Technical Doctorz

Before there were the continents, there was Pangea. Two hundred million years ago, the enormous land mass began to break apart and we’ve been separated ever since — but a map tool can help you find where a given town would have been on the supercontinent. This ancient earth tool is a rotating view of the world at various points in time. You can select the time period (“what did the Earth look like 750 million years ago?”) or search by event, such as “first multicellular life” or “first insects.” To figure out where you would have lived on Pangea, input your address and select “Pangea supercontinent” from the options on the far right. My hometown in California, as it turns out, was still a coast. But my current location in New York was... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/2LWY33H

On Thursday, actress Chloe Dykstra published a post on Medium detailing abuse allegations about an ex-boyfriend, which many have speculated was about Nerdist founder and TV and podcast host Chris Hardwick. AMC, which was set to broadcast Talking with Chris Hardwick this weekend, announced that it won’t air the series “while we assess the situation.” Hardwick has hosted a number of programs for AMC, such as after shows Talking Bad (for Breaking Bad ), Talking Saul (for Better Call Saul ), Talking Preacher (for Preacher ) and The Talking Dead (for The Walking Dead ). Last year, he debuted Talking with Chris Hardwick, a talk show which featured interviews with Michelle Monaghan, James Corden, Charlie Hunnam, Jordan Peele, Neil deGrasse Tyson,... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/2lfvd3q

Taiwanese contract electronics manufacturer Foxconn has purchased a building in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to serve as its North American headquarters, according to the Associated Press . Foxconn is buying the 611 Building originally owned by Northwestern Mutual, which handed the building over to the company in a ceremony on Friday. It says that it will house 500 workers in the new headquarters, which will also include an “innovation center” designed to aid startups working on applications for the LCD panels that the company plans to manufacture in the state. Louis Woo, Special Assistant to Foxconn chairman Terry Gou, said that the company will “focus on building a stronger corporate team here in Milwaukee.” The company has also announced a... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/2lhAW8B

This week, after a federal court greenlit AT&T's acquisition of Time Warner and effectively signaled a shift toward a more merger-friendly environment in the US legal system, Comcast made good on weeks of hints by making an all-cash bid to buy 21st Century Fox for a whopping $65 billion. It‘s a conspicuous challenge to Disney’s stock-based, months-in-the-making offer of $52.4 billion, and while it’s unclear how the debacle will shake out in the end — following Comcast‘s bid, Disney stock actually went up ; it‘s also possible that the two giants might split Fox‘s assets — one thing is certain: a horde of Marvel fans are now actively rallying against Comcast’s bid for attempting to keep the Fox-owned X-Men from joining their fellow... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/2t31ZJr

There are 14 years between the first Incredibles movie and its new sequel Incredibles 2, but one thing that’s thrilling to see pay off in both films is watching baby Jack-Jack play with his various powers, sometimes at the expense of the family. In the first movie, the only people who see Jack-Jack’s powers are the babysitter, Kari McKeen, and the villain, Syndrome. From their vantage point on the ground, the Parr family missed out on the aerial fight between Syndrome and Jack-Jack, and they’re certainly not home when he tortures the unwitting babysitter. Writer-director Brad Bird said in an interview with The Verge that the way the first movie left the question of Jack-Jack’s powers gave the sequel huge payoff potential: “I knew that... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/2JQlTO4

A couple weeks ago, I watched The Final Year , a documentary that follows several members of the Obama administration during their final year in office. There’s plenty to criticize the doc for — mainly that it never really takes a critical eye to the characters or events it covers — but there’s still a lot to enjoy about it, particularly because of the incredible level of access it has. The documentary’s biggest success is in how close it gets to its subjects. We get to be right next to the people who were making immense foreign policy decisions, where they suddenly feel surprisingly normal and human — just some people trying to do their best. Better, we get to see them struggling with issues beyond their control and dealing with fights... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/2LWmlLi

E3 has just wrapped, but there are a lot of not-to-be-missed sales from Nintendo , Playstation , and Xbox still going from major retailers like Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart, while others are matching their prices. But if gaming isn’t your thing, there are plenty of other solid deals happening this weekend as well. GAMING PS4 Pro at Best Buy , GameStop , and Walmart for $349.99 (usually $399.99). Xbox One X 1TB at Amazon and Microsoft for $449.00 (usually $499.00) Xbox Game Pass 6-Month Membership at Amazon , Best Buy for $29.99 (usually $59.99) or $1.00 for new members at Microsoft . DualShock 4 Controllers at Best Buy , Target , and Walmart for $39.99 (usually $59.99). The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild at Amazon , Best Buy , GameStop , and N... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/2HVqE7b

This week in 2018 has been dominated by video game news, since the E3 conference in Los Angeles just wrapped up. The most exciting game I could find from this week in 1998 was the Nintendo 64 puzzler Wetrix, which essentially combined Tetris with terraforming . You can dig up the game itself through emulator sites, and Nintendo Life wrote a great piece about its weird development history — it was the accidental byproduct of a completely different project called Vampire Circus, which was sadly never produced. Otherwise, the news this week tapped a rich vein of anxiety over digital avatars, online privacy, and having your baby on the internet. 'Cybermom is on the run’ Earlier this year, around 628,000 concurrent Twitch viewers watched... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/2HSdcB2

The TV world experienced a bloodbath a couple of weeks ago as a networks decided to canceled a number of shows, such as The Expanse , Scorpion, Marvel’s Inhumans, The X-Files , and a number of others. Since then, the usual fan campaigns to save their favorite shows surfaced, helping to rescue The Expanse and Brooklyn Nine-Nine . Now, another show can be added to the saved list: Fox’s Lucifer . Fox canceled the show prior to its upfront presentations at the end of May , after it ran for three seasons. The show will now live on at Netflix, which has ordered a fourth season of the supernatural crime drama according to Deadline . The renewal comes a day before the cast’s options were about to expire. Fans, your voices have been heard. Season 4... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/2JH578a

