SNL took aim at Fox News’ scare tactics leading up to next week’s midterm elections… but did so without Alec Baldwin’s President Trump. Saturday’s opening sketch featured Kate McKinnon as Fox News host Laura Ingraham, warning her viewers that a caravan of “dozens, maybe millions” of illegal immigrants is “headed straight for you and your […]
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College Admissions Minus the Tests Does Not Add Up to Diversity
Three decades ago, two liberal arts colleges — Bates College and Bowdoin College — zigged where so many others had zagged, becoming essentially the only major colleges to not require SAT or ACT scores from potential applicants. On their backs, a Boston-based organization called FairTest began advocating in 1985 for de-emphasizing test scores in American […]
Free-to-play MMO will test a paid branch, minus MTX and loot boxes, in 2018
Enlarge / Starting sometime this year, you’ll be able to pay up front to fake as any of Rift Prime‘s heroes. (credit: Trion) The online game-subscription model has generally waned in recent years, overtaken by the popularity (and apparent profitability) of “free-to-play” (F2P) fare. One of the earliest MMORPGs to switch to a F2P model, […]
Ratings: The Brave Returns to Season Lows Minus Voice Lead-In
NBC’s The Brave returned from its holiday break to barely 3 million total viewers and a 0.6 demo rating, down 33 percent on both counts (from its most recent, apres-Voice airing) to (obviously) hit season lows. Opening the Peacock’s night, The Wall (5 mil/1.0) was up two tenths, while Better Late Than Never (4.1 mil/0.8) […]
Ratings: CBS Monday Drops Minus Big Bang, Scorpion Hits New Lows
CBS’ Monday line-up, as is annual tradition, made a significantly smaller bang with Sheldon & Co. relocating back to their usual Thursday hangout. Now opening the Eye’s night, Kevin Can Wait — with 6.3 million total viewers and a 1.2 demo rating — was on par with its own previous outing but delivered not even […]
Minus the Bus: Airbus and Italdesign Make a Flying Car
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Minus the Bus: Airbus and Italdesign Make a Flying Car
– Aircraft manufacturer Airbus has teamed with the design firm Italdesign to create a flying-car concept. Dubbed the Pop.Up, the two-seat city car is a modular concept that consists of a four-wheeled rolling platform, a passenger compartment, and a 14.4-foot-long by 16.4-foot-wide rooftop drone. – If the rolling chassis and rooftop drone are the bread […]