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Anti-Brexit RPG ‘Not Tonight’ is coming to Switch

The anti-Brexit game Not Tonight may be a year old, but it's still just as relevant. With the Brexit deadline pushed back to October and heightened political tension in the US, the game's digs at the gig economy, right-wing extremism and nationalism… Source: engadget

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World Series of Poker Champ Wins $10 Million – Here’s His Crazy Tax Bill

Hossein Ensan survived a field of 8,569 expert gamblers to sweep poker’s most prestigious event, the World Series of Poker. The Iranian-born German earned the highly-coveted WSOP bracelet and a cool $10 million. But don’t for a second think he’ll be keeping all of it. Uncle Sam will want his share. Or is that Uncle […]

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Wall Street Screams ‘Buy the Dip’ Ahead of Netflix Earnings

The earnings parade has begun, and so far the stock market is showing just a few jitters. All eyes are on the FANG stocks, including content streaming behemoth Netflix, which will be reporting second-quarter earnings later today. The stock has already ballooned by more than one-third year-to-date, but given the bullish performance of other growth […]

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Breakthrough searches for signs of alien life in ultra-fast light pulses

Internet investor Yuri Milner's search for extraterrestrial life now includes a hunt for, effectively, interstellar Morse code. Breakthrough Listen is teaming with the partners behind VERITAS (the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array Sys… Source: engadget

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Facebook Hawks Libra as Western Union 2.0 Amid Capitol Hill Slugfest

House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters has been on a crusade against Facebook’s entry into cryptocurrency via the Libra project. Her rampage continued on Wednesday during a second day of congressional hearings devoted to Libra. You can watch the hearing below: “Keep Big Tech Out of Finance Act” Looms Large as House Scrutinizes Libra […]