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Neopets The early social network featured cute animals, games, forums, and even a stock market. It helped bring a whole generation Very Online. It’s hard to pinpoint when, exactly, kids and teens became 100 percent plugged in — fully online, all the time. But 1999 would be a decent guess, and November 1999 an especiallyContinue reading “For 20 years, Neopets has taught us how to care for virtual pets — and each other”

Ambassador Kurt Volker, former special envoy to Ukraine, testifies before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on November 19, 2019 | Lex Brandon (Pool)/AFP/Getty Images He said that he didn’t believe Joe Biden wasn’t corrupt, and that he regrets the push for investigations. When House Intelligence Committee Democrats offered Republicans theContinue reading “Kurt Volker, impeachment witness requested by Republicans, debunks many of their arguments”

Ambassador Kurt Volker, former special envoy to Ukraine, testifies before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on November 19, 2019 | Lex Brandon (Pool)/AFP/Getty Images He said he didn’t believe Joe Biden wasn’t corrupt, and that he regrets the push for investigations. When House Intelligence Committee Democrats offered Republicans the opportunityContinue reading “Kurt Volker, impeachment witness requested by Republicans, debunks many of their arguments”

Stephen Miller arrives at the Capitol on May 14, 2019. | Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call Miller used Breitbart in a campaign to discredit Sen. Marco Rubio, and to advance hardline views on immigration. White House adviser Stephen Miller has already faced calls to resign following the release of a tranche of emails he sent toContinue reading “Leaked emails show how Stephen Miller used Breitbart as his personal PR firm”

Heliogen’s demonstration tower in Lancaster, California. | Heliogen Making high-temperature industrial heat from sunlight. It’s pretty clear how we can reduce and eventually eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from some sectors of the economy. Electricity, transportation, and buildings, three of the biggest emitters, have a pathway to zero. It won’t be easy, and progress is tooContinue reading “A clever new solar solution to one of the trickiest climate problems”

Taylor Swift | Photo by Zhang Hengwei/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images Taylor Swift can sing Taylor Swift songs at the American Music Awards, if she wants to. After an emotional plea to fans and a public spat with Big Machine Label Group, Taylor Swift will be allowed to perform any Taylor Swift song sheContinue reading “Taylor Swift (and her fans) won a battle in her war against Scooter Braun and Big Machine Label Group”

Protesters hold up signs of Jeffrey Epstein in front of a federal courthouse on July 8, 2019, in New York City. | Stephanie Keith/Getty Images But some say they’re scapegoats for bigger problems. Jeffrey Epstein’s death in a Manhattan jail has been a topic of speculation for months, with many wondering why the sex offenderContinue reading “2 jail workers face criminal charges in Jeffrey Epstein case”

Disney The best songs from Frozen 2 are the ones that didn’t make it into the movie. Sorry, “Into the Unknown.” It’s not an exaggeration to say the release of the Frozen 2 soundtrack this past weekend — just ahead of Frozen 2’s November 22 release date — counts as an event. Not since theContinue reading “The Frozen 2 soundtrack: a guide to the best songs”

The program, code-named “Nightingale,” is already creating major privacy concerns. | Photo by: Jeffrey Greenberg/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images What Google plans to do with the records is unclear. This episode of Reset explores the potential impacts on patient privacy. Google has been venturing into new areas of business and recently made huge newsContinue reading “Google just got access to millions of medical records. Here are the pros and cons.”

A still from Zack Snyder’s alleged directors’ cut | Vero/Snyder Zack Snyder’s fabled cut of Justice League and the corporate conspiracy theory behind it. The most anticipated Warner Bros. superhero flick is one that might not even exist: the infamous “Snyder Cut” of the movie Justice League. It’s an alleged version of director Zack Snyder’sContinue reading “The fight to release the Snyder Cut of Justice League (which may not even exist), explained”