Hot Toys’ First Clone Wars Figure Is Incredibly Brain-Breaking
It’s good. But my head would not like to accept it, thank you.Read more...
Talisman Finds the Force, a D&D Online Summer Camp, and More in Gaming News
Welcome back to Gaming Shelf, io9's column all about board games and tabletop roleplaying games. There are a lot of exciting crowdfunding campaigns out right now as developers try to prepare for life after the coronavirus pandemic. In addition, we’ve got the new Arkham Horror: The Card Game campaign and a creative way…Read more...
The Kung Fu Reboot Starring Olivia Liang Is a Go on the CW
A new hero is going to walk the earth, meet people, and get into adventures. You know, like Caine from Kung Fu. Except now, she IS Caine from Kung Fu.Read more...
Coronavirus Consipracy-Theory Video Shows Challenges for Big Tech
One by one, tech companies across Silicon Valley scrambled to take down a slickly produced video of a discredited researcher peddling a variety of conspiracy theories about the coronavirus.
Tuesday’s Best Deals: Roomba 980, TaoTronics ANC Headphones, Oreck Air Purifier, Cuisinart Pans, HyperX Mechanical Keyboard, and More
A subscription to NordVPN, an Oreck air purifier, a pair of TaoTronics ANC headphones, a couple of Cuisinart pans, and a HyperX mechanical keyboard lead Tuesday’s best deals.Read more...
Tesla Warned Staff to Return to Work in Violation of County Order or Lose Unemployment: Report
Tesla informed workers that if they did not show up for work at a Fremont, California, production facility CEO Elon Musk has reopened in violation of a county health order that they may be ineligible for unemployment, emails obtained by the Guardian show.Read more...
Guess How Much Uber and Lyft Would Owe California If Drivers Were Employees? Try $413 Million
If Lyft and Uber had classified their drivers as employees rather than independent contractors as the companies currently do (and would very much like to continue doing), what would they have hypothetically owed to California in unemployment insurance tax? According to an estimate from the UC Berkeley Labor Center,…Read more...
Eight Games to Prove You Can Handle a Disaster Better Than Trump
No matter which side of the aisle you’re on, you might agree many countries haven’t had the best response to the global pandemic. America is chief among them.Read more...
Playmobil Made the Best Back to the Future Toys You Can Buy
Despite what Star Wars and George Lucas taught the industry about how to properly market a summer blockbuster, when Back to the Future hit theaters in 1985, there was a dismal amount of movie merchandise in stores. But 35 years later, an avalanche of BttF collectibles is en route, including some new sets from…Read more...
Quantum Announces New Version of StorNext
Today, Quantum announced some of the enhancements that they are planning to include in StorNext 6.4. StorNext is a File System software that abstracts the physical medium data is stored on to allow customers to scale and tier their storage solutions as needed. Quantum got its start in 1980 as a disk drive manufacturer. In 2001, they sold their manufacturer division to Maxtor (which was later bought by Seagate), so they could focus on their integrated storage system business. Currently, StorNext is their core product, but they also offer surveillance and shared storage appliances. (more…)