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Gunman Taco Truck has arrived on Steam. The zany post-apocalypse title was designed by Donovan Romero-Brathwaite, the 12-year-old son of two famous game developers, Doom creator John Romero and Wizardry designer Brenda (Brathwaite) Romero.
In the game, you play as the last Mexican, saving the world one taco at a time. Romero-Brathwaite created the design for the game when he was 9 years old, and his parents put together a team to turn it into a reality. The game is now available on Steam fo

Some good-natured trash talk or a general airing of grievances is far from unheard of among pro athletes on social media, but this little beef between two NBA stars got real personal real fast. 
Grab your popcorn. 
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It all starts with some-good natured ribbing during Friday night's game between the Portland Trail Blazers and Memphis Grizzlies. The Blazers' official account tweeted out a GIF making fun of Grizzl

OPINION: After a week of almost unanimous silence, the tech industry is speaking out en masse against Trump’s policies today.
Facebook CTO Sheryl Sandberg was the first major tech executive to challenge the president over his anti-abortion policy, saying on Thursday that it “could have terrible consequences for women and families around the world.”
Then on Friday, Zuckerberg himself issued a response to Trump’s order banning refugees and

GUEST: I have a 100-step checklist that I use to screen new investments. I’ve backed about 70 companies, but I’ve evaluated 40x that many — a dizzying amount of research. The fact is, a bot could do 80 percent of that work for me. After all, I have a series of questions, and I need to fill in answers. This is the type of problem bots excel at solving.
This week, a team at Gigster built a model of what this bot might look like: Pitchbot.vc. It doesn’t ask all 100 of m

The long wait for a new Game of Thrones story is over! Unfortunately, the new material isn't George R. R. Martin's long-awaited book. 
Instead, it's a short story from the author slated to be included in an upcoming anthology. 
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Details as to what exactly will be addressed in the new story have yet to be revealed. All we know for now is that it is set in the Game of Thrones universe.
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In a message to employees obtained by The Verge, Apple CEO Tim Cook noted that he was concerned about Donald Trump’s executive orders limiting immigration from seven countries, and that “it is not a policy we support.”
In the memo, Cook noted that there were employees that were affected by the executive orders, and that the company’s human resources, legal, and security teams were in touch to support them. He also noted that the company had reached out to the White House

 Uber co-founder and CEO Travis Kalanick added his voice today to a growing chorus of tech executives troubled by President Donald Trump’s recent immigration order banning the entry of US residents from seven countries.
Echoing the sentiments of Google’s Sundar Pichai and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, Kalanick wrote a letter to Uber staff, also posting to his Facebook wall. Read More

Following statements from the CEOs of Facebook, Google, and Microsoft after President Donald Trump’s executive orders restricting travel from seven countries to the United States, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick announced in a Facebook post that the company is working to identify drivers who might be stuck overseas and has pledged to compensate them while they wait for the restrictions to be lifted.
Kalanick noted that the company has already reached out to a dozen employees who are affected, and

In the chaotic, heartbreaking wake of Donald Trump's "Muslim ban," Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau is projecting a markedly different message.
On Saturday, Trudeau tweeted in solidarity with refugees, including those unable to enter the United States under the president's executive order. "To those fleeing persecution, terror & war, Canadians will welcome you, regardless of your faith," he said. "Diversity is our strength."
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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has just issued the strongest statement yet among his peers in the technology industry against an executive order on immigration that has sparked widespread condemnation. In a brief statement made on Facebook, Hastings said that President “Trump’s actions are hurting Netflix employees around the world, and are so un-American it pains us all.” You can read his full statement below:
Trump's actions are hurting Netflix employees around the world, and are

You've probably seen the haunting Twitter posts popping up over the past couple days. They're being shared all over, and for good reason. 
"My name is Regina Blumenstein." reads one. "The US turned me away at the border in 1939. I was murdered in Auschwitz."
"My name is Arthur Weinstock," reads another. "The US turned me away at the border in 1939. I was murdered in Sobibor."
The tweets go on and on, more than 250 of them. They're the names of Jewish people who were denied refuge in the Uni

Microsoft has issued a memo to employees following an executive order from President Donald Trump restricting refugees from seven countries, noting that “our goal as a company is to provide you with legal advice and assistance,” and that affected employees with questions should reach out to its Corporate, External and Legal Affairs team.In a statement to Business Insider, a Microsoft spokesperson said that “we share the concerns about the impact of the executive order on our em

