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Saturday’s Best Deals: Le Creuset Stoneware and Cast Iron, Razer Tactical Laptop Backpacks, Dyson V6 Cordless Vacuum, Samsung POWERbot, JACHS NY Fall Jackets, Studio Ghibli Home Goods, and More

Saturday’s Best Deals: Le Creuset Stoneware and Cast Iron, Razer Tactical Laptop Backpacks, Dyson V6 Cordless Vacuum, Samsung POWERbot, JACHS NY Fall Jackets, Studio Ghibli Home Goods, and More

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Saturday's Best Deals: Le Creuset Stoneware and Cast Iron, Razer Tactical Laptop Backpacks, Dyson V6 Cordless Vacuum, Samsung POWERbot, JACHS NY Fall Jackets, Studio Ghibli Home Goods, and More A sale on Le Creuset stoneware, kettles, cast iron and Razer Tactical laptop backpacks lead Saturday’s best deals.Read more... Go to Source
Just in Time for ‘Slaughter Phase,’ Scientists Find First Murder Hornet Nest in the U.S.

Just in Time for ‘Slaughter Phase,’ Scientists Find First Murder Hornet Nest in the U.S.

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Just in Time for 'Slaughter Phase,' Scientists Find First Murder Hornet Nest in the U.S. Entomologists in Washington have confirmed the existence of a nest of Asian giant hornets, more fondly known as murder hornets. The nest is the first such breeding ground discovered in the United States, confirming fears that the invasive species could become established and severely threaten the country’s fragile bee…Read more... Go to Source
Why the Hell Doesn’t the PS5’s Media Remote Have the DualSense’s D-Pad?

Why the Hell Doesn’t the PS5’s Media Remote Have the DualSense’s D-Pad?

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Why the Hell Doesn't the PS5's Media Remote Have the DualSense's D-Pad? Recently I was going through what should have been a rather straightforward announcement from Sony detailing which streaming services the PS5 will support at launch. And while things ended up being a bit messier than need be, the image of the PS5's Media Remote at the top of the press release has been stuck in my…Read more... Go to Source
Facebook Threatens to Muzzle an NYU Research Project Into Its Political Ad Targeting

Facebook Threatens to Muzzle an NYU Research Project Into Its Political Ad Targeting

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Facebook Threatens to Muzzle an NYU Research Project Into Its Political Ad Targeting Facebook’s trying to muzzle a group of academic researchers working to shine a light on the company’s notoriously opaque political-ad targeting practices. It’s threatened the team with “enforcement action” if they don’t pull the plug on the project and wipe all data gathered so far, according to a Wall Street Journal…Read more... Go to Source
Take a Break From the Doom and Look at These Rad Starlings

Take a Break From the Doom and Look at These Rad Starlings

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Take a Break From the Doom and Look at These Rad Starlings Although your first instinct when you see these photos might be, “Oh god,” we promise that it’s not an upcoming extreme weather event or some alien species coming to invade Earth. (Given that it’s 2020, you’re forgiven for thinking anything that’s not obviously good is probably horrific.) In fact, these are actually…Read more... Go to Source
Mass Among Us Hack Forces Players To Advertise Hacker’s YouTube Channel, Trump

Mass Among Us Hack Forces Players To Advertise Hacker’s YouTube Channel, Trump

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Mass Among Us Hack Forces Players To Advertise Hacker's YouTube Channel, Trump Unprecedented, globe-spanning popularity is cool and all, but it comes with drawbacks. The three-person development team behind AOC-approved deception sensation Among Us has been struggling with hacking issues for quite some time, but late last night, one particular hack forced their hand.Read more... Go to Source
Feds Say 19-Year-Old With a Van Full of Rifles Plotted to Kill Joe Biden, Posted About It on iFunny

Feds Say 19-Year-Old With a Van Full of Rifles Plotted to Kill Joe Biden, Posted About It on iFunny

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Feds Say 19-Year-Old With a Van Full of Rifles Plotted to Kill Joe Biden, Posted About It on iFunny Among the reasons a federal judge ruled that 19-year-old Alexander Hillel Treisman should remain in custody while he awaits trial on child pornography charges: He conveyed his intent to assassinate Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden in a meme he posted online, according to prosecutors.Read more... Go to Source
Edit Audio and Video Like a Text Document With Descript

Edit Audio and Video Like a Text Document With Descript

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Edit Audio and Video Like a Text Document With Descript Learning to edit video and audio is tough, and complicated software interfaces don’t make things any easier. If that rings true for your editing experience, you may want to try Descript, a desktop video and audio editing program for Windows and Mac that transcribes videos and lets you trim, rearrange, and even update…Read more... Go to Source
Corsair’s Pricey K100 RGB Looks and Feels Like Lightning in a Bottle

