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Sep 30, 2020
In yet another attempt to unify its various properties into some writhing Akira-esque mass, Facebook announced today that Messenger and Instagram are, for all intents and purposes, merging. Chat features from Messenger will become available to Instagram users, and folks on either service will be able to reach out to…
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Sep 30, 2020
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station sprung to action late Monday night following concerns that a persistent air leak had grown in size. It turned out to be a false alarm, but during the event, the crew managed to trace the source of the leak to a Russian service module.
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Sep 30, 2020
Having a hard time deciding between the Apple Watch Series 6, the Apple Watch SE, or a heavily discounted Apple Watch Series 3? Why not go with none of the above and let Timex take you back to a time when digital watches weren't harassing you with notifications all day long and were desperate to emulate the look of…
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Sep 30, 2020
Wireless headphones are no longer a novelty, so if you want your cans to stand out in a category that's very crowded at this point, you need to bring something new to the table. For Marshall's new Major IV headphones the company is introducing wireless charging, making these some of the first wireless on-ear…
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Sep 30, 2020
Feline intelligence may be more impressive than we've appreciated, at least according to a new study. The research claims to present the first evidence that cats can recognize and then mimic human behavior on command—a feat that only a few other animals, including dogs, are known to do.
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Sep 30, 2020
The Matrix 4 gains another past castmember. Veronica will soon have some entrepreneurial competition in Riverdale. Darren Lynn Bousman teases Spiral's Saw connection. Plus updates from The Flash, Legacies, and more. Spoilers, right this way...
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Sep 30, 2020
Listen, I realize that teeth health isn't always the most exciting topic. Even pricey toothbrushes powered by AI can only move the needle so far. But, reader, I must share with you news of a device I've come to adore over the last few days I've spent with it. It's not the most glamorous gizmo, but I am utterly…
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Sep 29, 2020
Earlier this year, medical device maker Masimo filed a complaint against Apple alleging that the tech giant had stolen information and trade secrets for sensor technologies that have become features of its Apple Watches. Now, Masimo is claiming that Apple's attempts to stay the case are merely thinly veiled attempts…
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Sep 29, 2020
The novel coronavirus pandemic has continued to surge throughout the United States, which means Florida's Disney World has run at reduced capacity and California's Disneyland isn't even open yet—despite continued efforts to reopen. It might be the safest thing for park employees, and people in general, but Disney has…
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Sep 29, 2020
Thanks to an accidental leak from Walmart, we're pretty sure a new Google Nest speaker is on the docket for tomorrow's Launch Night In event. You know who's not too happy about that? Sonos.
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Sep 29, 2020
Maybe more so than any other piece of tech legislation, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act has really been taking a beating by members of Congress as of late whether by democrats who want to see it reformed, or republicans who seem intent to repeal it entirely.
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Sep 29, 2020
Maybe more so than any other piece of tech legislation, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act has really been taking a beating by members of Congress as of late whether by democrats who want to see it reformed, or republicans who seem intent to repeal it entirely.
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Sep 29, 2020
Welcome back to Gaming Shelf, io9's column all about board games and tabletop roleplaying games. This time around, we've got a solo mission for Fallout: Wasteland Warfare, a new roleplaying game for Batman, and a survival game starring The Thing. Check it out!
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Sep 29, 2020
Featured Product: Circulon Radiance Non-Stick Frying Pan
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Sep 29, 2020
On Monday, lawyers filed two suits against Lockheed Martin. They allege that the weapons manufacturer spawned an "environmental nightmare" by exposing people to toxic chemicals in Orlando. Just in case you needed another reason to fight the military industrial complex.
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Sep 29, 2020
Tuesday's Best Deals | Kinja Deals
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Sep 29, 2020
Using a combination of archaeological and geological evidence, scientists have finally pinpointed the date of the infamous Tierra Blanca Joven eruption, which likely devastated Maya communities in what is now El Salvador.
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Sep 29, 2020
Viewers are turning to streaming entertainment more than ever thanks to the global pandemic—the plethora of services can serve as a much-needed escape. At the start of each month, most streamers do a little shuffle, adding new movies and taking some away, and io9 is here to help with your decision making.
