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YouTube’s recommendation algorithm is trying to ruin Avengers and Game of Thrones for me

Apr30
by on April 30, 2019 at 1:18 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider


Look, I know the internet is dark and full of terrors if you’re not up to date on your favorite bits of pop culture. I should know better than to think I can completely avoid the zeitgeist around Avengers: Endgame and the latest season of Game of Thrones. But for years, I’ve done just fine staying out of trouble on most social media. YouTube’s recommendation algorithm, however, is out to get me. A few years ago, I only really had to worry about reading comments, but as the recommendation algorithm becomes more targeted, it’s become far more likely to spoil my favorite…

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Pro tip: Don’t hide a code editor ‘Easter egg’ in your Nintendo Switch game

Apr30
by on April 30, 2019 at 1:11 am
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


An indie game called A Dark Room vanished from the Nintendo eShop over the weekend after its creator revealed he’d sneaked a code editor into it as an “Easter egg.” The developers dismayed reaction seems almost comically naive given Nintendo‘s dim view of any kinds of non-game software on its consoles. The developer, Amir Rajan, revealed in a social media post that he’d buried the code editor and a Ruby reader into the game. Players could find it if they connected a USB keyboard to the Switch and pressed the “~” key while the game was active. Anyone who accessed this would…

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NASA head warns: Expect a major asteroid impact in your lifetime

Apr30
by on April 30, 2019 at 12:09 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Space


NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine thinks it’s time to start taking the threat of an Earth-altering asteroid impact seriously. In a speech today at the International Academy of Astronautics Planetary Defense Conference, Bridenstine opened his keynote with a warning about what’s to come. “We have to make sure that people understand that this is not about Hollywood, it’s not about movies,” he said. “This is about ultimately protecting the only planet we know, right now, to host life and that is the planet Earth.” Bridenstine acknowledged that a large asteroid colliding with Earth is met with a sort of “giggle factor,”…

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This may be our first good look at the new Motorola Razr

Apr29
by on April 29, 2019 at 10:55 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Plugged


Motorola’s Razr devices were probably the most iconic phones on the market until the iPhone landed in 2007. The phones that really kicked off the thin phone craze, the Razr line defied our expectations of how compact and sleek a smartphone could be. And now it seems poised to make a comeback. We first heard rumblings about it back in January, and now a new leak courtesy of SlashLeaks (from a since-deleted Weibo post) seems to show the device in its official-render glory, along with a mysterious device triangular-prism looking box thing. Perhaps the device’s packaging? Unlike the other folding phones…

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