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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
Apparently Foxconn’s Wisconsin LCD Factory Is Fake

Apparently Foxconn’s Wisconsin LCD Factory Is Fake

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Apparently Foxconn's Wisconsin LCD Factory Is Fake Last week, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) rejected electronics maker Foxconn’s tax subsidy application for failing to not only hire the number of employees it promised, but to build a Gen 10.5 LCD factory. The company had instead built a Gen 6 facility to manufacture phone screens instead of a…Read more... Go to Source
Amazon Isn’t Even Hiding Its Intentions Anymore

Amazon Isn’t Even Hiding Its Intentions Anymore

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Amazon Isn't Even Hiding Its Intentions Anymore After spending years promising Congress that the data it collected from third-party sellers wasn’t used to beef up its private-label products, today Amazon decided to roll out a product meant to do exactly that. The Amazon Shopper Panel, as it’s called, promises to pay Amazon customers that offer intel to the…Read more... Go to Source
What Your Favorite iPod Says About You

What Your Favorite iPod Says About You

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What Your Favorite iPod Says About You In honor of the launch of the original scroll wheel iPod on Oct. 23, 2001, let’s look back on some notable iPod models and what they say about you as an early tech consumer. Every iPod tells a story, and some of the stories they told were pretty darn rough. Rip. Mix. Burn.Read more... Go to Source
Lupin III: The First Is a Gorgeous Adventure About Finding Family and Punching Nazis

Lupin III: The First Is a Gorgeous Adventure About Finding Family and Punching Nazis

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Lupin III: The First Is a Gorgeous Adventure About Finding Family and Punching Nazis Monkey Punch’s beloved gentleman thief has been an animated icon for decades, giving us oodles of cinematic and small screen escapades. But Lupin’s latest heist is an epic unlike anything he’s done before, and not just because he’s been stunningly realized in a whole new medium.Read more... Go to Source
Boston Dynamics Will Sell Robot Arm to Go With Its Robot Dog Next Year, Which Is Totally Fine

Boston Dynamics Will Sell Robot Arm to Go With Its Robot Dog Next Year, Which Is Totally Fine

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Boston Dynamics Will Sell Robot Arm to Go With Its Robot Dog Next Year, Which Is Totally Fine Back in June, Boston Dynamics made more than 150 units of its robotic dog Spot available for sale to outside companies and research facilities. The idea was to see what type of real-world applications those companies and facilities would use it for, and get feedback on the capabilities of Spot itself. While Boston…Read more... Go to Source
New Research Cracks Open the Murky World of Cops Cracking Smartphones

New Research Cracks Open the Murky World of Cops Cracking Smartphones

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New Research Cracks Open the Murky World of Cops Cracking Smartphones Whether we’re talking about the Obama administration or the Trump era, the position of law enforcement agencies has been that tech companies need to give authorities a backdoor into encryption. The infosec community agrees that this would just make us all less safe. Along the way, we’ve known that cops use expensive…Read more... Go to Source
Acer’s Putting the Best Integrated GPU in Years Into a Lot of Cheap Laptops

Acer’s Putting the Best Integrated GPU in Years Into a Lot of Cheap Laptops

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Acer's Putting the Best Integrated GPU in Years Into a Lot of Cheap Laptops This morning Acer announced its latest lineup of consumer notebooks across its Swift, Spin, and Aspire series. And they all include an Intel 11th-gen processor with Isis Xe Graphics. Some of them we already knew were coming, like the Swift 5 which will be Evo-certified, and the smaller and less expensive Swift 3, but…Read more... Go to Source
UK Will Intentionally Infect Volunteers With the Coronavirus for Vaccine Trials

UK Will Intentionally Infect Volunteers With the Coronavirus for Vaccine Trials

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UK Will Intentionally Infect Volunteers With the Coronavirus for Vaccine Trials A novel and controversial vaccine trial for covid-19 is officially set to begin in the UK next January. On Tuesday, researchers from the Imperial College London and elsewhere announced that they plan to conduct a human challenge trial that will involve 90 young and healthy adults. These volunteers will be given…Read more... Go to Source
Democrats Propose ‘Section 230’ Changes, Say Facebook Algorithms Cradle Violent Extremists

Democrats Propose ‘Section 230’ Changes, Say Facebook Algorithms Cradle Violent Extremists

