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In June, AMC pulled Nerdist founder Chris Hardwick’s talk show Talking with Chris Hardwick, and removed him from hosting network’s aftershow, The Talking Dead while it conducted an investigation relating to allegations of emotional and sexual abuse of actress Chloe Dykstra. AMC has revealed that Community star Yvette Nicole Brown will take over his duties on The Talking Dead, at least for now.AMC told Deadline that Brown would “step in as an interim guest host of The Walking D

Ruben Fleischer’s 2009 zombie film Zombieland is officially getting a sequel, with the director and original cast set to return, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The movie is expected to begin production in January, and hit theaters in October 2019.Zombieland 2 will reunite Emma Stone, Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, and Abigail Breslin, and will reportedly take the group “from the White House to the American heartland as they face off against new kinds of zombies that have ev

For the first time, France’s military cyber command marched in this year’s Bastille Day parade on the Champs Elysees in Paris, alongside other units in the nation’s armed forces. The military noted that it’s a recognition of the advances that the unit has made since its formation last year, and reinforces that “cyber defense remains a national priority.”
French defense minister Jean-Yves Le Drian announced the formation of COMCYBER in December 2016, noting th

There is surprisingly little news about technology and the 1998 World Cup.
The 2018 World Cup wraps up this weekend, and we’ve had lots to say about it — from how streaming video has made watching the games more convenient (unless it completely screws up) to how World Cup memes have made it all the way into Amazon’s Alexa. But in 1998... well, apparently it was the first year that officials used electronic displays during games. There were also a number of World Cup video game

A couple of years ago, UK-based electronica band GUNSHIP released their debut, self-titled album, along with a meta video for its lead single, “Tech Noir”, which expressed its love for the 1980s and era of VHS blockbuster videos. The band just announced its sophomore album, Dark All Day, and it retains that same sense of nostalgia that’s fueled stories like Ready Player One and Stranger Things.The band has been busy lately. Last year, it released a song on a companion EP for a

A lot of retailers are seizing the opportunity to challenge Amazon and its nonstop hype around Prime Day. They’re likely hoping that if your wallet is already open for a purchase, maybe some of their own deals could sway you away from sticking to Amazon for everything.While you wait for Prime Day, follow along below as we take you through the best of the rest and deals that have caught our eyes from retailers like eBay, Massdrop, GameStop, and more.We’ll be adding to this collection

The fourth annual Amazon Prime Day doesn’t officially begin until Monday, July 16th at 3PM ET / 12PM PT, but the company is trickling out some worthwhile Prime-exclusive deals in the lead-up to the big event. Amazon is offering 30-day free trials of Prime here in case you somehow haven't signed up yet or if you let a previous subscription lapse over higher prices.A few of today’s best deals include:Elegiant USB-powered soundbar is $21 (usually $31)iHome iAV5 Bluetooth speaker and ch

France and Croatia’s soccer teams will face off this weekend in a World Cup final that’s sure to make pulses spike. After all, Apple Watches registered soaring heart rates when the World Cup match between Colombia and England ended in a close penalty shootout, The Independent reports. Days later when Croatia played Russia, Verge tech editor Natt Garun’s Fitbit recorded her heart rate rise above 100 beats per minute as she watched the game.“It was a tense game!” she

Are you ready for some football? No, it’s not time for the Super Bowl. It’s the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the biggest football (okay, fine, soccer) tournament in the world. This year’s tournament kicks off today in Russia. Matches will run over the course of the next month, leading up to the finals on July 15th at 11:00am ET / 8:00am PT.Since the matches are taking place in Russia, the games will air pretty early if you live in the US, with the final —airing at 5:00pm local t

Guys, not everything on the internet is true.
With Special Counsel Robert Mueller at the helm, the Department of Justice indicted 12 Russian intelligence officers for hacking the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign in 2016. In a 29 page document, Mueller's team detailed how Russia's GRU operatives used spear-phishing attacks through malware to infiltrate the Clinton campaign and gain access to internal communications. 
SEE ALSO: 12 Russians indicted for

Apple’s new MacBook Pro keyboards are slightly quieter than the ones found in the previous iteration of the laptop. But the company’s silence on the mechanism’s widespread mechanical issues, which Apple first acknowledged with a repair program last month, has left many scratching their heads and wondering if the new laptop’s largely unchanged keyboard is susceptible to dust and crumb contamination under the hood.Now, iFixit says it’s uncovered something that indica

Uber will soon be watching its U.S. drivers much more closely.
The ride-hailing service will be expanding its driver background checks so that drivers will be continuously monitored for certain types of criminal charges, the company revealed Friday. The change, which was first reported by Axios, will ramp up Uber's ability to keep tabs on its drivers. 
SEE ALSO: Holding weed? Your Uber driver can get you banned from the app
Previously, the company completed background checks when drivers si

