LG's G4 is now available in the US

The phone for Android diehards is now available from the Uncarrier. T-Mobile today launched online sales of the LG G4, pricing it at $599.76 outright or $0 down with 24 monthly payments of $24.99. The G4 is available in either metallic gray or brown leather — and apparently T-Mobile has an exclusive on the latter option among US carriers. Sprint will begin selling the G4 next week and will offer a black leather option, and US Cellular will also launch sales on June 4th. Verizon Wireless and AT&T have not yet revealed their own release dates. T-Mobile says it will begin shipping online orders out immediately, which means early buyers will get a jump on those who prefer to buy in-store; the G4 will hit T-Mobile retail shops on June 3rd.

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LG's G4 is now available in the US

ABC completely misses the point, invites Amy Schumer to be The Bachelorette

ABC has invited one of the greatest comics alive, Amy Schumer, to be its next Bachelorette. She shouldn't take the gig. No woman should.

This season of The Bachelorette is determined to destroy the series. After a tasteless two-night season premiere that, for the first time, let a group of men choose between two women who would be this year's Bachelorette, viewers were shown a "this season on" preview montage. Usually, this is where ABC parades the most extravagant dates, majestic sunsets, juicy smooches, and a handful of dramatic showdowns between the men trying to court the woman of their shared dreams.

This season is determined to destroy the series

The first half of the preview delivered as expected, but the second half boiled the...

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ABC completely misses the point, invites Amy Schumer to be The Bachelorette

Watch Jason Segel become David Foster Wallace in the first trailer for The End of the Tour

James Ponsoldt's The End of the Tour, starring Jesse Eisenberg and Jason Segel, debuted at Sundance last winter to rave reviews probably for a few reasons. First, as a movie about David Foster Wallace, it's less a biopic and much more a considered portrait of an author wrestling with his fame. Second, Jason Segel is excellent in his portrayal of Wallace, pained and forever on the offensive against a journalist (Eisenberg) so focused on his genius. The movie is powerful and moving, and its first trailer doesn't hide that fact. Thankfully, audiences will be able to see it in full when it debuts in theaters on July 31st.

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Watch Jason Segel become David Foster Wallace in the first trailer for The End of the Tour

Mice develop thinner skin after just three months in space

Experiencing weightlessness for prolonged periods of time may cause skin to become thinner, according to a very small study of mice that spent three months aboard the International Space Station.

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Mice develop thinner skin after just three months in space

The big drone companies are investing millions to create new drone startups

Three weeks ago, DJI became the most valuable consumer drone company on earth when the venture capital firm Accel invested $75 million in the company. Today the partnership between the two parties deepens, with the announcement of the Skyfund, a joint initiative to invest in drone startups and more broadly across the booming field of robotics and intelligent machines.

Make it rain

They aren't alone. This morning Airware, one of the better-funded drone startups in Silicon Valley, announced it was launching its own venture, the Commercial Drone Fund, with plans to pour millions into exactly the same strategy. The fund will be overseen by Airware CEO Jonathan Downey. It announced the first two recipients this morning, RedBird and Sky...

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The big drone companies are investing millions to create new drone startups

RZA is directing a film about youth and hip-hop starring Azealia Banks

RZA is making more movies. Deadline reports that the Wu-Tang rapper is working on a new film entitled Coco, starring fellow rapper Azealia Banks in her first lead role. Banks, who just released a critically-acclaimed album in Broke with Expensive Taste, will play a young artist trying to start a career in hip-hop while still trying to balance her parents' dream that she finish college. She'll be joined by the likes of Common, Jill Scott, Pitch Perfect's Hana Mae Lee, and Orange Is the New Black's Lorraine Toussaint. Filming is said to begin soon.

Coco will be RZA's second film in the director's chair. His last feature, the kung-fu epic The Man with the Iron Fists, saw release in 2012. Since then, he has divided his time between...

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RZA is directing a film about youth and hip-hop starring Azealia Banks

Google starts answering questions on your phone before you finish asking them

Google is rolling out an update for mobile search that displays answers to certain queries before you've finished typing them. Although instant search results have been available on desktop and mobile for a while now, this tweak puts results directly into the autocomplete bar instead of updating the whole page. The update was first spotted by The Next Web, although we've yet to hear anything official from Google itself.

We tried the function out with a number of queries, and when it works, it seems like a smart and obvious way to deliver simple facts. However, there were quite a few misses (notably nothing for "how" questions such as "how many centimeters in an inch") and the suggested results had an odd obsession with Paul Walker —...

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Google starts answering questions on your phone before you finish asking them