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Drafthouse Films, the distribution arm of Austin’s movie house chain Alamo Drafthouse, has an excellent eye for good films. Most recently, they released the home invasion thriller Borgman, a visually stunning update on the fable that borders on the darkest comedy. This seems to be the Drafthouse Fil
European citizens could receive some of the same rights to privacy as Americans in the future, if new proposals are adopted. US Attorney General Eric Holder advised to European leaders in Athens, Greece on Wednesday that the Obama administration is working on legislation that would provide EU reside
This morning the Director of National Intelligence released a report detailing its use of various legal authorities in 2013 to execute surveillance, and the number of targets impacted by each method. The move was hinted at in March of this year, when NSA Deputy Director Rick Ledgett said that the go
Coming this July, The International 4 will be the biggest and most lucrative e-sports tournament the world’s ever witnessed. The annual Dota 2 championship already surpassed all previous records when its prize pool crossed the $6 million mark in May, but fans have kept adding to the chest of t
Since the beginning, the commercial growth of renewable energy has been a laborious, often painful matter of government pushes, tax incentives, and campaigning for greater awareness. In Germany, however, the energy market is on the cusp of evolving to the next step: An era in which the sun and the w
No one wants to watch a boring video. Luckily, computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University have created a program that promises to cut the “boring” out automatically. Called LiveLight, the algorithm was the brainchild of Eric P. Xing, professor of machine learning, and Bin Zhao, a
Intel has opened an innovation center in Swindon, England that will develop new technologies for the Internet of Things. IoT Ignition Labs Swindon will see Intel collaborating with both established and early-stage British companies, in areas such as smart buildings, retail, and transport. “This igni
Amazon is offering a number of premium Android applications worth $100 for free for two days via the Amazon Appstore for Android. This promotional offer is valid for June 27 and June 28, as part of the free app of the day programme. The offer includes games like The Room Two, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, [
Now, getting a robot into the baking game might not sound likely, despite the fact that some of them are now able to receive simple natural language commands and scoop you some ice cream. The Rotimatic is not so much a robot as suggested, but rather, a smart flatbread making machine. This smart kitc
Rainforests are full of exotic animals and plants. But one group is using technology to keep a check on particularly dangerous creatures — humans. San Francisco startup Rainforest Connection is recycling old smartphones into devices that detect deforestation and alert authorities to illegal logging
Sometimes when we experience slow speeds on our mobile devices and we call into customer service, they usually recommend we perform speedtests to find out if the issue could be on our end or their end. Naturally the sending and receiving of data during a speedtest will consume data. It might not be
Every now and then we hear about how organizations like the RIAA and MPAA try to take down links and websites that they claim infringe upon copyrighted material. Sometimes it works out and sometimes it doesn’t, although in this case it seems like a semi-success for both the pirates and the MPAA. Acc
