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The neo-Nazi site Daily Stormer briefly returned to the web today, using a new URL and a string of new hosts to dodge the bans that took it off the internet last week. The site reappeared this morning at the address Punishedstormer.com, apparently using Dreamhost as both a host and DNS provider.Shortly after the new site became public, Anonymous groups began a denial-of-service attack against it, targeting the Dreamhost DNS infrastructure that makes the site accessible to the rest of the web. Th

PREVIEW: I suck at Cuphead. Let’s get this out of the way. But in my defense, the run-and-gun platformer from Studio MDHR and Microsoft is difficult.
The old-time cartoon style game comes out on September 29 on Windows and the Xbox One, and I got a good preview of the game at the Gamescom event in Cologne, Germany. It turns out that it’s harder than it looks, and that is part of its appeal. While my performance on the captured video below is quite shameful, as I never finished the le

Finding a job is hard. Creating a resume that concisely summarizes your wonderful experience? Well, not quite as hard, but still a tough feat.
But what if you were applying to be someone's best friend? How do you fit all your great doggie accomplishments onto one page?
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If you thought your dog had a lot of experience being a good dog, think again. Mowgli the dog (part German shepherd, part Rwandan street dog, all lovable) is looking for a

CBS announced in early August that Erinn Hayes' character Donna in Kevin Can Wait would be DEAD when the show returns in season 2. The move, defended as being "right and fair" by an executive producer, is a means for the show to integrate Kevin James' King of Queens costar Leah Remini into the cast. Mashable is proud to have another CBS executive's take on the situation.
Hello, I am an executive at CBS and I'll just come out and say it: killing Kevin's wife in the lighthearted comedy show Kevin

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What is the thing you are mostly likely to leave behind in a hotel room? You may not be surprised to find that it's your charger.  And what is the thing you’re mostly likely to forget to bring in the first place and argue with your S.O. over whose fault it was? Also your charger, according to no reporting whatsoever but definitely our lives. 
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We're just about through another harrowing season of Game of Thrones, and what a whiplashing six weeks it's beenPoisoning, throat-splitting, dragon justice, marching dead, and confusing time-space conundrums have been jammed into the speedy seventh season. 
SEE ALSO: George R. R. Martin was dropping clues about the 'Game of Thrones' ending back in Season 1
Before you collapse from exhaustion ahead of the finale, take a nice, weird trip down memory lane with us. The nervous laughter will hel

Blizzard announced massive changes to one of Overwatch‘s most popular characters, Mercy. The healer is losing her ability to resurrect all dead allies nearby.
Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan explained the reasoning behind the change in the above developer update. Mercy’s resurrection ability was very powerful, but not all that fun. It encouraged Mercy players to basically hide until they could use it, while it would frustrate the other team since it could undo an impressive play.
But

 A nap can be a beautiful thing when we feel our brain slowly grinding to a halt. Whether it’s a siesta to shake off a food coma, a daytime doze on a lazy Sunday, or an all-out nap orgy with friends or loved ones, we arise feeling replenished, recharged, and ready to take action
Unfortunately, not very many bosses see any correlation between snoring and success. Only a handful of organization—Ben & Jerry’s, Nike, Zappos, Google, and The Huffington Post, to na

Going back and forth between controllers that match their respective consoles can be a bit annoying. The ALL Controller fixes that.
A company called Digital Depth Inc. is developing the ALL Controller, a universal controller that works with all current (and a couple past) game consoles, Windows and Mac computers, and smartphones. The ALL Controller is already fully funded on Kickstarter with more than 20 days left in its campaign. I was able to test a beta version of the controller on a handful

The all-electric big rig that Tesla has been developing will travel 200 to 300 miles on a single charge, according to a new report from Reuters. Tesla is slated to unveil a prototype of the semi truck at an event in September, though a specific date has not been revealed.The information about the truck’s range appears to come from Scott Perry, an executive at Ryder, a fleet operator based in Florida. Perry told Reuters that Tesla is focused on “an electric big-rig known as a ‘d

