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Instead of using third-party platforms like Youtube and Twitch, artists will soon be able to livestream their process directly through whatever Adobe Creative Cloud app they’re working in according to a Verge report.

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Turns Out Elon Musk-Backed OpenAI's Text Generator Is More Funny Than Dangerous, For Now
Elon Musk-backed non-profit OpenAI, which claimed to have developed a machine learning-powered text generation software so powerful that it couldn’t be ethically released to the public, has... done just that.

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Disney+ Will Launch on Fire TV Now That Amazon and Disney Are Playing Nice
Looks like folks with Fire TV devices will be able to watch Disney+ after all.

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The Bittboy PocketGo Is a Tiny, Cheap, Insanely Fun Retro Gaming Machine
Everyone has that book they read once a year, or the movie they watch over and over again as a piece of “comfort media.” Ever since I was seven years old, mine has been Super Mario World for the Super Nintendo.

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Why Are People Suddenly Getting Mysterious Text Messages?
Early Thursday morning, people all over the U.S. and Canada began receiving strange text messages that didn’t make a whole lot of sense. The texts were from people they knew but they lacked context and appeared to have been sent months ago. And it really freaked some folks out! Mercifully, there is an explanation for…
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The 10 Best Deals of November 7, 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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Thanks, Greta: 'Climate Strike' Is a Word of the Year
2019 is about to wrap, which means dictionaries are choosing their words of the year. For Collins Dictionary, “climate strike” took the prize.

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The Reboots Will Continue Until Morale Improves
The past decade has demonstrated that no matter how much the general public gripes about Hollywood being a wasteland for new ideas—an accusation that’s popular despite the fact that it isn’t exactly true—reboots are here to stay whether we like them or not. Studios have little to no reason to ever stop rebooting…
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Goodbye to the Only Good Juul Flavor
Juul is a bad company run by bad people. But, as a former smoker who used one of the company’s addictive mouth robots to get away from Marlboros, I feel compelled to pour one out for the only good thing Juul has ever done: cool mint.
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Sheryl Sandberg Thinks You’re an Idiot
In the face of undiminishing backlash over a decision to accept money from politicians in exchange for propagating their campaign lies, Facebook has been doubling down, launching its own duplicitous campaign. The aim apparently is to convince the world that Facebook is serving some higher calling, defending the rights…
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The Feds Are Cracking Down on Suspected Chinese Theft of Biomedical Research
Federal authorities, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the FBI, are in the middle of a sweeping crackdown on what they believe is widespread Chinese scientific espionage in the biomedical field, the New York Times reported on Thursday, with nearly 200 such inquiries ongoing. Meanwhile, others have…
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Vulnerability In Ring Doorbells Left the Door Open for Hackers to Open the Door
Bitdefender–the tireless actuary of the Internet of Things–were able to crack into homeowner’s personal WiFi networks via Amazon’s Ring doorbells, the video-enabled auto-locks that allow homeowners to remotely open the door. And as Bitdefender’s Chief Security ResearcherJay Balantold Gizmodo over the phone, once a…
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This Samsung Harman Kardon Sound Bar Is Cheaper Than It's Ever Been At $278
Samsung Harman Kardon 5.1 Soundbar | $278 | Amazon
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Handmade Gaming Dice Kickstarter Raises $1.5 Million In A Day
Up until the moment she launched the Kickstarter campaign yesterday, Dispel Dice creator Karen Wang was worried that no one would want her handcrafted, sharp-edged, custom gaming dice. A day later, more than 12,000 backers have pledged over $1.5 million toward her dazzling gemlike creations. Turns out people like…
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Thanks to Weather, Kansas City Smells Like Ass
Something foul blew into Kansas City, Missouri on Wednesday night. The air smelled dank as hell (and not in a good way), which some residents described as nasty feet or literal shit, according to local KSHB news.
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Adobe's Experimental New Features Promise a Future Where Nothing's Real
Adobe Max 2019 wrapped up yesterday, and over the past week the company (and host John Mulaney) revealed a bunch of new automated capabilities, it’s currently developing for its various applications—both on desktop and mobile. These demos are always crowd-pleasers and tantalizing teases of how users might soon be able…
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Marshall's Drool-Worthy Stanmore II Bluetooth Speaker Has Never Been Cheaper
Marshall Stanmore II Wireless Bluetooth Speaker | $200 | Amazon
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Scientists Find People Who Can Smell Despite Missing Key Part of Their Brain
The human brain is even more incredible than we thought, a new study out of Israel suggests. Doctors there say they’ve found people who can smell just as well as anyone else, despite missing the key area of the brain responsible for olfaction.
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Ahead of Merger, T-Mobile Teases Its Cheapest Phone Plan Ever
While the T-Mobile and Sprint merger hasn’t been officially completed just yet, with the FCC having recently given the deal its final approval, T-Mobile is already talking about what it will do with its newfound resources and the plan includes an announcement of the company’s cheapest phone plan ever.
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Boeing Reveals Its Proposed Lander for NASA's 2024 Moon Mission
Boeing has submitted its proposal to NASA for a lunar lander concept that the company claims will return Americans to the Moon in 2024 with the “fewest steps” possible.

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August’s third generation Smart Lock lets you lock and unlock your door from using your phone, and you can get the silver model for just $97 today, the best price Amazon’s listed outside of a very short-lived $77 sale.

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The New 3,300-Piece Tim Burton Batmobile Might Be the Best Lego Model I've Ever Built
Ask any Star Wars collector and they’ll tell you that Lego’s $800, 7,500+ piece Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon set was an absolute showstopper and the pinnacle of plastic brick model making. Until last week I would have agreed, but then I spent the past weekend building Lego’s new 1989 Tim Burton Batmobile—and…
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Let's Take A Moment To Appreciate The Simple Brilliance Of The Car Cassette Adapter
I got my driver’s license toward the end of the 2000s, but even I caught on with the car cassette adapter. All my friends had them because we drove cars that hadn’t completely eliminated the cassette deck quite yet. Thinking back, wasn’t this one the most brilliant and enduring mainstream car hacks of all time? It all…
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This Body Heat-Powered Smartwatch May Never Die, but It Sure Made Me Want To
There are two camps when it comes to smartwatch battery life: Those who don’t care at all (Apple Watch stans) and those who care a whole friggin’ lot. For the latter, Matrix Industries’ PowerWatch Series 2 seems like a dream. Powered by both body heat and solar energy, it’s the fitness smartwatch that never runs out…
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Netflix CEO: We’re Not Trying to Do ‘Truth to Power’
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings defended the streamer’s decision earlier this year to censor an episode of “Patriot Act With Hasan Minhaj,” during an interview at the New York Times DealBook Conference on Wednesday. The episode, which criticized Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Saudi investment in Silicon Valley, was…
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Facebook has lost its only fact-checking partner in the Netherlands, Dutch digital newspaper NU.nl, over its policy of allowing politicians to openly lie in ads on the platform, according to an article on NPO 3.

