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After Alex Jones was effectively banned from the internet — or at least his major distribution channels — last August, it appeared that we’d be rid of his half-baked conspiracy theories once and for all. Or, that’s what we thought, anyway. Following multiple “strikes” for content that violated its terms of service, YouTube permanently removed Alex Jones’ InfoWars channel last October. Gone are thousands of hours of archived content, more than 2.5 millio

WeWork CEO Adam Neumann has been described as an avid surfer, one who has been known to grab his board and go, both in the Hamptons in Long Island, where he reportedly owns a home, as well as in Hawaii.
Maybe it’s no surprise, then, that WeWork is now also investing in a so-called superfood company that was created several years ago by big wave surf star Laird Hamilton, who Neumann was apparently surfing alongside just last week. In a video call with Neumann on Monday, a Fast Company

LG, the company behind the mind-bendingly cool rollable television, is looking to bring the same flexible display tech to smartphones, according to one of the company's top executives.
The CTO of the Korean electronics company confirmed in an interview with Tom's Guide that the company is experimenting with rollable and foldable phones.
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"We are exploring many different form factors for phones, including foldable and rollable," LG CTO IP Park said. 
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The Wi-Fi versions of Apple’s 2018 iPad Pro are each $100 off at Best Buy. Whether you’ve got your eye on the 11 or 12.9-inch model, this is the biggest price drop that we’ve seen on the latest round of iPad Pro tablets. Both sizes feature a revised design over last year’s model that pushes the bezels to the edge, squeezing out Touch ID in favor of Face ID. You’ll also find a USB-C port on this model — the only mobile Apple product to adopt the standard.
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A GoFundMe campaign launched last month to pay for President Trump's border wall raised over $20 million from more than 300,000 donors. But that wasn't nearly enough. 
Brian Kolfage, the campaign's founder, assured donors Friday that because the campaign didn't reach its $1 billion goal, they would be refunded. However, Kolfage announced he's still determined to build the wall on his own. Kolfage said in an update to the GoFundMe campaign page that he's formed a non-profit corporation named

Electric scooter company Bird has demanded that the publication Boing Boing take down a story that discusses a $30 way to hack Bird scooters, citing copyright infringement. The argument doesn’t seem to hold up at first glance, but Bird has been known to act quickly and face legal consequences later.The article, published last month, describes a large number of Bird scooters dumped on city streets and follows that by saying “maybe now is a good time to invest in a $30 scooter ‘

A Trump-inspired GoFundMe campaign that raised $20 million ostensibly to build a wall on the southern U.S. border will refund every cent. Run by Brian Kolfage, a veteran with a track record of questionable business practices, the project defied all logistical considerations with its proposal for a “simple and straightforward” plan to build the wall. That didn’t stop the fund from attracting the attention of 337,559 donors at the time of writing.Surprising perhaps no one be

General Motors is turning Cadillac into its lead electric vehicle brand in a bid to compete against Teslaas well as a host of other automakers bringing EVs onto the market.
Plans are already underway to introduce the first model from the company’s new battery electric vehicle architecture, GM said Friday during an investor meeting.
GM said this new BEV architecture will be the foundation for an advanced family of “profitable EVs,” a word choice likely meant to express the autom

Anyone that’s ever done their shopping online knows that things always look different in real life. So, when Twitter user @Dnschtt's friend asked to see the packages she ordered to his house, he didn't disappoint. 
"She was like let me see them, so I sent her a pic of the packages,"  Dnschtt tweeted. Apparently that wasn't enough, so he instead sent her this video. A friend ordered a backpack and a fanny pack and had them sent to my house. She was like let me see them, so I

Oh, look, Logan Paul did something controversial again! This time he claimed he's "going gay" for a New Year's resolution. 
A little over a year after he faced backlash for posting a video of a man who died by suicide, Paul is back on his bullshit. In the latest episode of his podcast "Impaulsive," Paul discussed his goals for 2019 with Twitter legend Brother Nature. SEE ALSO: YouTube Rewind 2018 is now the most disliked YouTube video of all time
"So our New Year's resolution ... we're

If you're still attempting to work on flat computer monitor, WYD?
Whether you're aiming to get that salary raise in 2019 or are just trying to beat that kid from across the ocean on Fortnite, a productivity-upping curved monitor is calling your name — and you can grab Samsung's well-reviewed CF391 model on sale for $90 off at Amazon.
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Samsung is killing the game in curved 4K TVs — and you expected their curve

Improbablemay be pissed at Unity, but they still want them back.
In a blog post titled “A final statement on SpatialOS and Unity,” the team at the cloud gaming startup aimed to tell their side of the story and implored Unity to “clarify their terms or unsuspend our licenses.”
Unity is a game engine that developers use to create, among other things, games. Improbable offers a cloud solution to developers that basically enables large multiplayer online gameplay by rendering

The New York Timesis expanding its efforts around audio programming and voice assistants, the company announced today. The NYT says it’s launching a daily flash briefing for Alexa devices, as well as an interactive news quiz, and — in an interesting twist — it will be introducing “enhanced coverage” in its Sunday paper that prompts readers to launch dedicated Alexa skills to learn more about the stories they’re reading.
On weekdays, the Times will offer a shor

