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Facebook Scrambles for a Middle Ground on Misleading Video of Nancy Pe
Nancy Pelosi, the 79-year-old speaker of the House of Representatives, has been a frequent target for President Donald Trump and his political allies. This week, she became the subject of an unusual viral video intentionally slowed down to create the impression of slurred speech, which proliferated across Facebook and…
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Mayor Gives Out Viagra to Citizens: Start Having Sex or The School Gets It
A small village in France, about 50 miles southeast of Paris is facing a population decline that has put the future of the town’s schoolhouse at risk. And the mayor has proposed a simple solution—everyone should just have more sex.
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Vets Say They Saved a Dog's Life Using an Experimental Fish Skin Graft
Here’s a feel-good story to carry you through the Memorial Day weekend. Veterinarians at Michigan State University say they were able to save the life of a one-year-old Rottweiler named Stella who had been horrifically burned, thanks in part to an innovative technology that uses fish skin to help the body heal itself.
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Airbnb Will Help NYC Track Down Illegal Rentals, and Other Cities Could Be Next
Airbnb and New York City have a long and contentious history. On the one hand, Airbnb wants everything to be hunky dory in its biggest market. On the other, New York City’s stringent short-term rental laws effectively make many Airbnbs rentals illegal in the city. New Yorkers are also caught up in the mix—affordable…
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Make Quick Work Of Scuffs With 100 Melamine Sponges For $3
You know those “Magic Erasers†that can wipe stains off seemingly any hard surface? They’re really just melamine sponges with a marketing budget, and you can get 100 off-brand equivalents for just $3 on Amazon. I used these after moving into a new apartment a few months back, and they made quick work of all of the…
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You’re Not Mapping Rats, You’re Mapping Gentrification
Where there are people, there are rats. Or, more accurately: Where there are well-off white people, there are complaints about rats. It’s just that two of the country’s biggest newspapers can’t seem to tell the difference.
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FBI Sued Over Files on Dead Hacker Who Turned In Chelsea Manning
A researcher seeking access to the FBI’s files on Adrian Lamo—a deceased hacker best known for informing on whistleblower Chelsea Manning—filed a lawsuit this week citing the bureau’s failure to properly respond to her request.
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China Has Arrested 20 People For Running an Erotic Livestreaming Site
Porn is hard to come by in China, as the country’s dedicated anti-porn task force continues to push for a more sanitized web, free from even ASMR videos. There are still those taking the risk to maintain horny corners of the web, but Chinese authorities have arrested the last two main suspects who were running a porn…
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Here's a First Look at the New MacBook Pro Keyboard
Apple is on the verge of perfecting the low profile keyboard, and so far, it’s only taken them three tries and an endless repair program to get here. The fourth attempt can be seen in the latest version of the MacBook Pro, which our friends at iFixit recently tore down. The key design in this generation of very…
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Extraterrestrial Organic Matter Found in 3.3-Billion-Year-Old Volcanic Rock
Geologists in France and Italy have spotted what appear to be organic molecules from outer space in 3.3-billion-year-old rocks in South Africa, according to a new study.
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The Only Thing You Need to Buy Today Is This Giant Flamingo Pool Float for $10
I don’t care if you don’t have a pool or don’t know someone with a pool. Why would you ever skip past a $10 flamingo pool float? If you had this float, you’d find a damn pool. Right now, you can get the Intex Flamingo Inflatable Ride-On for a little over $5 off. The pool float is 56" x 54", which means it is big…
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The Company That Makes the U.S. Border's License Plate Scanners Has Been Hacked
Perceptics, the firm that bills itself as “the sole provider of stationary LPRs†(license plate readers) at border crossing lanes for privately owned vehicles in the U.S., has been hacked. Tens of thousands of its internal files are now reportedly floating around the dark web for anyone to download.
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SpaceX Launches 60 Satellites for Elon Musk’s Starlink Internet Constellation
With one launch in the books and potentially dozens still to go, SpaceX has begun its build-out of the ambitious Starlink internet constellation—a series of interconnected satellites designed to deliver high-speed internet to paying customers around the globe.
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Does Turning Off My Smartphone Affect Its Health?
As I was picking the letter for this week’s edition of Tech 911, I was reminded of how happy I am that my house has solar panels. This means I can leave most of my devices on during the day, charging away, and not feel guilty about how much electricity I’d be wasting otherwise.
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Seven Die in a Week as Mount Everest Is Hit With Record Number of Climbers
Seven people have died this week alone on Mount Everest as climbers face heavy traffic at the mountain’s dangerous summit.
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Scientists Witness the Birth of a Submarine Volcano for the First Time
Back on November 11, 2018, a planetwide rumble emanated from somewhere between eastern Africa and Madagascar. This strange signal, thought by scientists at the time to be related to a colossal but hard-to-identify magmatic process, was pinpointed to have come from 30 miles east of the island of Mayotte, beneath the…
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Zappos' Memorial Day Sale Features Over 70,000 Deals on Footwear From Nike, Cole Haan, Ugg, and More
Zappos sales don’t come around too often, but right now, this one-stop shoe shop is marking down over 70,000 items—I swear, that’s not a typo!—with their Memorial Day Sale. The best way to sort through a sale of this size is to filter by brand, and as you’ve probably guessed by now, select styles from a slew of your…
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It's Official: The Sonic the Hedgehog Movie Is Being Pushed to 2020
Gotta fix fast, but not that fast. Director Jeff Fowler has announced that Paramount had delayed the release of Sonic the Hedgehog by three months, to allow the visual effects team some more time to work on a character redesign.