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There's an Invisible Woman Movie in the Works, But It's Not Sue Storm
As Universal Pictures continues to diversify and surprise with its upcoming slate of monster movies, Elizabeth Banks is stepping into the mix.
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Jordan Peterson, Sir, Mr. Surrogate Dad Sir: Please Return My Ten Dollars
Jordan Peterson’s Thinkspot has not one, not two, but ten of my stinkin’ dollars, and I want them back.

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Dig a Fantasy Grave and Open Schrödinger's Box in the Latest Tabletop Gaming News
Welcome back to Gaming Shelf, io9's regular column all about board games and tabletop roleplaying games. It’s Thanksgiving week for some, meaning there will be plenty of time to enjoy (or escape) the family with board game nights. We’ve got some suggestions for games to look out for, along with some exciting…
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Cranberry Sauce And Red Wine Stains Don’t Stand A Chance Against This Miracle Cleaner
There are stain-y substances — blood, grass, pizza grease — and then there are the SUPER STAINERS — things like cranberry, red wine, pomegranate (don’t even get me started on turmeric) — that go well beyond tricky-to-treat and right into the almost-impossible-to-get-out territory.

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Bloodsucking Prison Telecom Is Scamming Inmates With 'Free' Tablets
When you get free technology, you can reasonably assume that you’re getting screwed. That’s infinitely truer if you’re in prison.

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Some Pretty Good Twitter Handles That May Soon Become Available
Twitter is gearing up to remove scads of inactive accounts. That means one thing and one thing only: one lucky idiot might soon have rights to the handle @sexhaver, leaving the rest of us (losers; virgins) in their digital dust.
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Sure Seems Like One of Watchmen's KKK Villains Is Donald Trump's Father
This week’s episode of Watchmen told the story of Hooded Justice, the first American masked vigilante. It detailed how he ushered in an era of superheroes by dedicating himself to an ongoing crusade to rid New York City of the Cyclops, an organization of KKK members plotting to sow chaos amongst the city’s black…
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Americans' Life Expectancy Problem Goes Back Decades
A new study this week highlights a unique, long-spanning crisis among Americans. For decades, it suggests, the U.S. life expectancy has lagged behind similar countries. And for close to a decade, young to middle aged Americans have actually been dying more than in previous years, thanks in part to worsening rates of…
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Tuesday's Best Deals: LED String Lights, Slice Box Cutter, Keurig Coffee Makers, and More
A huge Gravity Blanket sale, Vinebox Advent Calendars, BioBidets, and a Galaxy Fit activity tracker lead off Tuesday’s best deals from around the web.
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Of Course, Facebook Bought the One Good VR Game
Virtual reality gaming is a thing, but even so, you probably can’t name very many off the top of your head. And if you can, chances are the first one that pops into mind is Beat Saber—the One Good VR Game that any putz can enjoy without upchucking their lunch due to VR-induced motion sickness, or looking like a complet…
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If You Collect Doomed Technology, Valve Is Now Selling Off the Steam Controller For $5
Valve’s Steam Box consoles weren’t the runaway success that the gaming giant hoped they’d be, but the accompanying Steam Controller still stands out as a truly innovative gamepad design. However, the time has come for it to ride off into the sunset, and Valve is now clearing out the last production run of the…
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Musk to Testify He Didn't Do the Thing and Furthermore, He Deleted the Thing That He Did
Elon Musk, who called a British national “pedo guy” for publicly flogging his fragile ego over the Thai cave submarine fiasco last year, will evidently defend himself during his testimony in court by claiming that he didn’t call Unsworth a pedophile.
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German Man Develops Fatal Infection After Being Licked By His Dog
An unassuming lick from a dog is being blamed for the death of an otherwise healthy German man. It’s a strange medical case involving a normally harmless bacterium, but experts say it’s nothing to worry about and that most of us can continue to let our dogs slobber all over us.

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Website Calls for Investigation of Ring, Gets Blocked by Facebook
A leading digital rights organization on Tuesday said that Facebook was actively blocking its users from sharing a link to a web page critical of Amazon that labels its internet-connected home security products—namely, Ring doorbell cameras—a threat to “privacy, civil liberties, and security”.
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Breathe Easier With This Discounted Coway Air Purifier, Now Cheaper Than Ever
Coway AP-1512HH Mighty Air Purifier with True HEPA and Eco Mode | $116 | Amazon
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The Energy Upside to Ilhan Omar's Trillion-Dollar Public Housing Plan
The nation’s 1.3 million public housing units are woefully underprepared for the worsening climate crisis. Nearly half a million government-subsidized households are in flood plains, and when climate disaster hits, affordable units are less likely to get rebuilt.
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NORAD Will Neither Confirm Nor Deny a Flock of Birds Caused White House Lockdown
On Tuesday, The White House was placed under lockdown after it appeared that an aircraft was flying in restricted air space over Washington DC. But was it really an aircraft...or was it birds?
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His Dark Materials' Most Confusing Plot Points Explained
Multiple worlds, armored bears, dust, daemons. BBC and HBO’s His Dark Materialscan be pretty confusing. We’re here to open up the alethiometer and answer a few of your biggest questions about what the crap is going on.
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Get Everyone's Favorite Neoprene Backpack From Dagne Dover For 20% Off
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The Food and Drug Administration still isn’t cutting cannabidiol, or CBD, much slack. This week, the agency updated their stance on the cannabis-derived ingredient, warning the public that most products made with CBD on the market are untested, unregulated, and have the “potential to harm” users. It also issued more…
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Billionaire Buys 'Climate Change' on Google
When you have Mike Bloomberg money, there is no shortage of ways to spend it. And running for president opens up a whole new world of blowing through cash.
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I Would Eat Baby Yoda
When something as adorable as The Mandalorian’s little green gremlin floats into our collective conscious, we find ourselves wading through an overwhelming flood of emotions. Some of us whisper that they would kill for the tiny baby of indeterminate origin and species. Others, that they would sacrifice themselves,…
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Get a Weighted Eye Mask or Blanket For 25% Off From Gravity Blanket
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Humans Alone Were Responsible For This Big Atlantic Seabird's Extinction, New Evidence Shows
One of the northern hemisphere’s most famous extinct birds could have disappeared at the hands of humans and humans alone.

