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CD Players Are Back From the Dead and Now Work With Airpods

CD Players Are Back From the Dead and Now Work With Airpods

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CD Players Are Back From the Dead and Now Work With Airpods According to the Recording Industry Association of America, sales of vinyl records surpassed compact discs for the first time since the ‘80s. What’s more surprising is that people are still actually buying CDs, and if you’re one of the loyal few who refuses to let the medium die, there’s now a portable CD player that…Read more... Go to Source
Aggretsuko Takes on a New Significance in These Extraordinary Times

Aggretsuko Takes on a New Significance in These Extraordinary Times

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Aggretsuko Takes on a New Significance in These Extraordinary Times Back in February, Oni Press’ Aggretsuko comic very presciently delved into a plot in which the world was ravaged by the “C-Virus.” It turned those exposed to it into zombie-like creatures, making it impossible for Retsuko and her colleagues to venture into their office safely. While the comic was a sendup of the …Read more... Go to Source
The Roomba i3+ Is a Self-Emptying Robovac That’s Practically Affordable

The Roomba i3+ Is a Self-Emptying Robovac That’s Practically Affordable

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The Roomba i3+ Is a Self-Emptying Robovac That's Practically Affordable Finally! The good robovac stuff in a robot some people can afford. iRobot, maker of roving house helpers Roomba and Braava, today announced the launch of its Roomba i3+, a mid-range vacuum that’ll get features standard of models with a far steeper price tag.Read more... Go to Source
Oracle’s Bid for TikTok Is Down to the Wire and Also a Huge Mess

Oracle’s Bid for TikTok Is Down to the Wire and Also a Huge Mess

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Oracle's Bid for TikTok Is Down to the Wire and Also a Huge Mess The Trump administration’s efforts to strong-arm Beijing-based ByteDance into selling its U.S. subsidiary TikTok to an American company are closing in, with enterprise software giant Oracle attempting to get regulators to clear a deal. Unsurprisingly, everyone involved is really making a garbage fire out of it.Read more... Go to Source
Everything Store Becomes Everywhere Store

Everything Store Becomes Everywhere Store

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Everything Store Becomes Everywhere Store Ready for Amazon to get even more ubiquitous in your day to day life? The e-commerce giant is planning on opening 1,000 to 1,500 small distribution hubs in suburban areas across the country, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, in part spurred by major delays in shipping during the novel coronavirus pandemic.Read more... Go to Source
The Oculus Quest 2 Has Finally Realized VR’s Promise, and It’s Only $300

The Oculus Quest 2 Has Finally Realized VR’s Promise, and It’s Only $300

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The Oculus Quest 2 Has Finally Realized VR's Promise, and It's Only $300 I tried the Virtual Boy more than 20 years ago and was almost instantly disappointed, but I’ve still dreamed of having a simple, standalone VR headset that could transport me to other worlds at a moment’s notice. And while the original Oculus Quest was a valiant attempt to make that dream come true, I never really…Read more... Go to Source
Lab-Made Antibodies Show Early Promise for Treating Covid-19

Lab-Made Antibodies Show Early Promise for Treating Covid-19

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Lab-Made Antibodies Show Early Promise for Treating Covid-19 A lab-made antibody treatment has shown encouraging results in preventing hospitalizations from covid-19, at least in some preliminary data. On Tuesday, the pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly announced that its experimental antibody treatment was found to reduce the rate of hospitalizations among people with covid-19…Read more... Go to Source
The Violent Fantasy of Kyle Rittenhouse

The Violent Fantasy of Kyle Rittenhouse

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The Violent Fantasy of Kyle Rittenhouse Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois teen charged with shooting three protestors in Kenosha, Wisconsin, gets the fanmail congratulating him on his heroic exploits in juvenile detention, because he is 17 years old. Most stories coming from the Right, which render the kid as a righteous arbiter of justice, bury this fact.…Read more... Go to Source
Uber Safety Driver in Fatal Self-Driving Car Crash Charged With Negligent Homicide

Uber Safety Driver in Fatal Self-Driving Car Crash Charged With Negligent Homicide