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Sep 29, 2020
Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting released a massive report Tuesday morning detailing how Amazon has been hiding the true extent of warehouse workforce injuries for the last several years. Reveal obtained a trove of internal safety reports and weekly injury numbers from more than 150 of Amazon's…
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Sep 29, 2020
Every day, my sicko coworkers drop galaxy brain takes and all manners of cursed content into our Slack channel. Sometimes it's obscene gifs that no one should be subjected to. Today, it's also this Fast Company article claiming that the " " branding streaming services have glommed onto is, in fact, good.
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Sep 29, 2020
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his electoral retinue remain steamed as heck at Facebook, which they accuse of complicity in Donald Trump's efforts to brazenly steal the 2020 election by encouraging chaos at the polls and distrust of the final results.
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Sep 29, 2020
"Come fly with the angels," the TikTok house known as @the7angels captioned a video on Friday, a montage of the seven influencers lounging on leather couches and tables on a private jet while lip-syncing to a song by viral rapper ppcocaine. But the TikTok "house," a group of users including twin influencers Azra and …
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Sep 29, 2020
Hello, time-traveling secret agent here with a dispatch: abandon your independent so-called "news" channels on YouTube—this is a really important warning!!
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Sep 29, 2020
The movie gods have bestowed us with a gift this Halloween: Blumhouse's continuation of the 1996 cult classic The Craft is coming to on-demand October 28. It's called The Craft: Legacy and, much like the original, it follows four characters who discover and develop witchy powers that spiral out of control.
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Sep 29, 2020
For months, it was rumored that Apple would introduce a budget smartwatch—an affordable alternative to its flagship device, much like the iPhone SE. And it did exactly that, down to the name: The $280 Apple Watch SE is a cheaper version of the $400 Series 6. But Apple also kept the $200 Series 3 in its lineup, which…
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Sep 29, 2020
77" LG CX-Series 4K OLED TV $300 Visa Gift Card | $3,697 | BuyDig
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Sep 29, 2020
The Boys' second season has poked fun at Zack Snyder and Joss Whedon's blockbuster comic book movies and has been gaming out what it might be like if the most popular superhero team in the world invited a whole ass Nazi with a suspect undercut to join its ranks. That's all quite on-brand, but the most recent episode…
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Sep 29, 2020
The most wonderful time of the year is truly here. On Wednesday, Katmai National Park and Preserve's annual Fat Bear Week will officially kick off—a tribute to the months of gorging that bears must undertake to stock up on body fat before the coming winter famine and hibernation. This year, people will vote on 12 of…
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Sep 29, 2020
Biologists in Thailand have documented a behavior never seen before in snakes, in which the limbless reptiles eviscerated and consumed the organs of living toads.
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Sep 29, 2020
Tonight is first debate between an uninspiring moderate presidential candidate in former Vice President Joe Biden and an absolute monster in our current president, Donald Trump. Can't wait!
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Sep 29, 2020
Move over Bill Gates, it's time for Jeff Bezos to get a little more time in the spotlight of conspiracy theorists. On Tuesday, Amazon announced the rollout of its new Amazon One devices that use a customer's palm for identification and payment at physical retail stores. The devices are already available for use in…
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Sep 29, 2020
Featured Deal: iPad (8th Gen) | $299
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Sep 29, 2020
In the endlessly escalating war between those striving to create flawless deepfake videos and those developing automated tools that make them easy to spot, the latter camp has found a very clever way to expose videos that have been digitally modified by looking for literal signs of life: a person's heartbeat.
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Sep 29, 2020
Out of all the ambitious phones of 2020 including the handsets with monstrous specs like the ROG Phone 3, forward-thinking devices like the Surface Duo, and futuristic phones like the Galaxy Z Fold 2, LG's weird and wacky Wing is easily the funnest phone of the year.
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Sep 29, 2020
In theory, quantum computers should be faster at solving many problems compared to classical computers. But because their components are extremely delicate, existing quantum computers are still rudimentary and error-prone, and academic and industry researchers have yet to demonstrate a profitable use for them. In…
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Sep 29, 2020
Fairywill Sonic Electric Toothbrush | $26 | Amazon
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Sep 29, 2020
AuKing Mini Projector | $63 | Amazon | Promo Code 4G63N2XD
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Sep 29, 2020
A free bag from Atlas Coffee Club and Echo Dot 2-Pack lead Tuesday's best deals.
