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The Car That Hit Times Square Protesters Used to Be a Police Cruiser

The Car That Hit Times Square Protesters Used to Be a Police Cruiser

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The Car That Hit Times Square Protesters Used to Be a Police Cruiser Last night, New York City police were filmed in Times Square, gently ushering Black Lives Matter counter-protesters into the back of a black sedan, which very much resembled a police cruiser, with New York plates. The same car almost immediately plowed through a crowd of protesters. While the driver could easily have…Read more... Go to Source
Comedian Sued For Creating Fake ‘Antifa’ Events on Facebook

Comedian Sued For Creating Fake ‘Antifa’ Events on Facebook

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Comedian Sued For Creating Fake 'Antifa' Events on Facebook The mayor of Lafayette, Louisiana has filed a lawsuit against a 28-year-old comedian who created three fake events on Facebook that claimed “antifa” was coming to the town. Police responded to one of the fake events in late August with at least 30 squad cars and heavily armed officers, shutting down a shopping mall…Read more... Go to Source
Seven Years Later, Court Finally Finds Illegal NSA Spying Program to Have Been Illegal

Seven Years Later, Court Finally Finds Illegal NSA Spying Program to Have Been Illegal

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Seven Years Later, Court Finally Finds Illegal NSA Spying Program to Have Been Illegal The National Security Agency’s program to hoover up details on billions of domestic phone calls and text messages in the U.S. was illegal, a federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday, and was probably an unconstitutional abuse of power.Read more... Go to Source
Facebook Is Helping Encourage Voters to Break the Law

Facebook Is Helping Encourage Voters to Break the Law

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Facebook Is Helping Encourage Voters to Break the Law On Thursday, President Trump doubled down on the instructions he had given voters the day before: that those who voted by mail should also show up at polling locations and verify that their votes have been counted, and, if not, vote again. What Trump has now repeatedly directed people to do is a crime, whether or not…Read more... Go to Source
Delivery Drivers Are Hanging Smartphones In Trees To Beat The System

Delivery Drivers Are Hanging Smartphones In Trees To Beat The System

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Delivery Drivers Are Hanging Smartphones In Trees To Beat The System If you see smartphones dangling from trees outside an Amazon delivery station or your local Whole Foods, it’s not because gig-economy Christmas decorations are already up. (It happens earlier every year!) Those phones are there for contract delivery drivers who are gaming Amazon’s distribution system. Read more... Go to Source
Qualcomm’s Second-Gen Laptop Chip Isn’t Doing Enough to Compete With Apple

Qualcomm’s Second-Gen Laptop Chip Isn’t Doing Enough to Compete With Apple

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Qualcomm's Second-Gen Laptop Chip Isn't Doing Enough to Compete With Apple Last year, Qualcomm made a big push into the notebook market with its first purpose-built laptop chip—the Snapdragon 8cx. And for 2020, Qualcomm is announcing the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 which offers new 5G connectivity along with improved AI and security, but not much in the way of added performance, which kind of makes…Read more... Go to Source
President Trump Tells Supporters to Commit Felony by Voting Twice

President Trump Tells Supporters to Commit Felony by Voting Twice

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President Trump Tells Supporters to Commit Felony by Voting Twice President Donald Trump, a white supremacist who frequently spreads pro-fascist disinformation, told his supporters on Wednesday to vote twice—once with an absentee mail-in ballot and again at a polling station. Trump implied that attempting to vote twice was just a way to test how secure the mail-in voting system will…Read more... Go to Source
Philips Hue’s New Play Gradient Is the Upgraded Lightstrip Fans Have Been Waiting For

Philips Hue’s New Play Gradient Is the Upgraded Lightstrip Fans Have Been Waiting For

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Philips Hue's New Play Gradient Is the Upgraded Lightstrip Fans Have Been Waiting For Philips Hue has one of the biggest and most colorful collection of smart lights available today, but this fall, the company is finally introducing a new product that its fans have been demanding for years: a smart lightstrip that can produce multiple colors at the same time. Read more... Go to Source
A Video Game About Going on Vacation Is Just the Escape I Needed

A Video Game About Going on Vacation Is Just the Escape I Needed

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A Video Game About Going on Vacation Is Just the Escape I Needed Video games have the ability to take us to the furthest reaches of our imagination, telling award-winning science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories (or just turning us into giant blobs that fight each other). Given how terrible the real world has been lately, you’d think the best escape would be the spectacular.…Read more... Go to Source
How Three Pairs of TCL Headphones Stack Up, Including One From the Legendary Onkyo Brand

How Three Pairs of TCL Headphones Stack Up, Including One From the Legendary Onkyo Brand

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How Three Pairs of TCL Headphones Stack Up, Including One From the Legendary Onkyo Brand When TCL tossed three pairs of headphones and earbuds into a box and shipped them to my doorstep, I was excited for a Loot Crate-style look at the lineup it hopes will garner respect in the personal audio world. My “haul” consisted of the true wireless SOCL500 earbuds, some on-ears with active noise cancellation in…Read more... Go to Source
Fitness Trackers Need to Be More Than Dinky Wristbands

Fitness Trackers Need to Be More Than Dinky Wristbands

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Fitness Trackers Need to Be More Than Dinky Wristbands I will be the first to say that not everything has to be a smartwatch. In fact, I am relieved that as smartwatches become more affordable, wearables makers haven’t completely forgotten about cheaper options for those of us who want a gadget to track steps without breaking the bank. What I can’t abide is just how boring…Read more... Go to Source
Dead Birds, Missing Drugs, and Lost Human Remains: USPS Workers Blame a ‘Manufactured Crisis’

Dead Birds, Missing Drugs, and Lost Human Remains: USPS Workers Blame a ‘Manufactured Crisis’

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Dead Birds, Missing Drugs, and Lost Human Remains: USPS Workers Blame a 'Manufactured Crisis' When Ella’s monthly supply of modafinil didn’t arrive in the mail in late August, she wasn’t sure what to do. They’re not like the pills she takes for her allergies or her blood pressure. “Without it, I might not be able to get up for three days,” she said. A 65-year-old on a fixed income, Ella suffers from…Read more... Go to Source
Woman Arrested For Facebook Post Promoting Anti-Lockdown Protest in Australia

Woman Arrested For Facebook Post Promoting Anti-Lockdown Protest in Australia

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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…Read more... Go to Source
Metal Gear Solid Sees Another Delay and Trivial Pursuit Embraces Horror in Gaming News

Metal Gear Solid Sees Another Delay and Trivial Pursuit Embraces Horror in Gaming News

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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…Read more... Go to Source