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An Ancestor Of All Internal-Combustion Vehicles Was A Moss-Powered Jet Ski Built By The Inventor Of Photography

An Ancestor Of All Internal-Combustion Vehicles Was A Moss-Powered Jet Ski Built By The Inventor Of Photography

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An Ancestor Of All Internal-Combustion Vehicles Was A Moss-Powered Jet Ski Built By The Inventor Of Photography I have to admit, while I know that’s a fairly cumbersome headline, I really like just how much is packed in there, and, even better, it’s all true. The very first internal combustion to actually power a vehicle was, at least in part, fueled with a type of moss, and that engine powered a boat that worked on the same…Read more... Go to Source
Trump Extends Executive Order Banning Huawei From Using U.S. Tech for Another Year

Trump Extends Executive Order Banning Huawei From Using U.S. Tech for Another Year

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Trump Extends Executive Order Banning Huawei From Using U.S. Tech for Another Year In May 2019, President Trump issued an executive order that banned a number of foreign companies, including Huawei, from using U.S.-made tech in their devices. This week, Trump extended that order, effectively banning Huawei from sourcing components from U.S. companies like Google for another year. Read more... Go to Source
Tacky Branding Is Not the Way Back from the Coronavirus Shutdown

Tacky Branding Is Not the Way Back from the Coronavirus Shutdown

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Tacky Branding Is Not the Way Back from the Coronavirus Shutdown Like many other branches of the entertainment industry’s consumer-facing side, comic book shops have been hit hard by the covid-19 pandemic. Millions of people are staying home, and in many cases shuttering their businesses, for fear of risking exposure to a currently incurable virus that’s killed hundreds of…Read more... Go to Source
Here’s What New Zealand Did Today After Two Months of Coronavirus Lockdown

Here’s What New Zealand Did Today After Two Months of Coronavirus Lockdown

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Here's What New Zealand Did Today After Two Months of Coronavirus Lockdown The government of New Zealand lifted most of the country’s strict lockdown measures today after almost two months. What did New Zealanders do? They went to stores, they got tattoos, they met up with friends (in groups of no more than ten), and they got haircuts. Lots of haircuts.Read more... Go to Source
Disney’s Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance Now Has an Official Virtual Ride

Disney’s Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance Now Has an Official Virtual Ride

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Disney's Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance Now Has an Official Virtual Ride Even if theme parks were open, there’s no telling when you’d get to ride Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance. The ride opened earlier this year, and right up until Disneyland and Disney World closed due to covid-19, it was the hottest ticket in the parks, with fans arriving way before opening to secure their spot in…Read more... Go to Source
Conservative-Dominated Wisconsin Supreme Court Tosses Out State’s Coronavirus Emergency Order

Conservative-Dominated Wisconsin Supreme Court Tosses Out State’s Coronavirus Emergency Order

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Conservative-Dominated Wisconsin Supreme Court Tosses Out State's Coronavirus Emergency Order In a jaw-dropping move on Wednesday, the conservative-dominated Wisconsin Supreme Court threw out the entirety of the emergency shutdown order Democratic Governor Tony Evers’ administration ordered to contain the novel coronavirus pandemic.Read more... Go to Source
Don’t Worry, All Your Favorites Are Coming Back for the New Mission: Impossible Sequels

Don’t Worry, All Your Favorites Are Coming Back for the New Mission: Impossible Sequels

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Don't Worry, All Your Favorites Are Coming Back for the New Mission: Impossible Sequels Did you really think Christopher McQuarrie was going to make two more Mission: Impossible movies and not bring back Rebecca Ferguson, Ving Rhames, and Vanessa Kirby? Well, confirming everyone’s assumptions, on a new podcast the writer and director of the last two Mission movies said all three actors will in fact be…Read more... Go to Source
These Are the Sex Toys for Men That Don’t (Or Maybe Do) Suck

These Are the Sex Toys for Men That Don’t (Or Maybe Do) Suck

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These Are the Sex Toys for Men That Don't (Or Maybe Do) Suck At the best of times, sex toys designed for men can be a little awkward. At the worst of times ... well, it’s best not to speak of it. If all you’ve ever heard about male toys is horror stories about Fleshlights, though, there are better options out there. Do yourself a favor and try out these toys that are worth…Read more... Go to Source
France to Platforms: Remove Terrorism and Pedophilia-Related Content in One Hour or Else

France to Platforms: Remove Terrorism and Pedophilia-Related Content in One Hour or Else

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France to Platforms: Remove Terrorism and Pedophilia-Related Content in One Hour or Else The nation of France has approved a new law that will force tech giants to delete terrorism and pedophilia-related content from sites in as little as an hour or be exposed to fines that could total up to four percent of global revenue, Reuters reported on Wednesday.Read more... Go to Source
The UK’s Contact Tracing App Breaks the UK’s Own Privacy Laws (and Is Just Plain Broken)

The UK’s Contact Tracing App Breaks the UK’s Own Privacy Laws (and Is Just Plain Broken)

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The UK’s Contact Tracing App Breaks the UK’s Own Privacy Laws (and Is Just Plain Broken) Whether you love them or hate them (or think they won’t work), authorities around the world have universally embraced the concept of contact tracing tech in order to curb the coronavirus’s spread. In practice, however, these apps have fallen short of a lot of our expectations, with many turning out to be more invasive…Read more... Go to Source
Leadership Shakeup at Google Could Threaten One of the Pixel’s Greatest Strengths

Leadership Shakeup at Google Could Threaten One of the Pixel’s Greatest Strengths