Spotify has just renewed its licensing deal with Warner, the last crucial component needed before its public offering in late 2017 or early 2018. The deal is likely identical to what was struck with Universal in April, which included the option to initially hold back new albums from Spotify’s free tier and a break for Spotify in royalty payouts to the label.
With renegotiated licensing deals in place with Sony, Universal, and now Warner, Spotify has all the components in place to predict t

Messing with Taylor Swift fans on the day she returns to the spotlight is a big no-no—but that did not deter one brave, unknown soul who decided to risk it all. 
Someone out in the world cunningly preyed on the eager hearts of Swifties on Thursday afternoon (just hours before the midnight release of the first single off of her forthcoming sixth studio album, "Reputation") by creating a website with a countdown. 
The site, reputationworldtour.com, suggested the single would come e

HTC is ready to commit to an Android Oreo upgrade. The company tweeted today that it will update its devices to the new OS starting in the fourth quarter of 2017, starting with the U11. Oreo will eventually come to U Ultra and the 10, too. This seems slightly ambitious, but at the same time, if you're going to release an expensive flagship device, you should also be able to keep it up-to-date.
Google officially released Android 8.0 Oreo this week, although it isn't ready for phones just yet. The

After a dispute over the scope of a warrant, a judge today ordered hosting service DreamHost to turn over records related to an anti-Trump website.A court will oversee the search for information
The legal fight started last week, when DreamHost said it had received a warrant from the Justice Department for records on the website “disruptj20.org,” which organized protests related to Trump’s inauguration. The warrant was so vaguely worded, and seemingly so broad, DreamHost argued

Gazillion launched a Defenders-themed event for its Xbox One and PlayStation 4 action role-playing game Marvel Heroes Omega. It introduces Elektra as its 41st hero, plus it adds cosmetic items for Daredevil, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and Punisher.
The Defenders is a Marvel superhero team that recently got its own show on Netflix. It includes notables from other Marvel Netflix superhero dramas, including Daredevil, Iron First, and Luke Cage. This bit of cross-promotion could benefit both the gam

The iPhone may not be the only thing Apple’s going to unveil this September. According to a report by Bloomberg, the Cupertino-company is finally refreshing the Apple TV after nearly two years, bringing it up to 4K streaming standards.
The new set-top box will reportedly have a faster processor and support High Dynamic Range (HDR) video. Apple will also update its TV app to aggregate programming and offer users live content they want based on the providers that have them, i.e. shows that a

Anyone relying on the CIA for tech support got a nasty surprise this morning, as documents published by Wikileaks revealed a secret project to siphon out data through its technical liaison service, dating back to 2009.
The program, called ExpressLane, is designed to be deployed alongside a biometric collection system that the CIA provides to partner agencies. In theory, those partners are agreeing to provide the CIA with access to specific biometric data — but on the off-chance those partn

Throw away your normie pool floats, the Ridiculous Inflatable Swan-Thing is the only pool float the world needs from here on out. 
Thanks to Instagram, pop culture, and Taylor Swift, pool floats have become an overly expensive trend in the past few years. Even people who don't have access to a pool were dropping their hard-earned cash on a piece of plastic filled with air and shaped like poop.
SEE ALSO: Emoji pool floats will help you properly express yourself this summer
But the Ridiculous

HP and Deloitte Consulting announced they are teaming up on 3D printing and digital manufacturing services. The alliance will enable HP to put more of its 3D printers in large-scale manufacturing environments as part of the digital supply chain.
The two companies will apply their digital operations experience to help enterprises accelerate product design and create more flexible manufacturing supply chains and production services such as prototyping.
The goal is to make manufacturing more effici

Humans of New York, the popular photo blog dedicated to documenting intimate moments with people from around the world, is becoming a 30-minute TV show. The series will live in Facebook’s recently redesigned video platform Watch, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The partnership makes sense for Humans of New York creator Brandon Stanton, who found a huge audience on the social network. Stanton first launched the series as a blog in 2010, but leveled up into the mainstream once he create

