There is chaos at Esquire, as the entire top of the masthead has either resigned or been let go following the resignation of Editor-in-Chief Jay Fielden last week. Bruce Handy, features editor, who one source said was the choice of Hearst Chief Content Officer Kate Lewis to be interim editor after Fielden’s resignation on May Read more about Esquire magazine faces turmoil amid masthead exodus[…]
One Missouri boy’s honest letter to his mother confessing that he missed the bus to school – and why that wasn’t such a bad thing – has left the internet in hysterics, in a social media post that has since gone massively viral with nearly a million likes. One June 4, Sarah Holliday resurfaced an Read more about Boy’s letter to mom about missing school bus goes viral[…]
CONCORD, N.H. — For nearly two decades, four suspected victims of serial killer Terry Peder Rasmussen remained unidentified — only decomposed bodies found in two barrels. But on Thursday, authorities were able to name three of them. The state attorney general’s office confirmed one of the victims was 24-year-old Marlyse Elizabeth Honeychurch. Her two daughters, Read more about Authorities identify 3 bodies linked to suspected killer[…]
Media giant Meredith — under pressure to reap cost savings from last year’s $2.8 billion acquisition of Time Inc. — quietly axed about 60 employees, or 1 percent of its workforce, in its magazine division this week. About half the cuts unveiled on Thursday came from two publications: Entertainment Weekly, which said it was going Read more about Magazine giant Meredith quietly axes 60 employees[…]
America’s most stressed citizens are — perhaps surprisingly — those who live in Los Angeles, according to new research. A new poll on the stressors of city life polled 3,000 people from Los Angeles, New York, Dallas, Miami and Chicago and found that 76% of Los Angeles residents polled are at least somewhat stressed on Read more about This is the most stressed out city in America[…]
For years, countries have spoken in vague terms about creating domestic internets that could be isolated from the world at will. Now we’re seeing some begin to execute that vision. Last month Iran announced that its "national information network"—essentially a domestic internet—is 80 percent complete. Earlier this year, Russia launched a major initiative to build Read more about Russia and Iran Plan to Fundamentally Isolate the Internet[…]
California’s Monterey Bay is one of the more pure, more dynamic coastal ecosystems on Earth. Otters—once hunted nearly to extinction—float among towering kelp forests, which themselves have rebounded thanks to the booming otter population’s appetite for kelp-loving sea urchins. Great whites visit from time to time, as do all manner of whales and dolphins. All Read more about Monterey Bay Is a Natural Wonder—Poisoned With Microplastic[…]
Streaming high-quality video to your laptop or television has been a given for more than a decade now. Streaming high-quality games the same way? Not so much. Yet, after numerous stalled efforts throughout the '00s, cloud gaming is poised for its highest-profile deployment yet, with Microsoft, Tencent, Electronic Arts, and others all working on their Read more about Google Stadia Lands This Year—If You're Willing to Pony Up[…]
Despite rumors of a pending Department of Justice antitrust investigation, Google continues to expand. Today the company's cloud computing division announced that it will pay $2.6 billion for the business intelligence/analytics company Looker. It's the first big purchase made by new Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian, who joined the company from Oracle in November. It Read more about Why Google Would Drop $2.6 Billion on an Analytics Company[…]
The FCC voted Thursday to allow phone companies to block robocalls automatically for their customers. The vote would allow phone service providers like Verizon to switch on technology that blocks robocalls, which have exploded in number to about 5 billion a month nationwide. The companies would not need their customers’ permission to block the calls. Read more about FCC allows phone companies to auto-block robocalls[…]