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Here’s why Logan Paul should be canceled. Check out Jezebel’s Cancel Tournament to see what ultimately got canceled.
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Holiday PSA: You Need To Wash Those New Jammies Grandma Bought You
Happy/Merry to you all! May your holiday season be abundant with gifts like pajamas and robes that encourage you to take to bed for the winter and just … stay there. Lord knows that’s my plan.
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The Baffling Case of Colorado's Mystery Drones
Local authorities are dumbfounded by a flock of drones that recently began performing nighttime flights over northeast Colorado with no apparent purpose or operators (at least, none they’ve been able to identify so far).

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YouTube Offers a Teeny Auto-Trim Feature in Penance for Copyright Sins
YouTube promised to deal with the copyright thugs, and it’s trying, god bless its heart. The company has announced that it will be providing an “Assisted Trim” tool for vloggers to remove the allegedly infringing content in their video with one click and automatically release a content ID claim. YouTube previously…
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The FAA Wants to Follow Your Drones Like You Use Them to Follow Me
The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed new rules for unmanned aerial vehicles that would require virtually every drone in the country to broadcast its location when flying, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. The proposal would create a de facto nationwide drone tracking network that offers the faint, misleading…
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The 9 Best (and 7 Worst) Movies of 2019
So many movies are just “fine.” Movies you sit down, watch, enjoy, and subsequently forget about. You don’t hate them, you don’t love them, they’re just OK. That’s the majority of movies. These are not those movies.
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E-Bikes Riskier to Ride Than E-Scooters and Bikes, Study Suggests
People riding electric-powered bikes are more likely to risk serious injury than those on conventional bikes and motorized scooters, according to a recent study. But e-scooters have their own unique health risks, too.
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Nobody Listened
Despite the privacy concerns, labor strikes, and reports that Amazon is selling literal trash on its platform—in the face of all of the myriad reasons shoppers should have avoided buying through Amazon this year—the company still made a killing this season.
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Scientists Link Silicon Qubits Over (Relatively) Huge Distances
Scientists have linked two silicon quantum bits with photons over a relatively large distance. The new advance could end up being a watershed moment for a lesser-known quantum computing processor architecture, bringing silicon quantum computer a step closer to reality.
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REI Is Knocking Up to 50% Off Tons of Outdoor Items In Its Year-End Clearance Sale
Up to 50% off Men’s Clothing, Women’s Clothing, Footwear, Camp/Hike | REI
50% or more on Just Reduced Items | REI
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Theoretically, Yoda Wasn't Even 30 When He Died
There’s a big, if unintentional, consequence of Baby Yoda’s existence. Because we were told how old the little guy is (50) and we think we have a decent understanding of how old Baby Yoda is developmentally (approximately 18 months) considering what we’ve seen of his actions so far in The Mandalorian, we can infer how…
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That's How It's Done
“If we don’t get it, shut it down” is a staple call-and-response of worker protests for good reason. Even without a clear antecedent, the meaning is obvious to bosses: these are out demands. Meet them, or you may find the usual means of extracting profit difficult. This week, Amazon saw the outcomes it set itself up…
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Scientists Want to Spray Shit into the Atmosphere to Cool the Planet
The planet is in rough shape due to rising carbon emissions, and the world’s governments don’t seem to be in any hurry to change course. That has us on a collision course with dramatic climate change, and that has at least some scientists looking at a dramatic, last resort: dimming the sun to cool the Earth.
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Take 50% Off These Status Audio Headphones With Our Exclusive Coupon Code
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A Woman's Skin Whitening Cream Gave Her Mercury Poisoning
A woman’s years-long beauty regimen caused severe mercury poisoning and irreversible neurological damage, say her doctors in a recent case report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this month.
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Here's What Happened To The Soviet Ground Effect Sea Monsters
Back in the 1960s, Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev claimed there was a secret project going on deep in the country. It had a ship—this half-plane, half-boat contraption—that was capable of breaking the land speed records of the era while carrying an unprecedented amount of cargo. These projects were called…
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The Nerd's Watch: The Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Streaming in January
You can get comprehensive lists of everything coming to streaming services anywhere. But half of those titles you don’t care about, and the other half are terrible. Where’s the good stuff? io9 is here to help.

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Thursday's Best Deals: Christmas Decor, EVOO Laptops, BodyBoss Home Gyms, and More
A Holiday Decor Gold Box, EVOO 11.6" Ultra-Thin Laptop, and a Walmart Toy Clearance Sale lead off Thursday’s best deals from around the web.
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Turkish Court Throws Out Erdogan's Wikipedia Ban
Turkey’s Constitutional Court ruled 10-6 on Thursday that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government violated civil liberties with its April 2017 ban on access to Wikipedia, the Associated Press reports.

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NBC's Streaming Service Now Has More Movies, But Only Very Specific Ones
Peacock is getting more movies. Unfortunately, not all of them will be great.
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Social media and news headlines are ablaze with talk of the red giant star Betelgeuse since astronomers noted that it’s growing fainter than ever before. Yes, the star is nearing the end of its life, and that end will likely be explosive.