Looks like Orlando won’t quit its controversial test of Amazon’s facial recognition software after all. 
The city of Orlando and Orlando Police Department released a joint statement on Monday announcing the city would continue testing Rekognition, Amazon's deep learning facial recognition technology, which has the power to identify every face in a crowd.
SEE ALSO: ACLU petitions Amazon to stop selling surveillance technology to the government
Last month, the American Civil Liber

We regret to inform you that our beloved Pikachu went out and got impulse bangs.
Pikachu's new look was debuted in a trailer for Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee! Features include customizing Pikachu and Eevee with different hairstyles. Of all the scenes in the trailer, one just makes you want to shake your head and mourn for Pikachu's hair.
SEE ALSO: Adult father and his adult son beat up a guy over 'Pokémon Go'
Just look at what the poor Poké

TV scripts often go through many drastic changes as they evolve in a writers room. 
But there's something uniquely hilarious about watching this happen to Rick and Morty, as co-creators Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland deliberate — with all the seriousness and anxiety in the world — over how best to use the "ISIS werewolves."
What the fuck are ISIS werewolves, you ask? We don't know and never will, because the concept didn't make it into the final form of 'The Rickchurian Mortydate

Look, I don’t know how much time you spend in the video game accessories aisle at your local Best Buy. I like games plenty, but I’m not one for browsing fancy surround sound headsets, silicone controller skins, console carrying bags, or any of the other non-critical stuff on those shelves. But charging the batteries in my Xbox One controller can be a hassle, so from time to time I’ll take a look and see whether anyone has come up with a method that’s superior to swapping

It wasn't quite a Thanos-level extinction event, but the Twitter purge came, it took, and it conquered.
SEE ALSO: Twitter will remove millions of accounts from follower numbers 'to build trust'
On Thursday, Twitter commenced the deletion of accounts it deemed "inactive." That means accounts owned by people who've stopped using the platform and didn't bother to try to reactivate when Twitter sent them a message asking what's up, and bots that Twitter flagged for exhibiting erratic behavior who di

The Nintendo Switch is the perfect travel companion, but it’s desperately lacking in one key area: wireless headphone support. Nintendo added support for wireless headphones via USB dongles last November, but only if you a USB Type-A to USB-C adapter to plug your headphone’s dongle into the Switch console’s port. Right now, the Switch does not support Bluetooth accessories. But a Kickstarter campaign from a team named Human Things aims to remedy that with their new device Genk

The coalition that organized last month’s Families Belong Together march just launched a new fundraiser called Flights for Families. The program will help pay for the travel expenses of detained migrant parents asked by the government to cover the costs of reuniting with their children. 
In the hours after the fundraiser launched Friday morning, the group raised $3,500 from over 50 individual donors. The goal is to raise $25,000.
SEE ALSO: There's another side to 'bearing witness' in

Using your smartphone or tablet's built-in speakers should only ever be a last resort if you want to listen to your favorite music playlists on the go. Instead, you're going to want a great pair of headphones — or if you're more inclined to listen to your tunes out loud (or even with friends), a nice portable speaker. With the weather getting nicer, it's the perfect time to invest in a stellar device for a superior listening experience — one that's not bulky and tied into a power sup

Using your smartphone or tablet's built-in speakers should only ever be a last resort if you want to listen to your favorite music playlists. With many Bluetooth speakers out there, it's the perfect time to invest in a great device for a superior listening experience. You don't even have to worry about buying a bulky unit that's tied into a power supply. 
SEE ALSO: 11 of the best outdoor speakers for your backyard or patio
Plenty of portable Bluetooth speakers are high quality, while also o

This is the internet at its finest. 
Ben Rosen inexplicably had the same guy eating random food based on Redditors' requests, recorded him eating it, and then posted it in the thread. He started with a video of the man, named Eric, eating a jar of plain mayonnaise, and said that he'd respond to any food request "with the appropriate video." 
SEE ALSO: How to watch the historic Thanos-inspired Reddit ban
It's bizarre. 
Eric, who Rosen says is a special ed teacher and an "all around

Facebook has hired one of Google’s lead chip developers, Shahriar Rabii, to help the social network in its ongoing effort to design its own silicon, according to a report from Bloomberg. Facebook hopped on the chip-developing bandwagon earlier this year, when they started to build a team that could design custom chips to power server and consumer hardware. Rabii’s new role at Facebook will be as a vice president and head of silicon, according to an updated Linkedin bio.It’s a