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    Default First Male Murder Hornet in U.S. Caught in Washington State

    The murder-hornet-hunting heroes at the Washington State Department of Agriculture have successfully trapped a male specimen—the first of its kind found stateside.
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    Google Maps Just Got a Colorful New Update
    Google Maps is getting a colorful new update in the coming weeks, adding terrain and street-level granularity to its UI that, after 15 years, was in desperate need of a makeover.
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    Juice up Your Devices in the Blink of an Eye With a Wireless Charger That Doesn't Suck
    Forget being tethered to a short phone charging cable on your nightstand. Just place your phone on a stand and move on. Wireless charging has quickly become much more ubiquitous over the years, and as we’ve seen it adapted more and more often, charging units have become cheaper and more reliable. Whether you’re…
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    Stadia's Success as a Serious Gaming Platform Rests on Baldur's Gate 3
    Baldur’s Gate 3 is coming to PC and Stadia via early access on September 30, 2020, Larian Studios revealed today during a live stream. This isn’t the first time a major game will be released on Stadia at the same time as another major platform, but Larian Studios’ enthusiasm for Stadia as a game development platform…
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    Ensure a Secure, Private Internet: The Best VPN Deals of the Day
    Featured Deal: Save 68% on 2 Years | NordVPN
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    Democrats Quietly Cut Opposition to Fossil Fuel Subsidies From DNC Platform
    Democratic presidential ticket Joe Biden and Kamala Harris both came out against fossil fuel subsidies during their respective White House primary bids. But the party they now lead removed language doing the same at the last minute from its national platform.

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    Apple Renames Apple Beats 1 Apple Music 1, Not to Be Confused With Apple Music or Apple Music
    Apple today announced it’s adding two new offerings to its global radio portfolio: a hits station and one for country music. Somewhat confusing for fans of its existing and immensely popular Beats 1, Apple also announced the station will be renamed Apple Music 1. As with its infuriatingly frustrating Apple TV and TV+…
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    Now You Can Be Miserable Anywhere
    Thank you, contemporary designers, for lifting our spirits with wearable bubbles, dining table sneeze guards, and hug tunnels during these trying times. No thank-you for these four pieces of lumber behind which we can contain our sadness and paper towel wads, aka, a minimal home office from Panasonic, available soon…
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    Tuesday's Deals of the Day: HP Envy Printer, Razer Mouse and Keyboard, Ninja Foodi 5-in-1 Air Fryer, BBoutique 1-Day Sale, Huckberry Swimwear, and More
    An HP Envy Photo printer, a Fibit Inspire HR fitness tracker, a Razer gaming mouse and keyboard, an Outer Worlds price drop,a Ninja Foodi 5-in-1 air fryer, a Eufy Smart Lock Touch, a Bellesa Boutique 1-day sex supply sale, and a discount on Huckberry swimwear lead Tuesday’s best deals.
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    Does Our Sun Have a Long-Lost Twin?
    The strange configuration of material in the outer reaches of our solar system has led a team of scientists to speculate that the Sun had a companion during its early days. Intriguingly, this scenario could explain the presence of the hypothesized Planet Nine, should it actually exist.

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    The Razer Black Widow Elite Keyboard Is $70 Off
    Razer Gaming Keyboard | $100 | Best Buy

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    Facebook Just Told Oculus Users to Go Get Fucked
    It’s official. Starting this October, a Facebook account will be mandatory for all future Oculus headsets. While there’ll be a grace period for anyone with a separate Oculus account, Facebook will end support for those on January 1, 2023.
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    Covid-19 Just Passed Another Horrible Milestone in the U.S.
    The covid-19 pandemic has just breezed through another ignoble milestone in the U.S. The viral disease has taken more American lives this year than almost all other leading causes—it ranks behind only heart disease and cancer.

