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LG and Sprint are launching a 5G phone in the US next year

Aug15
by on August 15, 2018 at 5:51 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Ahead of the launch of its mobile 5G network in the US, Sprint has announced that it’s working with LG to make a phone to support the new carrier technology in the first half of 2019. The company says that the device will be the first-ever 5G handset in the country when it arrives, and that Sprint will be the first to roll out a 5G network in the US. It’ll be interesting to see if it can make good on those claims in 2019 – and what sort of hardware the LG-made device gets. With 5G, you can expect…

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We talked to Overwatch League’s franchise director about the future of esports

Aug15
by on August 15, 2018 at 12:38 am
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


The future of esports is looking particularly bright these days. Not only are live events drawing record crowds, but millennial are putting them on even grounds with more traditional sports in terms of what they plan to watch on a given evening. There’s even talk among officials with the Olympic Committee to see if esports is a viable candidate for inclusion in future Olympic games. One of the most recent, major events to draw the eye of both fans and curious onlookers was the Overwatch League finals. Airing on ESPN, it was both an event and an experiment with bringing…

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Nearly 50k people have blocked Twitter’s biggest advertisers over the Alex Jones debacle (and you can too)

Aug14
by on August 14, 2018 at 11:18 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Social Media


iteAlex Jones can’t win these days. As the unofficial mascot of conspiracy theorists everywhere, Jones — the man who answers the question: What happens when you turn human skin inside-out and continue to wear it? — has seen his beloved InfoWars brand blocked on every major platform that isn’t a microblogging site disguised as a smoldering dumpster fire. Jones has 99 problems, currently, and the internet is the biggest of said problems, according to a botched lyrical representation of a Jay-Z song. And no, we’re not talking about his numerous pending defamation lawsuits, or even the “war on free speech”…

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