It's hard to predict what will cause a bout of uncontrollable laughter. For Charlotte, North Carolina meteorologist Kaitlin Cody, the magic combination is actor Adam Driver, a Super Bowl commercial and an awkward joke live on-air.
After learning that Driver is scheduled to appear in a live Super Bowl commercial this year, Cody lauded him as "one of the funniest people on Earth, although I guess you have to watch the show Girls to understand." Then, she compared him to her brother, which, unders

Ford CEO Mark Fields informed President Donald Trump that around one million jobs could be at risk if newly implemented fuel economy standards aren’t adjusted. The assessment came following a meeting between the heads of major automakers and the president on Tuesday, according to Bloomberg.Fields, along with Mary Barra of General Motors and Sergio Marchionne of Fiat Chrysler noted that they weren’t looking to eliminate fuel economy standards, but that they wanted more flexibility aft

The iPhone 7 may be just a few months old, but the excitement over the 10th anniversary iPhone 8 is already resulting in a few very well-conceived concept designs for Apple's next smartphone. 
The latest comes from designer Iskander Utebayev, who not only gives us a look at what the rumored wraparound screen on the iPhone 8 might look like, but also puts the device's camera in the middle of the Apple logo. Traditionally, Apple tends to let its Apple logo stand alone, but considering that t

Sure, going to the Women's March on Washington following Donald Trump's inauguration might have been a historic moment, but hosting a march in your backyard featuring adorable dolls might be just as cool.  
Four-year old Rose's delightful protest went viral last week after her parent's posted photographs to Facebook of her dolls ready and geared up for resistance. 
SEE ALSO: All the best protest signs from Women's Marches across America
“I came up with the idea and Wendy and I ma

Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi won't be able to attend the Academy Awards in February after President Donald Trump put a halt to U.S. travel from seven Muslim countries on Friday, and Hollywood is rallying support. 
The director is nominated in the foreign-language category for his film The Salesman. He won the Oscar in 2012 for his film A Separation. 
Trump's executive order bans entry into the United States for 90 days for people from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and Li

President Donald Trump's immigration and travel ban is already affecting Muslims across the globe — including Oscar nominees. 
Director Asghar Farhadi, whose film The Salesman is nominated for best foreign-language film, will not be able to attend the ceremony in February. 
The Iranian filmmaker will not be allowed into the country after Trump signed an executive order on Friday banning entry into the United States for 90 days for people from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Somalia, Ye

The Big Sick was the big prize at Sundance Film Festival this year — and with two fresh, hungry and deep-pocketed heavyweights now slugging it out in Park City, it's a great time to be an indie darling.
In the end, it was Amazon, just two years ago a small fish in the big Park City pond, that nabbed the Judd Apatow-produced film for a jaw-dropping $12 million. That's a hefty pricetag for any Sundance film, especially a niche comedy without big stars or awards aspirations.
And by outbidding

Twitter has published a pair of FBI National Security Letters that had been served with gag orders. The company announced in a blog post that the gag order has been lifted.In its statement, Twitter’s Associate General Counsel for Global Law Enforcement Elizabeth Banker outlined that the company had been prohibited from notifying the affected accounts or the general public about the existence of the orders.The letters were sent in September 2015 and June 2016, and directed Twitter to provid

President Donald Trump's "Muslim ban" is causing fear and chaos among immigrants everywhere — even at Google. 
As immigrants, visa holders and refugees tried frantically to make it into the United States after Trump signed an executive order banning entry to the U.S. from seven majority Muslim countries on Friday, Google moved to protect its own staff. 
Google CEO Sundar Pichai told staffers that more than 100 employees were affected by the ban and ordered all affected employees

ATLANTA — During a technical timeout at the ELeague Major Saturday, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive pro Epitácio "Taco" de Melo started playing with a mysterious object, and nobody could figure out what it was.
SK Gaming's Taco was disconnected from the quarterfinals match against FaZe Clan, and while waiting to get back into the final game of the three-game match, he started spinning an object around. Multiple cameras were focused on the mesmerizing object while the commentators d

Different video games use failure in different ways. Some use it to shock players and teach them what not to do, while others use death as a punishment for carelessness, recklessness, or some other mistake. Super Gridland, the new mobile RPG-puzzle hybrid from Canadian developer Michael Townsend, treats failure as a journey. With each mistake, you learn something new. With each death, you start the day over better equipped to handle what the game throws at you.‘Super Gridland’ mixes

