Kate Beaton on creating the best graphic novel of 2022

Enlarge / Kate Beaton (credit: Corey Katz / Kate Beaton) For those who paid attention to the webcomics scene of the 2010s or simply enjoy good humor writing, the name Kate Beaton is likely a familiar one. The Canadian cartoonist’s Hark a Vagrant—a dizzying mix of the literary and historical references, lack of respect for […]

An LA startup is creating remote tiny cabin sites with offices for startups and company retreats — see inside the $400 a night ‘micro cabins’

Jared Chambers, Find Sanctuary Los Angeles startup Find Sanctuary will build sites of "micro-cabins" with offices. The hospitality company is targeting vacationers, C-suite team off-sites, and remote-first companies. Find Sanctuary will open its first site of 40 cabins two hours from Los Angeles in 2023. Digital detox retreats are so last year. Jared Chambers, Find […]

President poised to sign bill creating quantum computing initiative

Visions of an American quantum computing initiative are close to becoming a practical reality. The House of Representatives has passed its version of a bill that would establish a National Quantum Initiative Program and speed up the development of next-generation computing technology. Provided the President signs it into law (it cleared the Senate last week), […]

Video game loot boxes are creating underage gambling addicts – UK audit

An audit by the UK Gambling Commission says that pushing players to buy chance-based items in video games has lead to a startling spike in gambling addiction among children. The alarming audit shows (scaling the survey results to UK population figures) some 55,000 children between the ages of 11-16 showcase telltale signs of gambling addiction, including […]

How three countries are creating the roadmap to a cashless society

This is a preview of the Global Payments Landscape report from Business Insider Intelligence. Current subscribers can read the report  here. Noncash payments are on the rise worldwide. As new players emerge to capitalize on consumer appetite for digital payment methods, three mature markets — the UK, Australia, and Sweden — have become standouts for what […]

‘The Prodigy’ Trailer: Georgie from ‘IT’ Plays Your Typical Creepy Kid Creating Jump Scares

Since Halloween hit theaters this weekend, studios knew they needed to pack the pre-show with a bunch of horror trailers to get those hungry for scares excited about the terrors to come. Unfortunately, since it’s October, that means we’re talking about horror movies that will get dumped in the early months of 2019, where bad […]

These are the trends creating new winners and losers in the card-processing ecosystem

BI Intelligence This is a preview of a research report from Business Insider Intelligence, Business Insider’s premium research service. To learn more about Business Insider Intelligence, click here. Digital disruption is rocking the payments industry. But merchants, consumers, and the companies that help move money between them are all feeling its effects differently.See the rest of the story […]

‘Apple Quest Monsters DX’ – Creating Imaginary Worlds With Monster Descriptions

Apple Quest Monsters DX is a book of charming monsters and their descriptions, all for a game that does not exist. Not that this mattered for Splendidland, developer of Tender Caves of Death, as this look at monsters detached from a game carried that sense of discovery that came with cracking open strategy guides for […]

The Morning Watch: Creating ‘Saturday Night Live’, David Harbour Breaks Down ‘Stranger Things Theories & More

The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, David Harbour addresses some wild fan theories about […]