The publisher of the Choose Your Own Adventure book series is suing Netflix over its interactive Black Mirror episode Bandersnatch. Chooseco filed its lawsuit against Netflix today in a Vermont court, accusing Netflix of willfully infringing on the “Choose Your Own Adventure” trademark and claiming that the episode is so dark it will tarnish the books’ reputation.
The complaint, as published by Polygon, claims that Netflix started trying to license the Choose Your Own Adventur

This weekend, a new science fiction thriller starring Keanu Reeves opens on more than 2,000 movie screens nationwide. This won’t seem unusual to moviegoers old enough to remember the 1990s and the 2000s, when science fiction thrillers starring Keanu Reeves regularly showed up in wide release. But it will seem unusual to anyone who sees Replicas, and wonders how a D-grade picture scored both Reeves and a broad theatrical distribution deal, even in the cinematic dead zone of January.
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Despite warnings from Netflix and just general common sense, it looks like people are still participating in that stupid Bird Box Challenge. Now, it has reportedly caused a car crash. 
On Friday morning, the Layton Police Department of Layton, Utah shared the images showing the aftermath of a car crash in which one of the drivers was allegedly trying to drive with their eyes covered. They reportedly called out the Bird Box Challenge specifically.Bird Box Challenge while driving...predictabl

There’s nothing quite like Google’s Chromecast Audio — a tiny disc that lets you wirelessly sling music to practically any dumb speaker, even create multi-room audio configurations like a poor man’s Sonos setup, just by plugging into its 3.5mm line-out and adding some power over Micro USB.
And that’s why it’s such a shame Google is discontinuing the dongle today. The company provided The Verge (and Android Police, earlier) with this statement:
Our product por

If you want to be the Queen of Jeopardy, we suggest you brush up on your knowledge of Queen Bey first.
On Thursday night's episode, a Jeopardy contestant named Jessica proved she was not so well versed on the every move of Beyoncé and Jay-Z. When asked which collective name the duo used when releasing their album Everything Is Love, Jessica provided a hilariously incorrect answer.
In fact, Twitter user and Jeopardy fan @Slicklippz was so taken aback by the response that he felt compelled

If there’s one thing that can be relied upon to steal the show at CES year after year, it’s TVs. The technology powering the biggest screens in our homes might not move as quickly as it does for smartphones or smart home gadgets, but their sheer size means that it’s very impressive when it does.CES 2019, like every CES for the past half a decade, has been filled with 8K TV announcements. New for this year are models that you’ll actually be able to buy, but that doesn&rsq

Amazon's Dash buttons are perhaps the company's most overt effort to make you forget that buying something actually means handing over your hard-earned money. Now, someone is finally calling BS.
A German court has ruled that the Dash buttons violate consumer protection laws, Reuters reports. 
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Amazon debuted Dash buttons in 2015. They are small adhesive devices, emblazoned with a product logo and connected to the Amazo

Google Chrome's built-in ad blocker is going global this summer.
Starting on July 9, "Chrome will expand its user protections and stop showing all ads on sites in any country that repeatedly display[s] … disruptive ads," Chrome Senior Director of Product Ben Galbraith wrote in a Wednesday blog post.
Google first launched this feature in February, but only in North America and Europe. The filter removes only the most intrusive, annoying types of ads that violate the Coalition for Better Ad

There are so many streaming options available these days, and so many conflicting recommendations, that it’s hard to see through all the crap you could be watching. Each Friday, The Verge’s Cut the Crap column simplifies the choice by sorting through the overwhelming multitude of movies and TV shows on subscription services and recommending a single perfect thing to watch this weekend.
What to watch
“What You Have Left,” the sixth episode of The Killing’s first sea

Black Mirror: Bandersnatch is on the receiving end of a lawsuit from the owners of "Choose Your Own Adventure" books.
Chooseco, LLC trademarked "Choose Your Own Adventure" in the 1980s and has sold hundreds of millions of books using the branding ever since. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Chooseco reported that Netflix sought to acquire this trademark but was never granted the license. 
SEE ALSO: 'Black Mirror: Bandersnatch' releases astonishing behind-the-scenes clips
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Status Audio, which is known for its excellent and affordable CB-1 headphones, will release the BT One Bluetooth on-ear headphones on February 15th, and you’ll get a few perks if you place a preorder now. First off, the wireless headphones will cost $99, which is $20 less than they’ll cost after release. You’ll also get a free set of IEM-2X Dual Driver Micro in-ear headphones, which are normally $49 on their own.
The BT Ones aim to deliver much of what value and performance-mi

With the start of the weekend, we've rounded up the best deals on 4K smart TVs from Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy. 
If you're looking to pick up a new 4K TV from top brands like Sony, LG, Samsung, VIZIO, and more, now is your chance to get something great and save a lot of money.
Maybe you didn't get a new 4K TV for the holidays, or maybe you're thinking about hosting a party for the "Big Game" this February. Whatever the case, we found really good deals for you.
Here are just some of our f