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The First Tribal Climate Emergency Declaration Is Here—and It Won't Be the Last
In the Arctic, people don’t have time to wait around for others to take action to stop climate change. This region of the world is warming faster than everywhere else, so they’re feeling the impacts of the global fever our planet is running much quicker than the rest of us. That’s, in part, why an indigenous community…
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That 'Found Cat' Craigslist Ad Featuring a Bobcat is Totally Fake
Have you seen this Craigslist ad that’s going viral on social media? The headline screams “FOUND CAT - NEED OWNERS ASAP!!†but if you take a closer look at the photos, it clearly shows a bobcat. Scary, right?
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Friday's Best Deals: Dyson Vacuum, Netgear Orbi, Clear the Rack, and M
A Leesa Gold Box, Backcountry sale, Doom Eternal pre-order, and Thermapens lead off Friday’s best deals.
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Ro Khanna, the Bernie Guy Who's Okay With Billionaires
Ro Khanna, the second-term Democratic Congressman from Silicon Valley and a national co-chair of Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign, has the tricky job of appealing to both internet zillionaires and DSA members. We spoke to him about impeachment, class war, the Bernie vs. Warren primary, and more.
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Amazon Patent Reveals Its Vision for an Alexa Device That Records Every Word You Speak
If you’re already freaked out by the privacy implications of smart speakers like Amazon’s Echo, we have some bad news.
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Facebook Said to Be Coming For Your Wallet With Its 'GlobalCoin' Cryptocurrency in 2020
Apparently, Mark Zuckerberg is a man with a cryptocurrency plan. According to a BBC News report, Facebook plans to launch its highly anticipated cryptocurrency in about a dozen countries as early as Q1 2020, with possible testing to begin at the end of this year.
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It's Been a Volatile Week for NASA's 2024 Moon Landing Program
It’s been a week of ups and downs for NASA’s Moon landing program, as the agency has awarded its first contract for its Lunar Gateway while facing both financial and personnel setbacks.
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Facebook Cites Mass Shooting Streamed Live on Facebook as Proof Platfo
Questioned over Facebook’s efforts to stop the spread of false information in the aftermath of the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, a senior Facebook official called to testify before the House Committee on Homeland Security on Wednesday said the company has since improved the way it handles viral acts of bloodshed and…
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The 10 Best Deals of June 26, 2019
We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.
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The Gateway Protecting the Arctic's Oldest Sea Ice Has Collapsed Months Ahead of Schedule
Every summer as the Arctic warms up, seasonal highways open on the ocean, allowing sea ice to migrate southward and melt. Now, satellite data is revealing that the gateway to one critical highway—the Nares Strait dividing northwest Greenland and Canada’s Ellesmere Island—has broken up months ahead of schedule. And…
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Hey, Handmaid's Tale, I Have Some Questions About This Body Horror Thing
The latest episode of Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Talesent the Waterfords to Washington, as they negotiate for the return of June’s baby and grapple with a new and harsher side of Gilead. The episode is filled with on-the-nose—or rather, just under-the-nose—metaphors about the silencing of women. But there’s one moment…
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This 7.1 Gaming Headset Can Mix Game Audio With Music and Phone Calls
Logitech G933 Gaming Headset | $75 | Amazon
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YouTube Is Finally Giving You More Control Over the Videos Its Algorithm Puts In Your Face
YouTube’s recommendation algorithm doesn’t have the best track record. It’s been caught mixing up inappropriate videos featuring popular kid’s entertainment characters, pushing home videos of children to pedophiles, and even radicalizing youths toward extremist politics. Against that backdrop, the video platform…
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Hundreds of Uber Drivers in Toronto Are Joining a Union
In a growing number of cities where rideshare platforms operate, drivers are fed up with the low pay, long hours, and lack of basic worker protections that shlepping strangers around entails. In the U.S., this has led to large, coordinated protests and attempts to game the system to achieve a living wage. Canadian…
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The Best iOS 13 Tricks You Haven't Tried Yet
I’ve been playing around with iOS 13 since the developer beta first launched—bugs and all. Since it’s now available for public consumption, I thought I’d share a few of my favorite new tricks so you can get excited while you wait for the beta to install on your device.
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TV Watching Is Worse for Your Heart Than Sitting at Work, Study Finds
Some kinds of sitting around are worse for your heart than others, at least according to a new study out today. The findings suggest that watching more hours of TV a day can raise your risk of eventual heart disease and early death. At the same time, more sitting at work might not have any apparent negative effect on…
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Pick Up This 400GB MicroSD Card For the Best Price Ever
SanDisk 400GB Extreme microSD Card | $85 | Amazon
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Wayfair Execs Will Do Anything to Avoid Standing Against Concentration Camps
On Tuesday, Wayfair employees announced that they would stage a walkout to protest the company’s willingness to do business with government contractors managing the inhumane camps that are being used to imprison children at the border. On Wednesday, they did just that, with reports of hundreds of people (though not…
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Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers' New Writer Breaks Down the Big Twists of Today's Major Issue
A new era has begun for the world’s most morphinominal heroes. Not just because the series has a new creative team in Shattered Grid’s Ryan Parrott and Daniele Di Nicuolo, but because after some time away, the original Power Rangers are back. And things have changed in some huge ways, both expected and unexpected for…
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Verizon's Visible Is Offering Truly Unlimited Cell Data Right Now and Honestly, Damn
Last year, Verizon revamped its cell plans with three new tiers that, despite having “Unlimited†in their names, don’t actually come with unlimited data. But now, Visible—Verizon’s more budget-friendly spinoff—is back with an offer that really does include uncapped data, but you’ll need to act fast.
