HP's MacBook Rival Has a Lot to Love, but the Thermals Are Terrifying
Sometimes the only thing differentiating a gaming laptop from a workstation laptop is the aesthetic. A lot of gaming laptops are dressed in a deep, matte black and accented with an RGB keyboard, or the air vents resemble a muscle car rear end. Mobile workstations blend into the coffee shop environment much more…Read more...
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The Witches Remake Is a Silly Comedy for Kids Who Aren't Afraid of the Dark
Roald Dahl’s The Witches was terrifying as both a novel and as a high-camp ‘90s horror-comedy. It presented, quite frankly, a world full of child-hating witches whose sole purpose in life was to exterminate young people. Robert Zemeckis’ new adaptation of the story is far sillier than any of its predecessors, but it…Read more...
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Astrobotic Debuts Massive New 'Moon Base' in Pittsburgh
The space robotics manufacturer Astrobotic Technology unveiled its new 47,000-square-foot headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania this week. The massive facility will serve as mission control for its lunar payload delivery services and upcoming NASA contracts, and I for one think they’re missing a huge opportunity by…Read more...
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FDA Approves Remdesivir to Treat Hospitalized Covid-19 Patients Despite Mixed Trial Results
The Food and Drug Administration has approved remdesivir to treat hospitalized covid-19 patients. The antiviral drug, which is manufactured and sold by the pharmaceutical company Gilead under the brand name Veklury, is the first to be approved for treating the virus in the U.S.Read more...
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Hulu Becomes the Latest Service to Lose Fox Regional Sports
I’m sorry to report there is no good news for you here, sports fans. Fox regional sports programming is disappearing from yet another streaming service—this time, it’s Hulu. Read more...
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Find Out if Any McDonald's Ice Cream Machine in the U.S. Is Working With This App
One of life’s cruelties is not being able to order ice cream when you want ice cream. And that’s especially true if your local McDonald’s’ soft-serve machine always seems to be pasteurizing itself right when you want some—or perhaps even an ice cream sandwich.Read more...
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What's the Best Smart Plug?
Jeez, when did humans become so lazy? It took a while for the virtues of smart home living to stick with me. I never considered the short three-step walk to the light switch too bothersome, and I sure as hell don’t need any robots starting dinner up for me. That’s what DoorDash is for, thank you very much!Read more...
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Google Stadia Exec Has a License to Stupid and He's Not Afraid to Use It
Here it is, folks, the worst take on video game livestreaming that the internet has to offer. Read more...
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A Brain-Destroying Prion Disease Is Becoming More Common, Study Finds
New research from Japan suggests that a rare brain-destroying disease caused by rogue prion proteins may be becoming more common—likely due to an aging population. Read more...
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Save 22% on Treblab's x3 Pro Wireless Earbuds for the Rest of the Month
Treblab X3 Pro Wireless Earbuds | $54 | Amazon | Use Code KINJA22PRO Read more...
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Roku's Streambar Is a Sandwich-Sized Soundbar Powerhouse
Most TVs these days can be improved with a soundbar—even a budget bar. But a soundbar that also doubles as a premium streaming device will check multiple boxes for people looking for both, particularly if their older sticks or boxes are no longer getting software updates that support newer streaming services. If this…Read more...
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The First Trailer for Skyline 3 Is Here and Earth Is Taking the Fight to Space
The Skyline franchise is delivering on the promise other sci-fi franchises have not. Aliens invaded Earth and we won. But now, humans are heading to the alien planet to end things once and for all.Read more...
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Aukey's 1080p Webcam Comes Through for Work and School Zoom Calls for $30 [Exclusive]
Aukey 1080p Webcam | $30 | Amazon | Clip Coupon + Promo code KINJAM1E Read more...
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Apparently Foxconn's Wisconsin LCD Factory Is Fake
Last week, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) rejected electronics maker Foxconn’s tax subsidy application for failing to not only hire the number of employees it promised, but to build a Gen 10.5 LCD factory. The company had instead built a Gen 6 facility to manufacture phone screens instead of a…Read more...
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Amazon Isn't Even Hiding Its Intentions Anymore
After spending years promising Congress that the data it collected from third-party sellers wasn’t used to beef up its private-label products, today Amazon decided to roll out a product meant to do exactly that. The Amazon Shopper Panel, as it’s called, promises to pay Amazon customers that offer intel to the…Read more...
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What Your Favorite iPod Says About You
In honor of the launch of the original scroll wheel iPod on Oct. 23, 2001, let’s look back on some notable iPod models and what they say about you as an early tech consumer. Every iPod tells a story, and some of the stories they told were pretty darn rough. Rip. Mix. Burn.Read more...
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PowerA’s Moga XP5-X Plus Mobile Gaming Controller Charges Your Smartphone Mid-Session, and I Love It
PowerA Moga XP5-X Plus Mobile Gaming Controller | $70 | Best BuyRead more...
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Lupin III: The First Is a Gorgeous Adventure About Finding Family and Punching Nazis
Monkey Punch’s beloved gentleman thief has been an animated icon for decades, giving us oodles of cinematic and small screen escapades. But Lupin’s latest heist is an epic unlike anything he’s done before, and not just because he’s been stunningly realized in a whole new medium.Read more...
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Boston Dynamics Will Sell Robot Arm to Go With Its Robot Dog Next Year, Which Is Totally Fine
Back in June, Boston Dynamics made more than 150 units of its robotic dog Spot available for sale to outside companies and research facilities. The idea was to see what type of real-world applications those companies and facilities would use it for, and get feedback on the capabilities of Spot itself. While Boston…Read more...
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Four Llamas Sacrificed in Inca Ritual Found Preserved 500 Years Later
Four beautifully preserved llamas have been discovered at a ritual sacrifice site in Peru. The llamas, still wearing their colorful adornments, serve as the first archaeological evidence linking the ancient Inca to the practice.Read more...
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New Research Cracks Open the Murky World of Cops Cracking Smartphones
Whether we’re talking about the Obama administration or the Trump era, the position of law enforcement agencies has been that tech companies need to give authorities a backdoor into encryption. The infosec community agrees that this would just make us all less safe. Along the way, we’ve known that cops use expensive…Read more...
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Amy Coney Barrett Is One Big Walking Conflict of Interest
Amy Coney Barrett, Trump’s nominee for Supreme Court Justice, still won’t say if she thinks climate change is real.Read more...
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Acer's Putting the Best Integrated GPU in Years Into a Lot of Cheap Laptops
This morning Acer announced its latest lineup of consumer notebooks across its Swift, Spin, and Aspire series. And they all include an Intel 11th-gen processor with Isis Xe Graphics. Some of them we already knew were coming, like the Swift 5 which will be Evo-certified, and the smaller and less expensive Swift 3, but…Read more...
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UK Will Intentionally Infect Volunteers With the Coronavirus for Vaccine Trials
A novel and controversial vaccine trial for covid-19 is officially set to begin in the UK next January. On Tuesday, researchers from the Imperial College London and elsewhere announced that they plan to conduct a human challenge trial that will involve 90 young and healthy adults. These volunteers will be given…Read more...
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Democrats Propose 'Section 230' Changes, Say Facebook Algorithms Cradle Violent Extremists
A pair of Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday introduced the latest bill proposing to amend Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act on the grounds that algorithms used by social media platforms—namely, Facebook—have facilitated extremist violence across the country that has resulted in U.S. citizens being deprived…Read more...
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