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    Boldly Get Into Star Trek Adventures and Become a Sentient Gun in the Latest Gaming News
    Welcome back to Gaming Shelf, io9's column all about board games, RPGs, and tabletop gaming news. There have been plenty of exciting announcements following the online-only GenCon 2020, along with some really intriguing new Kickstarter campaigns. These include new miniatures based on the Dungeons & Dragons wheelchair…
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    Internet Explorer Has Started Its Ascent to the Big Digital Pasture in the Sky
    My dad had a cute nickname for Internet Explorer: “Internet Exploder,” an expression of disdain for the browser that he refused to use, even though it was the preferred option for vast majority of people in late ‘90s and early 2000s. He liked the MSN Explorer browser, but I never understood why.Maybe it was the…
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    Let's Get Loud With $100 off Sony's WH-XB900N Noise-Cancelling Headphones
    Sony WH-XB900N Noise-Canceling Headphones | $148 | Amazon Gold Box
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    Postmaster General Says He'll Stop Fucking Up the Post Office Until After the Election
    Louis DeJoy was nothing but a private equity ghoul and fundraiser for President Trump before he became Postmaster General in May. In his short tenure, the constitutionally mandated U.S. Postal Service has begun to “overhaul” its operations in a way that has slowed service and caused it to warn most states it may not…
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    An Ode to Flypaper, the Perfect Tech That Asks for Nothing
    “Guess,” says my boyfriend, as he now does every morning, before turning on the coffee kettle. “Fifteen,” I reply without looking up from my laptop. “You owe me ten bucks,” he beams. “Way over fifty.” He means fruit flies, of course.

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    Star Wars Ventures Deep Into Thrawn's Past in This Ascendancy: Chaos Rising Excerpt
    In Star Wars’ current canon, we’ve seen Thrawn’s rise as one of the Empire’s most cunning Grand Admirals. Books have shown us how he left his homeworld and the unknown regions to explore “our” side of the Star Wars galaxy, but Timothy Zahn’s latest trilogy is delving back into that past, and io9 has a look inside.

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    Uber and Lyft: Okay But What If Franchises, Though?
    California’s rideshare behemoths Uber and Lyft are still grasping for ways to get around the state’s attempts to classify their drivers as full-time employees, and the long-play at this point very much appears to be a November ballot measure. But the two companies have reportedly explored alternative workarounds as…
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    Default Please Keep Mark Zuckerberg Away From My Bones

    Most of us might think of Facebook as the social network of choice for suburban moms and conspiracy theorists, but the company hasn’t been shy about branching out to become much more than an app on our phones, even if that’s the last thing we want. Here’s an example: earlier today, Facebook put out a company blog post
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    Samsung's 65-Inch Q60 QLED Smart TV Falls to $750
    Samsung 65-inch Q60 QLED Smart TV | $750 | Amazon
    Samsung 65-inch Q60 QLED Smart TV | $750 | Best Buy
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    Tinted Solar Panels Can Help Farms Generate Clean Energy While Growing Food
    In a future world, leafy vegetables may not be grown in rows of crops under the sun. Instead, they may be grown indoors beneath tinted semi-transparent solar panels that will allow farmers to grow food and produce energy. That’s the future imagined in a recent study that shows how the use of this technology can…
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    Damaged SETI Observatory Could Be Sidelined for Months
    The iconic Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico was damaged last week when a large cable fell onto the radio telescope’s main reflector dish. We’re now learning more about this unfortunate incident, including how long it might take until the beleaguered observatory is back online.

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    Smartphones Knowing When You're Drunk Is the Next Frontier of Data Spying
    In case your smartphone tracking your travels, web browsing, dating history, job changes, diet changes, shopping habits, and general content consumption wasn’t enough for you, there’s good news. Soon, the little snitch in all of our pockets might be able to tell us when we’re plastered just by measuring a few of our…
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    Default Add 256GB of Samsung MicroSD Storage to Your Switch, Smartphone, and M

    Samsung 256GB EVO Select microSDXC Card | $30 | Amazon
    Samsung 128GB EVO Select microSDXC Card | $20 | Amazon
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    The Lumix S5 Is Panasonic's Lightest and Most Compact Full-Frame Mirrorless Camera Yet
    As much as I appreciate Panasonic’s beastly pro-grade S1 cameras, I have to admit they are more camera than I really need, or more importantly, more camera than I’d ever want to carry around. But with the launch of the new Lumix S5, Panasonic has taken a lot of the best parts from its flagship full-frame mirrorless…
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    Updates From Ant-Man 3, Dune, and More
    Adam Driver boards Sam Raimi’s mystery new sci-fi project. The cast of the next Scream continues to expand. Warner Bros. is taking its adaptation of Mark Millar’s Nemesis in a very different direction. Plus, Peyton Reed on the scale of Ant-Man 3, and the end of The 100 draws near. To me, my spoilers!

