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A screen grab of the transport that takes Detective Josephus Miller from dwarf planet Ceres to astroid Eros in SyFy’s Expanse. Courtesy of SyFy hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of SyFy A screen grab of the transport that takes Detective Josephus Miller from dwarf planet Ceres to astroid Eros in SyFy’s Expanse. …
Justin Worst, Marlo Webber and Jes Waldrip show off an LED light implant. Grindhouse Wetware calls it the Northstar. Courtesy of Ryan O’Shea A curious crowd lingered around Amal Graafstra as he carefully unpacked a pair of gloves, a small sterile blanket and a huge needle. A long line of people were waiting to get…
Aiming to strike a blow at Gawker’s journalistic credibility, Hulk Hogan’s legal team summoned an expert. But during a lengthy cross-examination in a St. Petersburg, Florida courtroom on Thursday, an attorney for Gawker portrayed that same expert witness as someone who is out of touch with the new media landscape. Appearing on the stand at…
When we brought Femsplain into the world, we never thought it would become as big as it is today. I never dreamed I’d be running a company at 24, but we did it because someone had to and we really believe in what we’re doing. With that, it’s important that we be transparent on where…
Nancy Reagan will be laid to rest this week after passing away at the age of 94 on Sunday. Wife to Ronald Reagan, the nation’s 40th president, the former First Lady is often remembered for her start in Hollywood, her glamorous time in the White House, and her role as her husband’s trusted confidante and…
The Gawker editor who posted the Hulk Hogan sex tape defended publishing the video of the ex-wrestler in an X-rated position, saying he found it “amusing.” And the founder of Gawker said in a separate deposition he was “proud” of what was posted. The taped depositions shown in a Florida courtroom on Wednesday gave a…
You’ll definitely have seen its ads plastered on billboards if you live in pretty much any major city across the world – who knew you needed to care so much about payments processing? Spotted a @braintree @PayPal ad with the Empire State Building in the background. #paymentsnerd #mobilepayment #nyc pic.twitter.com/WrX9tKEBmR — Anna Tauzin (@annatauzin) February…
Photo by Flickr user Roger H. Goun The union that represents journalists at The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch and Barron’s announced this week that Dow Jones, which owns the publications, pay men more than women in jobs of similar tenure. Male staffers with up to five years of experience, for example, earn an average of 13.5…
Regardless of the legality of what Gawker did when deciding to post a tape of Hulk Hogan sleeping with his former best friend’s then-wife, it’s really tough to stand up for the first amendment when the hill you’re going to die on is made of questionable newsworthiness and dick jokes. That’s what appears to be…
The long-running saga of Jena Malone’s mysterious Batman v Superman role is seemingly over. After being rumored and rumored for ages—and after Malone was cut from the film’s theatrical release altogether—Warner Bros. has accidentally revealed her character’s identity in a very dumb way. http://io9.gizmodo.com/one-of-the-mos… The news comes from a screenshot posted to Reddit of a…