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You can save up to $50 on Amazon’s Fire HD tablets
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Almost every model in Amazon’s Fire lineup of budget-friendly tablets is discounted. The Fire HD 8 is a good value at $60 (usually $90), and even the Fire HD 8 Plus with slightly more RAM and wireless charging support is $30 off; instead of costing $110, it’s down to $80. If you want to step up to a bigger 10-inch screen with 1080p resolution instead of sub-FHD sc...
Power outages after Tropical Storm Isaias were a warning to utilities
A worker in a bucket truck addresses downed power lines along Bread and Cheese Hollow Road in Fort Salonga, New York after a tree knocked them out following tropical storm Isaias | Photo by Steve Pfost/Newsday via Getty Images Massive power outages in the wake of Tropical Storm Isaias could be just a taste of challenges ahead for already vulnerable utilities during an especially bad hurricane seas...
Clear Channel’s billboards will start tracking consumers in Europe
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings’ Radar tracking technology, which gives advertisers access to anonymized mobile phone data about people who pass by billboards, is launching in Europe next month, the Financial Times reported. The outdoor ad-tracking program has been in the US for four years, but Clear Channel waited to launch in Europe so it could meet the EU’...
Watch Ted Leo with Members of Rise Against and Converge Cover the Replacements
If there’s anyone who knows how to get a group of musicians (in different places) to play an elaborately crafted cover, it’s Jordan Olds. And in his latest edition of Two Minutes to Late Night, he recruited Ted Leo to lead a cover of the Replacements’ “Kids Don’t Follow,” off their 1982 EP Stink. Dressed as a priest, Leo is joined by a powerhouse set of other mu...
Concerts, Gaming, and More on SPIN’s Untitled Twitch Stream This Week
Look, we started off August hot last week on SPIN’s Untitled Twitch Stream with an intimate set from Joy Crookes, an electrifying lengthy performance from Nyssa, and a full-blown Friday evening hangout with Stay Over. If you missed it, you’ve got another week or so to see the videos on Twitch before they disappear forever (or at least until they get moved to our YouTube channel). This week, ...
Metallica to Play First 2020 Concert for ‘Encore Drive-In’ Series
Metallica have just announced their first show of 2020. Like many artists who have tried to bring the live experience to their fans this summer, the heavy metal legends have announced a one-night-only concert that will premiere at drive-in theaters throughout North America on Aug. 29. As part of the ‘Encore Drive-In Nights’ concert series, Metallica will be filming the show at a secret...
Roger Waters Performs Pink Floyd Deep Cuts from The Wall in Quarantine: Watch
Roger Waters has been spending his quarantine revisiting Pink Floyd classics like “Mother” and “Two Suns in the Sunset”. Today, he’s returned with a performance of two more deep cuts from The Wall, “Vera” and “Bring the Boys Back Home”, the latter of which sees him joined by Jess Wolfe… Please click the link below to read the full articl...
Darren Aronofsky Wins Rights to Boss of the Beach TV Series
Darren Aronofsky is known to love two things: psychological horror and disregarding scarf-wearing norms. But it looks like he’s putting both things aside for his next project, Boss of the Beach. The sunny thriller is based off a June New York Magazine profile on longtime head of the New York… Please click the link below to read the full article. Darren Aronofsky Wins Rights to Boss of...
Boris Releasing Six-Volume Archive Series via Bandcamp
Japanese metal luminaries Boris have announced an ongoing archival series, culling various rare and out-of-print releases from the band’s past. The first iteration, the six-part Archive series, is set to drop Friday (August 7th) via Boris’ Bandcamp page. The first three volumes of Archive were originally released in a limited CD… Please click the link below to read the full arti...
Aliens Is a Crucial Chapter for Feminism in Horror
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | RSS “Just tell me one thing, Burke. You’re going out there to destroy them, right? Not to study. Not to bring back. But to wipe them out.” We’ve been floating in stasis for 65 episodes, but the alien threat is still out there and this time… Please click the link below to read the full article. Aliens Is a Crucial Chapter...
WhatsApp working on multiple device support with chat sync
Facebook-owned WhatsApp appears to be working on new multiple device support with synchronized chat history. WABetaInfo reports that WhatsApp is testing the ability to use an account on multiple devices, including a separate iPad app. WhatsApp currently supports multiple devices through WhatsApp Web, which connects back to a phone account. WhatsApp Web requires a phone to be powered on and connect...
E Ink demos a folding e-reader that can also take notes
Folding smartphones are slowly making their way into the mainstream. Could foldable e-readers be next? The E Ink Corporation, the company behind the digital paper tech found in the majority of e-readers, is trying to make it happen. The firm’s R&D lab has been developing foldable e-ink screens for a while, and its latest prototype clearly demonstrates the idea’s potential. The video above come...