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    How to Customize Your Web Browser's Homepage (and Why You Should)
    Most of us open a web browser and either stare at whatever tabs we never closed or a homepage that’s not quite as customized as it could be. This is our launchpad for the web, which is why it’s important to make it as useful as possible.
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    Snag This HomePod for $100 Less and Enjoy Some Bonus Apple Goodies
    Apple HomePod | $200 | Best Buy

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    JBL's New Speaker Lineup Is Frankly Just Here to Party
    JBL’s new speaker line wants to make you feel like the DJ of your own living room—or the great outdoors. There’s something for everyone here.
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    Hero Addresses Most Important Problem Facing the World Today
    There are a lot of problems in the country right now, from police shootings of unarmed civilians to a pandemic that has killed over 184,000 Americans. But one man in Lincoln, Nebraska, recently addressed a city council meeting to draw attention to the most important problem facing the world today: boneless chicken…
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    Your Blue Jeans Are Polluting the Arctic
    Since quarantine began, I’ve donned nary a pair of jeans. Sweatpants? Hell yeah! Dresses? Glorified pajamas, I say. But blue jeans? To sit on the couch all day? Couldn’t be me. Well, it turns out that by leaving my jeans in the closet and not wearing and washing them, I may be preventing itsy bitsy denim fibers from…
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    Sony's Popular 65-Inch X900F 4K TV Falls to $898
    Sony 65" X900F 4K HDR LED Smart TV | $898 | Amazon

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    Woman Arrested For Facebook Post Promoting Anti-Lockdown Protest in Australia
    Police in Australia arrested a 28-year-old woman on Wednesday for publishing a Facebook post that promotes an anti-lockdown protest in the country’s state of Victoria. Footage of the arrest was captured by her partner and shows police officers handcuffing the woman and saying that she’s being charged with…
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    Sean Bean Looks Doomed Again in the Trippy, Intense Possessor Trailer
    Since its buzzworthy debut at Sundance earlier this year, genre fans have eagerly been awaiting the release of Brandon Cronenberg’s Possessor. The date is finally coming and a new trailer dives deeper into the terrifying tale.
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    Samsung's New 4K Ultra Short Throw Laser Projector Promises a Cinematic Experience for Small Spaces
    Samsung is adding a new projector to its home cinema gadget lineup with the Premiere, a 4K ultra short throw laser projector that will roll out worldwide later this year.

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    Metal Gear Solid Sees Another Delay and Trivial Pursuit Embraces Horror in Gaming News
    Welcome back to Gaming Shelf, io9's column all about board games and tabletop roleplaying games. In this latest edition, we’ve got a board game about gods celebrating the wonder of dinosaurs, some awesome roleplaying dice inlaid with (fake) mosquitos, and another delay for one of IDW’s most anticipated games. Check it…
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    Thank God, We'll Play as the Interesting Hawkeye in the Avengers Game
    Sorry, Hawkeye. We’ll be playing as Hawkeye, please and thank you.

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    This Vintage Goonies Featurette Is a Pure Shot of '80s Nostalgia
    Often times, a classic movie can help us time travel. It brings us right back to the instant we first saw it. Maybe you were with a special person. Maybe you were a certain age. But few things tap into nostalgia like a fan’s relationship to a movie.
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    Did You Fly a Jetpack Over Los Angeles This Weekend? Because the FBI Is Looking for You
    Did you fly a jetpack over Los Angeles at approximately 3,000 feet on Sunday? Some kind of tiny helicopter? Maybe a lawn chair with balloons tied to it?

