Am I the only one who doesn’t find any of these smart home devices to be all that useful? It might just be because I live in a small apartment and am never far from my computer, but I really don’t get the point of trying to wade through voice commands for stuff when it’s easier to just do a couple clicks.

Meh. Not like my CC info hasn’t been stolen a hundred other places. I’ve only ever used Google Pay at Wawa though, so maybe that’s different. Something about tokens...

As part of Netflix’s UI, whenever you linger on the homepage or hover over a title for longer than a second, a preview starts playing sans any user input.

The Mars 2020 rover’s wheels are designed for added durability; after seven years on Mars, Curiosity’s wheels are visibly tattered.

what is more likely, that a non-aerodynamic object that doesn’t emit heat can go from 50,000 to 100 feet in an instant, or your sensor equipment is malfunctioning?

I prefer slipsum for my placeholder text: https://slipsum.com/

The country set a new record for its hottest day Tuesday as the average maximum temperature across Australia reached 40.9 degrees Celsius (105.6 degrees Fahrenheit).

I’ve definitely found the most recent six Skywalker/force/Jedi Star Wars movies to be the weakest in the Star Wars franchise. It’s a huge, detailed universe—give me some more stories that aren’t about the fucking Force or the Resistance.

she described pushing a bit of code that would generate a small popup in the Chrome web browser on company machines. “Googlers have the right to participate in protected concerted activities,” the popup read

Div2's story is much worse than Div1, which was pretty good for a looter-shooter.

I’ll always complain about the summer setting. Snow-covered NY was soooo much better.

Reached for comment, Google couldn’t be bothered to write a new statement and sent the same one they sent Gizmodo and other outlets last week:

I was hoping for Eva Green as Yennefer, but that probably would have been expensive.

I’ll admit to not knowing the technical definitions, but I always assumed ‘transplant’ indicated a replacement (removing something and replacing it with something else from someone else) and ‘transfusion’ was simply adding something from someone else.

one woman required a blood transplant

I asked what bird species might be the culprit on Twitter—I guessed the snow goose, a species that migrates high in big flocks. But snow geese aren’t common in the DC area, and others suggested that Canada geese or even just a lot of gulls might be more likely options.

Uh huh. They’re probably just angling for some “campaign contributions.”

Mexican Joker, right?

I love paying 70+ dollars (plus a monthly fee) to have the privilege of paying full price for year-old games that will—AT BEST—have mild amounts of noticeable input latency.

I’m sure Anthem Next will do just as well as its namesake, EverQuest Next.