Microsoft Realizes We Don’t Actually Want Ads in Our Mail and Gmail Is Just an Exception

November 17th, 2018 12:20 AM

If you’re a person even remotely annoyed by the pervasive presence of ads in virtually every digital space, it’s probably safe to assume you definitely don’t want them in your email. Microsoft appears to have only just realized this.

How to experience the glories of the Whiskey Infinity Bottle

November 15th, 2018 08:44 PM

We run a little feature here at The Takeout we call ‘Today I Learned.’ In it, we share things that we learned today. (Some recent examples: a Chick-Fil-A nugs hack; the Frosty 5K; the German word for champagne drunk.) On June 26, 2018, here’s the thing I learned: I could start my own whiskey blend, right then.

Fraternity suspended after member critically injured in fall

November 17th, 2018 12:30 AM

David Rusko was injured in a fall at the frat house on Nov. 10.

Xiaomi made a 150-inch $2,000 projector that’s available exclusively at Walmart

November 16th, 2018 05:29 PM

Xiaomi has a couple of new products out in Walmart and gave press the rundown today at an event in New York City. The first is a 150-inch projector going for $1,999.99 at Walmart doubles up as a television with Android TV. It’s strangely overpriced for what it is, but it also marks one of Xiaomi’s infrequent expansions into American offerings. There are a couple of things to break down here, namely that projector is oddly expensive for a 1920 x 1080p screen. Xiaomi says it has no concrete...

Argentine Submarine That Vanished With 44 Aboard Is Found, Navy Says

November 16th, 2018 11:44 PM

The San Juan, which went missing a year ago, was found deep in waters off the Valdes Peninsula in Argentine Patagonia, the country’s navy said early Saturday.

NASA’s daring asteroid mission unfurls its sampling arm for the first time

November 16th, 2018 04:00 PM

Enlarge / This image, taken Wednesday, shows the OSIRIS-REx Touch-and-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism sampling head extended from the spacecraft at the end of the robotic arm. (credit: NASA) NASA officials confirmed Friday that a test of a key component of the space agency's mission to sample an asteroid was completed successfully. On Wednesday, for the first time in more than two years, theOSIRIS-REx spacecraft unfurled its robotic arm and put it through a series of maneuvers to ensure its...

The Padres apparently think they can get Noah Syndergaard

November 16th, 2018 03:49 PM

It might not be as outlandish as it sounds. Things are starting to come into focus this offseason as far as who is buying, who is selling, and who is doing a little bit of both to fill the holes on their roster. Today, we got a nice little rumor about the Padres going after Noah Syndergaard. Don’t laugh. San Diego is trying! Might as well shoot for the stars while you have the prospects to do it. The rumor Both The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal and SNY’s Andy Martino are reporting that the ...

Tips For Playing Fallout 76

November 16th, 2018 06:30 PM

Fallout 76 is an online survival role-playing game that tasks you with exploring a map four times the size of Fallout 4's, uncovering its secrets, and making a life for yourself there. There’s crafting, base-building, hunger and thirst systems, diseases to manage, and mutations to cope with. It’s a lot, but I hope…

Netflix’s horror movie Cam preys on your assumptions

November 16th, 2018 09:18 PM

This Twilight Zone-esque cam girl story will catch you off guard Continue reading…