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We're all just looking for a little genuine human connection in this increasingly digital world. Some of us, however, have slightly more interesting ways of finding it than others. 
Take, for example, Kevin Raposo. On Aug. 24, the technology writer thought he'd have a little fun and post an activation link for his electric shock-delivering bracelet to Twitter. A bracelet, it is important to add, that he was wearing around his right wrist. 
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We might not have the joy that is Joe Biden and his White House bromance with Obama anymore, but the former vice president is gracing us with a book and speaking tour in a few short months.
SEE ALSO: Joe Biden, president of ice cream, is finally getting his own flavor
Biden's book, Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose, is set for release in November.
To whip up some anticipation, Biden tweeted out a glimpse of what the memoir will look like — front and back — on Thu

Google can tell you pretty much anything you want to know. 
The search giant is now using its vast reservoir of knowledge by giving users an easy way to check if they're depressed. 
SEE ALSO: Why Lady Gaga and her mom want you to take this 'mental health first aid' class
The new tool is a nine-question, clinically validated survey used by doctors and psychologists to gauge a patient's depressive symptoms. While it's also available on the internet, the survey didn't sit atop search resu

When it comes to lighting, most people go the traditional route of buying a floorlamp and calling it a day. Despite the fact there are multiple options out there, lighting — good lighting — is just one of those things too many people either don’t think about or just take for granted.    
Philips Hue aims to give you a better, more sophisticated lighting setup that’s custom to each and every person. Enter Philips Hue White and Color Ambiance Starter Kit: The

Hurricane Harvey is rapidly intensifying over the bathtub-warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, rocketing from a tropical depression to an 85-mile-per-hour hurricane in less than 24 hours, with more intensification to come. 
The storm presents south and southeastern Texas with nothing short of a worst-case scenario. 
Hurricane Harvey is forecast to roar ashore along the middle Texas coast with maximum sustained winds of 125 miles per hour, making it a high end Category 3 storm, on Friday

Update August 24th, 3:05PM ET: SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket landed on the company’s drone ship 10 minutes after take off, marking the ninth successful rocket landing for SpaceX this year and the fifteenth recovery overall. Meanwhile, the vehicle also successfully deployed FORMOSAT-5 into its intended orbit. That means SpaceX has pulled off a dozen missions in 2017 — the most it has ever done in a year and one more than Russia so far this year.
Original Story: A little over a week a

Traditional sports may have an esports problem now that many young people are flocking to competitive online games. But it seems esports has a traditional sports problem as well. World Electronic Sports Games (WESG) split its esports tournaments into men’s and women’s divisions, attempting to follow the structure of the Olympic games. On its registration page, it noted that only men could enter the main competition for games like Hearthstone and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, whil

People on the internet seem to think Apple CEO Tim Cook is carrying around the next iPhone, as evidenced by a photo he tweeted today of a visit to a manufacturer. Could that bulge in his right-hand pocket be the next iPhone? Is this how low we're going to go for iPhone rumors? (Yes.)
Here's what this photo tells me, if that even is the next iPhone in his pocket: the upcoming iPhone will be rectangular in shape; it will look quite large in the pocket of a six-foot-something man; and it might draw

Twitter is updating its Xbox One app today to make it a lot more functional. The updated app will now let you actually log into Twitter to see your own timeline alongside videos, or relevant tweets / commentary. You can watch videos in fullscreen or with tweets displayed alongside content. Twitter’s previous app for Xbox One only let users view live content and top tweets, but it wasn’t relevant to your own timeline or who you follow.
Twitter’s app for Xbox One is still primari

When Elon Musk announced last fall that all of Tesla’s cars would be capable of “full autonomy,” engineers who were working on the suite of self-driving features, known as Autopilot, did not believe the system was ready to safely control a car, according to the Wall Street Journal.The WSJ report sheds more light on the tension that exists between the Autopilot team and Musk. CNN previously reported in July that Musk “brushed aside certain concerns as negligible compared t