Internal Emails Reveal How a Controversial Gun-Detection AI System Found Its Way to NYC
There was a lot of overlap with former members of the NYPD. Adams and Banks came up together as police officers—as did a then-account-executive of Evolv, also name-dropped by Chitkara…
Internal Emails Show How a Controversial Gun-Detection AI System Found Its Way to NYC
There was a lot of overlap with former members of the NYPD. Adams and Banks came up together as police officers—as did a then-account-executive of Evolv, also name-dropped by Chitkara…
The Scariest Germs You Can Catch at the Beach
The mostly empty Newport Beach in California.Image: Marcio Jose Sanchez (AP) Earlier this month, South Carolina resident Brent Norman had an especially unlucky time at the beach. Advertisement As reported…
Wes Ball Talks Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Spoilers
You’ve got questions and Wes Ball has answers. His new film, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, opened this weekend and io9 recently sat down with the director to…
TCL’s Latest Budget-Minded TVs Put a Discounted Price on Premium
Most folks who walk into a room with an 85-inch TV, let alone a 98-inch TV, offer one of two impressions, often verbalized with some screech of surprise. One is,…
Here’s Where People Face the Biggest Gaps Between Rents and Wages
Three monopoly houses on top of two $1 billsPhoto: Christopher Furlong (Getty Images) This article originally appeared on Quartz. Rent is going up a lot in the United States. Wages…
Return of Roaring Kitty Sends Meme Stocks Into Chaos
GameStop and other meme stocks surged wildly on Monday morning as Keith Gill returned to social media. The leader of the 2021 meme-stock mania, also known as Roaring Kitty and…
Ahmed Best’s Hope For His Star Wars Future? Jedi John Wick
Image: Lucasfilm Ahmed Best—the man who brought Jar Jar Binks to life and then faced decades of horrifying harassment for it—shouldn’t have needed a Star Wars redemption arc, but he…
TCL prices its insanely bright, 115-inch QM89 4K TV at $27,000
TCL TCL already wowed us at CES 2024 with its astonishingly bright and immense QM89 115-inch mini-LED TV, so all that was really left for the company to do was…
I have the Google Pixel 8a. Here are 6 things you need to know
Andy Boxall / Digital Trends The Google Pixel 8a is in my hand and will have been for a few days by the time you read this. It’s not long…