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Cats Got One Thing Right
Reader, I’m sure you came to Earther expecting news of the impending climate apocalypse just as I woke up today expecting to write about it. But instead we’ve both improbably arrived here, at a blog where I am about to explain that Cats is, in fact, a documentary. Or at least there’s one thing that’s not totally made…
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Pentagon Warns Military Members Against At-Home DNA Tests
There’s a lot of reasons why you should probably chuck that DNA kit you got for Christmas in the trash. That’s doubly true for military personnel, the Pentagon warned in an internal memo.
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Save Up to 30% On Software Like Quicken, McAfee, Microsoft, and More
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The Dumbest Wikipedia Edit War of the Dumbest Decade
In 1962, John F. Kennedy predicted, wrongly, that his administration would ultimately be measured by its contribution to the human spirit. Fifty-seven years and about 3,000 Wikipedia revisions later, history has proven that the only presidential measurement that matters is height—a president’s height relative to the…
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A 55" Roku-powered Hisense TV, eufy doorbell camera, 8-week Washington Post subscription, and Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle lead off Sundays’s best deals from around the web.
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Samsung's Incubator Lab Is Making Indoor Sunlight and a Robot Friend That Definitely Won't Murder You
Samsung’s in-house incubator program, Creative Lab, has developed a reputation for brewing off-the-wall innovations it feels like few people, if any, asked for. Since opening its doors in 2012, it’s spawned projects like a 360-degree wearable camcorder, an AI-driven desk lamp, and a recording app specifically geared…
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Luke and Yoda Have a Dispute About a Party and a Stick in this Bad Lip Reading of The Last Jedi
It’s 2019, almost 2020, and I haven’t gotten tired of bad lip readings. I’m sorry. (I’m not sorry.)
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Everlane's Choose What You Pay Sale Is Back, Shop Now Before the New Year
Choose What You Pay Sale (Men’s and Women’s) | Everlane
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Steven’s Ship Gets Sunk in a Preview Clip For Tonight’s Steven Universe Future
Fans know the joys of shipping, of imagining two character together. The thrill. The romance. The fanfiction. But fans also know the heartbreak of seeing their ship sunk—that moment of canon confirmation that, no, that ship isn’t happening. Time to whip out the fix fics.
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It’s Confirmed: The Mandalorian Is Returning for a Second Season Next Fall
Is anyone surprised? Anyone? Maybe one of Moff Gideon’s poor bumbling Stormtroopers.
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More Galaxy S11 Leaks Appear to Settle the Samsung Flagship's Most Debated Feature
Are you tired of all these Galaxy S11 rumors yet? Well too damn bad. Because it looks like we’re rounding out the year with a purported first look at the Samsung flagship’s final camera configuration following other leaked details about its size and, possibly, a new naming convention to match the new decade.

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Ryan Reynolds Has a Brief Update on Deadpool 3
The Disney-Fox merger changed the fate of a number of film franchises, not to mention the entire entertainment industry. One of the most notable affected, for fans, was the Deadpool series, which has proven itself markedly successful offering a superheroic vibe not really seen in the MCU or its imitators. Since the…
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Wikipedia's Year-End List Shows What the Internet Needed to Know in 2019
More than 260 billion people Wiki’d something or other in 2019, and the overwhelming majority of them apparently shared a similar question: What the hell did I just watch?

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FDA Makes It Official: Legal Smoking and Vaping Age Raised to 21
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has officially raised the legal smoking age from 18 t0 21. The measure marks a culmination of a monthslong, bi-partisan campaign aimed at curbing the use of tobacco products— particularly electronic cigarettes—among youth amid rising concerns about the health effects of vaping.

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A Programmer Lost A Game He Made As A Kid, Until Someone Streamed It On Twitch
If you’re interested in game design, you’ve probably made a few side projects or prototypes. If you were lucky, you might have had the means to start early in life and made a few games as a kid. These usually end up deleted or lost on rotting hard drives. You definitely don’t expect them to show up twenty years later…
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A Man's Penis Started Rotting After Getting Bitten During Sex
A harrowing medical case reported by doctors this month should remind everyone to keep their teeth away from each other’s genitals. It details how an accidental love bite during sex left a man’s penis on the verge of rotting away, though thankfully doctors intervened in time to save it.
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10 Intriguing Star Wars Details We Learned From The Rise of Skywalker's Visual Dictionary
A new Star Wars movie is out, and for better or worse, that always means there’s also a host of new tie-in material released which can explain or clarify some questions left lingering after the credits rolled. The Rise of Skywalker is no exception, and its own “Visual Dictionary” guidebook is jam-packed with little…
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Publishing Companies Are Mad That The President Might Want to Make Federally-Funded Research Open Access
Scientific societies and publishers are angry about a rumor that a White House executive order might make all federally-funded research open access.
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How to (Hypothetically) Hack Your School's Surveillance System
This week, hacktivist and security engineer Lance R. Vick tweeted an enticing proposition along with a gut-punch headline: “Colleges are turning students’ phones into surveillance machines, tracking the locations of hundreds of thousands,” read the Washington Post link. The report revealed nearly instantaneous and…
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Spotify: Your Political Ads Are No Good Here
Streaming giant Spotify will ban all political advertising in early 2020, Ad Age reported on Friday, saying in a statement to the site that it does “not yet have the necessary level of robustness in our process, systems and tools to responsibly validate and review this content.”