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Sep 29, 2020
David Koepp gives updates on Indiana Jones 5. Marvel's Hawkeye and Ms. Marvel may be closer to new cast members. Cowboy Bebop is getting ready to shoot again plus updates from The Walking Dead, The 100, and more. Spoilers away!
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Sep 29, 2020
15% off September's Best Vibes | Bellesa | Use Code BESTSELLER
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Sep 29, 2020
Mousepads have been getting bigger and bigger over the past few years, going from small rectangles that sit next to your keyboard to giant mats that can cover your entire desk. But with its new QcK mousepads, SteelSeries is going XXXXXL.
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Sep 29, 2020
Disney is finally giving U.S. users an official watch party feature, just in time for the Mandalorian's return next month.
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Sep 29, 2020
As we've all grown more used to video calling for everything from school to birthday parties, the importance of the right background has started to become noticeable. Depending on the scenario—and who you need to impress—you might want something plain or funny, but you have to make sure you always get it right.
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Sep 29, 2020
AUKEY 26,800mAh Power Bank | $56 | Amazon | Promo code H36B3QN9
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Sep 29, 2020
Amazon Echo Dot 2-Pack | $40 | Amazon | Promo code: DOTPRIME2PK
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Sep 29, 2020
The first of three presidential debates between Donald Trump and Joe Biden is being held today in Ohio starting at 9 p.m. ET, 6 p.m. PT. And if you're looking for livestreams on YouTube, Facebook, and more, we've got you covered with the links below.
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Sep 29, 2020
With companies continuing to push people towards wireless audio this was an inevitability. Today Lenovo took things to their natural conclusion with the ThinkBook 15 Gen 2, which is the world's first laptop to feature a pair of built-in wireless earbuds.
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Sep 28, 2020
After some confusion—and after watching Apple take heat over its iOS App Store policies—Google is clarifying how and when it plans to take its cut of paid apps in the Google Play Store.
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Sep 28, 2020
Roku has announced the launch of a dedicated mobile app for The Roku Channel, the company's longtime hub for free and streamable content that'll be familiar to folks with Roku devices. But rather than limit the app to Roku users alone, The Roku Channel will be available to even users without physical Roku devices.…
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Sep 28, 2020
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention thinks that one of Trump's top pandemic advisers has no idea what he's talking about.
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Sep 28, 2020
The Food and Drug Administration has been lax in how it's approved prescription opioid treatments dating back to the late 1990s, according to a new study out Monday. The study found that the FDA has routinely approved new opioid drugs or new formulations of existing drugs on the basis of limited evidence from clinical…
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Sep 28, 2020
With 36 days to go until the next presidential election, we're being reminded that there are still a lot of unanswered questions about the 2016 campaign. Questions like how did the Trump team use all that data that was taken from Facebook users without their consent? A new investigation from Channel 4 News reveals…
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Sep 28, 2020
The latest episode of the Epic Games vs. Apple saga took place this morning, and it appears we're still at square one.
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Sep 28, 2020
I've been wearing the Apple Watch Series 6 every day (and night) for almost two weeks, and it must be said: This is a good smartwatch. In fact, it's the best smartwatch.
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Sep 28, 2020
A gross fact of life is that we're all ingesting plastic. Turtles eat plastic. Birds eat plastic. And one study found that humans eat a credit card worth of plastic each week. Now, scientists have engineered enzymes to eat plastic, too—but that may actually be a good thing.
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Sep 28, 2020
Featured Product: First Bag Free | Atlas Coffee | Promo Code AtlasCoffeeDay20
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Sep 28, 2020
The newly deployed CHEOPS space telescope has completed its first observations of an exoplanet, uncovering some fascinating new details about an ultra-hot Jupiter known as WASP-189b.
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Sep 28, 2020
Top Product: Victorinox Paring Knife (3 1/4") | $9 | Amazon
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Sep 28, 2020
Monday's Best Deals | Kinja Deals
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Sep 28, 2020
When it comes to board games based on popular movies, TV shows, or franchises, Ravensburger is the company to beat. It's proven that with its latest triumph, The Princess Bride: Adventure Book Game, which manages to envelop you in a story and world that's worth telling.
