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Driven to cyberspace by the pandemic, courts across the country purchased chatroom-like tools designed to help people resolve disagreements without the need for a full-on lawsuit, judge, or hearing. Online dispute resolution, as it’s known, had already been growing in popularity as a means to make often costly, slow-moving court processes more efficient. The tools, pioneered by eBay and PayPal, were designed to settle millions of disputes in their own businesses quickly and with as little need for human oversight as…

After the announcement in 2020 that the EA Origin marketplace would be shutting down, EA has released its next PC platform: the EA app. Origin was EA’s exclusive PC launcher for its titles first launched in 2011. It was intended to compete with other digital PC storefronts such as Steam, though it eventually integrated with its competitor to sell their titles on that service. Origin, however, was still required to run EA titles even if bought on Steam. Despite accumulating over 50 million registered users, the…

A prominent local cidery is moving locations within Denver’s River North Arts District and making way for a new country music and beer bar that will front its new beer brand, Howdy Beer. Stem Ciders, at 2811 Walnut St., will slide a few blocks down from its home of nearly a decade to 3040 Blake St., replacing the recently closed restaurant The Preservery. The move will enable Stem to add a full kitchen and bar program, as well as expand other attractions like live music. It will also boast a rooftop patio. Chef Matt Ochs,…

Olivia Wilde has said that she fired Shia LaBeouf from Don’t Worry Darling to make Florence Pugh feel “safe”.Pugh stars in Wilde’s forthcoming psychological thriller opposite Harry Styles.However, the role was originally given to Shia LaBeouf, who was let go from the film when production began.While it was said at the time that LaBeouf left due to “scheduling conflicts”, Wilde has now said in an interview that she fired the actor in order to create a “safe, trusting environment” on set.“I say this as someone who is such…

We all know that the iPhone has replaced the need for quite a few items that people used to have. From calendars to landlines, MP3 players to cameras, Apple's smartphone has become the "do it all" device we can't leave home without.As a member of Gen X, I’ve actually owned and since gotten rid of many of the things on this list. How many of them did you used to own? How about your parents? As we approach the launch of iPhone 14, here's a quick rundown of 101 things the iPhone has replaced over the years.Your iPhone is a…

Monterey Car Week has been a hotbed of EV debuts this year with unveilings from Dodge, Acura, DeLorean and a host of other automakers. On Thursday, Lincoln revealed the Model L100, its futuristic foray into electrified mobility, which draws inspiration from the company’s very first luxury sedan, the 1922 Model L. Lincoln Motors Like its pre-Depression predecessor, the Model L100 exhibits a shocking degree of opulence. “Next generation battery cell and pack technologies,” read the Thursday release, will deliver “game…

A user-created game modification — or mod — designed to replace in-game pride flags from the recently-released PC port of Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered, was reportedlt taken down by NexusMods and ModDB, two of the biggest online sites for PC game mods. Both sites have confirmed that the 'troll' mod, which was uploaded from a new account, had been removed.According to a report by The Verge, popular game mod hosting site NexusMods explained in a blog post that the mod for Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered was uploaded to its…

Electric utility FirstEnergy Corp., which serves most of northern West Virginia, is going to repurpose a former coal ash landfill for a utility-scale solar farm. The Natural Resources Defense Council explains what coal ash is, and notes that it’s the US’s second-largest waste stream behind household trash: Coal ash is a general term – it refers to whatever waste is leftover after coal is combusted, usually in a coal-fired power plant. It contains arsenic, mercury, lead, and many other heavy metals. Coal ash is…

Nexus Mods, a popular mod database, has posted a strongly worded update about the Spider-Man Remastered patch that was created to remove Pride flags in-game. The website's administrator, Dark0ne, has revealed that the mod was uploaded by a sock puppet under the name "Mike Hawk." They said the fact that it was added to the database by a secondary account shows the uploader's intent to troll and demonstrates their understanding that it would not be allowed on the database. As such, the website has decided to remove the…

HBO Max isn’t dead...yet. But come the summer of 2023 it will be, and there will be a new service replacing both HBO Max and Discovery Plus, Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav said on an earnings call today. “HBO Max has a competitive feature set, but it has had performance and customer issues,” Zaslav said, being much more polite than I would be about the app, which regularly struggles to stream when people tune in for big appointment shows like Euphoria and Succession. He went on to claim Discovery Plus has a…