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Is There VR for Senses Other Than Sight?

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Is There VR for Senses Other Than Sight? In an ideal world, virtual reality would be just like regular reality, except without regular reality’s annoying restrictions on human flight, teleportation, endless/consequence-free consumption, etc. As it is VR, it is inescapably VR—you can lose yourself, but only to a point. This has to do partly with the…Read more... Go to Source

Domino’s Has a New Pizza Delivery Robot That Lets You Track Your Order While It Drives It Over

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Domino’s Has a New Pizza Delivery Robot That Lets You Track Your Order While It Drives It Over Domino’s, the eager company that’s always looking for new ways to get you its pizza, is at it again. To ensure that you are not without its pizza, the company has dispatched a delivery robot at one of its stores that it says will take the pizza right to customers.Read more... Go to Source

Crypto Market Plummets Following Week of Coinbase-fueled Hype

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Crypto Market Plummets Following Week of Coinbase-fueled Hype After cryptocurrency prices soared this week amid hype leading up to Coinbase’s direct listing, the market took a nosedive over the weekend. Bitcoin prices tanked by roughly 14% in 24 hours, from $61,530 to $52,829, the token’s biggest one-day drop since February, before rebounding slightly, according to the…Read more... Go to Source

U.S. Federal Investigators Are Reportedly Looking Into Codecov Security Breach, Undetected for Months

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U.S. Federal Investigators Are Reportedly Looking Into Codecov Security Breach, Undetected for Months U.S. federal investigators are purportedly looking into a security breach at Codecov, a platform used to test software code with more 29,000 customers worldwide, Reuters reported on Saturday. The company has confirmed the breach and stated that it went undetected for months. Read more... Go to Source

Regulators Urge Peloton Tread+ Owners to Stop Using Treadmill ‘Immediately,’ and Peloton Is Pissed

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Regulators Urge Peloton Tread+ Owners to Stop Using Treadmill 'Immediately,' and Peloton Is Pissed In the wake of multiple reports of injuries and at least one death involving Peloton’s Tread+ treadmill, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued an “urgent warning” that the product “poses serious risks” to children’s safety and should not be used in households with small children or pets. Read more... Go to Source

PlayStation 5 Is Now the Fastest-Selling Console in U.S. History

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PlayStation 5 Is Now the Fastest-Selling Console in U.S. History Sony’s PlayStation 5 is the fastest-selling gaming console in U.S. history in both unit and dollar sales, according to retail analyst firm The NPD Group. So if you’ve been struggling to get your hands on one since its release last November, scalpers may not be entirely to blame.Read more... Go to Source

Third Date’s the Charm (Maybe): NASA Reschedules First Ingenuity Flight on Mars for Monday

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Third Date’s the Charm (Maybe): NASA Reschedules First Ingenuity Flight on Mars for Monday NASA has given an eager public a new date for the Ingenuity helicopter’s first controlled flight on Mars: Monday, April 19. This would be the third time Ingenuity’s flight has been rescheduled to date, and with some luck, it might be the real deal.Read more... Go to Source

Amazon Might Make Its Drivers Assemble Your Furniture

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Amazon Might Make Its Drivers Assemble Your Furniture In yet another bid to completely dominate all things e-commerce, Amazon’s reportedly begun testing a premium service that lets its customers opt into having their deliveries assembled once they reach their door. The service is planned to first hit shoppers based in Virginia and “two other markets,” according to an…Read more... Go to Source

Leaked Data Reportedly Shows Cops Donated to Kyle Rittenhouse’s Legal Defense Fund

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Leaked Data Reportedly Shows Cops Donated to Kyle Rittenhouse's Legal Defense Fund A new investigation from The Guardian shows police and other public officials have been financially contributing to the legal defense of Kyle Rittenhouse, the 18-year-old “Kenosha shooter” and rightwing icon currently on trial for the deaths of two people.Read more... Go to Source

Hacking the Game Boy’s Multiplayer Randomizer Creates the Perfect Version of Tetris

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Hacking the Game Boy's Multiplayer Randomizer Creates the Perfect Version of Tetris Do you remember the thrill of getting two straight line pieces in a row while playing Game Boy Tetris? It made you feel like running out and buying a lottery ticket. Now imagine the feeling if Tetris served up a never-ending buffet of just straight line pieces—this could be the greatest video game hack of all time.Read more... Go to Source

FedEx’s No-Phone Policy Prevented Indianapolis Shooting Victims From Calling Loved Ones

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FedEx's No-Phone Policy Prevented Indianapolis Shooting Victims From Calling Loved Ones FedEx is facing pressure to reconsider its policy of forcing employees to lock up their phones during work, following Thursday night’s deadly shooting at a ground facility in Indianapolis. CNN reported that, around 11 p.m. ET, a man opened fire in the parking lot and the facility, killing eight and injuring several…Read more... Go to Source

21-Year-Old Man Nearly Dies of Heart Failure After Drinking Four Energy Drinks a Day

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21-Year-Old Man Nearly Dies of Heart Failure After Drinking Four Energy Drinks a Day A young man’s years of heavy energy drink consumption nearly killed him, doctors in the UK say. In a new report this week, they detail how the man developed heart failure likely linked to his habit of drinking four energy drinks a day for two years straight. Though he was admitted to the intensive care unit as a…Read more... Go to Source

Here’s What to Expect at Apple’s ‘Spring Loaded’ Event

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Here's What to Expect at Apple's 'Spring Loaded' Event After weeks of speculation, we know that Apple’s first big product event of 2021 will be on Tuesday, April 20. (Thanks, Siri!) What could Apple possibly have to launch after hosting not one, not two, but three events this past fall? Well, a lot actually—but save your iBong jokes, it’s most definitely not anything…Read more... Go to Source

Amazon Reportedly Pressures Small Businesses with Retaliation if They Don’t Hand Over User Data

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Amazon Reportedly Pressures Small Businesses with Retaliation if They Don't Hand Over User Data Amazon reportedly pressured smart-thermostat maker Ecobee to fork over data from its voice-enabled devices even when customers weren’t actively using them. When Ecobee pushed back, the e-commerce giant threatened to box the company out of high-profile selling events like Prime Day or refuse Alexa certification for…Read more... Go to Source

WallStreetBets Does Not Bow to Crypto Wave

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WallStreetBets Does Not Bow to Crypto Wave For about 20 hours, moderators of the Reddit r/WallStreetBets opened the floodgates to crypto, a topic that’s been banned on the forum for years. What does it mean that the savviest meme stock buccaneers in the universe have surrendered to the unstoppable onslaught of crypto boobs and their mindless chants of DOGE…Read more... Go to Source

Dozens of Fossilized Neanderthal Footprints Found on a Beach in Spain

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Dozens of Fossilized Neanderthal Footprints Found on a Beach in Spain Paleoanthropologists have discovered more than 80 fossilized footprints in Southern Spain, on an uneven span of rock that used to be a sandbar. In their analysis, the research team determined the prints were made by 36 individuals, a group of Neanderthal adults and children.Read more... Go to Source

James O’Keefe, Professional Person Impersonator, Firmly Denies Impersonating Persons

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James O'Keefe, Professional Person Impersonator, Firmly Denies Impersonating Persons James O’Keefe, whose criminal record includes entry of a federal lawmaker’s office under false pretense along with three goons dressed as telephone repairmen, would like you to know that he did not, under any circumstance, operate fake accounts on Twitter.Read more... Go to Source