North and South Korea gymnasts at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games have shown the world a brief moment of unity, in the form of a selfie. Lee Eun-ju of South Korea and Hong Un-jong of the North took a quick smiling snapshot during the training period before the start of the Games. The pictures of the two women have been widely praised as capturing the Olympic spirit. North and South […]
Despite what many would think, that threat doesn't refer to a specific DC storyline. [This story discusses the mid-credit sequence from Suicide Squad. If you don't want to know what happens at the end of the movie, stop reading now.]Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) really likes private meetings in restaurants. Not only does Suicide Squad open with one, where she introduces the members of the team to her federal bosses and […]
Following 7½ years of work on the project, one of the top executives on Google’s self-driving vehicle initiative, Chris Urmson, will be stepping down. Notably, Urmson has been with the project since its inception, and has often served as a public face for it — even testifying before a US Senate panel devoted to self-driving technology earlier this year. Urmson had been named Chief Technical Officer (CTO) on the project […]
Here are five things to know about Sunday at the Rio Olympics. Click here to find out when and where to watch the best of Sunday's action. 1. Gymnastics, women’s qualifying The American women start on the floor exercise, where Simone Biles and Aly Raisman have some of the toughest routines in the world. Though Biles’ is more difficult, she’ll go before Raisman – the reigning Olympic medalist on the […]
The Intel-owned company Basis announced yesterday that it would recall all of its Peak smart watches after a portion of customers complained of the device overheating. The issue first came about back in June of this year, when Basis halted the production and sales of its Peak devices due to the risk of burns or blistering because of the device becoming too hot during use. The company did issue a software update […]
Emmy voters like reruns. Sure, new names pop up from year to year, but when it comes time to handing out the trophies, a good many old habits are hard to break. So if you want a preview of this year’s ceremony, look up the 2015 show online. Because as you can see from the following final predictions, I’m guessing the makers of “Game of Thrones” and “Veep,” along with […]
Quite a few of you were looking for ideal Olympic-watching foods in our Free Range chat on Wednesday. Looking to the flavors of Brazil for inspiration — think papaya, passion fruit, coconut and dulce de leche — we pulled together a slew of ideas from the Recipe Finder. International Salsa. It’s an international competition, so serve a dip with flavors found around the world. This one is a crowd pleaser — […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr7AcjcE0BQ#action=share There’s no way to talk about the Xbox One S without talking about the console it’s replacing, the Xbox One. So I will just start by saying the really obvious thing: the Xbox One S is what the original Xbox One should have been. That assessment is both totally fair and wildly unfair. It’s unfair because it’s been three years since Microsoft first announced theoriginal Xbox One — and […]
Voltage Pictures, the company behind 'The Hurt Locker' and 'Dallas Buyers Club,' is backing the film about the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary. After nearly two decades, Mel Gibson is finally ready to bring the best seller The Professor and the Madman to the big screen and has enlisted Sean Penn in the effort. Gibson, who acquired the film rights back to the Simon Winchester book back in 1998, […]
