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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
No One Wants a Swivel Phone in 2020, but Apparently, That Won’t Stop LG from Trying

No One Wants a Swivel Phone in 2020, but Apparently, That Won’t Stop LG from Trying

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No One Wants a Swivel Phone in 2020, but Apparently, That Won't Stop LG from Trying While Samsung has already released a pair of foldable phones, its biggest rival, LG, still hasn’t thrown its hat in the game. However, instead of exploring foldable tech, based on a new report, it seems LG may be taking some cues from the past for its next wacky handset.Read more... Go to Source
How to Watch Dr. Fauci Testify About ‘Reopening America’ on YouTube, Facebook, and More

How to Watch Dr. Fauci Testify About ‘Reopening America’ on YouTube, Facebook, and More

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How to Watch Dr. Fauci Testify About 'Reopening America' on YouTube, Facebook, and More Dr. Anthony Fauci and three other top health experts from the federal government will testify today to the Senate Health Committee about the coronavirus pandemic and what the future of the country might look like. And there are plenty of ways to watch the hearing on YouTube, Facebook, and more with the links below.Read more... Go to Source
Elon Musk to County Health Officials: Arrest Me, Cowards

Elon Musk to County Health Officials: Arrest Me, Cowards

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Elon Musk to County Health Officials: Arrest Me, Cowards Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has made something of a one-man sport out of spouting off uninformed, contrarian opinions about the novel coronavirus pandemic. He’s repeatedly made inaccurate predictions that the whole thing is overblown and will be over soon, told workers to keep showing up at Tesla plant in …Read more... Go to Source
CEO of Surveillance Firm Banjo Resigns After Past Involvement With KKK Comes to Light

CEO of Surveillance Firm Banjo Resigns After Past Involvement With KKK Comes to Light

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CEO of Surveillance Firm Banjo Resigns After Past Involvement With KKK Comes to Light The CEO of surveillance firm Banjo, one of the many firms pitching law enforcement agencies across the country on artificial intelligence and big data-backed predictive policing, is leaving the company after an April report outed him as a former neo-Nazi skinhead who was involved in a 1990 Ku Klux Klan drive-by…Read more... Go to Source
There’s a Canonical Star Trek Show Happening During Lower Decks, You Just Aren’t Watching It

There’s a Canonical Star Trek Show Happening During Lower Decks, You Just Aren’t Watching It

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There's a Canonical Star Trek Show Happening During Lower Decks, You Just Aren't Watching It Star Trek fans might be forgiven for thinking that its upcoming return to the world of animation’s more light-hearted tone means that Lower Decks won’t take on the dramatic weight of being prime-timeline canon. It’s kind of what some Star Trek fans do with literally anything they’re uneasy about when it comes to Trek.…Read more... Go to Source
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