“Crypto? Oh, that’s right, cryptocurrencies. Those fake digital coins, right? I remember seeing them at last year’s Super Bowl. Larry David was in one. I thought that commercial was pretty funny. Say, how is that whole crypto thing doing?”

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Everything We Noticed During SpaceX's First Big Test of Starship Megarocket
It didn’t last for very long, but the first full-scale static fire test of SpaceX’s Starship rocket appears to have been a success, despite the fact that two of the booster’s 33 Raptor engines did not participate in the demonstration. Here’s what we learned from yesterday’s milestone achievement and what might happen…
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The World's 'Fastest Charging Phone' Can Go From 0% to 100% in 10 Minutes
I feel pretty good if I can get my old, decrepit Google Pixel 3 to go from 0 to 40% charge in half an hour. Though, if I’m using something much more powerful than the 18W adapter that came with it, I can get somewhat faster speeds. Still, I’m not going to have a good time if I forget to charge the old man at night,…
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Jimmy Choo Celebrates Sailor Moon's 30th Anniversary in Style
Celebrating 30 years of Sailor Moon, Jimmy Choo is setting up to release a limited series of shoes that correspond to major characters from the property. The five Sailor Senshi represented in this anniversary collection include Sailor Moon, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter, and Sailor Venus—the first five…
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Here's How Tech Is Shaping Super Bowl LVII
When the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles face off at Super Bowl LVII in Phoenix, there will be a contest happening behind the scenes: Tech companies have a long history of using major sporting events as a grand stage to show off their latest gadgets and gizmos. Sunday’s game is no exception.
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The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Adds More Potential Zombie Fodder to Its Cast
Norman Reedus’ Daryl Dixon is, obviously, the main focus of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, the Walking Dead spin-off that will follow the fan-favorite character (but not Carol) as he heads to post-apocalyptic Europe. We already knew that French actress Clémence Poésy (Tenet) was also in the cast. Now, we know a bit…
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Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin and NASA Team Up for a Mission to Mars
NASA’s interest in sending missions to Mars and beyond continues as the agency just tapped private space company Blue Origin to help it reach the Red Planet.
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65 Looks Like the Best Jurassic Park Movie in Years
The first trailer for the new Adam Driver movie 65 revealed exactly what the title meant, in an amazing way. What starts as a futuristic sci-fi story reveals itself to be some kind of time-travel movie where a man with advanced technology finds himself on Earth at the time of the dinosaurs.
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Shareholders Sue Shell, Saying It's Too Obsessed With Fossil Fuels
U.K.-based environmental law firm ClientEarth is suing Shell’s 11-member board, saying they are failing to properly manage the business risks associated with climate change. The lawsuit, filed in England’s high court, claims that the company’s current climate strategy is inadequate, which puts Shell at a financial…
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This Pill Treats Constipation By Vibrating Its Way Through Your Body
If natural approaches like boosting your water and fiber intake don’t help to alleviate your constipation, a new pill that takes a radically different approach to constipation treatment could help those wanting to avoid medications. It instead delivers vibrations that help kickstart the body’s natural processes for …
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Lyft Shares Drop Despite Reported Revenue Growth
Lyft shares are underperforming compared to its main competitor, Uber, spiking concerns that the rideshare company may have to offset its losses with price gouging and cost-cutting measures. The company’s shares dropped by 32% on Friday, marking its worst single-day drop since its stocks fell by 30% in May 2022, the …
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Curiosity Rover Spots Clear Evidence of Ancient Water on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity rover recently spotted some of the most compelling evidence yet of ancient water on Mars, in the form of rippled rocks shaped by waves.
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Batman Looms Large in The Flash's First Poster
Fans won’t have to wait too long to get their first full look at The Flash:Warner Bros. just confirmed that the first trailer will be released Sunday during the Super Bowl. In the meantime, it’s released the film’s first poster and anyone who was worried that Batman wouldn’t be in it can rest easy.
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Consecration Contains Bloody Nuns and a Mystery That's Not Quite as Striking
One of the first images in Consecrationis a nun pointing a gun—an immediate indication of the film’s spooky religious themes, as well as its tendency to not be subtle about them. Fortunately, stunning Scottish scenery, a strong performance by Jena Malone, and a fairly intriguing mystery help balance that out.
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The ‘Last Ice Area’ Is Already Disappearing
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Pentagon Employees Are Too Horny to Follow National Security Protocols
Pentagon employees are using banned and unauthorized apps to find hookups, watch TikToks, and buy crypto on government phones and devices, according to a new Department of Defense investigation launched over fears surrounding TikTok. The list of what DoD employees are downloading in spite of bans includes dating apps,…
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Dungeons & Dragons Knows a Thing or Two About Game Nights
Although slated to air during the Super Bowl this weekend, a new trailer for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves has been released early, showing a few more snippets of the high-stakes, slightly goofy action that people have come to know and love in their own Dungeons & Dragons campaigns.
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LG Is Now Making Giant LED Movie Screens to Replace Projectors in Smaller Theaters
With TVs slowly growing larger and larger, it was inevitable that, one day, they’d eventually replace the need for projectors, even in movie theaters. Projectors aren’t going away entirely just yet, but LG’s new super-sized Miraclass LED screens can replace them for smaller “intimate” theaters, which are becoming a…
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OkCupid Employs ChatGPT to Interrogate Its Users
Open AI’s ChatGPT has taken the internet by storm, and now it’s entering the dating world--just in time for Valentine’s Day. OkCupid has begun incorporating prompts generated by the large language model into its matching questions, as first reported by Mashable.

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Fast X's First Trailer Features Cars, Crashes, and a Vengeful Jason Momoa
Dominic Toretto isn’t the only person who has family. Sometimes, the people he kills have family too, and sometimes, those people get very pissed and try to kill him and everyone he loves.

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The Justice League x RWBY Movie Takes DC Heroes a-Hunting
Getting mysteriously transported to the monster-filled world of Remnant is basically a Tuesday for the Justice League. But getting mysteriously transported to a monster-filled world and somehow waking up as amnesiac teens? Yeah, even for the Justice League, that’s a bit more unusual.

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Getty Images Wants AI to Stop Copying Them
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