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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