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Silicon Valley Is Getting Into the Hearing Aid Business With These Impressive AI-Driven Earpieces

Silicon Valley Is Getting Into the Hearing Aid Business With These Impressive AI-Driven Earpieces

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Silicon Valley Is Getting Into the Hearing Aid Business With These Impressive AI-Driven Earpieces Although hearing “Silicon Valley” and “hearing aids” in the same sentence might not seem all that normal, it is now. This week, the startup Whisper launched its new flagship product, the Whisper Hearing System, and also announced a whopping $35 million Series B investment. Read more... Go to Source
Twitter Removes Tweet from Trump Covid-19 Advisor Who Is Somehow Still Guzzling Anti-Mask Juice

Twitter Removes Tweet from Trump Covid-19 Advisor Who Is Somehow Still Guzzling Anti-Mask Juice

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Twitter Removes Tweet from Trump Covid-19 Advisor Who Is Somehow Still Guzzling Anti-Mask Juice Twitter has struck down yet another post from the Trump team for violating its policies on misinformation because, yes, these idiots are still peddling their drivel about how face masks don’t work. Yes, even after President Donald Trump himself contracted covid-19, most likely at a superspreader event on the White…Read more... Go to Source
The Best Niche Streaming Services For Every Kind of Viewer

The Best Niche Streaming Services For Every Kind of Viewer

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The Best Niche Streaming Services For Every Kind of Viewer The pandemic has turned us all into streaming video-addicted shut-ins, but if you’re being honest, weren’t you well on your way already? Now that millions of us have cut cords with cable companies, pretty much everyone subscribes to one streamer or another, and likely more than one. But what if you want to explore the…Read more... Go to Source
With Zuck’s Blessing, Facebook Quietly Stymied Traffic to Left-Leaning News Outlets: Report

With Zuck’s Blessing, Facebook Quietly Stymied Traffic to Left-Leaning News Outlets: Report

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With Zuck's Blessing, Facebook Quietly Stymied Traffic to Left-Leaning News Outlets: Report When Facebook tweaked its newsfeed algorithm in 2017 to reduce the visibility of political news, the company’s engineers intentionally designed the system to disproportionately impact left-leaning outlets, effectively choking off their traffic in the process.Read more... Go to Source
NHS Covid-19 App Confused the Hell Out of Users With BS Alerts About Their Area’s Risk Level

NHS Covid-19 App Confused the Hell Out of Users With BS Alerts About Their Area’s Risk Level

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NHS Covid-19 App Confused the Hell Out of Users With BS Alerts About Their Area's Risk Level Users of the state coronavirus app in England and Wales were alarmed to see their area’s risk level fluctuate out of nowhere on Friday in what turned out to be a technical glitch, the Guardian reports. As if anyone needed more stress this year. Read more... Go to Source
George Lucas Also Would’ve Killed Luke Skywalker in Star Wars Episode 8

George Lucas Also Would’ve Killed Luke Skywalker in Star Wars Episode 8

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George Lucas Also Would've Killed Luke Skywalker in Star Wars Episode 8 Thanks to a new book written by Lucasfilm Star Wars fact extraordinaire Pablo Hidalgo, we have a lot of interesting new information about the galaxy far, far away. And it turns out George Lucas’s original plans for a sequel trilogy bore some interesting resemblances to what actually happened. Read more... Go to Source
Here Are 10 of the Best Climate Change Podcasts Out Right Now

Here Are 10 of the Best Climate Change Podcasts Out Right Now

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Here Are 10 of the Best Climate Change Podcasts Out Right Now Podcasting seems to be everywhere these days, so of course, there’s no surprise that there are quite a few shows that deal with the big, important topic on everyone’s minds: climate change. Honestly, it’s kind of hard not to think about it when the planet is burning, the hurricanes are washing away homes, people are…Read more... Go to Source
I Hung Out With 20 ‘Eco-Goats’ and It Was a Blaaaaast

I Hung Out With 20 ‘Eco-Goats’ and It Was a Blaaaaast

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I Hung Out With 20 ‘Eco-Goats’ and It Was a Blaaaaast It will likely come as no shock to you that I’m having a pretty unhappy time right now. I know I’ve got it pretty good, all things considered. But what with the global covid-19 pandemic and economic decline, the onslaught of election news, the ever-worsening existential threat of climate change, and also, uh, life…Read more... Go to Source
Is Apple’s Upgrade Program a Good Deal for the iPhone 12?