Oscar nominations came out earlier this week and the CineFix team is picking the winners! Clint, Ti, Dustin and Josh run through the major categories and discuss who should win and who will win.
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Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova just won their second Australian Open title, and they sure know how to celebrate it.
The women's doubles tandem beat Andrea Hlavackova and Peng Shuai in a tense match, and, after posing with the trophy, proceeded to bust out a coordinated, clearly pre-arranged dance number. 
It's a good thing Mattek-Sands and Safarova won. Otherwise, they would have wasted precious tennis practice hours rehearsing a dance routine that would have never seen the

Prolific actor John Hurt, who starred in hundreds of films, television shows and plays over the course of his long career, has died at the age of 77 in London according to The Hollywood Reporter.In a statement, his wife said that “he touched all our lives with joy and magic and it will be a strange world without him."
Hurt’s career spanned over half a century. Born in Derbyshire, England, he began acting in primary school. While he initially studied and taught art, he later attended

As usual, Zendaya has no patience for haters.
The star took a random male Twitter user to task Friday for disparaging an aspiring plus-size model's selfies. "Never trust a top half posting ass female," the dude had tweeted, citing a photo in which the woman's body was not visible.
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And Zendaya found the offensive tweet, her response was both swift and punishing. "Stumbling across this is stupid shit," she wrote. "She is fine as h

Bet you didn't know there was a Guinness World Record for "widest wig." Well, there is. And Drew Barrymore just shattered it.
With a helpful assist from Tonight Show staffers, Barrymore donned a hairpiece that was seven feet, four inches wide — beating the previous record of five feet, two inches. Bonus: the wig had some cool bows on it.
And because you can't just make history once per late night show, she also shattered the record for "most lipstick applications in 30 seconds."Trevor Noa

Sella Joch and Langkofl.Image: Library of CongressThese postcards of the Princely County of Tyrol, an Alpine region of the Austro-Hungarian empire, were created using the Photochrom process, an early procedure for imbuing monochrome images with surprisingly lifelike color.Developed in the 1880s by an employee of a Swiss printing company, the process involves coating a lithographic limestone tablet with a photosensitive emulsion and exposing it to light under a photo negative.The light causes the

This should be awkward. 
During what seemed to be a successful visit with UK Prime Minister Theresa May at the White House Friday, Trump announced he had accepted an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II for a state visit later this year with first lady Melania.
SEE ALSO: British women pen emotional letters to Theresa May before she meets Trump
But Trump's tweeting past might make the royal visit trip slightly uncomfortable. More than four years ago, Trump tweeted out some thoughts on Kate Mid

It's Sundance week, which means that trailers came slow, movie deals came fast, and there's a whole lot to read. Here are some quick recommendations:
Movies: Kuso (super gross, made by Flying Lotus), XX (horror compilation from four exciting female directors), and Colossal (Anne Hathaway rom-com, but with kaiju).
VR: NeuroSpeculative AfroFeminism (part art installation, part VR, part futuristic beauty salon), Chocolate (virtual cats and champagne), Miyubi (actually feels like a real movie; also:

Over the years the iPhone's Messages app has evolved from a relatively simple messaging program to a sophisticated tool complete with special effects. 
A lot of this is due to iMessage, Apple's proprietary messaging platform (a term many iPhone users erroneously apply to the Messages app itself). We're taking a look at how you can use the special effects in Messages, which go way beyond simple SMS and MMS communication. Since the release of iOS 10, iPhone users have been able to spice up th

New Chinese New Year-related emoji have been added as candidates for a post-2017 Unicode update. These include a firecracker, a mooncake, and a red envelope.
Unicode 10, the latest version of the character standard, is scheduled for release in June 2017 and will include other Chinese culture-related emoji, such as a fortune cookie, a takeout box, chopsticks, and dumplings. But the potential inclusion of a Chinese holiday-themed emoji is interesting to note.FIRECRACKER, MOONCAKE & RED ENVELOP

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has issued a memo to Google staff members currently overseas, ordering them to return home immediately following an executive order from President Donald Trump that banned travel from seven majority-Muslim countries. Bloomberg Technology obtained a copy of the memo, in which Pichai commented that “painful to see the personal cost of this executive order on our colleagues.”
The executive order bans citizens of Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Somalia, Yemen, and Libya from