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Take Your Pick of Anker USB-C Dongles For $21 Or Less
In the hopefully not-too-distant future, everything will just plug straight into USB-C, and all will be good with the world. Until then, if you own a laptop or tablet that only has USB-C ports, you’re probably going to need a hub to plug in old flash drives, hard drives, monitors, and other legacy peripherals.
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Let's Fix All The Bird Logos In Pro Sports
There are 12 teams across the Big Four leagues named after birds, and to be honest, it’s a pretty raw deal for the birds. The teams get, for free: an entire graphic identity based around attractive and charismatic wildlife to put on shirts and hats and stuff to sell for a ton of money. The birds, each a marvel of…
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Reddit Quarantines Its Biggest Pro-Trump Community
With three-quarters of a million subscribers, r/The_Donald has been a gleefully pro-fascist eyesore on the larger Reddit community, which, for reasons no one seemed able to justify, had evaded any sort of meaningful enforcement of site-wide policies. Well, the needle finally budged today, and all it took was anonymous…
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Mozilla Has a New Tool for Tricking Advertisers Into Believing You're Filthy Rich
If you notice the ads being served to you are eerily similar to stuff you were just browsing online, it’s not all in your head, and it’s the insidious truth of existing online without installing a bunch of browser extensions. But there’s now a tool that, while comically absurd in execution, can stick it to the man…
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New Emails Reveal How the Trump Regime Creates Twitter Propaganda to Excuse the Migrant Baby Jails
On May 31, 2018, the Twitter account for Tyler Q. Houlton, former press secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, sent out a tweet lecturing Senator Dianne Feinstein of California about the Trump regime’s immigration policies. The DHS tweet was shocking for its aggressive nature, but newly released emails…
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Incredible Observation Links Two Different Radioactive Phenomena Inside a Thunderstorm
Scientists in Japan reported seeing two radioactive weather phenomena at the same time, for the first time, according to a new paper. The observation establishes a link between the two, adding to our knowledge of the wild physics that takes place inside thunderstorms.
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This Annual Audible Membership Deal Is Even Available For Previous Subscribers
Annual Audible Membership | $120 | Amazon | Includes code for $.99 Echo Dot
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Somehow, Avengers: Endgame Has Even More Footage to Tempt You With in
You may be packing your cushions to sit through Avengers: Endgame in theaters for an extra few minutes of content but how about hours of additional footage? Marvel has just released info on what you can expect once you get the cinematic monster at home.
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New Video Shows How Humanity Could Spread Throughout the Galaxy
A fascinating competition to devise an efficient way of colonizing the galaxy has resulted in this beautiful—and provocative—visualization.
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Asus Zenbook S13 Review: A Notch, a Bump, a Clever Little Laptop
When I first saw the ZenBook S13, I wasn’t quite sure what to make of it. For starters, putting a notch on a laptop just seemed like a weird holdover from Asus’ phone business, and its bluish silver and copper orange color scheme sometimes made it hard to see the letters on its keys. But the more time I spent with the…
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Wednesday's Best Deals: Discounted Audible Membership, Pellet Grill, Moen Kitchen Faucets, and More
An annual Audible membership, a Pellet grill, and a Moen Kitchen Faucet Gold Box lead off Wednesday’s best deals from around the web.
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The Human Cost Of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
One Friday afternoon a few weeks ago, the developers at Treyarch held a happy hour event to welcome the summer interns. There was pizza, beer, and jubilation for everyone at the studio behind Call of Duty: Black Ops 4—except the quality assurance testers, who had to leave shortly after they got there.
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Get a New Book to Read On the Beach During This Kindle Best Sellers Sa
Up to 80% Off Kindle Best Sellers | Amazon
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Carnival Row Continues to Impress In Its New Teaser Trailer
When we first got a look at Carnival Row in action during Comic-Con, it looked really fascinating and lush: a world of fae and human, bright and beautiful and dark and horrid at the same time, as industrialized mankind ruins magic for everyone, like we do.
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FAA Reportedly Delegated Oversight of Critical 737 Max Flight System to Boeing
A New York Times investigation into the Boeing 737 Max crisis—involving two crashes that killed a cumulative 346 people and the continued grounding of the entire line from global service—has found troubling signs that the Federal Aviation Administration process to guarantee the planes’ safety was fatally flawed and…
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Apple Contractors Reportedly Overhear Sensitive Information and Sexy Times Thanks to Siri
First Amazon, then Google, and now Apple have all confirmed that their devices are not only listening to you, but complete strangers may be reviewing the recordings. Thanks to Siri, Apple contractors routinely catch intimate snippets of users’ private lives like drug deals, doctor’s visits, and sexual escapades as…
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Report: Another Classic Halloween Character Is Returning for Halloween Kills
Laurie Strode was deeply, abidingly traumatized by her experience facing off against Michael Myers. But she wasn’t the only one.
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Oracle Document Claiming an Amazon 'Conspiracy' to Win Military Contract Makes It to Trump's Desk
Aides to Donald Trump presented him with a document identical to one created by a top Washington lobbyist for cloud-computing giant Oracle, Kenneth Glueck, implying that competitor Amazon is only a favored contender for a major contract with the U.S. military due to a far-ranging “conspiracy†orchestrated by Jeff…
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Upgrade Your Bedroom TV's Audio With This $60 Sound Bar
AmazonBasics 2.0 Channel Sound Bar | $60 | Amazon
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Meet the Full Creative Team Behind Amazon’s Lord of the Rings
Here are the folks looking to take you on a journey to Middle-Earth’s Second Age.
