Fox News’s Twitter account is being rightfully dragged on Twitter for publishing and tweeting a “news” story about Cosby Show actor Geoffrey Owens having a job at a Trader Joe’s in New Jersey.

Twitter people pointed out that the story, which was aggregated from the Daily Mail and refers to Owens as having been “spotted” working at Trader Joe’s like some kind of rare Pokémon, reads like a mean-spirited attempt to shame him for working outside of the entertainment industry — as if anything an actor does after being on TV is a fall from grace. Many people stepped to Owens’ defense. Read more…

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We came, we saw, and we tried out a ton of new gadgets at IFA 2018.

Europe’s largest consumer electronics show, held in Berlin, was quieter than previous years, but there were still a few notable gadget gems to get pumped up for. Just like this year’s Mobile World Congress.

From 8K TVs, to crazy custom PCs, to phones, to wireless headphones, there was a little bit of everything at IFA. We walked the labyrinthine halls of the Messe Berlin, clocking in well over 10,000 steps per day, to find only the stuff worth talking about.

Without further ado, we present the best tech of IFA 2018. Read more…

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Bingeing TV is a full-time job (we speak from experience here). There’s far too many shows, seasons, episodes, platforms – you get it. 

But on a long holiday weekend, we count our bingeable TV blessings. Some people feel guilty spending a long weekend on a couch, but we find a real sense of pride and accomplishment from crawling into work on Tuesday having finished an entire show.

To help with this simple goal, here are some TV gems that only made it to one season – which means you can start and finish them this weekend.

The Get Down

The Get Down is one of Netflix’s short-lived treasures; a true well of lost potential in its brevity. The Baz Luhrmann-created (and partially directed) musical epic chronicled the last days of disco and the rise of rap through the lives of several teenagers growing up in the Bronx at the end of the ’70s, and the costumes, music, and casting were clearly too good for this world to support. There are only 11 episodes and they’re all a blast (the first one is peak Baz Luhrmann). Read more…

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Aretha Franklin’s Homegoing/funeral service was packed with famous people, musical performances, and (sometimes interminable) sermons, but one moment in particular caught Twitter’s eye — Representative Maxine Waters giving the “Wakanda Forever” salute to the livestream camera. 

A few hours into the service, Bishop Charles H. Ellis III noticed Rep. Waters in the crowd and called on her from the pulpit to let her know that he and everyone else in the room supports her, even encouraging others to “say it so everybody can hear you out there, ‘We got your back!'” Read more…

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At the funeral ceremony for her Sen. John McCain, his daughter Meghan indirectly skewered President Donald Trump, telling those in attendance: “The America of John McCain has no need to be made great again, because America was always great.”

McCain’s words were a clear reference to Trump’s infamous 2016 campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again,” and the subsequent rallying cry for his base. 

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Although it may not seem like such a daunting task at first, finding the right laptop backpack can be really overwhelming. There are tons of different factors to consider, like what you’ll be using it for (work? school? travel?), the size of the laptop sleeve, how functional or comfortable it is, and how much stuff you’ll be able to cram inside. And let’s not forget about price. Because let’s be honest, some of us aren’t willing to drop more than $100 on a backpack. 

Choosing a backpack is a really personal task — it depends entirely on your specific needs. To make your life easier, we scoured through dozens of reviews from real customers in order to put together a list of top-runners, then outlined the things you need to know in order to make the best decision. Read more…

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Every now and then, TV manufacturers start a new trend to keep the hype for their products going. If you bought a TV in the last year, a salesman probably told you that some iteration of HDR is a must-have. Your current TV likely supports 3D — and I bet you haven’t used that feature in ages. 

The hot new thing at this year’s IFA, Berlin’s trade show which gathers the largest consumer electronics manufacturers, was 8K TVs. I’ve seen those TVs, and I can tell you, they all had an absolutely stunning picture.

I can also tell you that you absolutely don’t need one. 

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Sorry, folks! 

Google is not releasing a smartwatch this year.

The company confirmed on Friday in an interview with Tom’s Guide that it has no plans to release it’s own-branded smartwatch in 2018.

Tech news sites have been in a frenzy over the past few months over what many believed was proof that the company planned to launch its own competitor to the Apple Watch. The product was expected to be named the Google “Pixel” watch and sold as a compliment to the existing Pixel phone — but now that dream is dead.

The idea was that the Pixel watch would used to showcase the best of the company’s WearOS software, similar to the way existing Pixel phones show off the best features of Android. Google currently relies on hardware makers like Fossil, Michael Kors, and Tag Heuer to make the physical watches. Read more…

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The need to fill that niche, adult animated show hole in our lives right now is real. And we’ve got just the cure.

HBO’s obscure comedy Animals, currently in its third season, is it’s own very unique beast (pun intended). But it shares a lot of DNA with the more known and watched heavy hitters of the adult animated show genre. At the very least, it’ll help scratch that itch while we wait until Sept. 14 for Bojack Horseman, and an indefinite amount of time for more Rick and Morty.

Animals first premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival before getting picked up by HBO, but that all sounds a lot more avante-garde than what the show actually is. As the name implies, it takes on the perspectives of different animals and their disparate cultures through a hilariously deadpan approach to comedy. Read more…

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Apple and seemingly every Android phone maker under the sun want us to embrace the smartphone notch, but things don’t have to be this way.

There is a realistic path toward a phone with a true all-screen display without any ugly cutouts: cameras that slide up when you need them and retract when you don’t.

If there’s any one thing that science fiction movies have taught me, it’s that pocket communicators (or phones as we call them) have only one final form: They’re just a screen. They should have no bezels at all. Read more…

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