Technology

These ‘two yahoos from the middle of Ohio’ designed the ultimate drone buster

Insurgents have been using armed drones to attack U.S. troops worldwide, so my co-inventor Alex Morrow and I built the DroneDefender to help protect them. It freezes enemy drones in place by disrupting radio- and satellite-control ­frequencies, but those airwaves are protected by the FC­C, so we couldn’t just use the system—even on our own […]

Games Technology

New Dungeon Run Mode Announced

BlizzCon 2017 saw Blizzard announce Kobolds and Catacombs, a new expansion to Hearthstone. With Kobolds and Catacombs, players can explore Azeroth’s deepest dungeons and collect 135 new cards. The expansion brings Dungeon Run, a new single-player game mode to Hearthstone. Dungeon Run turns a regular game of Hearthstone into a fantasy dungeon crawl, not too […]

Sports

Goan football’s slow death due to lure

Salu Sawant turned out for Seza FC by day, and took to the stage for Zagor — Goa’s traditional colourful, musical folk theatre — by night. ‘Feast in the morning, football in the afternoon, drama in the evening’ was the Goan way of life. Paddy fields that form the state’s bordering landscape when the sea […]

Technology

15 ways to be more secure online

Welcome to the New World. Email phishing has evolved. Trolls can target your Facebook timeline, and your social security number is probably floating around the internet right now. Even Wi-Fi is no longer completely secure. But it’s not all doom and gloom. There is a shining path you can follow to keep yourself safe. Or, […]

Movie/TV Gossip

Kathy Griffin says ‘frenemy’ Ryan Seacrest will be great as Kelly Ripa’s ‘Live!’ co-host

On the off chance that one thing bothers Kathy Griffin about Monday’s declaration that Ryan Seacrest will be Kelly Ripa’s co-have on ABC’s “Live!” it’s that she can’t be irate about it. “The truth I’m ashamed to admit is that Ryan and I have become frenemies in the last few years,” said Griffin, who’s hosting […]

Movie/TV Gossip

Laura Prepon reportedly expecting first child with fiancé Ben Foster

Baby makes three! “Orange is the New Black” star Laura Prepon is expecting her first child with fiancé Ben Foster, according to People. The 36-year-old actress affirmed her engagement to the “Six Feet Under” actor in October in the wake of appearing her ring at the “Girl on the Train” debut. Prepon, a New Jersey […]