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Ben & Jerry's, known for creating gloriously chunky ice cream flavors and rarely backing down from taking a stance on social justice issues, wants to start selling CBD-infused ice cream.
The brand announced the upcoming flavor in an Instagram post on Thursday. Although it seems like a dumb marketing ploy following the recent influx of CBD products in recent months, the campaign seems to be more of a political move. 
"Currently, the FDA prohibits adding CBD to food and beverages," Ben &a

Who doesn't love that badass blockbuster moment when our hero leaps off an exploding building, grabs the lip of a dangling freight container on the way down, and pulls himself to safety?
But... wait. Why is his hand seemingly holding on to thin air a few feet to the left of the freight container, and also twitching wildly? That's a real thing I wondered while I was playing Blood & Truth for PlayStation VR.
This is the blessing and the curse of virtual reality gaming in 2019. Strapping on a h

Northrop Grumman’s first big test of its future OmegA rocket seems to have ended in a small explosion. Today, the company fired up the main engine on the rocket during a ground test in Utah. Toward the end of the test, part of the vehicle’s engine burst apart, sending pieces of hardware flying.
Today’s test is what is known as a static fire, when the engine of a rocket is ignited while the vehicle is held firmly to the ground. Northrop Grumman was conducting the very first sta

There's no doubt about it: People love Billie Eilish's song, "Bad Guy."
Since the singer released her debut LP, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, earlier this year, fans have delighted in remixing the hit song using everything from couch cushions and a Nintendo 64 console, to weird noises Eilish made during her Hot Ones episode. Now, the "Bad Guy" music video is even getting the meme treatment.
During the song, Eilish sings the following lyrics: "I'm that bad type / Make your mama sad ty

Tesla fanatics know if they want something done, they need to appeal to Tesla CEO Elon Musk directly — and that means finding him on Twitter.
That's exactly what happened when factory tours at the company's Fremont car plant in the San Francisco Bay Area were canceled earlier this month.
One user tweeted at Musk:  "Fremont tours cancelled even although [sic] booked. Anyway [sic] to still get it?"
Musk responded: "Sorry to hear that. Will fix."Elon, Fremont tours cancelled even althoug

Kylie Jenner's skincare line, Kylie Skin, is nearly sold out online despite some pretty substantial Twitter backlash. But a new video of Kylie washing her face is making people question her skincare knowledge once more.
When Jenner released the collection earlier this month, critics went after her for selling a walnut face scrub, which much of the skincare community has deemed far too harsh a physical exfoliant. To make matters worse, Kylie recommended using the scrub two to three times per week

Netflix is raising the prices for its UK customers on its standard and premium streaming plans, as reported by The Guardian. The standard plan, which allows for streaming on two devices at the same time in HD, will be £8.99, up from £7.99. The premium plan, which allows for streaming on up to four devices in Ultra HD, will be priced at £11.99, up £2 from the previous £9.99. The basic standard definition plan will remain unchanged, at £5.99.
The price hikes wi

Disney may stop filming movies and TV shows in Georgia if the state’s new controversial abortion law goes into effect, CEO Bob Iger told Reuters today.Iger was asked by Reuters about the company’s plans to continue filming some of its biggest movies in Georgia following a ban on abortion that would prevent women from having the procedure done as soon as a doctor can find a fetus’ heartbeat. It’s a controversial ban — especially considering detecting a heartbeat can

Nreal’s augmented reality glasses — which impressed us at CES back in January — will cost a surprisingly low $499 and are supposed to start shipping this year. The Nreal Light glasses plug into a Snapdragon 855-powered smartphone over USB-C, and Nreal promises they’ll be available to consumers in “limited quantities” later this year, then ship in mass-market quantities next year. A $1,199 kit for developers will include the glasses, a controller, and a dedica

Google is putting a new pair of restrictions on Chrome extensions meant to make the browser add-ons more considerate of users’ privacy. The major change is that all extensions will now be required to use the “minimum set of permissions necessary” when asking for access to data. So if a task can be accomplished through multiple routes, the extension will be required to take the one that requires access to the least-sensitive amount of data.
On top of that, Google will also begi

With no laws to stand in the way, a public school district is set to scan children’s faces. 
The Lockport City School District in New York state is about to become the first public school in the nation with a facial recognition security system, as reported by Buzzfeed. The expensive new program is supposed to protect students from threats, like school shootings. But there’s a lack of transparency around how the system will affect the privacy of students, and tenuous evidence abo

Our first trailer for The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, an upcoming Netflix series, makes one thing clear: the creepy puppets are here to stay.
The Dark Crystal, the original 1982 film from Jim Henson, is a classic. If you grew up in the '80s, you know The Dark Crystal. Netflix is expanding that universe with Age of Resistance, a series that will follow three Gelflings (these things) on a quest to uncover the secrets of the Skeksis (these things).
This trailer offers up a first look at how it

