Enjoy this taster of what legendary B-movie house Cannon Group had in store for '86. What I love about it is that I can't remember which of these movies were… Read the rest of the article: 1986 promo reel for Cannon Group films, some of which were actually made
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Rob Beschizza Until a certain point in the late 2000s, Tetris would have officially been 39 years old this year. But now it's 40 years old, according to the attendant celebrations, promotions… Read the rest of the article: How old is Tetris, really?
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Rob Beschizza Colorado congresswoman Lauren Boebert, not currently groping a date's genitals in a family theater or dealing with her teenage son's expansive collection of theft charges, says the "10 Commandments" should… Read the rest of the article: Lauren Boebert wants 10 Commandments in schools so children know right from wrong
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Rob Beschizza Saudi complicity and involvement in the 9/11 terror attacks was suspected from the outset, but the wars they led to—invasions and occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq, wars against the Al-Qaeda… Read the rest of the article: Unsealed video implicates Saudi government in 9/11 attacks
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Rob Beschizza Though the Hubble Space Telescope hasn't the resolving power of the new Webb Space Telescope, its new pointing mode is yielding spectacular imagery, such as this view of galaxy NGC… Read the rest of the article: Hubble Space Telescope image of galaxy NGC 1546
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Rob Beschizza I have a small office, which presents an interesting problem with summer's arrival: even the smallest real air conditioning units at the store are obviously overkill, but the little desktop… Read the rest of the article: Miniature evaporative coolers work—but not very well
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Rob Beschizza Canadian actor Donald Sutherland, famed for his performances in some 200 movies including Don't Look Now, Invasion of the Body Snatchers and The Hunger Games, died Thursday in Miami. He… Read the rest of the article: Actor Donald Sutherland dead at 88
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Rob Beschizza Logitech, which makes nice but generally unadventurous computer peripherals, has released a mouse with a dedicated "AI" button. The button, which is an unusual shade of bright cyan so you… Read the rest of the article: Logitech mouse has a dedicated "AI" button
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Rob Beschizza Anna Washenko posted From Infocom to 80 Days, a primer on a genre of game that encompasses the most elementary and elaborate forms of play. Text! But whatever its production… Read the rest of the article: Brief history of text games
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Rob Beschizza I love these old VHS tapes of Jordan Mechner's brother David, then 15 years old, performing the moves that would end up as the smoothly-animated Prince of Persia. [via The… Read the rest of the article: Jordan Mechner's brother David performing the Prince of Persia's rotoscoped moves
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Rob Beschizza Like your PS4 controller but wish it had a USB-C connector? Say no more: Marius Heier makes tiny adapters to replace the easily-damaged originals for just $10. You must perform… Read the rest of the article: Upgrade your PS4 controllers with USB-C ports
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Rob Beschizza A massive blaze at a pallet yard in West Town, Chicago, took firefighters hours to douse on Wednesday evening. The material stored there—dry wood stacked in airy, lightweight columns—is a… Read the rest of the article: Pallet fire in Chicago
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Rob Beschizza Nvidia, maker of the graphic cards powering an explosively-growing AI industry, is now the world's largest publicly-traded company. With a market capitalization of $3.34 trillion, it now surpasses Microsoft ($3.32… Read the rest of the article: Nvidia is the world's largest publicly-traded company
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Rob Beschizza The tiny and inexpensive ESP32 microcontroller is useful for many things, but Chris Greening made something truly magical with it: a ZX Spectrum that implements that computer's famously troublesome keyboard… Read the rest of the article: A single-board ZX Spectrum with the keyboard silk-screened in color right onto the circuit board
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Rob Beschizza Vermont Rep. Mary Morrissey, a Republican, was surreptitiously filmed pouring water into a Democratic colleague's bag. State Rep. Jim Carroll had set up the hidden camera after he found his… Read the rest of the article: Vermont lawmaker caught pouring water in colleague's bag
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Rob Beschizza Ohio criminal defense attorney Jack Blakeslee has completed the six-month suspension he received for launching a Pringles potato chip can into the parking lot of a crime-victim advocacy center. If… Read the rest of the article: Lawyer who pooped in a Pringles can has license reinstated
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Rob Beschizza Pastor Robert Morris admitted sexual misconduct with a 12-year-old girl earlier this week after his now-adult victim disclosed years of historical abuse by him. Though Morris first he planned to… Read the rest of the article: Texas megachurch lets pedophile pastor Robert Morris resign
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Rob Beschizza Anderson Lee Aldrich, the mass shooter who killed five people at the LGBTQ+ Club Q in Colorado and hurt dozens more, will spend the rest of his life in jail.… Read the rest of the article: Club Q mass shooter will never leave prison
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Rob Beschizza At a hearing on Capitol Hill, outgoing Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun admitted the company retaliates against whistleblowers: "I know it happens," he told members of congress Tuesday. He acknowledged that… Read the rest of the article: Boeing CEO admits company retaliates against whistleblowers
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Rob Beschizza Microsoft's 7th-edition Surface Laptop and Surface Pro tablets are out today, and mark the lineup's switch from Intel to ARM-based processors. Built around the 12-core Snapdragon X system, the high-end… Read the rest of the article: Microsoft's ARM Surface laptops hit the shelves