Corsair’s Pricey K100 RGB Looks and Feels Like Lightning in a Bottle

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Corsair's Pricey K100 RGB Looks and Feels Like Lightning in a Bottle At some point, Corsair is going to run out of upgrades to cram into its top-of-the-line keyboards, but it seems that time hasn’t arrived quite yet. That’s because by taking its previous high-end keyboard and upgrading it with new optomechanical switches and adding a new control wheel, the Corsair K100 has created a…Read more... Go to Source
The Other History of the DC Universe’s John Ridley on Giving New Voices to Legacy Characters

The Other History of the DC Universe’s John Ridley on Giving New Voices to Legacy Characters

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The Other History of the DC Universe's John Ridley on Giving New Voices to Legacy Characters DC Comics’ long-awaited The Other History of the DC Universe from Oscar-winning writer John Ridley is set to debut next month. io9 spoke with Ridley recently about what it’s been like figuring out how to give fresh voices to an expansive cast characters who, while well-known in certain circles, have been historically…Read more... Go to Source
HP’s MacBook Rival Has a Lot to Love, but the Thermals Are Terrifying

HP’s MacBook Rival Has a Lot to Love, but the Thermals Are Terrifying

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HP's MacBook Rival Has a Lot to Love, but the Thermals Are Terrifying Sometimes the only thing differentiating a gaming laptop from a workstation laptop is the aesthetic. A lot of gaming laptops are dressed in a deep, matte black and accented with an RGB keyboard, or the air vents resemble a muscle car rear end. Mobile workstations blend into the coffee shop environment much more…Read more... Go to Source
The Witches Remake Is a Silly Comedy for Kids Who Aren’t Afraid of the Dark

The Witches Remake Is a Silly Comedy for Kids Who Aren’t Afraid of the Dark

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The Witches Remake Is a Silly Comedy for Kids Who Aren't Afraid of the Dark Roald Dahl’s The Witches was terrifying as both a novel and as a high-camp ‘90s horror-comedy. It presented, quite frankly, a world full of child-hating witches whose sole purpose in life was to exterminate young people. Robert Zemeckis’ new adaptation of the story is far sillier than any of its predecessors, but it…Read more... Go to Source
Astrobotic Debuts Massive New ‘Moon Base’ in Pittsburgh

Astrobotic Debuts Massive New ‘Moon Base’ in Pittsburgh

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Astrobotic Debuts Massive New 'Moon Base' in Pittsburgh The space robotics manufacturer Astrobotic Technology unveiled its new 47,000-square-foot headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania this week. The massive facility will serve as mission control for its lunar payload delivery services and upcoming NASA contracts, and I for one think they’re missing a huge opportunity by…Read more... Go to Source
FDA Approves Remdesivir to Treat Hospitalized Covid-19 Patients Despite Mixed Trial Results

FDA Approves Remdesivir to Treat Hospitalized Covid-19 Patients Despite Mixed Trial Results

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FDA Approves Remdesivir to Treat Hospitalized Covid-19 Patients Despite Mixed Trial Results The Food and Drug Administration has approved remdesivir to treat hospitalized covid-19 patients. The antiviral drug, which is manufactured and sold by the pharmaceutical company Gilead under the brand name Veklury, is the first to be approved for treating the virus in the U.S.Read more... Go to Source
Find Out if Any McDonald’s Ice Cream Machine in the U.S. Is Working With This App

Find Out if Any McDonald’s Ice Cream Machine in the U.S. Is Working With This App

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Find Out if Any McDonald's Ice Cream Machine in the U.S. Is Working With This App One of life’s cruelties is not being able to order ice cream when you want ice cream. And that’s especially true if your local McDonald’s’ soft-serve machine always seems to be pasteurizing itself right when you want some—or perhaps even an ice cream sandwich.Read more... Go to Source
What’s the Best Smart Plug?

What’s the Best Smart Plug?

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What's the Best Smart Plug? Jeez, when did humans become so lazy? It took a while for the virtues of smart home living to stick with me. I never considered the short three-step walk to the light switch too bothersome, and I sure as hell don’t need any robots starting dinner up for me. That’s what DoorDash is for, thank you very much!Read more... Go to Source
Roku’s Streambar Is a Sandwich-Sized Soundbar Powerhouse

Roku’s Streambar Is a Sandwich-Sized Soundbar Powerhouse

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Roku's Streambar Is a Sandwich-Sized Soundbar Powerhouse Most TVs these days can be improved with a soundbar—even a budget bar. But a soundbar that also doubles as a premium streaming device will check multiple boxes for people looking for both, particularly if their older sticks or boxes are no longer getting software updates that support newer streaming services. If this…Read more... Go to Source