Let’s rewind a decade. It’s 2009. Vancouver, Canada.
Stewart Butterfield,known already for his part in building Flickr,a photo-sharing service acquired by Yahoo in 2005, decided to try his hand — again — at building a game. Flickr had been a failed attempt at a game called Game Neverending followed by a big pivot. This time, Butterfield would make it work.
To make his dreams a reality, he joined forces with Flickr’s original chief software architect Cal Henderson, a

Various Catholic Church-associated groups and individuals funded a fertility app, Femm, which claims to help women track their menstrual cycles while also encouraging them to avoid hormonal birth control. These organizations, The Guardian reports today, oppose abortion rights as well as contraception, and they have previously aligned themselves with US Vice President Mike Pence who is also a vocal anti-abortion proponent.The Chiaroscuro Foundation, a Catholic charity, provided $1.79 million to

Sprint is launching its 5G network in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, and Kansas City today, becoming the third major US operator to kick off the next era of mobile data. “This is probably going to be the largest initial 5G launch in terms of coverage and footprint,” Sprint CTO John Saw told reporters gathered in Dallas this morning. In this particular city, Sprint’s 5G launch footprint covers 575 square miles and approximately 1.6 million people. “This is just the beginning,&

The unofficial start of summer means it’s time for rumors to begin swirling for the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note device, which is typically announced around August. Still, the news might not be what you want to hear: the 10th anniversary Galaxy Note might be the one where Samsung finally kills the headphone jack for the phablet line.
According to Android Police, Samsung may be preparing to release two sizes for the Galaxy Note 10 — a regular and a smaller device (by the Note’s

They say visualizing your goal is the first step toward making it a reality. 
The nonprofit Fight for the Future leaned into that belief hard on Wednesday night with a giant projection calling for the firing of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Oh yeah, and it projected said message onto the side of the hotel hosting today's 11 a.m. Facebook shareholders' meeting. 
"There is no single silver bullet solution that will 'fix' Facebook," the group wrote in a Medium post documenting the protest

Since it was announced in 2016, we’ve seen plenty of Death Stranding through trailers, including yesterday’s lengthy new footage. However, over that time it hasn’t been clear what exactly you’ll be doing in the game. And while we still have plenty of questions, the game’s official website has been updated to provide a better idea of what the moment-to-moment experience will be like.
First, here’s the basic premise for Hideo Kojima’s post-Metal Gear Soli

One of the best (arguably, the best) games in the Call of Duty catalogue is returning to a console near you. Now, prepare to go dark.
On Thursday, development studio and home to the COD franchise Infinity Ward announced its official plans to release a rebooted version of the 2007 classic Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare —known this time around simply as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare — this fall. The confirmation of the project comes after months of intense speculation from players and p

By the end of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, a lot had happened in the series, from nuclear devastation to a Russian invasion of the US. So when the developers at Infinity Ward started plotting out the next game in the series, they realized something — they needed a clean slate.“There were just so many things that made it bear no resemblance to the world we see today,” explains Jacob Minkoff, single-player design director on the new Modern Warfare. “To make a new Modern

Mark your calendars: Modern Warfare returns this October.
After months of speculation (and a handful of leaks), Activision's plans for the 2019 Call of Duty game are now locked. Scheduled for an Oct. 25 release on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is set to take fans back to the start of one of the franchise's most iconic trilogies, reimagining its inspiration from the ground up.
Prior to announcement, Mashable visited developer Infinity Ward's headquarters in Woodlan

After the slightly off-the-wall Black Ops 4 — which featured a time travel-themed zombie mode and Fortnite-style battle royale — Call of Duty is making the jump back to reality for its next release. Today, developer Infinity Ward officially announced Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, a reboot of the long-running sub series with an intense focus on gritty realism.
Unlike BO4, the new Modern Warfare will indeed have a single-player campaign, and it’s the main focus for the reveal to

The history of magic just got a little richer, with Pottermore planning to release non-fiction ebooks in conjunction with the Harry Potter: A History of Magic exhibition. The exhibition, which launched in 2017 at the British Library, featured historic and folkloric inspirations for the kind of magic we see in the Harry Potter books.Image:pottermoreThe books will be divided up based on Hogwarts curriculum; one for Divination and Astronomy, one for Charms and Defense Against the Dark Arts, one for

The Jonas Brothers are back and some might argue they're hotter than ever.
The boy band — or man band now, since they're all over the age of 25 and married — kicked off Season 9 of Hot Ones by sitting down with First We Feast's Sean Evans to answer some personal questions and snack on a sampling of spicy wings.
While living out some lyrics to their hit song, "Burnin' Up," the brothers discussed everything from their upcoming album, Happiness Begins, to the coffee cup in Game of Thron