Is Google teasing new Pixel phones for May 7?
New Pixel phones might be just around the corner. Weeks ahead of its annual I/O developer conference, Google’s put up a teaser on its store website...
French officials respond to Trump’s suggestion for putting out the Notre Dame fire
France’s iconic Notre Dame cathedral is engulfed in flames, and officials let Trump know that his suggestions were not helpful. Completed in 1345 after nearly 250...
Volvo cars in Europe will be able to warn each other about hazardous road conditions
Volvo is taking technology that allowed some of its vehicles to communicate with each other about hazardous road conditions and expanding it across Europe in an...
Richard Powers Wins the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction
Richard Powers’s novel The Overstory was awarded this year’s Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. In a starred review, Kirkus called the book “a magnificent achievement: a novel...
This Brief Moment in the Game of Thrones Premiere Carried the Most Narrative Weight
The season eight premiere of Game of Thrones was a barrage of shocking reunions and reveals. It also showed Bran staring creepily at people. His face...
YouTube’s algorithm added 9/11 facts to a live stream of the Notre-Dame Cathedral fire
Some viewers following live coverage of the Notre-Dame Cathedral broadcast on YouTube were met with a strangely out of place info box offering facts about the...
Apple hires A&E’s Molly Thompson as its head of Documentaries
In addition to a growing lineup of scripted fare, documentaries will be another key focus for Apple TV+, the company’s new streaming service set to launch...
Pepsi Mercifully Spares Humanity From Its Space Billboards—for Now
If there is one thing no one needs, it’s additional spaces for brands to overwhelm humanity with even more advertising. But thanks to capitalism, the sky...
There’s Microplastic Blowing in the Wind, Study Suggests
Some peaks throughout the Pyrénées Mountains of France stand more than 10,000 feet tall. Across the mountains’ ridges and valleys, adventurous visitors may spot a brown...
Premiere of Final Game of Thrones Season Triggers Piracy Bonanza
Yesterday the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones premiered, generating a massive demand on both legal and less-authorized channels. The first episode came out...
