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Photos of the rare P-series iPhone prototypes running Acorn OS

The iPhone has no doubt been a crazy success since the early days. But how did the iPhone end up being such a success? Speculation, rumors and the…

  • Post date August 3, 2020
  • Post categories In Cool, Design, Interesting, Technology

ByteDance in talks to sell TikTok to Microsoft

But, the mating ritual is on hold until there’s word from The White House.

  • Post date August 1, 2020
  • Post categories In Business, Technology, Web

Donald Glover and Billy Dee Williams will reprise role of Lando Calrissian in new Disney+ Star Wars Story

That’s right! You heard right! You are not day-dreaming. This has been a life-long dream come true for me. Lando is one of my favorite characters, and was…

  • Post date July 26, 2020
  • Post categories In Cool, Film

LA Metro Says TAP Transit Cards May Support Apple Pay Later This Year

According to this official tweet from LA Metro: It’s happening! It’s long been known that LA Metro has been working on upgrading its TAP system, and it’s about…

  • Post date July 14, 2020
  • Post categories In Cool, Technology, Travel

Trump Administration Drops Plan to Strip Visas From Foreign Students in Online Classes Amidst Lawsuits

Multiple lawsuits have put pressure on the racist Trump Administration to change their ad hoc policy on US Visas during the pandemic

  • Post date July 14, 2020
  • Post categories In Not Cool, Technology

How Warming Winters Are Affecting Everything

The new normal is seemingly mild, slushy, and wet winters. Migrations are out of wack, and endanger our already delicate food chain.

  • Post date February 19, 2020
  • Post categories In Science, Weather

Pier 1 Files for Bankruptcy Protection Amid Online Challenge

The Fort Worth, Texas-based home goods supplier filed for bankruptcy protection. Failure to compete with Amazon and others in the e-commerce retail space may be to blame.

  • Post date February 19, 2020
  • Post categories In Business, Technology

Mondo releases an Original MSX2 Metal Gear Video Game Soundtrack 10″

Music by Konami Kukeiha Club. Original Artwork by Paul Mann. Stealthy.

  • Post date February 17, 2020
  • Post categories In Cool, Gaming, Technology

What is a sand dam and how do they work?

A simple reinforced rubble cement wall can re-capture millions of gallons of water normally lost during the rain seasons in arid regions.

  • Post date February 17, 2020
  • Post categories In Design, Interesting, Science

Will Netflix survive the streaming wars?

As Disney+, Peacock and others continue to suck up all the SVOD oxygen, will the prodigal son, Netflix survive?

  • Post date February 17, 2020
  • Post categories In Business, Technology

Two States, Eight Textbooks, Two American Stories

This is what happens when politics infiltrates State Boards of Education. American History textbooks in Texas and California are re-written with political bias in subjects such as race, immigration, gender and sexuality.

  • Post date February 17, 2020
  • Post categories In History

Tesla raises $2B in secondary offering at $767 a share

Tesla will sell over 2M million shares at that price — a 4.6% discount on last weeks closing price.

  • Post date February 14, 2020
  • Post categories In Business

Brandless is the first SoftBank-backed startup to close-up shop

SoftBank’s $100B Vision Fund isn’t looking so visionary

  • Post date February 13, 2020
  • Post categories In Business, Interesting

Foxconn’s production continues to be recalled as Coronavirus takes hold

Foxconn and the rest of Shenzhen is in serious trouble.

  • Post date February 13, 2020
  • Post categories In Business, Health, Technology

Check out the Nordic island that has its own little cloud

A beautiful Nordic island has a penchant for Lenticular cloud formations.

  • Post date February 13, 2020
  • Post categories In Cool, Travel

Why is the Coronavirus called COVID-19?

Turns out that a formal name designation really matters when fighting an epidemic.

  • Post date February 12, 2020
  • Post categories In Health, Interesting

Finland to give equal months of paid leave to both parents

While the world is still catching up, Finland announces a plan for mothers and fathers to take up to 6.2 months of leave. A combined total of roughly 14 months of leave are allowed.

  • Post date February 7, 2020
  • Post categories In Cool, Health

Experts reveal the IowaReporterApp is an “off-the-shelf” starter app hastily thrown together

Hard-coded API keys, shoddy infrastructure and a lack of quality control around secure protocols. We’re lucky it wasn’t worst than that.

  • Post date February 7, 2020
  • Post categories In Technology, Web

eBay was pretty close having a new home

After longtime CEO Devin Wenig stepped down last September, eBay was rumored to be looking for a buyer. NYSE owner Intercontinental Exchange, was purported to be be in talks but talks appear to have fallen apart.

  • Post date February 6, 2020
  • Post categories In Business, Interesting

Houston is less affordable than New York City

Housing costs might be cheaper in The Lone Star State, but when transportation costs are factored into the mix, Houston loses by a 38% higher cost margin.

  • Post date February 3, 2020
  • Post categories In Cool

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