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Fact Check: Here’s the Deal With Trump’s Antibody Cocktail and Fetal Cells

Fact Check: Here’s the Deal With Trump’s Antibody Cocktail and Fetal Cells

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Fact Check: Here's the Deal With Trump's Antibody Cocktail and Fetal Cells The inevitable happened, and Donald Trump wound up hospitalized with covid-19. But now Trump is supposedly recovered and back to his usual business, like recording galaxy-brain videos calling his infection a “blessing from God.” One thing that the president has said may well be true: that he recovered with the help of…Read more... Go to Source
If AMD’s Big Zen 3 Claim Is True, Intel’s In Trouble

If AMD’s Big Zen 3 Claim Is True, Intel’s In Trouble

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If AMD's Big Zen 3 Claim Is True, Intel's In Trouble This morning AMD revealed all the juicy details about its upcoming Ryzen 5000-series processors. While I don’t need to upgrade my CPU, or even my motherboard, the leap from AMD’s Zen 2 to Zen 3 architecture appears to be so good that I just might do it anyway. Higher power efficiency, more performance per watt, more…Read more... Go to Source
In Star Trek: Discovery Season 3’s First Clip, Michael Burnham Crash Lands Into the Future

In Star Trek: Discovery Season 3’s First Clip, Michael Burnham Crash Lands Into the Future

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In Star Trek: Discovery Season 3's First Clip, Michael Burnham Crash Lands Into the Future Star Trek: Discovery’s third season is beaming in hot next week, depositing our heroes in a future unlike anything they’ve seen before—even with last season’s timey-wimey angelic shenanigans. But the landing is going to be a little bumpy for our heroes.Read more... Go to Source
Learn to Type by Copying Literary Masters

Learn to Type by Copying Literary Masters

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Learn to Type by Copying Literary Masters A new project by a Canadian techie named Adam Doquiatan aims to teach you to type by asking you to copy great literature. The site, called TypeLit.io, lets you pick from a library of public domain classics—Alice in Wonderland, 1984, and many more—and then shows you the text of each chapter. To complete the exercise…Read more... Go to Source

Nvidia Wants to Eliminate Compression During Video Calls by Using Neural Networks to Perfectly Render Your Face

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Nvidia Wants to Eliminate Compression During Video Calls by Using Neural Networks to Perfectly Render Your Face There are a thousand reasons to hate hopping on a video call every 10 minutes to chat with your co-workers, among them the ugly video compression artifacts that can occasionally make your face completely unrecognizable. Nvidia has a potential solution to the problem, but instead of fixing compression algorithms, it…Read more... Go to Source
Damn, It Sounds Like Game of Thrones Actually Improved on Something From the Upcoming Books

Damn, It Sounds Like Game of Thrones Actually Improved on Something From the Upcoming Books

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Damn, It Sounds Like Game of Thrones Actually Improved on Something From the Upcoming Books Game of Thrones might have been the most popular show on television for awhile, but nowadays it’s looked at as something of a mixed bag. This is mostly because of the final season, but other decisions in seasons six and seven contributed. Hodor’s swan song was not one of them but it turns out that’s partially thanks…Read more... Go to Source
Party on With up to $15 off Some of the Best Games for the Nintendo Switch

Party on With up to $15 off Some of the Best Games for the Nintendo Switch

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Party on With up to $15 off Some of the Best Games for the Nintendo Switch So, you’ve been lucky enough to get your hands on a Nintendo Switch despite the extremely shoddy stock. Great! But now you’ll need some games. The Switch has a great library of excellent games, but many of them are first-party and Nintendo games rarely go on sale. Not so right now, luckily. You can get games like …Read more... Go to Source
Climate Change and Bad Planning Caused California’s Rolling Blackouts

Climate Change and Bad Planning Caused California’s Rolling Blackouts

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Climate Change and Bad Planning Caused California’s Rolling Blackouts Amid record breaking heat in mid-August, energy officials cut power to millions of people across California for up to 90 minutes at a time. In a preliminary report released Tuesday, the state’s three main energy agencies unpacked exactly why those blackouts happened. The finding show the state wasn’t ready despite the…Read more... Go to Source
The X-Men: The Animated Series Art Book Is Here to Give You Mutant Nostalgia

The X-Men: The Animated Series Art Book Is Here to Give You Mutant Nostalgia

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The X-Men: The Animated Series Art Book Is Here to Give You Mutant Nostalgia No matter what becomes of Marvel’s mutants in the comic books or any live-action movies Marvel Studios is undoubtedly dreaming up, the ‘90s animated series that dominated the Saturday morning TV bloc will always be one of the most definitive takes on Charles Xavier and his students. Today, io9 has an exclusive look at…Read more... Go to Source
Keep Patio Dining Alive Through the Winter, and Feast Your Eyes on the Best Outdoor Heaters

Keep Patio Dining Alive Through the Winter, and Feast Your Eyes on the Best Outdoor Heaters

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Keep Patio Dining Alive Through the Winter, and Feast Your Eyes on the Best Outdoor Heaters With the pandemic still raging on in much of the United States, it stands to reason that we’ll continue socializing outdoors for much of the foreseeable future. The NYT’s Wirecutter review team put the struggles currently facing reviewers as outdoor patio heater models sell out faster than we can write about them into…Read more... Go to Source
Hero Child Sues Nintendo Over Hellish Joy-Con Drift

Hero Child Sues Nintendo Over Hellish Joy-Con Drift

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Hero Child Sues Nintendo Over Hellish Joy-Con Drift If you’re familiar with the dreaded Switch phenomenon known as “Joy-Con drift,” you’re likely privy to the unique feeling of rage you feel when the movements of your controllers aren’t aligning with what’s happening on your screen. One child has evidently had enough, and he and his mother are now suing Nintendo over…Read more... Go to Source
Apple’s iPhone Event Is Oct. 13, for Real This Time

Apple’s iPhone Event Is Oct. 13, for Real This Time

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Apple's iPhone Event Is Oct. 13, for Real This Time Back in September, which seems like years ago but was actually just last month, we thought Apple’s Time Flies event might feature some new iPhones, though rumors had long swirled they would go on sale later in the fall due to coronavirus-related production delays. But the September event came and went without nary an…Read more... Go to Source