It’s Finally Raining in Australia
It's Finally Raining in Australia
Australia has been on fire. Perhaps you’ve heard.Read more...
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Science, Tech and Gadgets
There’s Something Very Wrong With Pokémon: Twilight Wings
There's Something Very Wrong With Pokémon: Twilight Wings
While Pocket Monsters, the primary Pokémon anime, has already followed Ash Ketchum into Galar, the newest region where monsters from Pokémon Sword and Shield can be found, The Pokémon Company’s also just dropped Twilight Wings, a supplementary web series that more deeply explores the culture and lives of Galarian…Read more...
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Senators Told Cell Phones or Other Electronic Devices Won’t Be Allowed at Trump Impeachment Trial
Senators Told Cell Phones or Other Electronic Devices Won't Be Allowed at Trump Impeachment Trial
Senators have been told they have to leave cell phones and all other electronic devices outside the chamber when Donald Trump’s impeachment trial commences, according to “decorum guidelines” obtained by CNN.Read more...
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Here’s Why Game of Thrones Spin-Off House of the Dragon Was Chosen Over the Others
Here's Why Game of Thrones Spin-Off House of the Dragon Was Chosen Over the Others
Fans waiting for the first Game of Thrones spin-off show have lots more waiting to do. HBO President of Programming Casey Bloys said today that the House Targaryen prequel, House of the Dragon, probably won’t arrive until 2022. Bloys also explained why that story, and not the Jane Goldman-penned prequel starring Naomi…Read more...
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Only Known Full-Time Cybersecurity Director Working for Any Democratic Presidential Campaign Resigns
Only Known Full-Time Cybersecurity Director Working for Any Democratic Presidential Campaign Resigns
Democratic candidate for president and former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s campaign cybersecurity official has resigned, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.Read more...
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Five Bookshelf Upgrades That Cost Less Than $25
Five Bookshelf Upgrades That Cost Less Than $25
Bookshelves do way more than just house books — they’re also a focal point, from a design perspective — in many of the rooms in our home, they also serve as design focal points, and as a way through which we express our tastes, our style, our values. If your bookshelves could use a little freshening up, here are five…Read more...
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Facebook Will Now Remind You When It’s Not the Only One Looking at Your Data
Facebook Will Now Remind You When It's Not the Only One Looking at Your Data
Even if you’re a hardcore #DeleteFacebook-er, you’re probably guilty of using your worn out Facebook account to log into the occasional app—just for the convenience factor alone. Now, the company’s offering a bit more insight into how these tools function.Read more...
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Inside the Spectacular Implosion at the Romance Writers of America
Inside the Spectacular Implosion at the Romance Writers of America
The Romance Writers of America, one of the country’s largest writers associations, is in chaos. In late December, the RWA board made the perplexing and instantly controversial decision to censure, suspend, and ban author Courtney Milan from ever holding national office in the organization again—essentially, because…Read more...
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Star Trek Can Be Horny as Hell, But It’s Not as Simple as You Think
Star Trek Can Be Horny as Hell, But It's Not as Simple as You Think
Science fiction is, in many ways, an extremely horny genre. The futures it depicts are ones where we have grown beyond the confines of our planet, reached into the stars, often met new civilizations...and promptly got the hots for them. So it should come to the surprise of no one that Star Trek, one of sci-fi’s most…Read more...
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Fitbit Really Wants to Be Able to Diagnose Your Sleep Apnea
Fitbit Really Wants to Be Able to Diagnose Your Sleep Apnea
If you wake up during the night feeling like you can’t breathe, or if you roll out of bed each morning wondering why you slept like shit, you might have sleep apnea. An estimated 22 million American adults have the disorder, and many of them don’t know it. A diagnosis usually requires undergoing a supervised sleep…Read more...
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Why the Taal Eruption Won’t Slow Down Climate Change
Why the Taal Eruption Won't Slow Down Climate Change
An eruption at the Philippines’ Taal volcano sent locals fleeing for cover as towering ash clouds rose on Monday. Lightning licked the plumes of smoke rising from one of the most active volcanoes in an island nation with dozens of others in various states of unrest.Read more...
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Earth: Still Hot
Earth: Still Hot
The clearest indicator of the climate crisis is heat, and Earth is frickin’ hot. In fact, we just wrapped up the hottest decade in recorded human history. The 2010s saw eight of the planet’s 10 hottest years on record. And last year was a particularly hot one.Read more...
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One of Your Last Workarounds for Buying Fruity Juul Pods Has Failed
One of Your Last Workarounds for Buying Fruity Juul Pods Has Failed
Folks, I have some bad news about one of the few remaining workarounds for accessing Juul’s beloved Mango pods.Read more...
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Wednesday’s Best Deals: Luggage Locks, REI Clearance, Nuun Gold Box, and More
Wednesday's Best Deals: Luggage Locks, REI Clearance, Nuun Gold Box, and More
A Waves Gear sale, a one-day JetBlue Winter Sale, coffee grinder, and Yu-Gi-Oh! for the Switch lead off Wednesday’s best deals from around the web.Read more...
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The Last Vestige of Internet Explorer Dies Today
The Last Vestige of Internet Explorer Dies Today
Microsoft has been teasing big changes to Microsoft Edge for nearly a year. Two years ago, the company announced that Edge would move to rely on the same Chromium code base as Google’s Chrome. Then came alphas, and betas, and even a build for macOS that I quite liked. The new version of Edge, which kills the ereader…Read more...