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Las Vegas is Literally Crawling with Grasshoppers
As cool as it’d be to report that a swarm of locusts has descended upon Sin City like some kind of biblical retribution straight out of Exodus, that simply isn’t true. Technically, they’re pallid-winged grasshoppers.
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The Expanse Is Getting a Fifth Season on Amazon Prime
Hey, but the fourth season hasn’t even premiered yet!
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Report: Saudi Prince's Plan for Flying Taxi Robot City With 'Giant Artificial Moon' May Be Unrealistic
Sounds like notorious human rights abuser Saudi Arabia’s plan to build a massive new city of the future on the border with Egypt and Jordan is going just swell: According to a report this week in the Wall Street Journal, consultants hired to work on the Neom project built a list of ridiculous recommendations including…
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Google and Facebook May Have to Cough Up Their Algorithms if Australian Proposal Lands
Facebook and Google could be forced to give up the deets about their secret sauce algorithms thanks to an Australian proposal for increased regulation of the tech giants. If implemented, these measures could set a precedent for how global lawmakers curtail these companies’ influence amid increasing privacy and…
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Jon Favreau's The Lion King Had One Shot in It That Wasn't CGI
Did you notice?
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Happy 15th to the Motorola Razr: The Last Flip Phone People Actually Cared About
While we continue to wait for Motorola to officially announce its rebooted Razr, I want to take some time to remember another phone from a long time ago. That’s right, I’m talking about the original Motorola Razr: the last flip phone that anyone gave a damn about.
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Oh My God, Jojo Rabbit Brought Back the Downfall Meme
We’ve only seen a brief teaser trailer, but we’re already in love with Jojo Rabbit. Not only the historical satire/fantasy (written, directed by, and starring Taika Waititi) itself, but also the fact that it brought back one of the most ridiculous and hilarious memes ever to grace the internet.
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Get a Refurb Shark IONFlex Cordless Ultra-Light Vacuum For $140
Shark IONFlex 2X DuoClean Cordless Ultra-Light Vacuum (Refurb) | $140 | Woot
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I Feel Nothing From House of X's Mutants, and That's Great
This week, Marvel ushered in a bold new era for the X-Men and mutantkind at large with House of X—part of a new duology under the auspices of Secret Wars and Avengers writer Jonathan Hickman, where mutants have stepped onto the global stage in a major way. But my favorite thing about its debut issue is how tensely…
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Southwest Airlines Forced to Pull Service From Newark Airport as Boeing 737 Max Remains Grounded
After months of ongoing flight cancellations related to the ongoing grounding of the Boeing 737 Max following two deadly crashes, Southwest Airlines has announced that it is pulling service from Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey.
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Security Researcher Marcus Hutchins, Who Helped Stop WannaCry, Sentenced to Supervised Release
The security researcher who is credited with helping stop the WannaCry ransomware attack in 2017, Marcus Hutchins, was sentenced to time served and a year of supervised release this week after he pleaded guilty to unrelated malware charges earlier this year.
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Amazon's The Boys Is a Morbidly Frank Breath of Fresh Air About the Cult of Superhero Worship
The cynicism of Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson’s The Boys isn’t something that you can dismiss in the age of comic book adaptations we’re currently living through, and Amazon’s done nothing to downplay that fact with its new series based on the book. Whether we like to admit it or not, superheroes and the…
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A Jessica Jones Alum Is Playing an Amazing Role on an Upcoming Legends
Campy time-travelling versions of historical figures don’t get much better than this.
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The iPhone-Hacking Sites Google Found Apparently Went After Android and Windows Users Too
Those hackers Google’s researchers sussed out earlier this week apparently went after more than just iPhone users. Microsoft’s operating system along with Google’s own were also targeted, according to Forbes, in what some reports are calling a possibly state-backed effort to spy on the Uighur ethnic group in China.
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Superman Is Not Great at Leisure Time in This Cute Parody
Taking a day off is an important part of self care. Doing things you’re behind on, pursuing your hobbies, getting a little extra sleep. Everyone needs that. If you can’t take care of yourself, you’ll struggle to support others. Even Superman needs a break.
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Check if Your Mobile Carrier is Throttling Netflix With This App
A recent study by Northwestern University and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst found that every major carrier in the United States has artificially slowed down videos from places like Netflix, Hulu, and YouTube.
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The Game of Thrones Showrunners Have Finally Broken Their Silence… On the Coffee Cup
Since the end of Game of Thrones, the showrunners, Dan Weiss and David Benioff, have been somewhat controversial figures. Not just because a lot of people were frustrated with the way the show ended, and with problems like certain scenes filmed in ways that seemed to inevitably make them inscrutable on a lot of…
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Hurricane Dorian Upgraded to Category 5 as it Makes Landfall in the Bahamas
Hurricane Dorian is the strongest storm on the planet and it’s bearing down on the Bahamas. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) sent out an advisory early Sunday morning that the storm had been upgraded to a Category 5 hurricane.
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Sunday's Best Deals: Bonobos, Simplehuman, BarkBox, and More
A Simplehuman Gold Box, savings on your first month of BarkBox, and Bonobos’ End of Summer Sale lead off Sunday’s best deals from around the web.
