Historic night from Bryant leads Washington to victory
Yes, the Wizards won. Kelly Oubre made his return to DC and that was not the only exciting thing that happened, it was also a historic...
The Teaser for The Walking Dead’s Mid-Season Premiere is Actually Pretty Frightening
I expect a lot of things from The Walking Dead. Action. Melodrama. Zombies. But actual, deep-seated fear, that Texas Chainsaw Massacre kind of creeped out? Not...
Report: Wall Street Is Getting Cold Feet on Bitcoin as Crypto Crash Continues
The crypto crash has continued, with about $700 billion wiped off the market since its peak at around $800 billion at the start of the year,...
SpaceX completes its last mission of 2018 with the launch of a military GPS satellite
SpaceX successfully launched the United States Air Force’s first Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellite, nicknamed Vespucci, from Cape Canaveral, Florida this morning in what was the...
A Year in Reading 2018: Outro
Year in Reading is done. (“That’s all there is, there isn’t anymore,” to paraphrase the famous fictional nun referenced in Emily St. John Mandel‘s entry earlier...
At Least the Government Shutdown Won’t Cancel Santa
While Santa Claus himself may be sovereign, the people who work behind the scenes to track his movements in real time are not. But any concerned...
The electric scooter wars of 2018
This was was undoubtedly the year of the electric scooter. Between massive fundraising rounds, lofty valuations and both Uber and Lyft’s entrance into the space, it’s clear...
A Year in Reading: Kirstin Butler
In 2018 I had recurring fantasies of deleting my Twitter and Facebook and Instagram and Slack accounts. (Not Tumblr, because their new content policy basically did...
Blindfolded Speedrunner Demolishes Outlast
I don’t care for first-person games that are heavy on jumpscares, and so speedrunner AcrohTheBeast’s 10:24 blindfolded run seems like the perfect way to play the...
Pirate IPTV Subscriptions Remain Rampant in North America
Increasingly, people are cancelling their expensive cable subscriptions, opting to use cheaper or niche-based Internet TV instead. While there are plenty of legal options available, there’s...