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Google Now Lets You Use Your iPhone as a Security Key
Google Now Lets You Use Your iPhone as a Security Key
Last year, Google announced that anyone using an Android 7+ could use their smartphone as a physical security key. Now, Google has extended this ability to iPhones.Read more...
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60 People Treated After Delta Flight Dumps Jet Fuel on Los Angeles County
60 People Treated After Delta Flight Dumps Jet Fuel on Los Angeles County
Around 60 people in Los Angeles County were treated by first responders after a jet returning to Los Angeles International Airport dumped its fuel in mid-air, showering at least five elementary schools and a high school shortly before noon, CNN reported on Tuesday.Read more...
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Some Trump Supporters Are Using Baby Yoda (of All Things) to Promote MAGA
Some Trump Supporters Are Using Baby Yoda (of All Things) to Promote MAGA
There’s been a disturbance in the Force.Read more...
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Help! Crumbs In My Bed Are Making Me Crazy
Help! Crumbs In My Bed Are Making Me Crazy
One of the best things about this job is how you’re constantly delighting me with the questions you ask! To wit: Last week, when we gathered to discuss the relative merits and attendant problems of eating in bed, I failed utterly to cover an important subject relative to the topic. And you let me know about it!Read more...
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The Anti-War, Pro-Animal Rights, Colonialist History of Doctor Dolittle’s Creation
The Anti-War, Pro-Animal Rights, Colonialist History of Doctor Dolittle's Creation
Doctor Dolittle usually conjures up memories of Eddie Murphy being stuck in a bathroom with a bear taking a dump, or that time a squirrel was imbibed with gin so it would sit still for a scene with Rex Harrison. Now, with Robert Downey Jr.’s Dolittle featuring a fire-breathing dragon, it’s hard to picture who or what…Read more...
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Stop What You’re Doing and Update Windows Right Now
Stop What You're Doing and Update Windows Right Now
The National Security Agency disclosed a major vulnerability in the latest version of Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 to Microsoft, which released a fix for the issue on Tuesday, the MIT Technology Review reported.Read more...
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Google Is Buying the World’s Most Boring (but Useful) Startup
Google Is Buying the World's Most Boring (but Useful) Startup
You know how sometimes when you Google a store, you get a pop-out sidebar containing info about products that store currently has in stock? Well, in a deal announced today, Google has agreed to purchase the startup responsible for making those sidebars possible. Read more...
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A Man’s Worm Infection Left Him with a ‘Stony Hard’ Testicle
A Man's Worm Infection Left Him with a 'Stony Hard' Testicle
There’s no good place for parasitic worms to wreak havoc in the human body, but doctors in India say their 80-year-old patient developed a particularly unfortunate case. The man’s worm infection left him with a massively swollen, calcified right testicle.Read more...
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HBO Invited Us to a Westworld Dinner Party, Where We Were the Ones Roasted
HBO Invited Us to a Westworld Dinner Party, Where We Were the Ones Roasted
“Ms. Cranz, would you prefer a tequila or vodka shot? Don’t worry. We know the difference.” With one question a Westworld “robot” had roasted me to a cinder and brought into relief everything cool and terrifying about HBO’s Westworld “activation” at CES. Read more...
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Dating Apps Caught Sharing Your Details With ‘Dozens’ of Third Parties: Report
Dating Apps Caught Sharing Your Details With 'Dozens' of Third Parties: Report
If you’re one of those people who’s a bit unnerved by your phone’s apps tracking your every move, I have some bad news—it turns out dating apps are just as guilty as the rest of them. But unlike other apps, they also know what makes you horny. Read more...
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Taint Band-Aid ‘Doesn’t Hurt’ to Remove, Bandage Maker Promises
Taint Band-Aid ‘Doesn’t Hurt’ to Remove, Bandage Maker Promises
Last week at CES 2020, whilst surveying the state of sex tech at the show, I stumbled upon a humble wearable prototype for premature ejaculation. The ‘device’ was the brainchild of Morari Medical, and I maturely dubbed it the taint band-aid in a write-up. CES has since ended, but lo, this morning I opened up my inbox…Read more...
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Tuesday’s Best Deals: PNY Memory Products, Quest Protein, TCL TV, Neck Massagers, and More
Tuesday's Best Deals: PNY Memory Products, Quest Protein, TCL TV, Neck Massagers, and More
A PNY Gold Box, an Expandable Dish Drying Rack, and a Naipo Shiatsu Back and Neck Massager lead off Tuesday’s best deals from around the web.Read more...
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Apple Pushes Back on DOJ Claims That Company Won’t Unlock iPhones Belonging to Shooter
Apple Pushes Back on DOJ Claims That Company Won't Unlock iPhones Belonging to Shooter
Following comments by U.S. Attorney General William Barr that Apple has not provided “substantive assistance” in its investigation related to the shooting last month at a naval airbase in Pensacola, Florida, Apple has addressed the issue by stating that there’s “no such thing as a backdoor just for the good guys.”Read more...
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Extreme Heat Is Another Legacy of Segregation
Extreme Heat Is Another Legacy of Segregation
Racism has consequences, especially in an era of climate change. Read more...
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