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Uber Safety Driver in Fatal Self-Driving Car Crash Charged With Negligent Homicide The human driver meant to act as a fail-safe for an autonomous Uber car that struck and killed a Tempe, Arizona woman has been charged with neglicgent homicide by local authorities, the Associated Press reports. The 2018 crash was the first recorded case of a pedestrian being killed by a self-driving car. Read more... Go to Source
Garmin’s New Smartwatch Is Made for Triathletes, Because We Should All Dream Big Right Now

Garmin’s New Smartwatch Is Made for Triathletes, Because We Should All Dream Big Right Now

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Garmin's New Smartwatch Is Made for Triathletes, Because We Should All Dream Big Right Now Garmin is the MVP when it comes to GPS-tracking watches made for athletes. Every serious runner in my life swears by their Garmin, despite the fact that you can easily find a cheaper, a more stylish, lifestyle-focused smartwatch with GPS built right in (which was not the case when Garmin first hit the scene). Nope.…Read more... Go to Source
Epson Debuts New Ultra Short-Throw, Android-Powered 4K Projector

Epson Debuts New Ultra Short-Throw, Android-Powered 4K Projector

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Epson Debuts New Ultra Short-Throw, Android-Powered 4K Projector For film enthusiasts, the pandemic has presented an ongoing question: Should we invest in better at-home entertainment, or does it make sense to hold out for the (presumed) reopening of cinemas? Gadget makers would very much prefer the former, with companies like Samsung and Epson framing the pandemic as good a time…Read more... Go to Source
Disney Enters a Silent Shadowed Kingdom and Fallout Adds the Enclave in Gaming News

Disney Enters a Silent Shadowed Kingdom and Fallout Adds the Enclave in Gaming News

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Disney Enters a Silent Shadowed Kingdom and Fallout Adds the Enclave in Gaming News Welcome back to Gaming Shelf, io9's column all about board games and tabletop roleplaying games. This week, we’ve got a creepy Disney game where players can’t talk to each other, a Mariposas promo pack to honor a young girl, and the arrival of the Enclave to Fallout: Wasteland Warfare. Check it out!Read more... Go to Source
Smoke from Western Wildfires Is Clouding Skies on the East Coast

Smoke from Western Wildfires Is Clouding Skies on the East Coast

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Smoke from Western Wildfires Is Clouding Skies on the East Coast The smoke from the fires out West, which has choked residents of California, Washington, and Oregon and painted the skies a haunting orange color, is absolutely everywhere. It’s blown thousands of miles east, and is now clouding up skies as far away as parts of New England, parts of Canada, and even Europe. Yes, you…Read more... Go to Source
Amazon’s Kicking Retailers While They’re Down (Again)

Amazon’s Kicking Retailers While They’re Down (Again)

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Amazon's Kicking Retailers While They're Down (Again) In case you haven’t heard, retail is in trouble. Aside from the hundreds of clothing stores that have permanently shuttered after the coronavirus brought shopping to a screeching halt, we’ve also spent the past year watching the slower (though no less tragic) decline of mall staples like Macy’s and JC Penny, not to…Read more... Go to Source
Apple Unveils Apple One and New Subscription Bundle Tiers

Apple Unveils Apple One and New Subscription Bundle Tiers

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Apple Unveils Apple One and New Subscription Bundle Tiers For months leading up to today’s annual Apple event, rumors swirled that the Cupertino tech giant was gearing up to bundle its growing roster of services. Today, Apple confirmed it’s introducing a multi-tiered bundle called Apple One, which will group together some of its most popular services with additional cloud…Read more... Go to Source
How to Watch Apple’s Event Today

How to Watch Apple’s Event Today

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How to Watch Apple's Event Today Apple’s WWDC 2020 event seems like it happened only yesterday, but that was just the beginning of Apple’s usual slew of announcements leading into fall. Today the Cupertino company is holding the first of what could be a handful of fall events to reveal its latest lineup of devices.Read more... Go to Source
U.S. Concentration Camp Sent Undocumented Women to Be Sterilized According to Whistleblower

U.S. Concentration Camp Sent Undocumented Women to Be Sterilized According to Whistleblower

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U.S. Concentration Camp Sent Undocumented Women to Be Sterilized According to Whistleblower Why are the terms “Nazi Germany” and “Mengele” become trending topics on Twitter? The words dominated the social media platform on Monday after it was revealed that a whistleblower has alleged “high numbers” of immigrant women at a U.S. concentration camp in Georgia were sent to be given unnecessary hysterectomies.…Read more... Go to Source