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Shitty Company in Shitty Talks for Shitty Streaming Service
Ahead of the launch of NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming service launch in April, its parent company is reportedly in “advanced talks” to buy ad-supported streaming service Xumo.
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Oh Good, the New Police Surveillance Vector Is Self-Driving Cars
Technologists have long speculated on the privacy implications of largely ungoverned, camera-enabled vehicle fleets roaming the roads of America. Now we’ve finally bumped up against the tip of that particularly worrying iceberg.
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Why Indigenous Youth Were 2019's Climate Warriors
If there was any year to honor the youth, 2019 sure as hell would be it. Around the world this year, young people took to the streets and demanded their governments take action to address climate change. Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg has been held up as the face of the new youth movement, but even she’s…
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io9 Judges the Big Pop Culture Endings of 2019
While 2019 was filled with all sorts of content—television, movies, comic books, video games—that kept us busy, there were a lot of major franchises meant to wrap up some pretty epic stories this year. Did they all succeed in telling emotional tales that resonated with the fans who’ve been along with them for the long…
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HP Elitebook Windows 10, i7-7600U, 2.8 GHz, 512 GB | $480 | Amazon
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China Set to Launch Its GPS Competitor Next Year
China is close to launching the last two satellites that will complete BeiDou-3 Navigation Satellite System—the nation’s rival to the United States’ Global Positioning System.
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FDA Approves the First Drug of Its Kind to Treat Acute Migraines
People dealing with painful migraines will soon have a new treatment available. This week, the Food and Drug Administration approved a unique drug meant to shorten acute migraine episodes. It’s the latest treatment for a condition that’s historically had few.
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Antarctic Ice Melt May Have Hit an All-Time High on Christmas Eve
There are signs Antarctica just experienced its highest melt extent ever recorded in the satellite era. The big meltdown hit on Christmas Eve and is bad news for a continent already dealing with a lot. With summer is just getting started there, this is a serious case of Summertime Sadness.
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Get Ready For Your New Year's Gym Resolution With 56% Off These New Balance 517 Shoes
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ExxonMobil sent out a heartwarming tweet yesterday, wishing the good people of Australia a “safe” and “fun” New Year. Well, maybe heartwarming isn’t the right word. Perhaps “idiotic” is more appropriate, given the fact that large parts of Australia are currently on fire thanks in part to ExxonMobil’s history of…
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The MacBook Pro 16 Needs to Be the Future of Apple Laptops
If you’ve bought an Apple laptop in the last few years and you try out the new 16-inch MacBook Pro, you will be furious. It’s so good. It works precisely as a laptop should—the issues that have plagued Apple’s laptops in recent years seem absent. Everything about the device seems to follow an age-old Apple edict the…
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Movies, Music, and Books That Enter the Public Domain Today
Today isn’t just a day to nurse your hangover from New Year’s Eve—it’s also a day to celebrate the public domain. Movies, books, music, and more from 1924 are all entering the public domain today, meaning that you’re free to download, upload, and share these titles however you see fit. And it’s completely legal.

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Julian Assange Says He's 'Slowly Dying' in Prison During Christmas Eve Phone Call: Report
Julian Assange is slurring his speech and worried about dying in prison, according to a new report from British journalist and former Army officer Vaughan Smith. The journalist spoke with Russian state TV network RT on Tuesday and revealed that Assange called him over the phone from Britain’s Belmarsh prison on…
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The Best Authenticator Apps for Protecting Your Accounts
If you switch on two-factor authentication (2FA) on your accounts—and you really should—then you need something else besides a username and a password when you log in on a new device. That’s where a good authenticator app comes in.
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Trump Runs Facebook Ads in Spanish Despite Saying 'This is a Country Where We Speak English, Not Spanish'
Donald Trump’s reelection campaign is currently running Facebook ads in Spanish, a decision that’s perhaps a little strange coming from a president who’s previously criticized others for speaking the language in the United States.

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The 100 Most Popular io9 Posts of 2019
Another year has come and gone and with it so, so, so many nerd blogs. Here are the ones you, dear io9 readers, clicked on the most. A big thank you and a Happy New Year to all of you.

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Microsoft Seizes 'Hotrnall.com' and Other Copycat Domains From North Korea-Linked Hackers
On Monday, Microsoft announced that it had taken control of 50 domains associated with a hackers believed to be operating out of North Korea. Unsealed court documents show that the domains include “hotrnall.com,” “office356-us.org,” and “mai1.info,” among other copycat URLs.

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Guy Gets Severed Arm Preserved by Taxidermist: 'I Wanted to Do Something Cool'
Lots of people have two arms. Far fewer can say they have one on a shelf by their sink. A 37-year-old Canadian man recently joined this exclusive club, turning his amputated limb into a unique conversation piece thanks to a helpful taxidermist—and a hungry colony of beetles.
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This Was the Decade Climate Scientists Stopped Being Polite
Scientific warnings about the risks of unchecked global warming have reached a crescendo in the past couple of years, with urgent messages from researchers on social media,incongressional testimony,and even directly in the text of research papers.
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Anti-Robocall Bill That, in a Perfect World, Fines Spammers $10,000 Per Call Is Now Law
President Donald Trump on Monday signed into law a bill that aims to curb annoying spam robocalls that have saturated our recent-call lists over the past few years. And it might help! At the very least, it will make us feel like someone is trying to do something about this relentless mess.

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I Never Knew How Much I Needed a Star Wars TV Series Before The Mandalorian
In the last week and a half, two Star Wars sagas have come to a close. First The Rise of Skywalker wrapped up the sequel trilogy, followed this past Friday by season one finale of the first live-action Star Wars TV series, The Mandalorian. Only one of these stories managed to unite and delight the bulk of the…
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Our Top Posts of the Decade: A Dubious List for a Meaningless Timeline
As far as we can tell, the 2010s were nothing close to what most of us expected. Instead of flying cars, we got half-baked semi-autonomous vehicles. Instead of social media birthing kumbaya, it fueled genocide and helped erode the foundations of democracy and reality itself. Rather than tackle the impending doom of…
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Samsung Is Making the Best Phones
Last year after a somewhat lackluster product cycle, I said Samsung couldn’t afford to hold back anymore. And in 2019, it seems Samsung took that message to heart because it released some of the most exciting phone tech we’ve seen in the last 12 months.
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In 2020, Here's How You Can Help Address the Climate Crisis
This is the time of year when we talk about nice things. Hopeful things.

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What The Witcher Gets Wrong (and Right) About Disability Narratives
The world of fantasy has been one of the few genres to regularly include disabled characters, though this inclusion has always come with the concept of disfigurement and grotesquerie. One of the most famous disabled fantasy characters, George R.R. Martin’s Tyrion Lannister, is described in the first volume of the A…
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The Dreadmoji
When asked to be interviewed for this blog, a team of emoji designers for a major emoji platform requested to see the text of the article before publication, for fear of violating their company’s contract. This isn’t rare; media representatives and other employees potentially facing reprisal do this all the time (and…
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Open Channel: The Best Tweets of the Decade That Still Haven't Been Deleted
Over a decade in, the value proposition of Twitter as a medium is murky, not easily defined—though one area it undoubtedly excels is allowing important people to show every embarrassing contour of their entire ass to the rest of the world. Albeit buried under months or years of less interesting posts, miraculously,…
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The Absolute Worst Tech of 2019
Gadgets have to work a lot harder to suck in 2019 than they have in years past. They have to bankrupt companies, reveal our data, or be so overpriced they even make Apple look cheap. The gadgets below did all that, but some went even further. Some were pointless Skymall dreck, and some nearly ruined much nicer and…
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LOL The Uncharted Movie
Much like its protagonist, Nathan Drake, the Uncharted movie keeps falling off a cliff.
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The ongoing Australian bushfire crisis has forced thousands of people in the southeast part of the country to flee towards waterfronts, Bloomberg reported, with an estimated 4,000-5,000 individuals in Mallacoota in Victoria state sheltering on beaches and piers as flames swept in on Tuesday.

