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Appeals court reverses conviction against Jeff Fortenberry
Politico Picks,
The Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday that prosecutors should not have tried the former Nebraska congressman in Los Angeles.
Amazon Will Inject Ads Into Prime Video Starting Jan. 29th
Gizmodo,
The last major ad-free streaming service is going away. Starting Jan. 29th, Amazon users will start seeing advertisements appear on movies and TV shows for Prime Video, according to an email sent to subscribers on Tuesday. To keep Prime Video ad-free, you’ll need to pay an additional $3 a month, on top of the $139 a… Read more...
Firefly's Alpha Rocket Put a Satellite in the Wrong Orbit
Following a successful liftoff, Firefly’s Alpha rocket seems to have misplaced its payload due to a second stage anomaly. Read more...
New teaser photo for Joker: Folie À Deux could be 2023’s last new meme format
AV Club,
Joker: Folie À Deux director Todd Phillips offered up a little holiday gift to everyone earlier this week in the form of two new photos from his Joker sequel, and while it’s nice(?) to see ol’ Arthur Fleck again through a little window, Phillips’ second photo seems like an even nicer gift—if only for its meme… Read more...
GTA 5 Leak Reveals Includes Eight Unreleased DLC Expansions
On Christmas Day, a big GTA 5 leak revealed that Rockstar Games had some single-player DLC planned for the open-world crime sim. Though none of them were released, what was uncovered by online sleuths is interesting all the same. Read more...
One Piece's Editor Explains How the Netflix Show Crafted Compelling Backstories
Getting to know the Straw Hat Crew in Netflix’s One Piece is one of the greatest joys in watching the new live-action show based on Eiichiro Oda’ global franchise. “Tell No Tales,” the third episode, digs into Zoro’s origins in a creative way, and io9 was excited to talk to editor Eric Litman about how the story came… Read more...
Mt. Gox Victims Report 'Double Repayments' From 2014 Bitcoin Hack
Well, that’s one way to see your investment pay off. In 2014, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world, Mt. Gox, suffered a notorious hack that stole 850,000 Bitcoins from the platform. Victims are finally starting to get their money back on Tuesday, nearly 10 years later. However, some are reporting Mt. Gox… Read more...
Physicists Designed an Experiment to Turn Light Into Matter
Plasma could be wrangled to collide photons and yield matter, according to physicists who ran simulations to explore the practical applications of a world-famous equation. Read more...