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How to Stream Hurricane Dorian News
Hurricane Dorian strengthened to a Category 4 storm Saturday evening as it continues its approach toward the southeastern U.S. coast. The question of exactly where the storm will make landfall is still up in the air, especially after its forecast path shifted east earlier today. Some forecasters are even saying Dorian…
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Mark Hamill Tells Us What Blue Milk Really Tastes Like
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edgehas a lot of familiar Star Wars foodstuffs, drinks, and treats. And, of course, there’s blue milk, Luke Skywalker’s favorite (?) drink.
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Hurricane Dorian's Path Shifts East to Threaten Carolinas [UPDATED]
Update, Sunday, 9:56 a.m. EDT: Dorian was upgraded to a category 5 hurricane on Sunday, becoming the strongest storm on the planet, according to CNN and the National Hurricane Center.
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Saturday's Best Deals: Ring Video Doorbell, Breda Watches, Dyson V7 Animal, and More
A refurb Ring Video Doorbell 2, discounted Breda watches, and a discounted Dyson V7 Animal lead off Saturday’s best deals from around the web.
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The Idiotic Reason That Egg Companies Are Turning to Plastic Packaging
Choosing which eggs to buy at the grocery store can be an overwhelming process. Single A, Double A, jumbo, organic, free range, cage free, pasture-raised, vegetarian-fed, hormone-free, certified humane, local, and antibiotic-free are among the befuddling labels facing shoppers on American store shelves.
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Just How Bad is Amazon's Banned Products Problem?
The average American purportedly has more trust in Amazon than their own government, which makes recent reports on thousands of potentially unsafe products making their way onto the company’s online marketplace particularly terrifying.
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Toonami and Production IG Are Adapting Junji Ito’s Horror Classic Uzumaki
This is my show. It was made for me.
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Joker Is Powerful, Confused, and Provocative, Just Like the Character
If Joker wasn’t called “Joker,†you’d never know it was a DC movie. Though there are characters with the last name “Wayne†and it takes place in a city called “Gotham,†there’s little else that distinguishes Todd Phillips’ latest film as a comic book movie. It’s a solid, well-made film that, ultimately, has a bit of…
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The Newest Installment of Hulu's Into the Dark Anthology Promises a Harrowing Take on Purity Culture
Purity culture, with purity rings and abstinence pledges and more patriarchal control than you can imagine, is terrifying enough on its own. Which makes Pure, the newest installment of the Blumhouse-created Into the Dark anthology, just excessively unsettling.
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The Jury's Still Out on How Bad Sunscreens Are for Corals
Mikhail Matz loves corals. As a biology professor at the University of Texas at Austin, Matz is well aware of the many threats corals face: global warming, pollution, ocean acidification, you name it. But when it comes to the danger posed by sunscreen chemicals—some of which are now banned in certain states and…
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Google Agrees to Pay Up to $200 Million to Settle FTC YouTube Investigation: Report
The Federal Trade Commission is fining Google between $150 million and $200 million to settle the whole debacle with its subsidiary, YouTube, allegedly breaking children’s privacy law, Politico first reported Friday.
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This Korean Apple Ad Is Literally the Only Reason I Want AirPods
Apple has a new AirPods commercial airing in Korea that highlights the only conceivable reason I can think of why anyone would want a pair: their freaking adorable cases.
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Google Contractors Vote to Unionize Given Company's Track Record of Cr
Contractors working at Google’s Pittsburgh office recently announced they’re aiming to unionize, marking the latest contingent of employees to begin pushing back against Silicon Valley for a voice at the bargaining table.
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Buy Committee: How Do I Get The Bidet Experience on My Wall-Mounted Toilet?
Buy Committee, it finally happened. The crossover we’ve all been waiting for; Buy Committee and bidets. Sean commented on my Tushy travel bidet post with this question:
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The Bill That Could Undo Uber Passes California's Senate Appropriations Committee, 5-2
AB5, the contentious California bill that would upend the gig economy model of Uber, Lyft and other tech companies, moved a step closer to becoming a law.
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Jack Dorsey's Twitter Account Was Hacked
Starting around 3:45pm Eastern, the account of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sent out approximately 20 out-of-character tweets, which included the apparent names of a hacking crew, as well as racial slurs.
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Greta Thunberg Staged Her First Strike on American Soil
In August last year, teen activist Greta Thunberg began a solitary climate protest on the steps of the Swedish parliament every Friday. In January this year, teen activist Alexandria Villasenor began a solitary climate protest in front of the United Nations in New York. This Friday, their worlds’ collided.
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Taylor Swift Threatened Legal Action against Microsoft over Racist and
Taylor Swift tried to block Microsoft from using the moniker Tay to a chatbot that turned into a depraved racist troll vessel, according to a new book from Microsoft President Brad Smith.
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Tuesday's Best Deals: Milwaukee Tools, Thermopop, Otterbox, Backcountry, and More
A Savage x Fenty Gold Box, catnip toys, RAVPower battery pack exclusive, and a Ring security system lead off Tuesday’s best deals from around the web.
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MIT Created Color-Changing Ink That Can Be Reprogrammed With Light to Show Different Images
Taking inspiration from creatures like chameleons who are masters of color-changing camouflage, researchers at MIT’s Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have developed a new spray-on ink that can infinitely change colors, designs, and patterns when blasted with different wavelengths of light.
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How to Watch Today's Apple iPhone Event (Now on YouTube!)
Years ago an invite out to Cupertino was the only way to watch Apple announce new products. But if you’d rather not sit in a packed auditorium surrounded by hundreds of journalists furiously banging away on keyboards, there are now lots of easy ways to remotely watch Apple’s iPhone event later today.