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    This $30 Fountain Pen Got Me Writing by Hand Again
    Lamy Safari Fountain Pen | $28 | Amazon
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    White House Says It Won't Help Global Vaccine Effort to Spite China, World Health Organization
    The U.S. won’t contribute to an international effort to develop a vaccine for SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes covid-19, the White House said on Tuesday, because it involves the “corrupt World Health Organization” and China.

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    The CDC (Trump) Says It's Halting Evictions
    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may or may not have the authority to halt evictions, but it plans to swing for the fences regardless. Effective immediately, it—or more accurately, Trump—plans to enact the sort of eviction moratoria tried in many states nationwide.

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    Zuckerberg Drops $300 Million to Support U.S. Elections
    Citing the unprecedented strain the coronavirus has wrought on the U.S. election system, Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday announced that he and wife Priscilla Chan are donating $300 million to increase voter turnout and bolster state and local election security efforts.
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    Gear Up and Get Your Game On in Today’s Best Xbox Deals
    Featured Deal: Xbox Game Pass Ultimate (3 Months) | $29 | CDKeys
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    Default Researchers May Have Found the First Treatment for Chronic Fainting

    A pacemaker might help people prone to fainting stay on their feet more, according to preliminary research out this week. The findings from this study and others could very well lead to pacemakers becoming the first dedicated treatment for chronic fainting.

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    An Ode to the Museum Scene in The Last of Us Part II
    Weeks later, I’m still completely stunned by it.
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    Tuesday's Best Deals: Razer Blade, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, AAA Batteries, Tacklife 800A Jump Starter, Kyoku Chef Knife, Bissell Robot Vacuum, AeroGarden, and More
    A Razer Blade gaming laptop, an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate 3-month membership, a sale on X-Men Dorbz, a 48-pack of Energizer AAA batteries, an 800A Tacklife T8 jump starter, a Kyoku Damascus chef knife, a Bissell robot vacuum, and an AeroGarden Harvest seed kit lead Tuesday’s best deals.
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    Default Trump Orders Federal Agencies to Stop Funding Anti-Racism Trainings, C

    In another tacit admission that he believes American equates to whiteness, President Trump has ordered the cease and desist of any government funding for anti-racism federal training programs because they are “anti-American propaganda.”

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    Marvel's Avengers Is Making Me Feel Like Superheroes Kill a Lot Of People
    Square-Enix’s Marvel’s Avengersestablishes early on that as you and the Avengers journey across the world on a quest to defeat MODOK, you’ll have to fight countless AIM-branded robots based on Stark technology that are all programmed to target Inhumans and eliminate heroes on sight.
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    What Outdoor Learning Could Look Like During the Pandemic
    Although we’ve been talking about how to safely reopen schools during the coronavirus pandemic for months, it can sometimes feel like we’re not any closer than we were back then. In recent weeks, schools in some states have opened their doors, employing a variety of measures to try to keep the virus out of their…
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    What I Learned From a Week of Responding to My Haters
    When you write about the climate crisis, getting hate mail comes with the territory. It shouldn’t, of course, but I’ve gotten used to it over the years. Mostly, I just brush off, though I’ll admit the occasional threats of bodily harm do get to me.
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    Get Your Caffeine Fix With Nearly Half off a Keurig K-Cup Coffee Maker
    Keurig K-Select Single-Serve K-Cup Pod Coffee Maker | $70 | Best Buy
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    Even a Federal Judge Agrees That the FBI and NSA Are Flouting Civil Liberty Safeguards
    The National Security Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation violated thousands of people’s civil liberties by exploiting systems intended for sussing out foreign intelligence and criminal activity, a federal judge found per the Washington Post.
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    DoD: Sorry, Amazon, Microsoft's Still Getting That $10 Billion JEDI Contract. Sucks to Suck.
    After a monthslong investigation by the Pentagon, the Department of Defense said Friday that it’s sticking with Microsoft for its $10 billion cloud computing contract. And Amazon is not happy.
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    Sorry, That PS5 Is A Cake
    Last night, streaming platform Twitch held the first Chat Choice Awards, allowing viewers to vote for their favorite games live. It also teased the audience with what appeared to be a PlayStation 5, which sat in the background for two hours before finally being revealed to be an exceptionally large, elaborate cake.

