Mythbusters co-host Jessica “Jessi” Combs has passed away in a horrific crash. The professional racer and television host was killed while attempting to beat her own land speed racing record. Combs, a professional driver, was born in Rapid City, South Dakota. She had a lifelong desire to become a race car driver, falling in love with machines and all things automotive. She was a metal worker, leather crafter, and a photographer as well....

Nasdaq OMX Group Inc, which operates the Nasdaq exchange, is going to retool the Nasdaq-100 index containing the hundred largest nonfinancial Nasdaq stocks. The rebalancing will see Apple’s share of the index cut to 12.33 percent. Apple, which trades on Nasdaq under the AAPL ticker, currently has a big weight of 20.49 percent, or one fifth of the index. Reuters points to a document on Nasdaq’s site which states: According to The Wall Street Journal, a rare decision comes after Apple’s meteoric rise boosted by strong sales of iOS gadgets:...

Following the end of Castle last year, Nathan Fillion has embarked on a small tour of various networks’ single camera sitcoms. It’s the sort of tour that might lead one to think the actor is on the lookout for a starring role in a comedy as his next gig – or that he just really likes the freedom that comes with guest spots. Fillion’s first major post-Castle performance brought him to ABC’s Modern Family....

Streaming king Netflix is set to lay off a number of employees as the streaming service looks to retool its marketing strategy. The company has carved out a space as one of the most important home entertainment services in the world, with a vast library of original and purchased programming shared directly to consumers. With increased competition coming from other upstart streaming services, Netflix will look to maintain their edge in this space....

Above, see Netflix CEO Reed Hastings apologizing on Sept. 19 and anounce Qwikster, the short-lived service. With angry customers walking and Wall Street problems looming, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings today announced Netflix is killing the DVD rental service it created on September 19. That’s right. Qwikster is dead. Netflix apparently is returning the public company to its roots. It as yet unclear whether the board forced the changes due to last week’s Netflix market plunge or whether Hastings and management made it....

On Netflix’s You, fans are introduced to an array of rich personalities that have them dying to see more from them. Whether it’s the mysterious boss-like persona of Peach Salinger or the fascinating thought process presented by Joe Goldberg, they can’t get enough of these characters and their secretive schemes. There are a ton of captivating personalities in this series from start to finish, and they are incredibly layered as well (despite Joe always assuming he’s surrounded by superficial, one-dimensional robots)....

Elevation Lab, the company behind a handful of popular Apple accessories, is today announcing its latest product: MagicGrips. The company says that this accessory is designed to work with the Magic Mouse and makes it easier to grip. Elevation Lab says that this accessory makes the Magic Mouse more comfortable use by widening your grip and allowing you to squeeze the mouse without it moving upwards. Furthermore, the grip is said to release hand tension....

As reported by Bleeping Computer, a cybersecurity researcher took umbrage when the cybercriminals publicly said they supported Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In revenge, the individual, believed to hail from Ukraine, has been giving the ransomware operators a taste of their own hacking medicine. Conti is a Russian-speaking ransomware group that also operates a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) business model. While some ransomware payments are made in the millions, Coveware estimates that the average demand made by Conti members is just over $765,000....

A new iPhone 6s/6s Plus passcode bypass flaw is making its rounds on the internet today, and it’s similar to flaws we’ve seen in the past on iOS. Don’t be overly alarmed, though, as the odds of this happening to you are slim. Besides, if you are concerned, there are some bonafide ways to go about protecting yourself. The bypass only works on the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, because those devices feature 3D Touch, which is used for this particular variant of the passcode bypass trick....

UPDATE: A Chad Stahelski’s representative reached out to /Film to say his comments on a Matrix reboot were strictly hypothetical and not in fact confirmation the Wachowskis are working on a new movie. The original article follows. The Wachowskis are developing a new Matrix film, according to John Wick director Chad Stahelski. There’s been talk of another installment in the iconic sci-fi franchise dating back to 2017, when it was reported Warner Bros....