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Leadership Shakeup at Google Could Threaten One of the Pixel's Greatest Strengths Google hardware chief Rick Osterloh once said he hoped Google would be “selling products in high volumes in five years.” That was three years ago. After disappointing sales of the Pixel 4 and a recent shakeup within the Pixel team’s management, Google’s aspirations to become a major player in the hardware space may…Read more... Go to Source
Doctor Who’s Big New Event Is All About Cheating Death (and That Assholish Tenth Doctor)

Doctor Who’s Big New Event Is All About Cheating Death (and That Assholish Tenth Doctor)

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Doctor Who's Big New Event Is All About Cheating Death (and That Assholish Tenth Doctor) Remember that hot five minutes the Tenth Doctor was like “I’m the last of the Time Lords, I can do whatever the damn hell I want” before everything went bad for him and he went “oh crap ctrl+z ctrl+z!!!”? Well, looks like he’s back. And this time he’s trying to stop literal dispensers of death?Read more... Go to Source
YouTube Music Gets Library Transfer Feature as Google Preps for the Death of Google Play Music

YouTube Music Gets Library Transfer Feature as Google Preps for the Death of Google Play Music

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YouTube Music Gets Library Transfer Feature as Google Preps for the Death of Google Play Music YouTube Music was supposed to be the successor to Google Play Music, when it launched in 2018, but it lacked a number of core features, including the ability to transfer your music library over from Google’s previous music streaming app. Now, ahead of Google Play Music’s impending death sometime later this year,…Read more... Go to Source
Talisman Finds the Force, a D&D Online Summer Camp, and More in Gaming News

Talisman Finds the Force, a D&D Online Summer Camp, and More in Gaming News

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Talisman Finds the Force, a D&D Online Summer Camp, and More in Gaming News Welcome back to Gaming Shelf, io9's column all about board games and tabletop roleplaying games. There are a lot of exciting crowdfunding campaigns out right now as developers try to prepare for life after the coronavirus pandemic. In addition, we’ve got the new Arkham Horror: The Card Game campaign and a creative way…Read more... Go to Source
Report: Apple, Unlike Facebook and Google, Plans to Start Returning More Workers to Offices Soon

Report: Apple, Unlike Facebook and Google, Plans to Start Returning More Workers to Offices Soon

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Report: Apple, Unlike Facebook and Google, Plans to Start Returning More Workers to Offices Soon Apple is bucking the trend set by rival tech giants Facebook and Google during the coronavirus pandemic and is planning to have staff return to its offices this year, according to a Tuesday report by Bloomberg.Read more... Go to Source
Guess How Much Uber and Lyft Would Owe California If Drivers Were Employees? Try $413 Million

Guess How Much Uber and Lyft Would Owe California If Drivers Were Employees? Try $413 Million

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Guess How Much Uber and Lyft Would Owe California If Drivers Were Employees? Try $413 Million If Lyft and Uber had classified their drivers as employees rather than independent contractors as the companies currently do (and would very much like to continue doing), what would they have hypothetically owed to California in unemployment insurance tax? According to an estimate from the UC Berkeley Labor Center,…Read more... Go to Source
Tesla Warned Staff to Return to Work in Violation of County Order or Lose Unemployment: Report

Tesla Warned Staff to Return to Work in Violation of County Order or Lose Unemployment: Report

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Tesla Warned Staff to Return to Work in Violation of County Order or Lose Unemployment: Report Tesla informed workers that if they did not show up for work at a Fremont, California, production facility CEO Elon Musk has reopened in violation of a county health order that they may be ineligible for unemployment, emails obtained by the Guardian show.Read more... Go to Source
Tuesday’s Best Deals: Roomba 980, TaoTronics ANC Headphones, Oreck Air Purifier, Cuisinart Pans, HyperX Mechanical Keyboard, and More

Tuesday’s Best Deals: Roomba 980, TaoTronics ANC Headphones, Oreck Air Purifier, Cuisinart Pans, HyperX Mechanical Keyboard, and More

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Tuesday's Best Deals: Roomba 980, TaoTronics ANC Headphones, Oreck Air Purifier, Cuisinart Pans, HyperX Mechanical Keyboard, and More A subscription to NordVPN, an Oreck air purifier, a pair of TaoTronics ANC headphones, a couple of Cuisinart pans, and a HyperX mechanical keyboard lead Tuesday’s best deals.Read more... Go to Source
Playmobil Made the Best Back to the Future Toys You Can Buy

Playmobil Made the Best Back to the Future Toys You Can Buy

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Playmobil Made the Best Back to the Future Toys You Can Buy Despite what Star Wars and George Lucas taught the industry about how to properly market a summer blockbuster, when Back to the Future hit theaters in 1985, there was a dismal amount of movie merchandise in stores. But 35 years later, an avalanche of BttF collectibles is en route, including some new sets from…Read more... Go to Source
In This Exclusive She-Ra Final Season Clip, Catra’s Finally Met Her Match

In This Exclusive She-Ra Final Season Clip, Catra’s Finally Met Her Match

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In This Exclusive She-Ra Final Season Clip, Catra's Finally Met Her Match After years of clawing her way up the ladder, it seemed like Catra finally had the upper hand on Hordak. But once Horde Prime arrived, she was back in the shadows. io9 has an exclusive clip from the fifth and final season of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power in which the true leader of the Horde has an offer Catra…Read more... Go to Source
Republicans Not So Sure About This Free Market Thing When It Comes to Oil

Republicans Not So Sure About This Free Market Thing When It Comes to Oil

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Republicans Not So Sure About This Free Market Thing When It Comes to Oil One of Republicans’ arguments against any form of climate action has been that government should let the market take its course. This ignores the massive subsidies incumbent fossil fuels enjoy, including the fact they’re destroying the planet without having to pay for it. Read more... Go to Source
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