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RIP Syd Mead, Legendary Designer of Blade Runner and Tron
Science fiction would not be what it is today without the influence of Syd Mead. Mead, a futurist and industrial designer whose work on films such as Blade Runner, Tron, and Aliens, died early this morning at the age of 86. Curbed confirmed the sad news.
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Open Channel: What Video Game From 2019 Needs Its Own Movie?
There were a lot of interesting video games that came out in 2019, with deep and complex stories that are begging for the big screen. Of course, seems like even the popularity of shows like The Witchermight not be enough to break the video game movie curse...but could one of 2019's games finally succeed?
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DuckDuckGo, a privacy-focused tech company, today launched something called Tracker Radar—an open-source, automatically generated and continually updated list that currently contains more than 5,000 domains that more than 1,700 companies use to track people online.
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The Coronavirus Will Probably Come for the Baby Yoda Toys
The spread of COVID-19 has already had an impact beyond the health crisis it has sparked across the world—from canceled conferences and refunded convention tickets to delayed films. An impact on manufacturing is inevitable as production in China is hit hard by continued shutdowns. This means, as much as you may want…
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Spotify's Weird LinkedIn Playlists Sound Like a Cash Register
Like the brief romance between Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson, the new Linkedin-owned Spotify playlists are confusing at best. That seemed to be the consensus across the web after the job-hunter’s platform of choice announced these bops in a tweet earlier this week, promising to keep listeners company during “every…
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Goodyear's Latest Concept Is A Tire That Can Be Changed Using A Pill
Technology in pill form is one of the longest enduring science fiction tropes, so it was only a matter of time before pill-based features entered the dreamy world of automotive concepts. Goodyear took the plunge into this futuristic form automotive tech this week with its reCharge concept, a tire that can be…
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Get Ahead Of Spring Cleaning With A Handheld Vacuum Cleaner
Handheld Vacuum Cleaner | $26 | Amazon | Clip Coupon

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Tito's Spent the Past Day Tweeting That Vodka Is Not Hand Sanitizer
Tito’s, the reasonably-priced Texas vodka brand with a lively Twitter presence, has sent 11 tweets over the past 24 hours clarifying that, no, its beverage does not meet the CDC’s recommended minimum alcohol content for hand sanitizer. Contrary to what various Twitter users apparently believe.

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Clearview AI Lured Rich Investors by Letting Them Rummage Around in Its Creepy Face Recognition App
Creepy facial recognition firm Clearview AI—which claims to have built an extensive database from billions of photos scraped from the public web—allowed the rich and powerful to use its app as a personal plaything and spy tool, according to reporting from the New York Times on Thursday.

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To Complete One Rotation, This Machine Requires More Turns Than There Are Atoms in the Universe
Machines like blenders, washing machines, and even your car used reduction drives made of multiple gears to increase the torque or decrease the speed of rotation coming from a motor. Taking that idea to its extreme, Daniel De Bruin built a machine with 100 connected gears that turns so slowly on one end that a full…
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The EPA's Proposal to Restrict Science Somehow Gets Worse
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a new draft of one of its most controversial plans, somehow taking it from bad to worse.
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Candidates, Please Steal* Elizabeth Warren's Climate Plans
Elizabeth Warren is out. The Massachusetts senator announced she’s dropping her bid to seek the Democratic presidential nomination, the New York Times reported Thursday.
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Organize All Your Meals With This $7 Bento Box
Sistema Bento Box Food Container | $7 | Amazon

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Perseverance Will Be the Next NASA Rover on Mars
After months of anticipation and a naming contest that involved hundreds of thousands of voters, NASA has finally settled on a name for its upcoming Mars rover: Perseverance.

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The Last of Us Is Heading to HBO, Courtesy of the Mind Behind Chernobyl
Sony might be struggling to get one Naughty Dog video game adaptation off the ground already with Uncharted, but another is already a go on TV. And it has some very interesting names behind it.

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Here's What We Know So Far About Whether Pets Can Get COVID-19
The coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 is pulling off new tricks seemingly every day. Experts in Hong Kong say there’s clear evidence the virus can cross over from humans to dogs and possibly other pets. But they don’t suspect the virus causes serious disease in dogs, nor that dogs are spreading the virus back to people.
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Amazon's Dropping the Price on a Number of DOSS Bluetooth Speakers, Today Only
DOSS Bluetooth Speaker Gold Box | Amazon

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Am I Blind or Does This $2,250 Speaker Kinda Look Like a Lamp?
Bang & Olufsen is no stranger to crafting stylish and wallet-breaking gadgets. Well, the Danish company is at it again with this...lampy looking speaker, the Beosound Balance. It’s designed in conjunction with Layer, a London-based design agency, and costs $2,250. Also, it looks like the base for an artsy lamp.
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The Coronavirus Outbreak Has Caused the Biggest Global Oil Demand Dip in History
Global oil demand is experiencing its most sudden and dramatic dip in history, and it’s all because of the coronavirus outbreak.

