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Apple, Combining a TV Box and Smart Speakers Isn’t Going to Fix Your Smart Home Woes

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Apple, Combining a TV Box and Smart Speakers Isn't Going to Fix Your Smart Home Woes Listen, Apple’s great at a lot of things, but building smart home gadgets ain’t one of them. In fact, its dismal offerings in that space are a glaring weakness—especially when you look at the strides Google and Amazon have made in recent years. Apple is well aware of that, and it looks like it might try to change its…Read more... Go to Source

Samsung Reportedly Mulling Slick Tech and a Big-Name Camera Partnership for Future Galaxy Phones

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Samsung Reportedly Mulling Slick Tech and a Big-Name Camera Partnership for Future Galaxy Phones A lot of smartphone brands have recently turned to legacy camera makers to help improve the image quality of their phones. Vivo partnered with Zeiss, OnePlus teamed up with Hasselblad, and now, according to multiple reports, it appears Samsung may be looking to team up with Olympus to upgrade the cameras on future…Read more... Go to Source

Steven Universe’s Final Anti-Racism PSA Is For the Allies

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Steven Universe's Final Anti-Racism PSA Is For the Allies In each of Cartoon Network’s Steven Universe anti-racism public service announcements, a different Crystal Gem has stepped outside of the cartoon’s typical action/adventure box to share some important wisdom with viewers about why discrimination and bigotry are anything but. io9's got a first look at at the latest…Read more... Go to Source

Why Do I Feel Like I’m Dying During a Panic Attack?

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Why Do I Feel Like I'm Dying During a Panic Attack? If you would like to know what it feels like to die, while at the same time continuing to live, you have a number of solid options. You can eat fast food quickly on a 90-degree day; you can lay awake all night mentally rehearsing your greatest failures and then board a packed bus to work; you can experiment, for days…Read more... Go to Source

Google Used a Secret Program Called ‘Project Bernanke’ to Benefit Clients Using Its Ad-Buying System

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Google Used a Secret Program Called ‘Project Bernanke’ to Benefit Clients Using Its Ad-Buying System Google used a secret program called “Project Bernanke” for years to increase its clients’ chances of winning bids for competitive ad space, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing court documents filed in the Texas-led antitrust suit against Google. The state argues that the program gave Google an unfair…Read more... Go to Source

Microsoft Is Reportedly in Talks to Scoop Up AI Firm Nuance Communications for $16 Billion

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Microsoft Is Reportedly in Talks to Scoop Up AI Firm Nuance Communications for $16 Billion Microsoft is in advanced talks to acquire Nuance Communications, an artificial intelligence firm whose speech recognition tech helped develop Apple’s Siri virtual assistant, for as much as $16 billion, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters. Read more... Go to Source

Flappy Bird Has Been Revived as an Interactive MacOS Notification

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Flappy Bird Has Been Revived as an Interactive MacOS Notification Flappy Bird hasn’t graced the Apple App Store in years, not since its meteoric rise in popularity back in 2014 before its creator just as swiftly took it offline. Now the furiously addictive mobile game has been reincarnated in a form no one expected: an interactive macOS notification. Read more... Go to Source
Sunday’s Best Deals: Pulsar Heavy-Duty Generator, Insignia Massage Chair, Star Wars Action Figures, Holy Stone Drone, Greenworks Outdoor Power Tools, and More

Sunday’s Best Deals: Pulsar Heavy-Duty Generator, Insignia Massage Chair, Star Wars Action Figures, Holy Stone Drone, Greenworks Outdoor Power Tools, and More

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Sunday's Best Deals: Pulsar Heavy-Duty Generator, Insignia Massage Chair, Star Wars Action Figures, Holy Stone Drone, Greenworks Outdoor Power Tools, and More A Pulsar heavy-duty portable dual fuel generator and a sale on Greenworks outdoor power tools lead Sunday’s best deals.Read more... Go to Source
Chris Rock’s Spiral Spins and Gets a Saw X Sequel

Chris Rock’s Spiral Spins and Gets a Saw X Sequel

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Chris Rock's Spiral Spins and Gets a Saw X Sequel I won’t lie. When I heard the Saw series was being rebooted, I wasn’t excited. From 2004-2010, these films dominated the horror genre. James Wan directed the first film and had no clue his small little film would become ionic. Unfortunately, as the movie progressed in number, the story and quality decreased. The last…Read more... Go to Source
Logitech Kills Harmony Universal Remotes, Says It Will Offer Support for as Long as Customers Use Them

