inextricably linked, here's some… |
| The 10 Best Deals of December 21, 2020 Posted: 21 Dec 2020 01:15 PM PST Monday's Best Deals | Kinja Deals |
| Download Wallpapers From the Not-Yet-Announced Samsung Galaxy S21 Posted: 21 Dec 2020 12:00 PM PST  Samsung has not even announced the Galaxy S21—its not-so-secret future flagship device—yet the smartphone's wallpapers have already been leaked and are available for download right now. |
| Hackers Steal Thousands of Customer Emails From Popular Crypto Wallet Posted: 21 Dec 2020 12:50 PM PST |
| The Senate Agrees to a Plan to Phase Out a Dangerous Greenhouse Gas Posted: 21 Dec 2020 12:28 PM PST  "Bipartisan climate policy" is a unicorn of phrases when it comes to Congress, let alone "bipartisan climate policy instructing the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gases." Yet on Monday, this mythical creature appeared after senators agreed to include a plan to phase down production and use of… |
| OnePlus' Latest Concept Phone Is a Color-Shifting, Motion-Sensing Tease Posted: 21 Dec 2020 12:30 PM PST  Apparently OnePlus is turning its habit of releasing concept phones every winter into a tradition. Following last year's Concept One, OnePlus has just revealed the OnePlus 8T Concept. |
| The Expanse's Cara Gee and Shohreh Aghdashloo on Playing Powerful Women in Sci-Fi Posted: 21 Dec 2020 09:30 AM PST  The Expanse's Camina Drummer (Cara Gee) and Chrisjen Avasarala (Shohreh Aghdashloo) may never cross paths; Drummer captains a salvage crew in the Belt, while diplomat Avasarala watches out for Earth. But the characters have some crucial traits in common, like the fact that they're both total badasses. |
| Keep Your Mind and Hands Busy With the Best LEGO Deals Posted: 21 Dec 2020 10:42 AM PST |
| What We Know About the Intriguing Radio Signal From Our Neighbor Star Posted: 21 Dec 2020 11:10 AM PST  Researchers with the Breakthrough Listen project have detected a curious signal originating from Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to the Sun. The signal has been designated as a possible alien transmission, but like so many examples in the past, this latest detection is probably another dead end. |
| Posted: 21 Dec 2020 11:00 AM PST As enjoyable as the holidays are, there are parts that you're happy to be done with—like wrapping presents. It's a process that seems overly complicated, especially when your hard work is going to just be torn to shreds, which is why I desperately want this giant Lego machine as my gift-wrapping assistant. |
| Rest In Peace, Facebook Ads Boycott (2020—2020) Posted: 21 Dec 2020 10:30 AM PST  This past summer, dozens of major brands pulled their ad dollars from Facebook in a protest of the company's handling of the hate speech and disinformation. Apparently the company has done enough to win back one of its biggest fish: Unilever, which announced late last week that it would be picking up its ad campaigns… |
| Adobe Just Released Its Premiere Pro Beta for Apple's M1 MacBooks Posted: 21 Dec 2020 10:20 AM PST  Anyone curious to see how a native version of Adobe Premiere Pro runs on Apple Silicon now has the chance. Last week, Abode released a beta version of Premiere Pro for M1 systems, reports The Verge, joining the already released beta versions of Photoshop and Lightroom. |
| Get up to $30 off Anker's Speakers at Best Buy Right Now Posted: 21 Dec 2020 08:30 AM PST |
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