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A Smartphone With a Behemoth Battery You Could Actually Slip in a Pocket
When it comes to making phones with prodigious battery life, it’s easy to slap on a humongous battery and call it a day like Energizer did for its dummy thick P18K Pop last year. But for people who don’t like carrying a brick around, there’s now an alternative in the Doogee N100.
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Power Up Faster with 40% off This Recently Released RAVPower Portable Charger [Exclusive]
RAVPower 15000mAh Portable Charger | $24 | Amazon | Promo code KINJALDC + clip coupon
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The Cast of Alex Garland's Devs Divulge Their Character Motivations
Today, Alex Garland’s move from film into television debuts on the new “FX on Hulu.” Devs’ world is filled with people very clued into tech, science, and all its advances and the show itself sits pretty much right up against our own reality when it comes to the concepts and theories at play in the narrative. Want to…
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Nearly three out of four dogs exhibit some kind of serious behavioral problem related to anxiety, according to a survey involving nearly 14,000 pet dogs. Many of these problems varied according to breed, pointing to the need for improved owner awareness and better breeding practices.

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How the UN's Shady Aviation Organization Could Upend a Key Effort to Combat Climate Change
The United Nations’ official aviation body begins three weeks of talks this week. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) council meeting will discuss all manner of aviation-related topics, from coronavirus to unannounced missile launches. But it is also set to make a decision on which carbon offsets it…
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See Curiosity's Highest-Resolution Panorama of Mars Yet
If news from Earth has got you down, maybe this update from the Red Planet will take your mind off things. NASA’s Curiosity rover mission has produced an incredible 1.8-billion-pixel image of the surface of Mars.
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Bento Box Rice Cooker Will Vastly Improve the Work Lunches You Bring From Home
The only thing worse than gagging down reheated french fries is stomaching leftover rice you’ve resurrected in the microwave. But there’s now a fresh alternative: This electric Bento Box can make a single serving of rice at a time.
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Children, due to our perceiving them as innocent, can get away with some things adults can’t. They can be curious, for instance, in ways that would be perceived as rude or downright offensive if us grownups tried it. Which makes them fantastic celebrity interviewers.
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Google Scrambles to Make the White House Seem Competent
Google has announced that it’s partnering with the White House to create a national coronavirus website, which is totally related to whatever the hell the administration was talking about at Friday’s press conference. There, President Donald Trump vastly oversold and misattributed an upcoming, supposedly Google-run…
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Sunday's Best Deals: Star Trek, Fossil Watches, Massagers, and More
A sale on prescription glasses, a Shiatsu back and neck massager, Fossil smartwatches, and the Star Trek movie trilogy lead Sunday’s biggest sales on the Internet.

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The Writers Behind The Walking Dead Are Well Prepared to Work Safely During a Pandemic
Perhaps appropriately, the team writing The Walking Deadalready has all the infrastructure in place to work safely during a quarantine situation.
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How to Watch Tonight's Democratic Debate
Vice President Joe Biden will take on Senator Bernie Sanders tonight at 8pm ET in a televised debate from CNN’s studio in Washington, D.C.

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Westworld's Creators Preview What to Expect in the Third Season
The third season of Westworldis nearly upon us, to offer mysteries, insights into the danger of big technology, and stuff to argue about on Reddit.
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Relax with a Nice Back Massager for Only $35
Naipo Shiatsu Back and Neck Massager | $35 | Amazon | Clip coupon and use code NAIPO314 at checkout

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Following Italy, Spain Locks Down Entire Country to Prevent the Spread of Coronavirus
Days after neighboring Italy locked down the entire country because of the novel coronavirus, Spain declared a state of emergency and announced that it will become the second European country to impose these drastic measures to control the spread of the virus. The message to the public was clear: Stay home.
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Trump Extends Travel Ban to UK and Ireland, Tests Negative for COVID-19
Now if only we could get him to stop shaking so many people’s hands.

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Disney Has Released Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker on Digital Platforms Several Days Early
Do you need something to do while you’re staying home, which is easily the best thing you can do to stem the tide of covid-19, the sickness caused by the novel coronavirus, which is currently spreading widely throughout a large swath of the world? Well, Disney has some help. Well, depending on how you feel about The…
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In Honor of Mulan, Otterbox Adds a Symmetry Case to Their Princess Collection
Mulan Otterbox Case | $46+ | Otterbox or Amazon

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Organize a Virtual Happy Hour With Friends Over Video Chat
Social distancing means that many of us will be spending quality time at home this weekend rather than out at bars, restaurants, and concerts with friends. Just because you’re staying a safe distance away from other people doesn’t mean you can’t hang out with them virtually.

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Bloodshot's Director Shares How He'd Adapt Star Wars: The Old Republic
Bloodshot is a surprisingly capable action flick, starring Vin Diesel as the Valiant hero with director Dave Wilson at the helm. Wilson, who counts Bloodshot as his first full-length directorial debut. But it’s no surprise that Wilson is so good at making compelling action, considering his pedigree: before directing…
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Can't Pay Your Apple Card Bill This Month? Apple Says Don't Sweat It
Apple has announced a “Customer Assistance Program” for its credit card aimed at helping those affected by the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic who may be struggling to make this month’s payment. An Apple spokesperson confirmed the news with Gizmodo via email Saturday after reports began circulating among Apple…
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Saturday's Best Deals: Instant Pot, Robin Comics, Solar Power Generators, and More
An Instant Pot, solar power generator, a sale on high-quality soap, and Sonic the Hedgehog pre-order bonuses lead Saturday’s best deals around the Web.

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Disney, Universal Shut Down Film Production Over Concern About the Novel Coronavirus [Update: The Batman, Too]
Shutdowns continue to sweep film and television, as alongside TV producers like Netflix, Amazon, Apple, and the CW, Disney and Universal have suspended production on nearly all of their live-action films.
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Apple Closes All Stores Outside China to Prevent Spread of Coronavirus
Apple announced on Friday that it was closing all of its stores worldwide, except for those in China, for two weeks until March 27 to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, which has steadily ravaged communities worldwide and forced millions into lockdown.
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The Orville Is Getting New Comics to Bridge the Gap Between Seasons 2 and 3
The Orville, Seth MacFarlane’s (surprisingly) faithful Star Trek homage, is getting another series of comics by Dark Horse, this time set in the space between the show’s second and third season.
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CW's New Stargirl Trailer Has Superheroics With a Teen Drama Vibe
The heroine with the glowing gold staff is ready for action. And also high school.
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A Newly Discovered Deep-Sea Coral Garden Could Unlock the Ocean's Secrets
Australia’s most famous coral resides on its Pacific coast. The Great Barrier Reef is amazing, to be sure, and a bellwether of how climate change is impacting reefs around the world.
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MAXOAK Power Station 500Wh Solar Generator | $350 | Amazon | Clip coupon and use code MAXOAK100
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Disney to Stream Frozen 2 Early Because the World's on Fire
The Mouse might have had a rocky start with its foray into the streaming world, but bringing Frozen 2to Disney+ earlyamid a national health emergency that has tons of people across the country cooped up inside is one hell of a power move.