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    Super Mario 3D All-Stars Pre-Order Guide: Release Date, Price, Retailers, and More
    Pre-Order Super Mario 3D All-Stars | $60 | Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart

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    Save Hundreds on Dell Laptops and Desktops Right Now
    Featured Deal: Dell UltraSharp 27 Monitor + $100 eGift Card | $350
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    Joe Biden Touts Endorsement From the Guy Who Poisoned Flint, Michigan
    Joe Biden can, once again, fuck off. After spending months making overtures to environmental organizers about how he’s listening to them, creating a task force with Green New Deal-backing Sanders supporters and strengthening some parts of his climate plan, the Democratic presidential nominee seems to be taking that…
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    The Winamp Skin Museum Is X-Tremely Gnarly
    At this moment, thousands of people around the world are booting up the just-released remaster of the classic Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater video game and hearing those plinking Primus riffs on the soundtrack for the first time in a couple of decades. If you’re one of the people who are about to spend the weekend going…
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    6 Times Women Joined Forces to Face Movie Horrors
    Horror movies have been winnowing their casts down to a “final girl” since the 1970s. But as these more recent films show—on a list that includes two reboots of early slashers—the chances of survival are much greater when it’s a group of women instead... even if the dynamics within that group aren’t always peaceful.
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    Large Study Finds Link Between Hair Dye And a Certain Type of Breast Cancer
    A new large population study looks to clarify the theorized connection between hair dye and cancer. The study found no link between ever using hair dye and an increased risk of most types of cancer in women. However, it did find a possible relationship between hair dye and certain forms of breast cancer, ovarian…
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    The 10 Best Deals of September 4, 2020
    Friday’s Best Deals | Kinja Deals
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    Grab DJI's Osmo Action Camera for $122 off at Best Buy
    DJI OSMO Action Camera | $248 | Amazon
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    HBO Max's Ad Plan Is a Disaster
    As WarnerMedia gears up for the release of a planned ad model for its recently launched HBO Max product, its parent company has reportedly run into a number of problems—including the fact that absolutely no one wants ads on premium content, including some of HBO’s business partners.
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    Keep Pregnancy Tests Dumb
    I love a good teardown as much as the next gadget nerd, but two teardowns of digital pregnancy tests on Twitter illustrate how “technology” for reproductive health often misses the mark.

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    'Stars and Stripes' Ordered to Stop Printing
    USA Today reports that in a recent, previously unpublicized memo, the Pentagon’s acting director of Defense Media Activity, Col. Paul Haverstick (Army), ordered the publisher of Stars and Stripes to present a plan to discontinue its print publication by September 15.

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    Prison Phone App Exposes Millions of Inmate Messages and Personal Data
    As many incarcerated individuals are having their visiting privileges restricted due to the global pandemic, Telmate’s Getting Out app has become one of the only options that families separated by incarceration have to keep in touch. But according to research published today, hundreds of millions of intimate messages…
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    Convert Your Car or Wired Headphones to Bluetooth for $15
    1Mii Universal Bluetooth Receiver | $15 | Amazon | Use code
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    Facebook’s Militia 'Mistake,' FCC’s Speech Police, and TikTok’s Secret Sauce
    The never-ending battle over content moderation is only intensifying as we get closer to the 2020 elections and beyond. We’re trying out new formats to round up and summarize developments in this space—both in the interest of everyone’s sanity and to allow more time for the ramifications and context of the outcomes of
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    In response to BuzzFeed News’s statement that it will now primarily refer to QAnon as a “collective
    In response to BuzzFeed News’s statement that it will now primarily refer to QAnon as a “collective delusion” instead of a “conspiracy theory,” the Gizmodo Copy Desk is making the decision to call QAnon “the future of the GOP.”
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    Peloton's Plan to Meet Pandemic Demand: Cheaper Treadmill, Pricier Bike, and New Classes
    As gyms and boutique fitness studios throughout much of the country remain closed to avoid becoming covid-19 hot spots, home workout equipment sales have skyrocketed. Peloton, maker of a popular connected bike and extremely expensive connected treadmill, has benefitted from the forced shift to home fitness. Now the…
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    Default Lovecraft Country Is Getting to the Root of Everyone's Pain