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Sweden's Tallest Peak Has Lost Its Title, Thanks to Climate Change
Sweden may have to follow Iceland’s lead in holding a funeral for the dying ice atop Kebnekaise, the nation’s former tallest peak. Scientists have confirmed that the title of Sweden’s highest point has changed hands, after two blistering summers eroded the glacier capping the mightiest mountain in the country.
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UK Government Plans to Collect 'Targeted and Personalized' Data on Internet Users to Prepare For Brexit: Report
The UK government is planning to collect “targeted and personalized information,†on anyone who visits the government’s various websites, according to a new report from BuzzFeed News. Politicians in the UK are being told that it’s a “top priority†and that the information is needed to prepare for Brexit, the UK’s…
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Our Apple iPhone 11 Event Liveblog Is Right Here
Get ready to be blown away (or disappointed) as Apple gears up for its latest big iPhone announcement. We’re expecting to see updates to all three of the iPhones in Apple’s current lineup and possibly some updates on Apple Watch, iPad, and MacBook. We also expect to talk about cameras. A lot.
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Could Margot Robbie Try and Bring Tank Girl Back to the Big Screen?
Pierce Brosnan lends his support to a potential female Bond. Jon Favreau is already teasing his work on The Mandalorian’s second season. The CW wants to revive Dark Shadows. Plus, what’s to come on The Terror, Midnight rises in a new teaser for Supergirl’s return, and a new clip from Ad Astra. To me, my spoilers!
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Loophole That Lets People Share Your Private Instagram Pics and Stories Isn't a 'Hack'—but Still, Heads Up
Here’s another reminder to be wary of what you share online: BuzzFeed News noticed on Monday that the way Instagram and its owner Facebook serve up media content allows for anyone who has access to a private photo or video to root around in the HTML code and copy-paste a direct link to it.
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This $11 Anker Qi Pad Can Charge Your iPhone Faster [Exclusive]
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New Polaroid Prints Photos Off Your Smartphone's Screen Without Bluetooth, Wifi, or Cables
Focusing on the one feature smartphones don’t offer yet, Polaroid’s new Lab instant photography device creates hard copies of any digital photo on your phone without the need for wires or fiddling with wireless settings. Instead, light from your smartphone’s screen is projected and used to directly expose Polaroid’s…
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George Soros Praises President Trump's Action Against Huawei Which Will Definitely Confuse MAGAholes
George Soros praised President Donald Trump’s strong stance against China and the telecom giant Huawei late Monday in a new op-ed for the Wall Street Journal. And it’s a safe bet that this will confuse a lot of Trump supporters.
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Drink the Essence of This Amazing Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Merch
What do you do when you finish The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance? Oh sure, you learn more about it. Rewatch the series, the original movie, read in-depth conversations about it. But none of that quite has the permanence of, say, a gorgeous statue or prop replica.
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Meet the ‘Cold Dragon of the North Winds,' a Gigantic Canadian Pterosaur
An updated analysis of a 77-million-year-old fossil found in Alberta, Canada has resulted in the creation of a new genus and species of pterosaur. The newly named flying reptile, dubbed Cryodrakon boreas, featured an impressive 32-foot wingspan (but probably not the Canadian flag colors depicted above).
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Courtney Love, Infamous Former Addict, Will Not Sell Out to the Sackler Family, Manufacturers of the Opioid Crisis
On Monday afternoon, Purdue Pharma heiress Joss Sackler’s fashion brand, LBV Care of Joss Sackler, will send a collection of tote bags and statement bracelets down the runway for New York Fashion Week, marking her first public outing in the city after fleeing to Palm Beach earlier this summer. Representatives for the…
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Federal Appeals Court Rules That Duh, Scraping Public Data Doesn't Violate Hacking Laws
Microsoft subsidiary LinkedIn lost an appeal in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday against hiQ Labs Inc., with three justices unanimously ruling that hiQ could continue scraping publicly available information off the site, Reuters reported.
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Star Wars Wings, Ranked
Star Wars, at its core, is a very silly franchise. A delightfully silly one, more often than not, fascinated with minutiae and over-explanation in few ways other sagas would be. But one of my favorite, most enduring silly facts about it is the galaxy far, far away’s fascination with starfighters named exclusively…
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The iFixit Pro Toolkit Is the Only Electronics Repair Kit I Ever Need
Apple has recently made it easier to get your iPhone fixed from third party shops. But if you want to repair it—or any of your other gadgets—yourself, you’ll need the proper tools. Fortunately, just about everything you could ever need to fix just about any electronics can be found in this iFixit Pro Tech Toolkit.
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Acupuncturist Went Too Deep, Punctured Patient's Lungs
The New Zealand Health and Disability Commissioner (HDC) has admonished an acupuncturist for going too deep, way too deep.
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FBI Served Secret Subpoenas to a Video Game Developer, Antivirus Maker
The names of more than 120 companies secretly served FBI subpoenas for their customers’ personal data were revealed on Friday, including a slew of U.S. banks, cellphone providers, and a leading antivirus software maker.
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Try to Hate the iPhone 11 Pro
The iPhone 11 Pro is a beautiful phone. There I said it! The matte glass back is elegant. The OLED display is slightly brighter than I expected, which is clever. The trypophobia-inducing camera bump is sleeker than it looks in photos, and the ability to zoom in and out is pretty cool. The iPhone 11 Pro is a little…
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The World Is Installing a Ton of Renewables, but Coal Could Screw Things Up
The International Energy Agency (IEA) expects the capacity for renewable energy to grow by almost 12 percent this year. Gotta love us some solar and wind energy! The problem is, the world is still having a dirty love affair with coal.
