Just because you’re new media doesn’t mean you can ignore old media’s rules. That’s the message to Gawker Media after a jury in Florida ruled that Gawker had wrongly published a sex tape of professional wrestler Hulk Hogan, born Terry Gene Bollea. Gawker will have to pay him $115 million. At issue were edited portions …

Whenever a highly anticipated movie based on a best-selling book is announced, the rumor mill starts spinning out of control speculating who will play what. Director Steven Spielberg’s upcoming film version of the dystopian novel “Ready Player One” is no different. On Thursday, reports started circulating that “Star Trek” actor Simon Pegg is in talks to play character Ogden “Og” …

Regional carrier U.S. Cellular announced that it will sell the G5, LG’s latest marquee handset, on April 1, with preorders beginning March 28. If you buy the phone before April 17, the carrier will also throw in an extra battery and battery-charging cradle for free. The device costs $199.99 with a two-year contract, or you can pay $26.50 a month …

Nothing could be more exciting to fans of legendary horror author H.P. Lovecraft than the discovery of a rare manuscript in a defunct magic shop’s collection. But it gets better. “The Cancer of Superstition,” written by Lovecraft in 1926, was commissioned by magician Harry Houdini. A Houdini memorabilia collector found the book and is selling it to the public. Anyone …

It happened again. Roughly four years ago, I excitedly snapped up my first iPad, the third-generation model, which featured the higher-resolution “Retina Display.” Less than half a year later, however, my enthusiasm turned to remorse after Apple introduced an upgraded iPad, throwing our expectations for an annual upgrade for a loop and making my “new iPad” obsolete. Guess what I …

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My favorite Christmas movie is headed to Amazon in April. That’s right, I’m talking about “Gremlins.” If you have fuzzy memories about Gizmo and Stripe, you’ve clearly forgotten how dark this movie is. Don’t confuse the borderline horror-comedy “Gremlins” with the overly-comedic “Gremlins 2.” Speaking of fuzzy memories, “Teen Wolf Too” also arrives on Amazon in April. What’s that? You …

Despite announcing the company would close tomorrow, music subscription service Drip has been saved at the eleventh hour by crowdfunding platform Kickstarter. Drip announced in February that after five years it was due to close its doors on March 18. However, Kickstarter announced today on its blog that Drip cofounder Miguel Senquiz would continue operations as part of Kickstarter. Unusually …

A massive, nation-wide outage has hit Telstra for the second time in as many months, leaving the telco red-faced and on the back foot defending its network. But in a bid to keep customers onside, Telstra will once again offer a free data day to make up for the network failure. The problem affected roughly 8 million people — half …

You take a bite of a carrot. Snap! You nosh on soup. Slurp. You bite into a cookie. Crunch. The foods you eat make different sounds as you mash them with your teeth. University at Buffalo computer scientist Wenyao Xu decided to test whether technology can track food intake based on noises from eating. Xu developed a necklace called AutoDietary. …