We Work for the Federal Government and It’s Time to Strike
The following is an open letter from two employees of the federal government. Due to a fear of losing their jobs, they have chosen to remain...
Samsung’s Excellent Qi Stand Charges Your iPhone Too, and It’s Never Been Cheaper
Even at today’s all-time low $24, Samsung’s fast-charging Qi stand isn’t the cheapest Qi charger we’ve seen, but it earns its keep with the ability to...
Watch builders construct a life-size Chevy truck with 300,000 LEGO bricks
Behold, the LEGO Chevrolet Silverado. The full-size truck is basically a giant ad for Chevy and the new LEGO Movie, which is due out in February....
Startups Weekly: Squad’s screen-shares and Slack’s swastika
We’re three weeks into January. We’ve recovered from our CES hangover and, hopefully, from the CES flu. We’ve started writing the correct year, 2019, not 2018....
‘Punisher’ deserves so much better than where Season 2 leaves him
In a sea of heroic do-gooders, Punisher was a welcome arrival onto the Marvel scene. While certainly nowhere near as evocative and poignant as Jessica Jones...
To see into someone’s soul, binge on their Twitter likes
In Binged, Mashable breaks down why we binge-watch, how we binge-watch, and what it does to us. Because binge-watching is the new normal. And yes, we...
Amazon’s Terrific Super Bowl Audio Deals Include Sonos and Dolby Atmos
It’s not surprising that Amazon would run a home theater audio sale with the Super Bowl now just two weeks away. But holy crap, we weren’t...
Storystorm 2019 Day 19: The Shaskans Stop, Collaborate & Listen
by Trisha Speed Shaskan & Stephen Shaskan Writing is often thought of as a solo process. Picture a beret-clad, tortured artist in a dimly-lit room typing...
Netflix’s ‘IO’ doesn’t deliver a world worth saving
Warning: Light spoilers for IO lie ahead. Not every world-ender can be world-ending. IO, the latest post-apocalyptic drama from Netflix, began streaming this weekend—but viewers crossing...
How to Turn a Raspbery Pi into a Plex Server
Plex Media Servers are great for storing and accessing all your movies, tv shows, and other media. Unfortunately, Plex Server hardware can be expensive, electricity intensive,...