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Don't Take a Rain Check on Nordstrom Rack's Hunter Boot Sale
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Hey, Knuckleheads: Want To Pollute Less? Stop Treating New Highways Like The Answer To Everything
Five years ago, the California Department of Transportation completed a $1.6 billion project to rebuild a 10-mile portion of the Sepulveda Pass of the 405 in Los Angeles. The project, like nearly all highway expansion projects, was billed as a way to relieve congestion and improve travel times. Often, such projects…
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Spooky 'Black Hole' on Jupiter Is Just a Big Shadow
NASA’s Juno spacecraft recently caught this ominous view of Jupiter, which shows a massive black spot atop the gas giant’s churning clouds. Looks scary, but there’s a perfectly reasonable explanation: It’s a shadow cast by Jupiter’s extremely volcanic moon, Io.
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The News App That's Testing a Promising Way to Build In Privacy From the Ground Up
These days privacy online feels like an unattainable dream. Everything you do becomes data for companies, which sell that data to affiliates, which then sell your data back to you in the form of targeted ads and personalized recommendations. That is just how things are. But what if it didn’t have to be?
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Nordstrom Rack's Current Clearance Sale Is Even Better Than Clear the Rack
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The iPhone 11 Is Legitimately Great
The iPhone 11 is good. Some of its most touted features might feel more like gimmicks, and I definitely miss a few features limited to the pricier Pro. Still, with its brilliant camera and a handful of other new bits, this is a phone you can upgrade to with little of the usual guilt.
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Impossible Burgers Aren’t Healthy, and That’s the Whole Point
When you go to a restaurant and order a hamburger, do you think to yourself, “Ah, yes, this meal will be so nutritious� Or do you try to ignore the calorie count while thinking, “I want the greasy sandwich that will taste so good but make me feel so bad� I’m guessing it’s closer to the latter. So why is it suddenly…
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This Nightmare Game Was Designed by a Dentist in MS Paint
The secret life of one Polish dentist apparently involves coding a horror game in MS Paint.
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We're at the New York Climate Strike
Today is one of those history book moments. An unprecedented youth-led coalition is in the midst of a global climate strike, telling global leaders that the time for climate talk is over. The teens are mad as hell, and they’re telling the world the time to act is now.
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The Next Surface Laptop Might Have a Powerful Surprise
German website Winfuture is claiming that the next generation of Surface Laptop could be using AMD processors instead of the Intel CPUs found in every other Surface device. If true that’d be a big boon for AMD and a bit of an embarrassment for Intel.
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A Memo to Tech Titans on the Day of the Climate Strike: It’s Time to Pick a Side
In the run-up to today’s global climate strikes, the major tech companies and their attendant luminaries have had much to say on matters of sustainability. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos personally announced his Climate Pledge, which promises to bring the retail giant he runs to net zero carbon emissions by 2040. Google’s…
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Both Versions of Apple's New AirPods Are Cheaper Than Ever
Apple AirPods 2 with Wireless Charging Case | $169 | Amazon
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A Strike Against the Abyss
There are more than 3,000 climate strikes in 150 countries happening on Friday, September 20, 2019. In London, trade unionists and high school students marched together. In Mumbai, protesting students were soaked through by the rain. In Kiribati, which may be one of the first countries to be swallowed by rising sea…
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Cooking the New Impossible Burger Makes Me Hungry for Beef
Impossible Foods finally started selling its new fake ground beef in grocery stores. Well, more specifically, you can buy Impossible Burger 2.0 at Gelson’s Market in Southern California, but the company plans a nationwide rollout soon. We got our hands on a couple of bricks of the stuff and cooked up some burgers and…
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Google Gives Chrome Better Tab Management and Deeper Customization
After rolling out Chrome version 77 earlier this month, Google has returned to update its web browser (on both desktop and Android) with improved tab management, some upgrades to the Chrome address bar, and extra options for enhanced customization.
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Tinder's Horny Streaming Series for Gen Z Exposes Your Terrible Soul
Gather ’round, fellow olds. Let’s explore the future of match-matching for a new generation of singles.
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Amazon’s Sweeping Climate Plan Is Full of Gaping Holes
On Thursday, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced that he was committing the world’s largest online retailer to meeting the terms of what he christened “The Climate Pledge.†Broadly outlined, signing the pledge, which Bezos hopes others will do as well, commits a company to meeting the emission reduction targets set forth…
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Amazon's One-Day Sale Is Here For All Your Surge Protector Needs
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Naruto Run! Some Guy Who’s Probably Going to Get Himself Killed Is the First ‘Storm Area 51’ Meme
The original “Storm Area 51" Facebook invitation encouraged people to break into the secret government facility by doing a Naruto run. And now that the event is here (it’s supposed to happen today), it looks like some people are taking the instructions literally. Some random guy was seen on local TV news in Las Vegas…
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Friday's Global Climate Strikes Are Absolutely Massive
With the sunrise comes resistance. As the sun makes its way to the Western Hemisphere, the day is just beginning in the U.S. However, the day is already come and gone in other parts of the world. And Friday has seen a successful Global Climate Strike so far. Hundreds of thousands of people in more than 150 countries…
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Supergirl Just Cast Two Very Interesting Comics Characters
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre could be coming back. Stephanie Beatriz talks about her chances of playing She-Hulk on Disney+. Plus, what to expect on The Flash, Batwoman, and Arrow, casting for The 100, and a new look at Creepshow’s return. Spoilers get!
