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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
AT&T Just Screwed Over DSL Customers and Rural America

AT&T Just Screwed Over DSL Customers and Rural America

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AT&T Just Screwed Over DSL Customers and Rural America As of Oct. 1, AT&T has stopped offering DSL as a new service, according to USA Today. Existing DSL subscribers, who connect to the internet via copper phone lines, will be grandfathered in. DSL is definitely old technology, but many people, especially in rural areas, still rely on it for internet access. Internet…Read more... Go to Source
Sure Sounds Like Apple Is About to Launch Some Speakers and Headphones

Sure Sounds Like Apple Is About to Launch Some Speakers and Headphones

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Sure Sounds Like Apple Is About to Launch Some Speakers and Headphones In what seems like an obvious sign that Apple has a few new audio products lined up to launch this fall, the company just cleared its digital and physical stores of nearly every speaker and headphone brand that could conceivably be considered a rival if Apple had some competing devices slated to go on sale soon.Read more... Go to Source
CDC Finally Acknowledges That Covid-19 Can Be Airborne

CDC Finally Acknowledges That Covid-19 Can Be Airborne

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CDC Finally Acknowledges That Covid-19 Can Be Airborne The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday updated its covid-19 guidance to say that the coronavirus can spread through aerosols, not just large droplets. This is an important distinction because it means that maintaining 6 feet of distance indoors is not always enough to prevent transmission. V…Read more... Go to Source
Exxon’s Leaked Five-Year Plan Is a Climate Disaster

Exxon’s Leaked Five-Year Plan Is a Climate Disaster

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Exxon’s Leaked Five-Year Plan Is a Climate Disaster Earlier this year, Exxon promised to slash its methane emissions and reduce its gas burning, but it seems it had some other plans in the works, too. New internal documents reviewed by Bloomberg show that the energy giant’s business plans would increase its carbon pollution by 17% by 2025. In total, the additions would…Read more... Go to Source
The Last Stand of the Violent, Pathetic Trump Man

The Last Stand of the Violent, Pathetic Trump Man

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The Last Stand of the Violent, Pathetic Trump Man In early 2018, during a rare interview with Trump Senior Policy Adviser Stephen Miller, CNN host Jake Tapper was disgusted enough to cut the mic. Miller had accused CNN of airing “24 hours of negative, anti-Trump, hysterical coverage” which he said led to “some embarrassing false reporting.” Miller was vehement and…Read more... Go to Source
Zeiss’ $6,000 Full-Frame ZX1 Is An Intriguing Little Camera with a Ridiculous Price Tag

Zeiss’ $6,000 Full-Frame ZX1 Is An Intriguing Little Camera with a Ridiculous Price Tag

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Zeiss' $6,000 Full-Frame ZX1 Is An Intriguing Little Camera with a Ridiculous Price Tag Putting full-frame sensors into smaller and smaller compact bodies is all the rage nowadays. Nikon did it with the Z5, Panasonic did it with the S5, and just last month Sony joined the crowd with the new A7C. After announcing its compact full-frame camera more than two years ago, Zeiss’ $6,000 ZX1 has finally become…Read more... Go to Source
Lovecraft Country Went Meta and Got Even More Disturbing

Lovecraft Country Went Meta and Got Even More Disturbing

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Lovecraft Country Went Meta and Got Even More Disturbing With each episode of Lovecraft Country’s first season, a new family member or friend in Atticus Freeman’s midst has been unceremoniously dragged into a dark convergence of events that might result in a Lovecraftian apocalypse. By shifting its focus onto each member of its supporting cast, Lovecraft Country’s been able…Read more... Go to Source

Scientists Have Created a Laser Scanner That Can See Through Fog

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Scientists Have Created a Laser Scanner That Can See Through Fog Even with sophisticated cameras and laser scanners that can see all the way around a vehicle, autonomous vehicles have just as much trouble driving in thick fog as humans do. They could soon have an advantage, however, as researchers have created a new imaging system that can see through obstructions like fog, or at…Read more... Go to Source
Could Someone Hack My Microchip Implant?

Could Someone Hack My Microchip Implant?

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Could Someone Hack My Microchip Implant? These are, absolutely, very bleak times, but in a sense we should cherish them: we’re living through maybe the last stretch of history before employers start mandating microchips en masse. You’re going to miss living in fear of contracting a deadly virus, once HR brings out the scalpel—and then you’re going to miss…Read more... Go to Source