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Sep 28, 2020
Get ready for more Haunting. After Netflix's very successful horror series The Haunting of Hill House, executive producer Mike Flanagan knew he had to do it again. But that season was contained. That story told. How could he do a sequel?
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Sep 28, 2020
Brad Parscale, the Republican digital strategist recently demoted from his role as Donald Trump's campaign manager, is in the hospital following what Florida authorities described as a suicide attempt, CNN reported on Monday.
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Sep 28, 2020
Brad Parscale, the Republican digital strategist recently demoted from his role as Donald Trump's campaign manager, is in the hospital following what Florida authorities described as a report of a suicide attempt, CNN reported on Monday. Another report by the South Florida Sun Sentinel described the incident as…
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Sep 28, 2020
Featured Deal: HP Days Sale
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Sep 28, 2020
Uber got itself out of another pickle today, after a judge restored its license to operate in London for the next 18 months. Uber is terribly sorry, Uber fucked up, and Uber will do better next time. Sounds familiar...
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Sep 28, 2020
Every job comes with downsides. Big e-commerce days are the job hazard every tech reviewer accepts with grim resignation. Usually, that ire is saved for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the two holiday shopping days that every company meticulously schedules fall product launches around. Every year they ruin my life for…
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Sep 28, 2020
Well, well, well. Despite begging every higher power that I wouldn't have to write yet another blog about why folks shouldn't buy the Apple Watch Series 3 anymore, a 9to5 Mac report notes that several Series 3 owners have reported that their watches are randomly rebooting since upgrading to watchOS 7. So here we are…
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Sep 28, 2020
Featured Product: Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K | $50 | Amazon
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Sep 28, 2020
What little hope there was for Lovecraft Country's first season trying to tell a single, cohesive story went completely out the window this week with "I Am," a statement episode that gave Aunjanue Ellis' Hippolyta Freeman everything she'd ever dreamed of...just to ask her to give it all up.
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Sep 28, 2020
At an indoor, largely maskless victory party in August, Marjorie Taylor Greene had a message for her detractors. Greene, a bargain-basement conspiracy theorist, had handily won her primary runoff, despite warnings from a handful of spooked Republican activists. In her heavily red corner of Georgia, the nomination…
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Sep 28, 2020
Anyone planning a trip to Thailand should be advised to keep their opinions to themselves. Wesley Barnes, an American living in Thailand, found out this month that the Thai defamation laws can be extreme after a negative online review of a resort landed him behind bars.
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Sep 28, 2020
California's scary wildfire season, which has scorched a record 3.6 million acres, isn't over yet. Throughout the Northern California, tens of thousands of people are vacating their homes again as new fires ignited across the region.
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Sep 28, 2020
LG 75" 8K TV | $2,149 | BuyDig | Promo Code ASL250
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Sep 28, 2020
Ever since Timothy Zahn introduced Grand Admiral Thrawn and his mysterious people in Heir to the Empire, the Chiss have remained one of Star Wars' most fascinating factions. In a galaxy filled with beings and civilizations, their mystery has endured for years—and across two iterations of Star Wars canon. Now that…
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Sep 28, 2020
Two years ago, a team of Italian scientists claimed to have discovered a subglacial lake near the Martian south pole. The same team has collected further evidence to bolster this claim, including the apparent discovery of even more buried bodies of liquid water. The new research speaks to the potential for life on…
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Sep 28, 2020
Featured Deal: Amazon Echo Dot (2-Pack) | Promo Code DOTPRIME2PK
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Sep 28, 2020
The oceans are facing a host of maladies, from acidification to sea level rise. Turning them into a ginormous liquid layer cake may sound comparatively benign (and delicious). But while Earther is decidedly pro-cake, this is in fact a bad situation.
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Sep 28, 2020
A free bag from Atlas Coffee Club and an LG 8K TV for $2,149 using the promo code ASL250 lead Monday's best deals.
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Sep 28, 2020
As amazingly detailed as action figures have become over the years, there's still some features toymakers like Hasbro leave out, such as making Baby Yoda's pod actually fly. It's so tiny you'd need an aerospace engineer to pull that off, so it's a good thing that aerospace engineer Adam Woodworth is as big a fan of …
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Sep 28, 2020
The UK is considering a controversial approach to testing potential vaccines for the coronavirus that causes covid-19: intentionally exposing volunteers to the virus, in a strategy known as challenge trials.