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Most Powerful Person in the World Meets Donald Trump
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday. And while Zuck didn’t bother to mention the meeting on any of his social media channels, the president proudly posted a photo of the two men shaking hands on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram (which is also…
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Explores Kylo's 'Nakedness' With Rey
The door isn’t totally closed, folks. Rey may have physically and metaphorically cut herself off from Kylo Ren at the end of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, but further developing their “complicated relationship†is still a big part of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
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Unruly Airport Cart Tries to Ram Plane at O'Hare, Is Promptly Sideswiped by Worker Driving Another One
Good night, sweet prince: An out of control, apparently furious, and driverless catering cart that was spinning in wild circles on the tarmac of Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) on Monday was laid to its final rest by a quick-witted worker who prevented it from hitting a plane by slamming into it with…
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Fake Lightning Cables That Can Hijack Connected Devices Are Heading for Mass Production
Dummy Lightning cables that allow an attacker to gain remote control of computers they’re plugged into are slated to hit mass production, per a Wednesday report in Motherboard.
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A Severed Hand Searches for Its Body in an Award-Winning Netflix Animated Film
The new animated film I Lost My Body tells two parallel stories. One is of a disembodied hand that somehow reanimates, escapes a lab, and ventures out into the world to try to find its owner. The other is of a pizza delivery boy named Naoufel whose life, frankly, sucks. We assume the hand is Naoufel’s but he has two…
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What's Your Favorite iPhone Case?
With the release of the new iPhones, it’s high time to go shopping for new cases to protect and accessorize your obscenely expensive new pocket computer. But between Apple’s ever-expanding lines cases, the hundreds you could find at any mall kiosk, or the thousands you can buy online, it’s tough to know where to even…
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Words With Friends Data Allegedly Stolen in Breach That Could Affect 218 Million Users
One of the most popular mobile games in the United States has reportedly been breached by a prolific hacker.
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Here's What the Most Recent FBI Crime Stats Can Actually Tell Us
On Monday, the FBI released its latest “Crime in the United States†figures, a closely watched (albeit historically problematic) data set that relies on the voluntary reporting of thousands of law enforcement agencies across the country.
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The 10 Best Deals of September 30, 2019
We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.
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U.S. Workers Are Getting Less Sleep Than 10 Years Ago, Study Finds
That many people don’t get enough sleep is hardly news, but a recent study suggests that sleep deprivation is getting worse in the U.S., especially for people with high-pressure jobs in medicine, law enforcement, and transportation.
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Titans Got Surprisingly Wet, Wild, and Depressing
While Titans has gotten properly back into the swing of things from a pacing standpoint, there are still moments where the show slips up a little as it’s trying to give each member of its sprawling cast of heroes and villains enough screen time to make their subplots compelling. This week, Titans did it with a…
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Samsung's Gorgeous "The Space" Monitor Is Down to Its Lowest Price Ever
Samsung 27-Inch “The Space†WQHD LED Monitor | $250 | Amazon
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No One Wants My Hot Dog Salad
Genius often goes unappreciated in its time. Van Gogh died penniless. Galileo lived his final years under house arrest. And several of my (otherwise talented) colleagues rejected the very blog post you’re currently reading: a blog post about hot dog salad.
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The Stranger Things Season 4 Announcement Teaser Promises a Departure from Hawkins
Following the Duffer Brothers hinting at the promise of more Stranger Things, Netflix has dropped the first teaser trailer for the series’ next season. And things are looking grim.
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Your Favorite Snacks May Be Driving Deforestation in Ancient Indonesian Peatlands
Do you love Oreos? How about Pop-Tarts? Instant ramen?
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Prep For Fall Weather With Crewnecks and Hooded Henleys, Get 2 For $46 at Jachs
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CVS and Walgreens Pull Heartburn Drug Zantac From Shelves Over FDA Carcinogen Warning
In mid-September, the Food and Drug Administration warned that a popular heartburn drug, commonly known by the brand name Zantac, could contain small amounts of a cancer-causing chemical. Over the weekend, the chain pharmacy CVS announced it would stop selling all versions of the drug, a move that follows a voluntary…
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Watch An Australian Air Force Cargo Jet Fly Casually Among Brisbane's Skyscrapers
The Brisbane Festival is an annual three-week arts extravaganza in Queensland’s capital, traditionally ending with some military flyovers before a lot of fireworks are set off in an event called Sunsuper Riverfire. This year, like in 2018, that included a C-17A Globemaster, looking pretty spry as it made it’s way…
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Watch Steve Jobs Assure Americans in 1981 That Computers Wouldn't Be a Privacy Nightmare
From the perspective of the early 21st century, it’s safe to say that computers have been a privacy nightmare. Our world is so interconnected by machines, that corporations, governments, and almost anyone can find out almost anything they want about an average citizen thanks to our digital footprints. But the late…
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The Google Jacket Is Smarter Than Ever (But Still Pretty Dumb)
I had it all planned out. On the subway ride home, I’d been futzing around in the Jacquard app, assigning actions to my Levi’s Trucker Jacket with Jacquard by Google. A simple double-tap to the wrist cuff as I neared my apartment, and when I walked through the door, I’d strut in to “Touch the Sky†by Kanye West.…
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‘Magic Mushroom’ Chemical Harvested From Bacteria For the First Time
New research shows that psilocybin—the psychoactive compound that puts the magic in magic mushrooms—can be made by bioengineered bacteria, highlighting a potential new way of mass-producing the valued chemical.
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