Researchers Created Tiny Camera Backpacks for Beetles
Every year, companies like GoPro manage to pack more and more functionality into smaller and smaller action cameras that are less obtrusive to wear. But a team of researchers from the University of Washington has managed to build a live-streaming wireless camera that’s so small even an insect can wear it.Read more...
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14,000-Year-Old Poop Found in Oregon Cave Turns Out to Be Human
For archaeologists, ancient bones and stone tools are important lines of evidence, but sometimes the answers to our past can be found in piles of human poop, as an important new analysis shows.Read more...
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Here’s a Map of the Surveillance Tech Police Are Using to Track You
An abundance of reporting has confirmed that you’re not paranoid, Minority Report was nonfiction, and face paint isn’t just an art project. We hear about how law enforcement can match our faces with photos scraped from our social media profiles and monitor us through neighbors’ doorbells. The near-weekly updates send…Read more...
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More Than 40 Mayors Outline Their Vision for a Green Coronavirus Recovery
On Wednesday, mayors from around the world came together to announce how a plan for a just and green recovery from the three crises their constituents face: climate change, coronavirus, and racial inequality.Read more...
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Oppo Says Its New Power Brick Could Charge Your Phone in 13 Minutes
Phone charging speeds have gotten pretty good over the last few years, but today, Oppo may have revealed what might be the fastest smartphone power brick in the world.Read more...
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The $100 Ad-Free Kobo Nia Could Be Your Ticket to Ditching the Kindle
If you’re in the market to buy an ereader in North America, Amazon’s Kindle and Rakuten’s Kobo are really the only two options if you want access to a well-stocked ebook store. Today the latter revealed its alternative to the current cheapest Kindle model with the new $100 Kobo Nia, which includes a high-res display,…Read more...
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Marvel's Helstrom Sure Looks Like a Show That Exists
At one point Hulu seemed like it was going to be bursting at the seams with Marvel shows. Ghost Rider, Howard the Duck, you name it. But in the end, after all those shows were hack and slashed with Wolverine-like rage, only a select few remained. One is Helstrom and its first photos are now here.Read more...
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The Adventure Zone TV Show May Feature a New Voice Cast
The novel coronavirus pandemic may have slowed down television production across the world, but animation is one area where things are still happening. The McElroy brothers are hard at work on the pilot for Peacock’s The Adventure Zone animated series—a show that may come with a few surprises, including a potential…Read more...
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White House Tells Hospitals to Skip CDC and Send Coronavirus Data Straight to HHS
The White House has issued a directive to the nation’s hospitals to bypass the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and “send all coronavirus patient information” straight to a non-public Health and Human Services database in D.C., the New York Times reported on Tuesday.Read more...
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The 22 Can't-Miss Panels of Comic-Con 2020 (at Home)
If you’re looking for a positive spin to the horror show that is 2020 here’s one: Everyone is going to San Diego Comic-Con. Read more...
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Congress Asks Apple, Google to Clamp Down On Foreign Apps
For the past week, House lawmakers have taken a brief pause from, say, probing into Silicon Valley’s potential antitrust issues, and deciding just how we should all feel about the FBI’s practice of warrantless wiretapping, in the name of rallying around a common enemy: foreign tech companies.Read more...
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Tuesday's Best Deals: Anker Soundcore Liberty P2 True Wireless Earbuds, Switch Pro Controller, Razer Gold Box, Ella Paradis Sale, and More
An affordable pair of Anker Soundcore Liberty P2 true wireless earbuds, a Nintendo Switch Pro controller restock and discount, a Razer gaming peripherals Gold Box, and a markdown on the reader-favorite Satsifyer Pro 2 at Ella Paradis lead Tuesday’s best deals.Read more...
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19 Tech Giants Join Legal Fight Against ICE Plan to Deport Students Over Online Classes
More than a dozen of the biggest names in tech have thrown their support behind last week’s lawsuit pushing back against ICE’s proposed plans to deport any foreign students planning to attend online-only classes in the coming semester. Read more...