MacBook Air supplies are seriously constrained ahead of a summer update, meaning the guessing game is on. Two seemingly unrelated announcements from Intel and Sandisk today help paint a better picture of what the new hardware might bring. First up, Intel at the Computex show previewed a pair of new capabilities of a revised Sandy Bridge chipset, a likely candidates for the Air. We’re talking new Rapid Start and Smart Connect technologies, per this MacWorld report:...

O aplicativo foi amplamente popular entre alguns criadores de conteúdo que chegaram ao hall da fama por meio de seu conteúdo envolvente no Musical.ly. Os usuários compartilharam vídeos do Musical.ly em plataformas de mídia social como o Instagram , aumentando ainda mais a popularidade do aplicativo. No entanto, em agosto de 2018, o aplicativo foi adquirido por uma empresa chinesa, a ByteDance, e seus usuários foram transferidos para o TikTok....

Office for iPad Split View has finally arrived almost a full year after it was first demonstrated at WWDC 2019. You can now open two different Word or Powerpoint documents side-by-side in the app. Sadly, the functionality does not extend to Excel. Users previously had to rely on clunky workarounds, like opening one of the documents in Pages or in a web view … Reader Nelson EHus drew our attention to it....

One of the most popular teen drama TV shows from the early 2000s was One Tree Hill – a show set in the fictional town of Tree Hill, North Carolina following the lives of the Scott brothers and their closest friends, love interests, and family members. The first four seasons were set in high school, while the later five seasons followed the characters in their adulthood. Over the course of nine seasons, One Tree Hill introduced tons of characters and naturally had a lot of guest stars....

Nintendo will launch a new “Nintendo Switch Online” companion app for its latest console that will arrive on July 21 alongside the release of its new Splatoon 2 game. The Nintendo Switch Online app will allow users to invite other players with the same game via an iPhone (and presumably other smartphones and mobile devices), and will also include built-in voice chat functionality for at least some games. Nintendo demoed the app during this morning’s Direct event alongside the upcoming Splatoon 2, which is now expected to be the first game to integrate with the app when it launches later this month on July 21st....

In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install the stock ROM flash file on Motorola Moto E5 XT1944-2 (nora). The device came out of the box with Android 8.0 Oreo and powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 425. If you are someone who is looking to fix your device’s common issues like boot loop, repair IMEI, or fix any software issue, then this guide is for you. To install the firmware flash file on Motorola E5 XT1944-2, you need to download the software called ADB and Fastboot tool....

If you’re into meteorology, storm-chasing, or science in general, you’ll love this cool site we’ve found. Neal.fun’s Days Since Incident is a rolling tally documenting the days it’s been since a number of different types of natural disasters. The premise is simple, and the truth may shock you. Keep reading to find out how it works. You’re not going to believe how interesting this site is To indulge in our latest obsession, visit Neal....

Well, it was bound to happen at some point – Netflix has started to crack down on users sharing passwords. The move comes in what the company calls a test that tells password borrowers to sign up for their own accounts without fully blocking them from continuing to use the currently shared one. First spotted by The Streamable, Netflix users this week who borrow a password from family or a friend started noticing an alert about not living with the account owner....

These days, Netflix and Hulu compete for who can come up with better and more buzzworthy original content, while also bidding against each other for exclusives on older shows and movies. Netflix has more customers, more market share and is more profitable, but Hulu holds its own, competing strongly in the area of back catalogs of TV shows. Now the two rivals are competing in one more realm — Twitter. This week, Hulu took to Twitter to tout its exclusive content — and Netflix fought back, surprisingly hard....

[youtube https://youtu.be/9vy6M3qXbdQ] The latest drone flyover of Apple’s under construction Campus 2 gives us our closest look yet at the site. The footage above was shot in 4K just yesterday and sent in by reader Brandon Elwood, giving us the most up-to-date look at construction progress on the site. The new drone flyover follows the latest official aerial shot straight from Apple earlier this week. The footage shows a few up-close shots in comparison to past drone flyovers and focuses in on the segment of the main circular building that has already started to get off the ground....