Is Apple’s Upgrade Program a Good Deal for the iPhone 12?

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Is Apple's Upgrade Program a Good Deal for the iPhone 12? Should you buy a new iPhone 12 directly from Apple, directly from your carrier, or sign up for Apple’s iPhone upgrade program? It depends. There are advantages and disadvantages to the iPhone upgrade program, and it’s worth knowing what they are before you make your next iPhone purchase.Read more... Go to Source
The Boys Showrunner Eric Kripke Has No Time for Nazis and Their Sympathizers

The Boys Showrunner Eric Kripke Has No Time for Nazis and Their Sympathizers

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The Boys Showrunner Eric Kripke Has No Time for Nazis and Their Sympathizers Watching The Boys, one could easily come away from the show with the impression that series creator Eric Kripke has a bone to pick with the superhero adaptations that have fundamentally altered the shape of modern day Hollywood. In reality, though, Kripke’s beef is less about stories about caped heroes, and more about…Read more... Go to Source
Google Says Chinese Hackers Are Impersonating McAfee to Trick Victims Into Installing Malware

Google Says Chinese Hackers Are Impersonating McAfee to Trick Victims Into Installing Malware

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Google Says Chinese Hackers Are Impersonating McAfee to Trick Victims Into Installing Malware The same Chinese government-linked hackers who targeted the campaigns of both 2020 presidential candidates earlier this year have been trying to trick users into installing malware by posing as the antivirus provider McAfee and using otherwise legitimate online services like GitHub and Dropbox.Read more... Go to Source
Disney Apparently Has No Idea What to Do With Hulu—For Now

Disney Apparently Has No Idea What to Do With Hulu—For Now

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Disney Apparently Has No Idea What to Do With Hulu—For Now It seems like Disney, Hulu’s controlling shareholder, doesn’t know what it wants to do with the streaming service after the covid-19 pandemic delayed plans to finally expand it outside the U.S. According to Bloomberg, those plans were supposed to get underway in January, but that never happened. Instead, Disney has…Read more... Go to Source
This Satyrlike Robot Brings Boxes to You Like a Metal Mr. Tumnus

This Satyrlike Robot Brings Boxes to You Like a Metal Mr. Tumnus

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This Satyrlike Robot Brings Boxes to You Like a Metal Mr. Tumnus Agility Robotics has announced a $20 million funding round for a robot that looks like a Greek myth crossed with a cyberpunk fever dream. The robot, called Digit, is designed to work alongside meat humans in environments where people congregate but that might be difficult for robots to manage.Read more... Go to Source
Amazon’s Here With a Holiday Sale to Keep Your Cart Full

Amazon’s Here With a Holiday Sale to Keep Your Cart Full

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Amazon's Here With a Holiday Sale to Keep Your Cart Full Missed your shot at a good Prime Day deal? No worries, Amazon’s still more than happy to take your money. Like everything else in the world, holiday deals are a bit different this year, and Amazon’s getting a jump start. Its Holiday Dash deals have already started, so you can get ahead of your gift list, though be…Read more... Go to Source
Twitter Screws the Pooch, QAnon Bans, and FCC Takes the Bait

Twitter Screws the Pooch, QAnon Bans, and FCC Takes the Bait

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Twitter Screws the Pooch, QAnon Bans, and FCC Takes the Bait It’s hard to believe that the 2020 election is just 18 days away, which may count for the inexorable sense of doom hanging over everything, or the sensation of that time is warping like the event horizon of a black hole. Before we’re smashed into an accretion disk, you might as well catch up on the present:Read more... Go to Source
She-Ra and Kipo’s Karen Fukuhara on Her Animated Journeys Coming to a Close

She-Ra and Kipo’s Karen Fukuhara on Her Animated Journeys Coming to a Close

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She-Ra and Kipo’s Karen Fukuhara on Her Animated Journeys Coming to a Close It’s hard to say goodbye to a show you love, let alone two. Karen Fukuhara saw the end of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power in May and Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts this month. Now, the actor is sharing what it’s like to have been part of these two fan-favorite shows, as well as how Kipo would convince The Boys’…Read more... Go to Source