Reactions to Steve Jobs' Death

Ryan Tate · 10/05/11 08:53PM

Steve Jobs' death has touched off an outpouring of grief, memories and reflection in Silicon Valley and around the world. That outpouring is only just beginning, and we'll catalog the most notable reactions here, as they come in.

Steve Jobs Is Dead

Ryan Tate · 10/05/11 06:38PM

Steve Jobs, who as Apple's founder and twice CEO revolutionized the use of computers, phones, and music players before popularizing digital tablets, died today after a seven year battle with pancreatic cancer and related ailments. He was 56.

Sarah Palin Won't Run For President

Max Read · 10/05/11 05:41PM

Sarah Palin announced on Wednesday evening that she's not running for president, because she thinks she can "be more effective in a decisive role to help elect other true public servants to office."

Kristin Davis Is a Star Again

Richard Lawson · 10/05/11 05:15PM

Charlotte York MacDougal Goldenblatt herself has the lead in a new TV movie. Also today: The Biggest Loseer loses, 2 Broke Girls are rich, Julia Stiles gets a plum role, and Lizzy Caplan shows up.

Anna Faris' Husband Gave Their Cat Away on Twitter

Brian Moylan · 10/05/11 04:48PM

Anna Faris' husband, fellow actor (and Parks and Rec costar) Chris Pratt, is getting a lot of heat on Twitter because he used the social networking Penny Saver to give away the couple's 15-year-old cat away. Now that all the friends of felines are hitting him back, he's making it even worse.

This Automated Pizza Vending Machine Has a Built-In TV

Maureen O'Connor · 10/05/11 04:26PM

Behold, the ne plus ultra of American innovation: Pizzametry, an automated machine capable of making custom pizzas in mere minutes, while you watch TV. Let us marvel at the pneumatic glory of Pizzametry spinning dough, slicing pepperonis, squirting sauce, and sprinkling cheese.

War Horse: That Boy Really Likes That Horse

Richard Lawson · 10/05/11 04:01PM

Here's a new, more detailed trailer for Steven Spielberg's War Horse, a sentimental drama about a boy in love with a horse. Not like, love love, not the love that dare not neigh its name, like fraternal love.

How to Draw a Funny Lookin' Congressional Redistricting Map

Jim Newell · 10/05/11 03:53PM

Maryland Democrats safely control both houses of the state legislature, along with the governorship. What a great opportunity to draw a bold Republican-screwing congressional map! See, they want to turn the state from a 6-2 Democrat advantage in the House of Representatives to a 7-1 advantage. How do you do that? Well, look at the funny squiggly picture up top, also known as a "Maryland redistricting draft map."

Google Pulls 'Is My Son Gay' App

Ryan Tate · 10/05/11 03:34PM

Surrendering to widespread outrage, Google has pulled the Android app "Is My Son Gay?" from its online store, single-handedly making the world safe for gay teens. Yay censorship!

The NYPD Spied on Its Moderate Muslim Allies, Because They Were Muslims

John Cook · 10/05/11 03:30PM

The Associated Press has yet another shocking story about the NYPD's kafka-esque effort to literally monitor all Muslims, everywhere, all the time: Among the people the department targeted for surveillance was a leading moderate imam who was profiled in a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times story and ate breakfast and dinner with Mayor Bloomberg while the NYPD was tracking him as a potential terrorist.

Matthew Perry Lists His Malibu Manse on the Cliffs

Leah Beckmann · 10/05/11 02:21PM

Matthew Perry, Ms. Chanandler Bong of Friends fame, has listed his Malibu study in geometry for $13.5 million. The angular "Pier House," as it is aptly named for its close proximity to the Malibu Pier, has four bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms and measures in at a 3,677 square-feet.