Star Wars goes quiet. How long will the Dark Times last?

The wars in the stars never end. But sometimes they fade away. That’s what happened to the Star Wars franchise after an exhausted George Lucas wrapped the original trilogy with Return of the Jedi in 1983. Decades later, fans still refer to the subsequent 10-year famine of Star Wars entertainment as the Dark Times. It…

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Review: To Live and Dine at the Tesla Diner in L.A.

Would I want to check out the new Tesla Diner in Hollywood and write about it, my Mashable colleague asked me last week. Well, let’s just say, I’m much more willing to help a fellow journalist than Elon Musk. I said yes. I initially planned to check out the establishment the first Saturday following its…

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