    Much as each of Lovecraft Country’s episodes have further expanded upon its strange world of eldritch magic and white supremacist occultists seeking to control it, the show’s never lost sight of the fact that it’s telling a complicated story about multiple generations of interconnected Black families working though…
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    The Cast of The Princess Bride Will Reunite for a Virtual Table Read to Benefit the Wisconsin Democratic Party
    The event will be a fundraiser for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin.
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    Save Half off LG’s 55-inch Nano 8 Series 4K LED Smart TV
    LG 55-inch Nano 8 Series 4K LED Smart TV | $437 | Amazon

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    What Would Happen If All Personal Data Leaked at Once?
    Subconsciously, on some level, we’re all waiting for it: the leak that wrecks society and confirms what we all know already, namely that the mass transfer of our inmost secrets/shames to Facebook, Google, et. al. was never not going to end in flames. Who among us will emerge looking halfway human, let alone “good,”…
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    There Is a Seed Mystery on Amazon
    Some people are apparently using Amazon to send thousands of seeds to recipients that didn’t order them in the U.S. This is more concerning than it sounds, and has prompted a stern response from Amazon: No more seeds from foreign sellers.
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    An Exploding Tundra, Voter Fraud, and Ancient Singing Dogs: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week
    We’re in September, y’all. I just...I can’t right now. I keep remembering that fact when I feel the errant chilly breeze when I’m out walking my dog or catch sight of stores selling Halloween decorations and it keeps blowing my mind. Nine months! We’re nine months into 2020 and yet 2019 feels like a lifetime ago.

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    Watching Adam Savage Spruce Up a Captain America Shield Is Strangely Relaxing
    Adam Savage of Mythbusters fame is a big nerd and an amazing craftsman. Watching him update a cosplay prop like a Captain America shield is watching a master at work.
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    Pharma Companies to Release Pledge Promising Not to Seek Federal Approval Until Vaccine Is Safe
    Pharmaceutical companies are aiming to assuage the public’s anxiety, ever inflamed by a selfish U.S. president, over the safety of coronavirus vaccines. To calm fears, big-name drug makers like Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson and Moderna will sign a joint statement to demonstrate their commitment to safety and effectiveness.…
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    Sunday's Best Deals: Hisense 55-inch Smart TV, bObsweep Robot Vacuum, 4K UHD Laser Projector, Razer Kraken Headset, Bissell Upright Vacuum, and More
    A Hisense 55-inch Android Smart TV, a bObsweep robot vacuum, a Razer Kraken gaming headset, a Vava 4K UHD Laser TV Projector, a Bissell bagless upright vacuum, packs of K95 masks, and a SNAN bidet attachment lead Sunday’s best deals.
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    This VFX Reel Shows Some of The Mandalorian's Best Moments Coming Together
    We all know The Mandalorian was a VFX heavy show, relying on some really remarkable effects to build its world. But it’s another thing to see those effects come together to build something that feels real.
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    The Power of LG Compels You
    After showing a teaser video earlier this week, LG confirmed on Sunday that its upcoming smartphone with a swiveling second screen will be called the LG Wing. And while I can appreciate that they’re trying to change up the form factor in an increasingly crowded market of flipping and folding dual-screen smartphones,…
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    Hugo Weaving Was Nearly Set to Appear in the Fourth Matrix Film
    It just didn’t quite work out.
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    Try Out the Wildly Hard DragonCon Star Wars Trivia Qualifying Quiz
    Are you sure you know what droids you’re looking for?
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    Facebook Is Apparently Testing Out a New Feature That Puts Instagram Stories in Its Main App
    Facebook has made it no secret that it wants to entwine Instagram into its main blue app as much as possible (to some Instagram users’ chagrin.) Its latest experiment apparently involves putting Instagram stories directly on Facebook.
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    Teen Hacker Charged with Paralyzing Miami Schools in Embarrassingly Simple Cyberattack
    A Florida teenager allegedly used an embarrassingly simple program to launch a series of DDoS attacks that helped shut down one of the nation’s largest school districts for its first three days of virtual classes, the Miami Herald reported this week.

