Breaking down how USB4 goes where no USB standard has gone before

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Aurich Lawson) USB has come a long way since the 12Mbps days of the ’90s. It has waved goodbye to USB-B and is inching away from USB-A in favor of the slim, reversible USB-C connector. Data transfer rates have increased so dramatically that we can run powerful setups with high-resolution […]

You’re Gonna Miss Zoom When It’s Gone

If there’s a villain of the pandemic, other than COVID-19, it’s probably Zoom. The videochatting platform is making people tired, it’s making people awkward, and it’s making people sick of their own faces. Zoom is such a shoddy substitute for real life that, according to one survey, nearly one in five workers has illicitly met […]

Trump says the GOP is ‘furious’ with Mitch McConnell: ‘We have to put up with him for a period of time, but eventually he’ll be gone’

Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly attacked Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell over the past 18 months. Drew Angerer/Getty Images, Joe Maiorana/AP Photo Trump has escalated his feud with Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell. He claimed that the Republican Party was "furious" with McConnell.  Trump said that the party would have to "do something" about […]

DC’s Stargirl Boss: [Spoiler] Isn’t Gone Just Yet — Plus, More Season 2 Scoop

RELATED STORIES Stargirl creator and series EP Geoff Johns used an appearance at the DC FanDome virtual event to tease one “big” return, plus some DC character debuts. In a light and lively Q&A moderated by actress/DC’s Stargirl director Lea Thompson and featuring cast members Brec Bassinger, Amy Smart, Yvette Monreal, Anjelika Washington and Cameron […]

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark Finale Recap: The Golden State Killer Is Unmasked

RELATED STORIES There’s a disconnect that happens, looking at the bland, vacant face of Joseph James DeAngelo: This? your brain wants to say. This flaccid, ineffectual, 72-year-old is the Golden State Killer? This is the man who raped, murdered and stole with impunity for decades? The man who took diabolical delight in making sure his victims knew […]

Olivia de Havilland, Gone With the Wind Actress and Film Icon, Dead at 104

Two-time Oscar winner Olivia de Havilland, one of the last remaining stars from Hollywood’s golden age, died Sunday. She was 104. The news came from the actress’ publicist, Lisa Goldberg, who announced her death of natural causes at her home in Paris, where she lived for more than 60 years. de Havilland’s Oscar wins were […]

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark Episode 2 Recap: ‘I Think I Found Him’

RELATED STORIES “It’s almost like he’s omnipresent,” Michelle McNamara says in an archival interview at the top of this week’s I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, “and I can’t figure that out.” If you watched last week’s premiere of HBO’s disturbing-yet-compelling docuseries, you know exactly whom McNamara is referencing: The East Area Rapist, a criminal who […]

HBO’s I’ll Be Gone in the Dark Premiere: Grade It!

RELATED STORIES In the 1970s and ’80s, a man who would come to be known as the Golden State Killer burglarized, raped and murdered his way through swaths of California yet always evaded capture. And when writer Michelle McNamara became aware of his crimes in the early 2000s, she just couldn’t shake the case. McNamara’s […]

The 100 Recap: Eight Legged Freaks! Plus, Has [Spoiler] Gone Dark?

RELATED STORIES Wednesday’s dizzying episode of The 100 was filled with highs (a reunion!), lows (a betrayal!) and… whatever category “alien spider creatures” would fall under. The action-heavy hour picks up with Diyoza being taken into custody on Bardo, where the Disciples make repeated attempts to “break” her in order to gain access to her […]