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
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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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Has Hubble Detected Rogue Clumps of Dark Matter?
Has Hubble Detected Rogue Clumps of Dark Matter?
Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered evidence of small clumps of dark matter warping the light from distant quasars. Read more...
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Today’s PNY Gold Box Is Here For All of Your Storage Needs
Today's PNY Gold Box Is Here For All of Your Storage Needs
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Australian Open Tennis Players Struggle to Breathe as Climate Crisis Makes Air Hazardous
Australian Open Tennis Players Struggle to Breathe as Climate Crisis Makes Air Hazardous
Tennis players at practice sessions for the Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia today struggled to breathe as smoke from nearby bushfires choked their lungs. Slovenian Dalila Jakupović even collapsed on the court in a coughing fit while simply trying to inhale the smoke-filled air, which had an Air Quality Index…Read more...
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Dungeons & Dragons Is Taking Critical Role to the Next Level
Dungeons & Dragons Is Taking Critical Role to the Next Level
One of the things that’s made Critical Role such a smash hit with both diehard Dungeons & Dragons fans and newcomers alike is the way the series’ voice actors infuse their campaigns with the kind of vibrant energy that you usually have to use your imagination to conjure up while playing the game. Now, Wizards of the…Read more...
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Report: 51 Members of Congress and Their Spouses Collectively Own Millions in Defense Stocks
Report: 51 Members of Congress and Their Spouses Collectively Own Millions in Defense Stocks
51 members of Congress or their spouses own between $2.8 million to $5.3 million worth of stock in the top 30 defense contractors worldwide, Sludge reported on Monday, thus placing them in a position to potentially profit from the U.S. military contracting process or wars waged with the firms’ equipment.Read more...
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Concept Art Comes to Life in Sleek Sci-Fi Animation Migrants
Concept Art Comes to Life in Sleek Sci-Fi Animation Migrants
High above Mars, the terraformers of short film Migrants go through a well-polished routine, knowing that they’re not preparing for their own futures on the planet, but for children in the generations to come.Read more...
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These Are the Last Pair of Leggings You’ll Ever Need
These Are the Last Pair of Leggings You'll Ever Need
I bet you already have a dozen leggings crammed in your closet, but trust: you need one more. You need the Ridge Merino Crowley Tights. Do not pass go, do not collect $100; instead just find yourself some internet and order up a pair faster than you can say, “Thank me later.”Read more...
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Alert Warning of ‘Emergency’ at Canadian Nuclear Plant Sent by Mistake, Officials Say
Alert Warning of 'Emergency' at Canadian Nuclear Plant Sent by Mistake, Officials Say
Canadian officials have demanded an explanation after an inaccurate alert was sent out to cell phones stating staff were responding to an incident at Pickering Nuclear Generating Station near Toronto on Sunday, the BBC reported.Read more...
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Luggage Startup CEO Accused of Creating Toxic Workplace Won’t Go Away After All
Luggage Startup CEO Accused of Creating Toxic Workplace Won't Go Away After All
After a controversial story last year exposed a toxic workplace atmosphere at luggage startup Away, the company’s chief executive Steph Korey was reported to be stepping down from the role while taking on a new title of executive chairman. But that decision evidently didn’t stick, and Korey will resume the CEO role…Read more...
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The Spider-Verse Connections in Morbius Are Confusing as Hell
The Spider-Verse Connections in Morbius Are Confusing as Hell
Morbius’ first trailer has arrived, and while it mostly focuses on laying out the origin story of its titular vampire, it also suggests that the movie’s going to have some rather direct and significant ties to Spider-Man, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and...perhaps Sony’s excellent Spider-Man game. It’s all a little…Read more...
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Investigation Finds Widespread Rule-Breaking in Reporting of U.S. Clinical Trials
Investigation Finds Widespread Rule-Breaking in Reporting of U.S. Clinical Trials
Universities, drug companies, and government agencies are breaking the law and not turning in their science homework, according to a new report out Monday. It shows that many of these entities aren’t reporting the results of their research to the government’s database of clinical trials as legally mandated, while the…Read more...
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The Dream of a Common Charger Is Alive—Despite Apple’s Complaining
The Dream of a Common Charger Is Alive—Despite Apple's Complaining
The European Parliament is fed up with e-waste—in particular, charging cables. To fix the problem, lawmakers are debating a binding measure that would force gadget makers to use a standardized charging port. Read more...
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Morbius’ First Trailer Is Here and Jared Leto Is Out For Blood
Morbius' First Trailer Is Here and Jared Leto Is Out For Blood
Wild as it is to believe, Sony really meant what it said when the studio announced its plans to move forward with a movie about Morbius, Marvel Comics’ most famous vampire who isn’t Blade. While Morbius might not have been the Spider-Man villain one would expect to make it to the big screen so quickly, it’s definitely…Read more...
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Anker’s Super Convenient PowerPort Cube Is Down to Just $19
Anker's Super Convenient PowerPort Cube Is Down to Just $19
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A Hotter Climate Will Kill Americans in Unexpected Ways, Study Finds
A Hotter Climate Will Kill Americans in Unexpected Ways, Study Finds
The world is gonna get a lot warmer. The unusually warm winter weekend that just ended for those of us in the Northeast is a reminder of what that’ll look like. Sure, it was kinda nice to spend some time outside in a t-shirt in January. But a new study has found that warmer days could be more deadly, even in winter.Read more...
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