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    See the Pencil Tests for Avatar: the Last Airbender's Best Fight Scene
    You’ve seen it in HD. You’ve seen the fan version. Now see the unfinished version. Which is, honestly, still stunning.
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    Epic Asks Court to Put Fortnite Back in the App Store While It Fights With Apple
    A week after the release of the latest chapter of Fortnite—which is not available on iOS or macOS because of the brawl between Epic Games and Apple—Epic Games is again asking the court to put its game back in the App Store. The developer claims it is being retaliated against for “daring to challenge Apple’s…
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    Facebook Blocks Suicide Livestream of French Euthanasia Supporter
    Facebook has banned a terminally ill Frenchman from livestreaming after he announced plans to broadcast his death on the platform, Agence France-Presse reported Saturday per French 24.
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    Basically Every Black Panther Comic Is Free on Comixology Right Now
    A fitting tribute for a King.
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    DC Fandome Returns Next Weekend for More Digital Convention Goodness
    With in-person cons off the table for the foreseeable future, a number of companies have been experimenting with making something like a convention via streaming. DC Fandome, to date, has been the only particularly successful one, effectively emulating the full experience for better or worse.
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    Default Get Nike's Special Apple Watch Series 5 Model Up to $80 off

    Apple Watch Series 5 Nike (40mm) | $425 | Nike
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    Marvel's Avengers Is Making Me Feel Like Superheroes Kill a Lot Of People
    Square-Enix’s Marvel’s Avengersestablishes early on that as you and the Avengers journey across the world on a quest to defeat MODOK, you’ll have to fight countless AIM-branded robots based on Stark technology that are all programmed to target Inhumans and eliminate heroes on sight.
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    What Outdoor Learning Could Look Like During the Pandemic
    Although we’ve been talking about how to safely reopen schools during the coronavirus pandemic for months, it can sometimes feel like we’re not any closer than we were back then. In recent weeks, schools in some states have opened their doors, employing a variety of measures to try to keep the virus out of their…
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    What I Learned From a Week of Responding to My Haters
    When you write about the climate crisis, getting hate mail comes with the territory. It shouldn’t, of course, but I’ve gotten used to it over the years. Mostly, I just brush it off, though I’ll admit the occasional threats of bodily harm do get to me.
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    Default Grab Your Plumber’s Cap for the Top Nintendo Switch Deals of the Day

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    Default Samsung's Galaxy Tab S7+ Is Simply the Best Android Tablet Around, War

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    Default Apple Suspends Hardware Partner Over Labor Violations

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    Default How to Trick Out Your Android Home Screen Like an iPhone

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    Default How to Score Great Deals on Samsung Androids and Refurb iPhones Today

    I’ve been successful at avoiding all things Black Friday/Cyber Monday this year, save for a small splurge on a cold-brew coffee maker. If you’re looking to upgrade your life in a bigger way—in the form of a new phone—you should know that you can get Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S20 Androids (the S20 and S20+) at their…
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    The Mandalorian's Filoni and Dawson on Why People Still See Ahsoka as a Jedi
    As The Mandalorian’s stakes have gradually risen with each episode, the series’ connections to the Star Wars franchise’s larger epic narrative have grown stronger, particularly as characters like Bo-Katan and important items like the Darksaber have been incorporated into the plot.
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    Young Americans Are Scared to Have Kids Because of Climate Change
    The world’s leading climate scientists have made it abundantly clear that the only way to avert catastrophic climate breakdown is to quickly decarbonize the entire global economy. But so far, world leaders aren’t making anything close to the necessary changes. To avoid subjecting any more people to a hellish future,…
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    Your Childhood Is on Sale at Amazon Because Tiger Electronics Games Are $10
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    Looks Like Salesforce Is Buying Slack
    Cloud-based business software mammoth Salesforce is reportedly buying Slack, the searchable workplace chatroom interface for team organization and office-appropriate dog photos. This probably won’t impact the daily lives of us users, for whom Slack will remain a record where everything we say can be held against us in…
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    Nobody’s Gonna Miss You
    Cartoonish internet supervillain Ajit Pai, the Donald Trump-appointed Republican chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, announced Monday that he is leaving the agency on Jan. 20 before the incoming Biden administration shows him the door. Pai’s departure marks the end of an era at the FCC overshadowed by…
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    Please, Stop Adding Stories to Every Single App
    Et tu, Spotify?
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    Why Europe's Space Agency Is Spending $103 Million to Remove a Single Piece of Space Junk
    The European Space Agency has signed a historic deal with Swiss startup ClearSpace to remove a single item of space debris in 2025. The $103 million price tag is steep, but this mission—involving an orbiting, mouth-like net—could herald the beginning of an entirely new space industry.

