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Arianna Huffington on Quest to Create the Methadone of Tech

Arianna Huffington on Quest to Create the Methadone of Tech

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Arianna Huffington on Quest to Create the Methadone of Tech Ariana Huffington left Huffington Post in 2016 to create Thrive Global—a confounding venture that aims to help people reduce stress and burnout by taking control of their relationship with technology. Three years later, I’m even less sure what that means—and the company’s recent acquisition of a startup that uses…Read more... Go to Source
Scientists Use Lab-Grown Brains to Study What Makes Us Human

Scientists Use Lab-Grown Brains to Study What Makes Us Human

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Scientists Use Lab-Grown Brains to Study What Makes Us Human Researchers are growing human, ape, and monkey brain tissue in the lab in order to understand what makes us different. Human brains are clearly unique in some way, given that we’re the only animal that can make and post memes online and fly into space. But questions still surround why we’re different from our close…Read more... Go to Source
Huge Child Porn Ring Busted as Authorities Cite Ability to Crack Bitcoin Privacy

Huge Child Porn Ring Busted as Authorities Cite Ability to Crack Bitcoin Privacy

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Huge Child Porn Ring Busted as Authorities Cite Ability to Crack Bitcoin Privacy Federal authorities in the U.S. have unsealed charges against the South Korean operator of a child porn ring that’s been billed as the world’s “largest dark web child porn marketplace.” The child porn site, known as Welcome to Video, charged some users in Bitcoin and authorities say they successfully unmasked those…Read more... Go to Source
Huawei Reports Healthy Sales Growth Despite U.S. Export Ban

Huawei Reports Healthy Sales Growth Despite U.S. Export Ban

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Huawei Reports Healthy Sales Growth Despite U.S. Export Ban Huawei is reporting healthy sales growth, despite U.S. bans against the Chinese-based tech giant, according to a company statement released on Wednesday. Huawei saw revenue increase 24.4 percent for the last three quarters of the fiscal year, a financial success that is sure to frustrate the U.S. government.Read more... Go to Source
‘Jedi’ Just Got a Dictionary Definition, Which Feels Weird, Given Everything Happening in Star Wars Right Now

‘Jedi’ Just Got a Dictionary Definition, Which Feels Weird, Given Everything Happening in Star Wars Right Now

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'Jedi' Just Got a Dictionary Definition, Which Feels Weird, Given Everything Happening in Star Wars Right Now At a time when the Star Wars movies and tie-in materials are now more than ever questioning the legacy of the Jedi—and what it means to be a Jedi—there is a certain irony to there now being a literal dictionary definition of what a Jedi is.Read more... Go to Source
Here Are Twitter’s Latest Excuses as to Why It Lets Donald Trump Break Its Rules Constantly

Here Are Twitter’s Latest Excuses as to Why It Lets Donald Trump Break Its Rules Constantly

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Here Are Twitter's Latest Excuses as to Why It Lets Donald Trump Break Its Rules Constantly Twitter is never, ever going to ban Donald Trump for reasons ranging from the self-apparent (he’s the president, and a conspiracy-obsessed one at that) to perhaps the cynical (whether or not his incessant tweeting helps the company’s bottom line). Read more... Go to Source
Teen Titans Go! Vs. Teen Titans Champions One of Superhero Comics’ Most Enduring Qualities

Teen Titans Go! Vs. Teen Titans Champions One of Superhero Comics’ Most Enduring Qualities

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Teen Titans Go! Vs. Teen Titans Champions One of Superhero Comics' Most Enduring Qualities Batman. Spider-Man. Superman. Captain America. The Teen Titans. The X-Men. Whoever your superheroic comic star of choice is, odds are they’ve been around for decades and countless creative teams have come and gone in their stories, creating endless versions of characters that have otherwise lived ongoing lives on the…Read more... Go to Source
Our Favorite Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL Cases That You Can Already Order

Our Favorite Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL Cases That You Can Already Order

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Our Favorite Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL Cases That You Can Already Order After months of leaks, Google finally, officially unveiled its new Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL to the world earlier today. Preorders are live already, and are set to ship at the end of next week. But while you’ve got your credit card out, we rounded up some of our favorite cases that you can order right now, if you want to…Read more... Go to Source
The Year’s Best Wildlife Photos Remind Us Why Nature Is Worth Fighting For

The Year’s Best Wildlife Photos Remind Us Why Nature Is Worth Fighting For

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The Year’s Best Wildlife Photos Remind Us Why Nature Is Worth Fighting For Nature can be glorious, miraculous, and sometimes downright brutal. Not all of us get to witness the amazing feats of the natural world happening in the flesh, though. Luckily, we have wildlife photographers who’s riveting images can help bring the wilderness into our living rooms.Read more... Go to Source
How the 10-Year Wait for Zombieland: Double Tap Changed Everything

How the 10-Year Wait for Zombieland: Double Tap Changed Everything

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How the 10-Year Wait for Zombieland: Double Tap Changed Everything If a Zombieland sequel had come out less than 10 years after the original film, it would have been a very different movie, in terms of story but also quality. Over time people get older, Hollywood’s sensibilities change, and maybe some of your once up-and-coming actors win Oscars. A lot can happen in 10 years, and all…Read more... Go to Source
Facebook Doesn’t Give a Fuck if Politicians Lie in Ads, But God Forbid They Misplace a Button

Facebook Doesn’t Give a Fuck if Politicians Lie in Ads, But God Forbid They Misplace a Button

