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Remember that moment during Sen. John McCain’s funeral during which former President George W. Bush handed Michelle Obama a cough drop and the two exchanged a laugh?

Well, on Wednesday, that moment played out again at the funeral of Bush’s father. As Dubya was greeting the distinguished guests in the front row... along with Donald Trump and his captive wife migrant genius Melania, Bush...

Facebook, which the United Nations’ top human rights commissioner accused earlier this year of a “slow and ineffective” response to evidence it was fueling state genocide against the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar, admitted in a blog post on Monday that their own “independent human rights impact assessment” has more or less confirmed that it really screwed that one up.

For many Facebook...

Wing es uno de esos proyectos locos de I+D que ahora funcionan como empresas independientes dentro de Alphabet, la matriz de Google. Al igual que Amazon, Wing está desarrollando una flota de drones autónomos para repartir alimentos, fármacos y pequeños bienes en cuestión de minutos. Tras 18 meses de pruebas en Australia, estos drones surcarán ahora los cielos encapotados de Finlandia.

“Los...

At last month’s AdventureX 2018 conference, game developer and Inkle Studios co-founder Jon Ingold offered a practical skills workshop about writing better dialogue for games. It involved a lot of Blade Runner.

In the talk (which has now been uploaded to YouTube), Ingold claims that game writing isn’t always the best, especially when put up against other media. To make this point, Ingold...

King Kupo created this incredible Hanzo outfit for this year’s San Diego Comic Con.

Pretty much everything—the armour, arrows and bow—were all made using EVA foam.

You can see more of King Kupo’s cosplay at his Instagram page.

In Jersey Shore, Abridged, Jezebel planned to recap the first season, and maybe the entire series, of Jersey Shore in 3 to 5 sentences followed by viewing comprehension questions and therapeutic prompts. An editorial decision was made to jump ahead to the latest season because rewatching the entire series was bad for my brain and heart. This series is in honor of Jersey Shore: Family Vacation...

A deeply discounted standing desk, double discounts on RAVPower charging gear, and unique $10 art…

A couple...

El pasado mes de mayo comenzaron las obras del Telescopio Extremadamente Grande (ELT por sus siglas en inglés). Los cimientos de la estructura ya están listos y esta imagen de ellos publicada por el Observatorio Europeo del Sur prueba que el futuro laboratorio sin duda hace honor a su nombre.

El...

So I'm driving along in my E39 and an F10 pulls out behind me. A few blocks later an E60 pulls out behind them. Shortly afterwards what pulls out in front of me? An X5. We all drove in a line like that for a good ten minutes before someone turned off.

I had to bring my car in for an estimate today, and found this sitting in the next bay over:

‘48 Chevrolet Woodie. I asked if I could take some photos and the owner of the shop was happy to oblige. It’s a customer car getting some work done, so I agreed to obscure the plate.

One bay over was the skeleton of a ‘64 Austin Healey 3000 in the process of a full restoration.

And in the back booth, a...

Halloween is over, and you’ve got a brief window of time before holiday-related activities take over all your free time. Now is the time to pounce on new books by George R.R. Martin (alas, not the one we’re all waiting for), M.R. Carey, and many others. Here’s our list of November releases to look out for.

The fantasy author (The Devil’s Arithmetic)...

Finally got around to taking some pictures of my latest two models. F641 and the F189, 1990 and 1989 Ferrari F1 entries. Finished them up shortly after Christmas break. One is a Tamiya and the other Fujimi.

I took a gamble and did a carbon decal kit on the '89 car which turned out OK. The tub has some noticeable errors but the diffuser and wings turned out real well. Its piece together for...

Looks like 50 Cent is ‘bout to go gorilla, with an unprecedented multi-million dollar deal with premium cable network Starz.

Variety exclusively reports that 50, born Curtis Jackson, has signed a four-year deal with Starz, which will cover the development of scripted and unscripted projects through his G-Unit Film & Television company.

The deal, said to be worth as much as $150 million,...

Football is loud. The players crashing into each other, the whistles, the referees throwing yet another flag, the crowds complaining about those flags, the flyovers by government jet fighters: It’s all loud.

Now, another loud thing: Emergency Football Show Weekly, a weekly (we hope) video about what’s going on in the NFL. This week Dom Cosentino and I cover NBC’s new “green zone” feature, which...

Raph is 11 now. Wish I was home to see him.

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Put on your snazzy coats and get out the gadgets , because now we know exactly when the eleventh season of Doctor Who is coming to air.

UPDATE 9/26 10:30AM: The BBC and BBC America have now confirmed that the first episode of Doctor Who season 11 will air at 18.45pm BST on October 7 on BBC One, and simultaneously at 1.45PM ET and PT on BBC America, so fans can tune in early to watch along...

On July 22, Sacramento police officers were in pursuit of a 16-year-old boy who had been stopped for riding a bike without a light on it. As the boy ran from an officer who was chasing him on foot, an officer driving an SUV joined the pursuit, eventually catching up to the teen and hitting him with his vehicle before coming to a stop in the front yard of a home in the neighborhood.

The...