LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Paul Meekin In 2011 a little Korean game development company, Com2Us, released 9 Innings Pro Baseball onto mobile devices. It was decidedly retro. 2D graphics. Fake teams. Poor translation. But boy-oh-Babe-Ruth was it good. It was the perfect baseball game for the fan on the go. A full 9…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield The former Chief Official White House Photographer from the Obama administration has taken up a new hobby, and a new way to cast shade on the Trump administration, without ever saying the new President’s name. Pete Souza, for the past few months, has utilized social media, specifically…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Thursday that the electric vehicle maker will begin producing over-the-road semis despite lacking the requisite battery technology. Musk, who owns more than 20 percent of Tesla, told his Twitter followers that the company will unveil an electric semi-truck in September. He did…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck According to the Associated Press: A secretive group that published a trove of hacking tools allegedly used by U.S. spies has released a password that it says can unlock related files. In a Medium post , the “Shadow Brokers” group revealed a password to files associated…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman Facebook announced Wednesday that it is taking further steps to help purge “revenge porn” from its platform by introducing new preventative tools. One of the measures is stopping users from re-posting lewd images — like pornographic ones that show someone in risqué positions and partially or fully…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Ted Goodman on April 5, 2017 The German cabinet approved a plan Wednesday that fines social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter up to $53 million if they do not promptly remove hateful posts and take steps to reveal the identity of those responsible. “The providers of social networks…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett A space station could be circling the Red Planet by 2028 to serve as a “Mars Base Camp” for wayward explorers, according to plans published by a major NASA contractor. Lockheed Martin plans to construct a 132-ton space station around Mars capable of hosting six astronauts for…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is pictured during a test-fire of strategic submarine-launched ballistic missile in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang August 25, 2016. REUTERS/KCNA By: Ryan Pickrell North Korean hackers allegedly gained access to secret allied war plans for a…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Paul Meekin “Out with the old spiritual mumbo jumbo, the superstitions, and the backward ways. We’re gonna see a brave new world where they run everybody a wire and hook us all up to a grid. Yes, sir, a veritable age of reason.” – O Brother, Where Art Thou…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett Scientists claim they can make lasers exponentially more powerful by joining multiple beams together. A Macquarie University study found that researchers can combine laser beams using a diamond, which combines the power of multiple laser beams into a single intense beam that can be directed to the intended…