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Trump Blindsides Google With Announcement That It's Building a Nationwide Screening Site [Updated]
During a Friday press conference to declare the novel coronavirus outbreak a national emergency—“two very big words”, mind you—President Donald Trump and other White House members touted a coronavirus screening website supposedly being developed by Google that would soon be available nationwide. According to Trump,…
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Don't Build a Game in Dreams Just Yet
Creators who took a chance on Dreams, the new PlayStation platform which provides the tools for the time-consuming labor of constructing a video game, have long been asking when they’ll be able to take their work off of Dreams and, say, sell it. The answer is: not anytime soon.
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Don't Use Tor Right Now If You're Working From Home
With more people staying at home and working remotely to avoid the COVID-19 outbreak, online security has become an even higher priority. Using a web browser that respects user privacy and keeps your data safe is a telecommuting necessity, but you should probably avoid using the Tor web browser for now, even though…
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The second generation of The Walking Dead’s world is going to have to wait a bit longer for their journey, as The Walking Dead: World Beyond has been delayed.
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Listen to Old-School and New-School Music with This Turntable
Bluetooth Record Player with Built in Speakers and 3-Speed Turntable | $49 | Victrola
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Google’s Coronavirus Website Is Nothing Like Trump Described
Google finally unveiled its coronavirus website today. Yes, that website, the one that President Donald Trump said Google was building that the company had no idea it was building. The website, while a good resource to obtain information on covid-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, is nothing like what…
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Steven Universe Is Ending Next Week, Watch the Trailer For the Finale
It’s over, isn’t it?
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Sonic the Hedgehog Is Racing to a Digital Release Earlier Than Expected
As the novel coronavirus continues to shake up, well, everything, media companies have started to adapt. One big change is that digital releases are suddenly much more likely to come sooner rather than later, what with the box office pretty much nonexistent.
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Twitter Uses Its Blue-Checkmark System for Good and Streamlines Verification for Covid-19 Experts
Twitter has announced that it’s ramping up the verification process for its infamously arcane blue-checkmark system and prioritizing qualified health professionals in the face of this ongoing pandemic.

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Patton Oswalt Is the Greatest Kaiju in This Goofy Short Film
Kaiju. Japanese game shows. Patton Oswalt getting beat up. Really, this short film has it all.
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Saturday's Best Deals: Meat Themometers, Turntables, Super Mario 3D Land, Jackets, and More
A sale on Adidas apparel, a multi use turntable, clearance on a winter jacket, and Super Mario 3D Land headline for Saturday’s best deals.

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The Magicians Has One Last Musical Episode Up Its Sleeve
Here’s a quick preview.
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This New Species Is Named After the Plastic Inside It
Some species are named after beloved teen activists or Lady Gaga. Others are named after plastic. Before science even discovered this deep-sea crustacean, plastic had infiltrated its stomach. So scientists named it accordingly. Meet Eurythenes plasticus.
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Haven't Grabbed Your Apple Store Pickup Yet? You're Screwed Until Further Notice
Though all Apple retail locations outside of China technically closed on March 14 in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, the company provided customers with a two-day window to collect in-store pickups or any devices previously left for repairs. That grace period expired Tuesday, and if you haven’t already…
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Google Assistant Now Sings You Through the Proper Way to Wash Your Hands
As part of a collab with the World Health Organization, Google announced a new Assistant command Friday to walk (or, rather, sing) users through one of the most basic yet crucial defenses against spreading potentially fatal contagions: washing your hands.

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Six Ways to Organize Your At-Home Work Space
With everything going on right now, it’s hard to achieve a semi-sense of normalcy, especially if you’re used to working in an office. Whether your pets are a distraction, you watch too much TV, or general clutter is your issue, almost anything can be disastrous when you have work to do.
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Up Your Netflix Game With These Tools and Chrome Extensions
Social distancing means a lot of us are spending a lot more time on Netflix. If some of that Netflix watching is happening on your home computer, then you’re going to want to check out these Chrome extensions.

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Netflix Pledges $100 Million to Help Entertainment Workers Impacted by the Covid-19 Pandemic
As social distance and shelter-at-home orders continue to force the entertainment industry to suspend production and cancel or shift scheduled premieres, workers from all corners of the film and television worlds are being impacted as their work grinds to a halt. Now, Netflix says it’s created a $100 million relief…
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Reddit’s Imaginary Maps Show Us It Could Always Be Worse
We’ve all mapped out some mental image of the world we live in, and it’s not great. Whatever our doomscape looks like, though, we can probably agree that it still beats a medieval patchwork of theocratic states after an unspecified Event, a zombie-colonized Britain, or a Pacific Northwest after Oregon’s fallen into…
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Friday's Best Deals: Trivial Pursuit Friends, an Aukey Wireless Charger, Sunbeam Heating Pads, Corsair Gaming Headset, and More
A Corsair Gaming Headset, Anthropologie 25% off sale, an Aukey hub + Qi charger, Sunbeam heating pads, and Trivial Pursuit Friends lead Friday’s best deals of the day.

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What We Think We Know About the Coronavirus Is Going to Keep Changing
With new information about the novel coronavirus seemingly arriving every hour on the hour, it’s perfectly understandable to feel confused and discombobulated. With that in mind, here’s a mantra I’ve held close to my hopefully healthy lungs for almost three months now: The things we think we know about covid-19 are…
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MovieFone Sells for Just $1 Million as MoviePass Owner Liquidates Remaining Failures
Film listing service MovieFone just sold for a paltry $1 million in Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings for owner Helios & Matheson, the company behind the MoviePass clusterfuck, Deadline reported on Friday.

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Get a Refurbished Samsung Galaxy S10+ for $450, Galaxy S9 and Pixel 3 for $240 at Woot
Refurbished Android Phones Starting at $60 | Woot
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