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Democrats Propose 'Section 230' Changes, Say Facebook Algorithms Cradle Violent Extremists A pair of Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday introduced the latest bill proposing to amend Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act on the grounds that algorithms used by social media platforms—namely, Facebook—have facilitated extremist violence across the country that has resulted in U.S. citizens being deprived…Read more... Go to Source
It Is Very Easy to Keep Windows 10 From Randomly Restarting Whenever It Pleases

It Is Very Easy to Keep Windows 10 From Randomly Restarting Whenever It Pleases

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It Is Very Easy to Keep Windows 10 From Randomly Restarting Whenever It Pleases I don’t like my OS doing things or adding things without my permission as much as the next person. As a life-long Windows user, that little pop-up telling me to restart my PC has gotten on my nerves more times that I can count—but it’s not like Windows doesn’t give me the option to turn that off. Yes, it’s annoying…Read more... Go to Source
How Over the Moon Changed a Disney Legend’s Perspective on the Future of Animation

How Over the Moon Changed a Disney Legend’s Perspective on the Future of Animation

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How Over the Moon Changed a Disney Legend's Perspective on the Future of Animation Glen Keane is a name you might not know by heart, but his work is certainly in your heart. A veteran of Disney animation for almost 40 years, Keane designed and animated characters like Ariel in The Little Mermaid and Elliot in Pete’s Dragon. He worked on Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Pocahontas, and Tangled, just to…Read more... Go to Source
Nest Secure Is the Latest Google Device to Be Chopped

Nest Secure Is the Latest Google Device to Be Chopped

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Nest Secure Is the Latest Google Device to Be Chopped Google seems to be on a big hack-and-slash spree this year, culling products—even beloved ones—in an attempt to streamline its offerings. The tech giant is known for abandoning or restructuring certain devices, services, and apps that didn’t take off the way it hoped, but 2020 seems to be the year for it. And now …Read more... Go to Source
Brain-Injured Man Temporarily Regains Ability to Talk and Walk After Taking Ambien

Brain-Injured Man Temporarily Regains Ability to Talk and Walk After Taking Ambien

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Brain-Injured Man Temporarily Regains Ability to Talk and Walk After Taking Ambien Doctors in Amsterdam say that a drug usually associated with drowsiness has given a severely brain-injured man brief periods of lucidity. In a recent case report, they describe how a single dose of the drug zolpidem—more familiarly known by the brand name Ambien—can temporarily restore the man’s ability to talk and…Read more... Go to Source

Hell Yes, InSight’s Heat Probe Is Now Completely Buried on Mars

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Hell Yes, InSight’s Heat Probe Is Now Completely Buried on Mars There’s some happy news to report from the Red Planet, as the stubborn Mars InSight heat probe, known as “the mole,” is now completely buried. It’s an encouraging development, as the surrounding dirt could coax the device into drilling deeper through the Martian crust.Read more... Go to Source
Haunted Mansion: Call of the Spirits Welcomes Foolish Mortals to a Charming, Simple Game

Haunted Mansion: Call of the Spirits Welcomes Foolish Mortals to a Charming, Simple Game

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Haunted Mansion: Call of the Spirits Welcomes Foolish Mortals to a Charming, Simple Game Disney theme park rides continue to be a source of entertainment—even outside of the parks themselves. The Jungle Cruise movie is set to come out (at some point) and Disney recently announced Space Mountain and Haunted Mansion were getting films. But first, a new board game is inviting creepy ghosts to come out and…Read more... Go to Source
Could Brain Implants Ever Make Telekinesis Possible?

Could Brain Implants Ever Make Telekinesis Possible?

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Could Brain Implants Ever Make Telekinesis Possible? Today, when you see an eerie child lift a toy with its mind in some hackneyed ‘80s-horror homage, you can be reasonably certain that kid is supposed to be special in some way. A hundred years from now, that might not translate. A hundred years from now, kids of all kinds—fictional and non-fictional; eerie and…Read more... Go to Source
Facebook Brags About Doing Its Job for Once

Facebook Brags About Doing Its Job for Once

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Facebook Brags About Doing Its Job for Once Normally I’m one to give credit where credit is due. But when you’re talking about a company with Facebook’s extensive laundry list of screwups, a healthy dose of side-eye is in order whenever its execs are quick to start patting themselves on the back for integrity. It’s like, OK guys, so you’re working on not …Read more... Go to Source
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