Category: Culture

And then there were two. Twelve companies, including Uber and Lyft, had been jockeying for permits to operate dockless, rentable electric scooter programs in San Francisco. But the city had said there was room for just five. After three months of studying applications, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) said Thursday that only two […]

Serves: 1 Time: 20 minutes in a frying pan, 15 minutes directly on the router. What you’ll need: Eggs Cryptojacking malware Cooking spray A router Fried eggs are a classic recipe, often cooked in a pan on top of a stove. But it’s 2018, and in case you feel like you’re living in a dystopian […]

China opened the world’s longest sea bridge on Tuesday, creating a direct road link between Hong Kong, Macau and the mainland city of Zhuhai. The 34-mile (55 km) span across China’s Pearl River estuary was declared open by President Xi Jinping and is 20 times the length of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, according to […]

In just a few days. J.R.R. Tolkien fans can get their hands on what might be the late author’s final work. The Fall of Gondolin will be published Aug. 30 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in the US and HarperCollins in the UK. J.R.R. Tolkien died in 1973, but since his death, his son Christopher, now […]

It’s Saturday morning at Defcon, and eight players are racing to solve as many hacking challenges as they can within two hours. But the crowd at Caesars Palace isn’t here for that. They want to see someone’s computer get smashed. A player known only as ‘That Guy’ is the first unlucky contestant to get randomly […]

It doesn’t matter if your idea of a perfect burger is a double cheeseburger with bacon or a veggie burger with sprouts. Bottom line: you’re not eating your burger right. According to food bloggers, turning your burger upside-down before you chow down is the best method of eating it. No, really.  One of the main reasons for […]