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Sep 28, 2020
Mozilla has introduced a new "Alpenglow" interface theme to Firefox as part of its version 81 update. Unlike the traditional light and dark themes desktop users are likely familiar with, Alpenglow adds a nice pop of orange and purple to your browser window, with hues that change dynamically based on your desktop's…
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Sep 28, 2020
Roku today unveiled two new products to its streaming line: a revamped Roku Ultra streaming box and a neat little soundbar that works overtime as a streaming device. And true to form, Roku's made both pretty affordable.
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Sep 28, 2020
The XPS 13 is already our favorite ultraportable laptop on the market, but that doesn't mean it couldn't use even better performance, so this fall Dell is updating the XPS 13 and the XPS 13 2-in-1 with new CPUs, speedier RAM, and faster data transfer.
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Sep 28, 2020
The GoPro Hero 9 Black looks like an impressive action cam, but if you don't have the spare cash to invest in one, you can get some of the same results using the video camera you've already got in your pocket: your smartphone.
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Sep 28, 2020
bObsweep PetHair Robot Vacuum | $190 | Best Buy
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Sep 28, 2020
Show me someone who looks cool in a VR headset, and I'll show you a dork with no aesthetic sense. Largely, this has to do with their bulk: as consumer tech continues to shrink, they stubbornly remain massive, looking less like portals into hyper-real alternate dimensions and more like large futuristic sea animals…
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Sep 28, 2020
The New York Times published an explosive new story on Sunday, revealing that President Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes in 2016, another $750 in 2017, and didn't pay a single penny for at least 10 other years dating back to 2000. The article also alleges Trump owes over $400 million to unnamed…
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Sep 27, 2020
As you all have probably noticed, competitive sports does not like being without fans during covid-19 times. Officials have been racking their brains for ideas—some less strange than others—to deal with empty stadiums for months, and we just got a new one: Fill the stands with South Park residents.
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Sep 27, 2020
A U.S federal judge has said that a ban on TikTok—scheduled for Monday, September 28—will not go ahead as planned. The delay will allow users to access the app on various app stores while the court explores the legality of banning a consumer application on security grounds.
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Sep 27, 2020
A U.S federal judge has said that a ban on TikTok—scheduled for Monday, Sept. 28—will not go ahead as planned. The delay will allow users to access the app on various app stores while the court explores the legality of banning a consumer application on security grounds.
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Sep 27, 2020
It's 2020, and while the skies aren't full of flying cars like we thought it would be by now, something else straight out of science fiction just got closer to reality: pilotless cargo planes delivering whatever stupid shit you ordered online.
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Sep 27, 2020
2020 is so far the year of the novel coronavirus, murder hornets, climate change-induced wildfire hell and now: a brain-eating amoeba. Yes, you read that correctly.
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Sep 27, 2020
The election board of North Carolina issued new guidance this week essentially giving voters a second chance if they screw up filling out their absentee ballot. With the logic being that, you know, there's a global pandemic going on at the moment and a lot of folks are voting by mail for the first time, so mistakes…
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Sep 27, 2020
Can man's best friend lend a hand, or a nose, to the fight against the novel coronavirus? The answer might be yes.
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Sep 27, 2020
Next year, a CG Resident Evil series is coming to exclusively to Netflix.
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Sep 27, 2020
A 65" Sony smart tv, a free bag of coffee from Atlas Coffee Club, and a reusable MakeUp Eraser set lead Sunday's best deals.
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Sep 27, 2020
Sony 65-inch Smart TV X750H | $720 | Best Buy
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Sep 27, 2020
First Bag Free | Atlas Coffee | Promo Code AtlasCoffeeDay20
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Sep 27, 2020
Atlas Coffee Club Trial | Atlas Coffee | $0 With Code AtlasCoffeeDay20
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Sep 26, 2020
If you're waiting for your new Fitbit Versa 3 or Sense, you're in for some news. First of all, you're probably going to get your device soon, as the company said it expects to start shipping at the end of September. And second, once you receive your device, you'll find that it also comes with new software: Fitbit OS…
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