Last week, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced bold plans to combine the technologies of his two biggest companies by placing rocket thrusters on future specialized models of Tesla’s Roadster . The thrusters won’t actually combust, according to Musk; instead, they will expel highly pressurized cold air, giving the Tesla an extra boost in acceleration. It’s a move the might technically work, but it also baffles industry experts and engineers: the thrusters won’t be very efficient and probably won’t be street legal. Specifically, Musk is talking about incorporating a key piece of hardware from SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket — a tank known as a composite overwrapped pressure vessel, or a COPV. These bottles are made out of a thin metal liner... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/2sXIDFt

Apple has officially signed Oprah Winfrey to a multiyear deal for new original programs, according to a statement released today . The tech company didn’t specify the role Winfrey would play in these shows, but a representative said that “together, Winfrey and Apple will create original programs that embrace her incomparable ability to connect with audiences around the world. Winfrey’s projects will be released as part of a lineup of original content from Apple.” The announcement comes in the midst of the video streaming war between Apple, Amazon and Netflix, as the companies ramp up their original programming and win the hearts — and views — of customers. Netflix previously announced a multiyear production deal with the Obama family, and... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/2JT8oNm

Data analysis company Data Propria, led by a former Cambridge Analytica strategist, is reportedly working on President Donald Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign. The Associated Press reports that Data Propria has begun work on a project “along the lines” of Cambridge Analytica’s controversial work for Trump in 2016. Data Propria head Matt Oczkowski denied the claim, though he didn’t rule the idea out for the future. The AP writes that Data Propria, which launched late last month , is affiliated with at least four employees of now-defunct Cambridge Analytica. (Oczkowski himself was formerly Cambridge Analytica’s head of product.) Like Cambridge Analytica, Data Propria uses data and behavioral science to target internet users with ads or... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/2yhwKzi

Pixar Animation Studios has built its reputation on a lot of elements: computer animation that was miles ahead of the competition for more than 15 years, memorable humor and memorable characters, and stories that are accessible to children but sophisticated enough to keep adults engaged. But past a certain point in its history, Pixar became known above everything else for its willingness to explore emotional depths its contemporaries wouldn’t touch. Pixar films like Finding Nemo , Up , Toy Story 3 , and Inside Out deal directly with death and other very personal, deeply felt losses, from letting go of childhood to letting go of the possibility of motherhood. The Pixar “brain trust” — a core group of insiders who push the studio’s chosen... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/2LQXkB4

Earlier this week, Comcast made a $65 million offer to acquire most of 21st Century Fox, attempting to derail a Disney-Fox acquisition that was announced last year . Comcast and Disney have both been chasing this deal for months. And although the financial terms for each company are different, they’re looking for the same assets from Fox — which, in turn, is looking to refocus on its core network TV business. But which parts of Fox are staying independent, and which ones will Comcast or Disney own? And how will the new parts fit into these massive conglomerates’ existing businesses? Here’s what you can look forward to if one of the deals goes through. Independent “New Fox” keeps sports and news Comcast and Disney both want 21st Century... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/2K0ptIy

Apple has confirmed on its support site that Apple Maps is having significant issues today, causing problems for people across platforms who are trying to search for locations or obtain directions to a destination, as first reported by 9to5Mac . If you try to use Apple Maps, it will attempt to load results for about 30 seconds before timing out, showing “No Results Found.” People first started noticing problems earlier this morning, reporting issues on social media, but Apple’s system status page didn’t reflect that services were down until a bit later. It now shows that Maps routing, navigation, and search are not working properly. These issues affect all users, including those using platforms where alternative maps aren’t an option,... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/2JGv6MW

More than three years after the release of its time-rewinding, episodic adventure Life Is Strange , French video game developer Dontnod Entertainment is in the midst of developing a sequel. While we don’t know much about it, except that it focuses on new characters in the same universe, we’ll learn more on June 26th when Dontnod releases a free , one-off game called The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit . Set in another fictional Oregon town called Beaver Creek three years after the original Life is Strange , Captain Spirit will take place over the course of a single Saturday morning. It follows Chris, 10-year-old boy who imagines he has superpowers. Co-creative director Raoul Barbet says that Chris was a character Dontnod came up with... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/2yeSMm3

Pebble’s online services will officially die at the end of this month, but some could live on through Rebble, an unofficial group of Pebble users who are trying to keep their watches alive. Rebble initially popped up after Pebble said in 2016 that it would cease operations and be acquired by Fitbit. Now that Fitbit is weeks away from shutting down Pebble’s remaining services, Rebble is promoting an unofficial replacement system that’s meant to keep the majority of Pebble’s internet-connected functions alive. Former Pebble employee Katharine Berry is spearheading the effort, and it’s received an endorsement from Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky. All @pebble users! Really important that you create a Rebble account (link below) before June... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/2LRCphu

One of the sharpest-felt pains of the current obliteration of headphone jacks from the smartphone market is the absence of a good wired alternative. Sure, every company that ditches the analog jack tells you to go wireless, but what if you don’t want another gadget that needs regular charging, or you switch devices often and don’t enjoy diagnosing Bluetooth pairing problems every day? USB-C headphones are the perfect, most logical cure for our self-inflicted audio connection headaches, filling the void left by the humble 3.5mm connector’s absence by letting users of Android phones and a majority of new laptops plug into the digital port for their sound instead. And yet, such headphones and earphones remain scarce and expensive, a status... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/2ye21D3