The showrunner behind the new Star Trek TV series just revealed alot of fresh information about the new series, including that the upcoming series will focus on a female lead character — likely played by an actor with a “level of diversity” — who will be a lieutenant commander on a starship. At the Television Critics Association’s press tour in Beverly Hills on Wednesday, writer-producer Bryan Fuller took questions from […]
Cancellara reclaims men's time trial title Swiss cyclist Fabian Cancellara won the men's individual time trial and caps his career by reclaiming the title he won at Beijing 2008. It means Great Britain's Chris Froome was denied a Tour de France-Olympic Games double. Froome was a minute behind, finishing with a bronze medal. Dutchman Tom Dumoulin took silver. @Rio2016_en@f_cancellarapic.twitter.com/aRYMp9jMq4 — MiniPeople.ch (@SwissMinipeople) August 10, 2016 Armstrong wins third consecutive […]
Things we learned in Tuesday night's Summer Olympics action: Katie Ledecky is a monster, in the best possible way. Don't talk trash Michael Phelps. Ledecky and Phelps both took home individual golds on Day 4 of the 2016 Olympics, and Phelps added another as part of America's victorious 4x200-meter freestyle relay team to cement USA Swimming's status as biggest fish in the Olympic pool. For Phelps, Tuesday's haul represented his 20th […]
Greece’s Anna Korakaki holds off Germany’s Monika Karsch to win the gold medal in women’s 25m pistol. In an epic gold medal showdown, 20-year-old Korakaki won the first three rounds to go up 6-0, but the 33-year-old German shooter clawed back to win the next three rounds to tie it up. In the final round, Karsch missed two of her first three but Korakaki missed her fourth shot, putting immense […]
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 […]