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    Monday's Best Deals: Lighted Pine Tree, Fortnite Switch, Nixplay Digital Frames, No7 Serum Sale, Anker Charger Gold Box, and More
    An Anker charger sale, Nixplay frames, and a Fortnite Switch lead Monday’s best deals.
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    The Asus RT-AX86U Is a Wi-Fi 6 Router That Doesn't Sacrifice Looks for Power
    Wi-Fi 6 has accelerated its creep into mainstream wireless networking, urged along by the similarly accelerating spread of gigabit internet. Until the last few months or so, purchasing a Wi-Fi 6 device has largely been a decision more about future-proofing and less about immediate gain. That’s quickly changing,…
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    The Walking Dead's Zombie Apocalypse Origin May Never Be Revealed
    For folks living in the world of AMC’s The Walking Dead, only three things matter: How do I survive, how can we fix this...and why is this happening? The last question might seem like the easiest one to answer, but it’s something TWD’s chief content officer Scott Gimple says we may never know.

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    Hurricane Season From Hell Ends—With the Potential for Another Storm
    Atlantic hurricane season began early, ran wild all year, and is now, officially, at an end. Just don’t tell that to the actual Atlantic, which may well churn out another cyclone.
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    Keep Your Gadgets Going With up to 43% off Anker Gear at Amazon Today
    43% Off Select Anker Gear | Amazon
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    How Much Money Can You Make on TikTok?
    Can you make a living off of TikTok? Yes, but it ain’t easy—the viral video platform offers limited ad revenue to its creators, so you’ll need to rely on sponsored posts, merchandise, and thousands of followers before you can quit your day job.
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    First Images From Ryan Reynolds' Sci-Fi Project Reveal Time Travel Escapades
    Two folks from Marvel’s Thor universe hang out...what could it all mean?? The Walking Dead: World Beyond’s showrunner gives some big season two hints. Plus Sonic the Hedgehog 2 may start running pretty soon, Lucifer is about to have his hands full, and more. Spoilers away!
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    Moderna to Ask FDA for Emergency Authorization of Covid-19 Vaccine on Monday
    Biotech company Moderna will ask for an emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for its covid-19 vaccine on Monday, according to a new press release posted to the firm’s website. Moderna also released new information indicating its messenger RNA-based vaccine has a 94.1% efficacy rate in a…
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    Now Is the Perfect Time to Revamp Your Digital Filing System
    Look, 2020 was supposed to be my year. I set out with what I thought were pretty reasonable New Year’s resolutions—one of which was to spend less time on my screens. And then the pandemic hit. During the endless hours that ensued, I noticed something: My digital filing system was a goddamn mess.

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    No Socket, No Problem: This 10,000mAh Anker Power Bank Is Just $15
    Anker PowerCore Slim 10000 | $15 | Amazon
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    Why Do I Sometimes Feel Like I'm Falling for No Reason?
    To be alive is to feel fucking terrible, if not all then at least some of the time. Headaches, nausea, mysterious aches and pains—all conspire to make our short time on Earth something less than a nonstop thrill-ride. Worse than the routine ailments are the ones you can’t even name: sudden strobes of unwellness you…
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    Rahm Emanuel Rumored For Transportation Secretary Despite Embarrassing Flop With Elon Musk
    Rahm Emanuel, the former mayor of Chicago, is rumored to be president-elect Joe Biden’s pick for Secretary of Transportation, according to a new report from Axios. But Emanuel would be a very weird choice for the position, not only because the longtime political operative has quite a list of political scandals. One of…
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