Logitech Kills Harmony Universal Remotes, Says It Will Offer Support for as Long as Customers Use Them

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Logitech Kills Harmony Universal Remotes, Says It Will Offer Support for as Long as Customers Use Them For those of you that turned to one of Logitech’s Harmony universal remotes to escape the mountain of remotes in your home, we have some sad news: Logitech has killed the Harmony line of remotes. If you own a Harmony remote or wanted to buy one, take a breath. As of now, the company says it will continue to support…Read more... Go to Source
Twitch and Facebook Gaming Are Having One Hell of a Year. YouTube Gaming? Eh, Not so Much

Twitch and Facebook Gaming Are Having One Hell of a Year. YouTube Gaming? Eh, Not so Much

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Twitch and Facebook Gaming Are Having One Hell of a Year. YouTube Gaming? Eh, Not so Much As the world descended into lockdown last year, people overwhelming tuned into livestreams to connect with others and stave off boredom while stuck in their homes. And that pandemic-fueled growth shows no signs of slowing down even as the world attempts to return to business as usual, with both Twitch and Facebook…Read more... Go to Source
CW’s Legends of Tomorrow Season 6 Teaser Trailer Shows New Heroes and New Villains

CW’s Legends of Tomorrow Season 6 Teaser Trailer Shows New Heroes and New Villains

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CW's Legends of Tomorrow Season 6 Teaser Trailer Shows New Heroes and New Villains Admit it. You didn’t think CW’s Suicide Squad—I’m sorry CW’s Legends of Tomorrow was going to get past the first season. It’s ok to be wrong, though. Not only is the show on its sixth season, but it’s back and better than ever!Read more... Go to Source
CW’s Powerpuff Finds an Old Narrator and a New Sarah Bellum

CW’s Powerpuff Finds an Old Narrator and a New Sarah Bellum

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CW's Powerpuff Finds an Old Narrator and a New Sarah Bellum There’s even more casting news for the CW live-action reboot Powerpuff. Two more actors will join the series, which follows Blossom (Chloe Bennett, of Agents of SHIELD fame), Bubbles (Dove Cameron), and Buttercup (Yana Perrault) as jaded millennials who are trying to regain parts of their childhood they lost due to…Read more... Go to Source
Big Oil Fed State Educators Stats Used to Push Back on Biden’s Climate Goals

Big Oil Fed State Educators Stats Used to Push Back on Biden’s Climate Goals

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Big Oil Fed State Educators Stats Used to Push Back on Biden’s Climate Goals For years, Big Oil has cozied up to American public schools—and now they seem to be cashing in their chips. New emails appear to show that some elected officials in charge of public schools may have been helped in attacking the Biden administration’s recent decision to pause oil and gas leasing on federal land by…Read more... Go to Source
NOAA Updates Its ‘Average’ Hurricane Season to Call for More Storms

NOAA Updates Its ‘Average’ Hurricane Season to Call for More Storms

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NOAA Updates Its 'Average' Hurricane Season to Call for More Storms On Friday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its new “average” estimate for Atlantic hurricane season. If trends follow the period from 1991 to 2020, the Atlantic region should expect 14 named storms, seven hurricanes, and three major hurricanes. This isn’t the annual outlook; it just…Read more... Go to Source
Cybercriminals Bought Facebook Ads for a Fake Clubhouse App That Was Riddled With Malware

Cybercriminals Bought Facebook Ads for a Fake Clubhouse App That Was Riddled With Malware

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Cybercriminals Bought Facebook Ads for a Fake Clubhouse App That Was Riddled With Malware Cybercriminals have been pushing Facebook users to download a Clubhouse app “for PC,” something that doesn’t exist. The app is actually a trojan designed to inject malware into your computer. The popular new invite-only chat app is only available on iPhone but worldwide interest in the platform has risen and users are…Read more... Go to Source
Don’t Blame the ACLU for Facebook’s Ills

Don’t Blame the ACLU for Facebook’s Ills

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Don’t Blame the ACLU for Facebook's Ills Earlier this week, folks in tech-savvy onlookers were utterly scandalized when a tweet thread from former Federal Trade Commission CTO Ashkan Soltani began being passed around. In it, Soltani calls out the American Civil Liberties Union for committing one of the cardinal sins of the tech privacy sphere: sharing data…Read more... Go to Source
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