As evidence mounts that President Trump tied Ukraine aid to that country announcing a sham investigation into Trump's political rivals, some Republicans are backing off their claim there was no… Read the rest of the article: Nothing wrong with quid pro quo? "Perhaps so", says Trump.

Steve Easterbrook, CEO of McDonald's since 2015, was fired this weekend over his relationship with a company employee. McDonald's has dumped its chief executive Steve Easterbrook after he engaged in… Read the rest of the article: McDonalds fires CEO over relationship with employee

The BBC's Szu Ping Chan takes a look at the futuristic technology depicted in 1982's Blade Runner, which was set in November 2019. It now being November 2019, how did… Read the rest of the article: How did Blade Runner's tech predictions stack up?

I noticed that it was that time of the century and made a mashup up the film's legendary intro, complete with Vangelis's soundtrack, with real contemporary footage of LA. The… Read the rest of the article: The Blade Runner intro but it's actually Los Angeles in November 2019

Quiet.js converts data to an audio signal–optionally beyond the range of human hearing–and plays it in the browser. If you can't imagine what this might be useful for, note that… Read the rest of the article: Quiet.js broadcasts data from your browser as ultrasound

AlphaStar is reportedly the first artificial intelligence to play the computer game StarCraft II at a "Grandmaster" level under standard competitive conditions. 1. AlphaStar now has the same kind of… Read the rest of the article: AI plays StarCraft II at "Grandmaster" level

Bloody Sunday was an atrocity committed by British troops in Northern Ireland, killing 14 unarmed Catholic protesters at a 1972 march. Sunday Bloody Sunday is the title of one song… Read the rest of the article: McDonald's apologizes for advertising "Sundae Bloody Sundae"

In this video by Dr. Fakenstein, the face of Nick Offerman (in character as cantankerous libertarian Ron Swanson) is deepfaked onto that of Christina Ricci's Wednesday Addams. In an ocean… Read the rest of the article: Nick Offerman deepfaked as Wednesday Addams

Mario Mathy still lives, but even when he is gone, the jumping dance will live forever. Mathy was recently Keyboard Mag's featured artist. TELL US ABOUT YOUR CRAZY VIDEO WITH… Read the rest of the article: Belgian synthesizer master Mario Mathy in action

Foie Gras, a fatty dish created by force-feeding ducks and geese through tubes, will soon no longer be served in the thousand-or-so NYC restaurants that have it on their menus.… Read the rest of the article: Foie Gras banned in New York City

Brett Tingley writes about 70 years' research into anti-gravity and similar fields of science fiction, an effort to harness nature's weakest force to military needs. It's gone nowhere, obviously—or has… Read the rest of the article: Decades of antigravity research went nowhere

Richard Braine has only been leader of Britain's far-right UK Independence Party for three months, and he's already calling it quits. Mr Braine's resignation comes a week after he was… Read the rest of the article: British far-right leader Dick Braine resigns

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Already removed from major browsers, Adobe Flash now suffers the second death of being forgotten. Google will soon deindex Flash from its search results. Goodbye, Flash, writes Google engineering manager… Read the rest of the article: Google will no longer index Adobe Flash

Ticks that spread encephalitis have been found in Britain, say researchers. Encephalitis can cause confused thinking, seizures, and problems with senses or movement, but is only rarely serious. Public Health… Read the rest of the article: Ticks that spread infectious brain disease reach Britain

A woman was killed at a "gender reveal" party after being struck by shrapnel from an explosive contraption: "a metal stand, gunpowder and colored powder were involved," report police. At… Read the rest of the article: Gender reveal pipe bomb kills grandma

Here is a video of pumpkin thief. Deadspin's Dan McQuade offers critical analysis: It appears they pulled over specifically to steal a pumpkin. One dude gets out, and then hauls… Read the rest of the article: Man steals pumpkin

Hellvetica, by Zack Roif and Matthew Woodward, is the classic typeface Helvetica, but with random spacing everwhere. [via Jeff Atwood] (If you want random nonsensical changes to the letterforms instead… Read the rest of the article: Hellvetica typeface "kerns in hell"

Tiago Teixeira set Massive Attack's "Teardrop" against the award-winning short movie "Happy Valentine's Day", directed by the Neymarc Brothers. It matches so well in mood and tone; the originals follow… Read the rest of the article: "Happy Valentine's Day" set to Massive Attack's "Teardrop"