GMC’s Hummer goes electric / BMW unveils its sleek, all-electric iX SUV
GMC’s Hummer — once a symbol of gross excess — is getting an eco-conscious makeover. Beginning in fall 2021, you’ll be able to buy an electric version of the hulking vehicle, though it won’t be cheap....
11 Dec 202011min
5G conspiracy theorists are screwing up their Wi-Fi / Massachusetts poised to ban facial recognition by cops
Conspiracy theorists claim Faraday cages will “protect” your router against 5G, so lots of people are buying the cages on Amazon. In turn, those customers are complaining that the devices are ruining ...
9 Dec 202017min
TikTok’s fantastic ‘Ratatouille the Musical’ / Nike’s legendary ‘Freddy Krueger’ SB Dunks
Imaginative TikTokers have created, in bits and pieces, Ratatouille the Musical, based on the 2007 Pixar animated film about a rat named Remy’s efforts to become a chef. Input news writer Matt Wille i...
7 Dec 20209min
Has Netflix become a ripoff? / How Biden’s FCC will improve the internet
A Netflix subscription is now the worst value in streaming, according to an Input piece by Samuel Polay, co-host of the podcast Culture Vacuum. He writes that the quality of Netflix’s offerings are no...
4 Dec 202012min
Comcast will throttle all its internet customers / How Facebook plans to suck up to Joe Biden
Comcast first introduced a data cap on home internet service back in 2012, and in 2016 the company expanded it to 27 out of the 39 states in which it operates. Customers were able to avoid caps for ye...
2 Dec 202020min
Apple ushers in a new MacBook era / Google’s mind-blowing Nest Audio smart speaker
Apple has released a new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac Mini, and none of them have Intel processors inside. Instead, they’re powered by Apple’s own M1 chip, part of a previously announced move awa...
30 Nov 20209min
Death to YouTube’s annual Rewind video / How “dadcore” fashion took over
YouTube recently announced that due to 2020’s horribleness, it’s skipping its annual Rewind highlights video. This gave writer Ralph Jones an excuse to look back at YouTube Rewind 2018, the most disli...
25 Nov 202015min
Our ‘Blade Runner’ dystopia / We’re living in a cheesy horror movie
Photos of the orange skies caused by the recent wildfires in the West reminded many of the imagery from the movie Blade Runner 2049. Input news writer Andrew Paul argues that it’s well past time to ac...
23 Nov 202014min
