Congress on Tuesday will grill General Motors’ new CEO Mary Barra about a defective ignition switch in the company's cars that's responsible for 13 deaths. The hearing will seek to answer the question of why it took so long for GM to acknowledge the default. We will be covering this hearing live from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. ET.
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Fans across the Atlantic are about to get an option for streaming UK-based sporting events on Google's dongle. BT is set to make its sports offerings available on Chromecast, joining the BBC iPlayer app in beaming home-grown content to the diminutive...
If your blender is on the fritz or you can't use it to puree your vegetables for whatever reason, a metal sieve with a wire mesh can come to the rescue, according to a video by the All Nigerian Recipes channel.
It was only a matter of time before Twitter flew into the lucrative world of wearable devices, but few expected the company to make this kind of statement — and on April Fools' Day, no less
The company announced a new Twitter Helmet on Tuesday, a wearable device that engulfs the users entire head while simultaneously allowing them to "interact with the world around them entirely via a custom aviary interface," according to a company blog post.
The device also allows users to tweet with a simple "pecking motion" of the head, and costs just $139.99 despite being made of high-quality materials like impact-resistant, oleophobic-treated glass Read more...
Netflix went all in for this year's April Fools' Day. Motivated by the mantra "Everybody loves bacon," Netflix introduced two new food-themed Netflix Originals Tuesday.
First up is Sizzling Bacon , a 20-minute film that Netflix categorizes as "steamy." Created by Jon Hamm, Netflix promises a "Momento-style puzzle that takes the viewer out of the fire and into the frying pan." In reality, it's just one shot of bacon being cooked in reverse. Delicious.
Next is Rotisserie Chicken , which, with a whopping 70-minute runtime, might be the longest movie ever dedicated to a rotating piece of meat Read more...
Though Xbox One sales may be slightly behind that of the PlayStation 4, it looks like game broadcasting is taking off at a much quicker pace on Microsoft's new console. In the first week of availability, 108K Xbox One owners took to Twitch to...
Twitter lists can help clean up your feed , but creating lists is a painful job right now, where you have to individually search for and add users. TweetBe.at simplifies the process with powerful list management tools.
