Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Tuesday that the Democrat would be launching an impeachment inquiry, after Donald Trump’s admission he tried to get the Ukrainian president to investigate potential 2020 challenger Joe Biden — an offense that, as Stephen Colbert throws it, “makes Watergate look like Richard Nixon tried to …
Read More »‘The Last of Us 2’ is going to destroy us, isn’t it?
The Last of Us 2 is real and it eventually has a release date: Feb. 28, 2020. The latest trailer, shared on Tuesday during PlayStation’s Nintendo Direct-like “State of Play” reveal stream, is fitted with ominous signs of a brutal play. There’s blood and guts, sure. But there’s likewise plenty …
Read More »Nashville school bans ‘Harry Potter’ books in *checks notes* 2019
According to my trusty docket it’s 2019, but a Catholic school in Nashville, Tennessee, is over here banning Harry Potter journals like it’s 2002 or something. On Saturday, the Tennessean reported that the students of St. Edward Catholic School will no longer be allowed to check out volumes in the …
Read More »Nick Offerman is so down to play every single role in ‘Cats’
Though people typically love cats on social media, they aren’t so in love with the newly released Cats movie trailer. Since its debut on Thursday, fans have been dragging and meme-ing the adaptation to hell. The general consensus is that the movie looks creepy–and its CGI effects are to blame. …
Read More »300M-user meme site Imgur raises $20M from Coil to pay creators
Meme architects have never gotten their fair share. Remixed and reshared across the web, their jokes props up social networks like Instagram and Twitter that pay back none of their ad revenue to artists and comics. But 300 million monthly consumer meme and storytelling app Imgur wants to pioneer a …
Read More »The best podcasts of 2019
When you aren’t in the music feeling, podcasts can be your ear candy. Whether you love to stay up-to-date on the latest news or want to know what’s happening in athletics, you’ll find something on our must-listen-to podcast roundup. Read more: digitaltrends.com
Read More »YouTube will let bigot monetize if he removes link to homophobic merch
YouTube has shaped the weakest, least fearless response to mass backlash involving its ruling yesterday that right-wing personality Steven Crowder’s racist and homophobic assaults on Vox video producer Carlos Maza didn’t violate the current policy. Now YouTube says it’s demonetized Crowder’s channel because his” motif of heinous activities has harmed …
Read More »The best movies on Amazon Prime Video right now (May 2019)
Amazon Prime Video renders readers with be made available to a host of marvelous movies, but sorting through the catalog can be a major undertaking. Luckily, we’ve done the works for you. Here are the best movies on Amazon Prime Video right now. The post The best movies on Amazon …
Read More »The best movies on Amazon Prime Video right now (April 2019)
Amazon Prime Video renders customers with access to a host of fantastic cinemas, but sorting through the catalog can be a major undertake. Fortunately, we’ve done the work for you. Here are the best movies on Amazon Prime Video right now. The post The best movies on Amazon Prime Video …
Read More »Takeaways from F8 and Facebook’s next phase
Extra Crunch gives members the opportunity to tune into conference call conducted and moderated by the TechCrunch novelists you read every day. This week, TechCrunch’s Josh Constine and Frederic Lardinois discuss major announcements that came out of Facebook’s F8 conference and dig into how Facebook is trying to redefine itself …
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