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Facebook Doesn't Give a Fuck if Politicians Lie in Ads, But God Forbid They Misplace a Button When it comes to campaign ads on Facebook, you can lie or be racist—but don’t you dare cuss or stick a button in the ad. In the first half of October, Facebook has removed over 160 ads from the Biden, Warren, Sanders, Steyer, and Trump campaigns but for reasons that mostly pertain to design, according to a review by…Read more... Go to Source
Amazon Is Marketing Face Recognition to Police Departments Partnered With Ring: Report

Amazon Is Marketing Face Recognition to Police Departments Partnered With Ring: Report

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Amazon Is Marketing Face Recognition to Police Departments Partnered With Ring: Report Amazon is marketing its facial recognition software to Florida police departments that are currently partnered with its home surveillance company, Ring—arrangements that allow police to request access to video footage captured by homeowners.Read more... Go to Source
REI Is Basically Giving Away Lifetime Memberships With Any $100 Purchase

REI Is Basically Giving Away Lifetime Memberships With Any $100 Purchase

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REI Is Basically Giving Away Lifetime Memberships With Any $100 Purchase It already made sense to join REI’s Co-op membership program; for just $20, you’re a member for life, and have access to perks like a 10% back annual dividend, access to in-store REI Garage Sales, and special pricing on REI Outdoor School classes and REI Adventures trips. But now through November 14 it makes even more…Read more... Go to Source
Climate Rage Is Working

Climate Rage Is Working

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Climate Rage Is Working On Monday, Reuters scored an exclusive interview with Ben van Beurden, the CEO of the Shell Oil Company. During the sitdown, he decried people demonizing oil and said it’s “entirely legitimate to invest in oil and gas because the world demands it” and that “we have no choice” but to keep investing in dirty fossil fuel…Read more... Go to Source
Everything Google Announced Today

Everything Google Announced Today

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Everything Google Announced Today In a somewhat unconventional spectacle that included a fireside chat about the company’s environmental initiatives and photographer Annie Leibovitz dropping by to talk about smartphones, Google’s Pixel 4 event in New York today included few surprises, and at times, even fewer details on its new hardware.Read more... Go to Source
Gemini Man uses de-aging technology to make a case against de-aging technology

Gemini Man uses de-aging technology to make a case against de-aging technology

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Gemini Man uses de-aging technology to make a case against de-aging technology Final numbers are still rolling in, but it seems safe to say that Gemini Man is not the hit anyone involved might have hoped it would be. Ang Lee’s science fiction action movie, starring Will Smith as both an aging assassin and his younger, stronger, faster clone, landed in third place at the box office this weekend…Read more... Go to Source
Trump Campaign Running Facebook Ads with Racial Slur

Trump Campaign Running Facebook Ads with Racial Slur

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Trump Campaign Running Facebook Ads with Racial Slur President Donald Trump’s official Facebook page has been running a series of ads that feature an anti-Native American slur, according to the social media company’s archive of political ads. Trump can be heard referring to Senator Elizabeth Warren by the name “Pocahontas” in the ad, which started running on October 11.Read more... Go to Source
Congress Wants Answers on Who Sent Millions of Pro-Vaping Posts From Bot Accounts

Congress Wants Answers on Who Sent Millions of Pro-Vaping Posts From Bot Accounts

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Congress Wants Answers on Who Sent Millions of Pro-Vaping Posts From Bot Accounts The House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Massachusetts attorney general’s office are investigating exactly who spammed millions of bot posts promoting e-cigarettes while downplaying or misleading viewers on its effects on human health.Read more... Go to Source
Zuckerberg: I Only Wined and Dined Right-Wingers to, Um, Engage in a Meaningful Exchange of Ideas

Zuckerberg: I Only Wined and Dined Right-Wingers to, Um, Engage in a Meaningful Exchange of Ideas

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Zuckerberg: I Only Wined and Dined Right-Wingers to, Um, Engage in a Meaningful Exchange of Ideas Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg briefly poked his head out of his gilded panic room on Monday to address reports that he ran a quiet lobbying campaign to reassure right-wing critics of his company that he shares their concerns. In his view, he’s guilty of nothing more than “hearing from a range of viewpoints” and…Read more... Go to Source
Titans Turned Superboy Into Frankenstein’s Manchild, and It Was Awesome

Titans Turned Superboy Into Frankenstein’s Manchild, and It Was Awesome

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Titans Turned Superboy Into Frankenstein's Manchild, and It Was Awesome Titans’ cast of superheroes and villains has gotten so large that the series has largely shifted away from dedicating entire episodes to single characters, but this week’s straightforwardly named “Conner” focused on nothing but the latest live-action incarnation of Superman and Lex Luthor’s genetically-engineered…Read more... Go to Source
Could an Electrical Equipment Malfunction Be Behind the Saddleridge Fire?

Could an Electrical Equipment Malfunction Be Behind the Saddleridge Fire?

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Could an Electrical Equipment Malfunction Be Behind the Saddleridge Fire? In Northern California, utility PG&E cut power to hundreds of thousands amidst a wildfire weather threat. Southern California’s main electric utility didn’t, and now it appears its equipment could responsible for sparking last week’s Saddleridge Fire. Read more... Go to Source
Everything You Need to Upgrade Your Car’s Stereo Head Unit

Everything You Need to Upgrade Your Car’s Stereo Head Unit

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Everything You Need to Upgrade Your Car's Stereo Head Unit Most modern cars come with some form of smart head unit—the box that contains your stereo and its controls—that supports Android Auto, Apple CarPlay or both. But if you don’t want to buy a new car to bring your vehicle into the modern age, you can upgrade the head unit in your existing car. Read more... Go to Source