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How the Frozen 2 Documentary Shows Us More Disney Drama Than We're Used To
Nothing bad ever happens at Disney. Or, at least, that’s the message the family-friendly company leads people to believe. You very rarely see or read raw, behind-the-scenes coverage from the mega-corporation because everything there is so carefully packaged. And that’s precisely why the new Disney+ show, Into the…Read more...
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Five Things to Know About UAE’s First Mission to Mars
The Emirates Hope Mission, scheduled to launch this Friday, is the first Arab attempt to reach the Red Planet. Here’s how the UAE will endeavor to make history.Read more...
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Cars Emit More Than Carbon Pollution—They Release Microplastic, Too
When you take your car for a spin, it’s not just emitting particulate matter and greenhouse gases. The wear and tear of your car’s tires and brakes release microplastic, which winds, rains, and snow can carry to the most remote parts of the world. Read more...
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Grant Imahara, Mythbusters Host and Star Wars Roboticist, Dies at 49
Grant Imahara, cohost of the wildly popular TV show Mythbusters, died on Monday at the age of 49, according to a report from the Hollywood Reporter. The cause of death was reportedly a sudden brain aneurysm.Read more...
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A Lost Boys Prequel Musical Is Getting Closer to Release
How did David, the leader of The Lost Boys, first become a vampire? That’s the subject of an upcoming stage musical called A Lost Boys Story by G Tom Mac, who wrote the film’s unforgettable theme song, “Cry Little Sister.” The show has been in development for several years, but now, according to Mac, it’s getting…Read more...
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Warren Ellis’ Accusers Launch New Push to Seek Transformative Justice
Last month, the comics industry faced yet another reckoning of accusations of pervasive, systemic abuse of creatives of marginalized genders, in some ways sparked by a series of allegations against writer Warren Ellis. Now, those who say they were affected by Ellis specifically have established a space to share their…Read more...
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Report: Apple Likely Won't Reopen in Full Until 2021, Many Retail Staff Asked to Switch to Online Roles
With over 90 of Apple’s 271 outlets across the U.S. closed down once again due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, the company is asking retail staff who are unable to show up to a physical location to instead work from home, according to a Monday report in Bloomberg. Apple reportedly also expects that its plan to …Read more...
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21 Ridiculous (and Seriously Problematic) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Figures of the '90s
Damn, they made a lot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toys over the years.Read more...
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India Might Be Censoring Environmental Organizations Online
Three Indian environmental organizations’ websites appear to have been censored in the country.Read more...
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What's the Best Wi-Fi Range Extender or Repeater?
I don’t envy you office IT folks. At. ALL. I’ve assumed that role in a five-person work-from-home stint that lasts, well, indefinitely, and it’s starting to drive me nuts. The latest complaint: The Wi-Fi is too slow. Sorry, MOM (emphasized for passive aggression), but everyone is simultaneously holding Zoom calls,…Read more...
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Nvidia Might Stop Making Some RTX 20-Series Cards Soon, Which Could Drive Up GPU Prices
Now that we’re getting closer to Nvidia’s anticipated September 2020 release date of its next-generation GeForce RTX 30 ‘Ampere’ graphics cards, rumor has it that the company is already ceasing production of some RTX 20-series cards. Read more...
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Gimlet Media Sued for Not Making Podcasts Accessible to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
The podcasting company Gimlet Media now faces a class-action lawsuit for failing to make its podcasts accessible to the deaf and hard of hearing. In the complaint, filed today in New York, plaintiff Kahlimah Jones argues that Gimlet violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing to provide closed…Read more...
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Ted Cruz's Office Says He Was Just Enjoying a Delicious Beverage, Not Violating Mandatory Airline Mask Policy or Anything
American Airlines has said it is investigating after Senator Ted Cruz was photographed in apparent violation of its policy mandating use of face masks during the coronavirus pandemic by all passengers and crew on Sunday, per CBS News.Read more...
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