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The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s Commentary on Race Is Too Much, and Not Enough

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s Commentary on Race Is Too Much, and Not Enough

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The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s Commentary on Race Is Too Much, and Not Enough Beyond simply continuing Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes’ respective superhero stories in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe, Disney+’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier has been billed as the studio’s latest foray into social commentary using its larger-than-life characters to reflect some of the real-world challenges actual…Read more... Go to Source
2 Transformers Movies Are Apparently Still in the Works

2 Transformers Movies Are Apparently Still in the Works

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2 Transformers Movies Are Apparently Still in the Works After what felt like a non-stop barrage of Transformers movies, the past few years have been quiet on Cybertron (at least in live-action). That’s largely in part to the most recent film, Bumblebee, doing so poorly in comparison to its predecessors, despite many thinking it was the best of the bunch. In that time,…Read more... Go to Source
Linktree Raises $45 Million for Its ‘Link in Bio’ Social Commerce Service

Linktree Raises $45 Million for Its ‘Link in Bio’ Social Commerce Service

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Linktree Raises $45 Million for Its 'Link in Bio' Social Commerce Service “Link in bio.” If you, like me, are constantly doomscrolling online, you’ve probably come across the phrase before. Between the endless conveyer belt of new social media platforms and the fact that most limit users to just one URL in their bio, it’s led to a growing demand for landing pages to house all those links.…Read more... Go to Source
Parler Says It Warned the FBI of Violent Posts Threatening the Capitol Before Jan. 6 Insurrection

Parler Says It Warned the FBI of Violent Posts Threatening the Capitol Before Jan. 6 Insurrection

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Parler Says It Warned the FBI of Violent Posts Threatening the Capitol Before Jan. 6 Insurrection Parler, the online safe haven for bigots and far-right extremists, claims it repeatedly alerted the Federal Bureau of Investigation about “specific threats of violence being planned at the Capitol” ahead of the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection, the company’s lawyers said in a letter to lawmakers dated Thursday. Read more... Go to Source
Turns Out This Sophisticated Hacking Campaign Was Actually the Work of ‘Western Government Operatives’

Turns Out This Sophisticated Hacking Campaign Was Actually the Work of ‘Western Government Operatives’

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Turns Out This Sophisticated Hacking Campaign Was Actually the Work of 'Western Government Operatives' A sophisticated hacking campaign that was previously witnessed targeting security flaws in Android, Windows and iOS devices is actually the work of “Western government operatives” conducting a “counterterrorism operation,” according to a new report from MIT Technology Review.Read more... Go to Source
Iowa’s Former Nuclear Plant Could Soon Be a Solar Farm

Iowa’s Former Nuclear Plant Could Soon Be a Solar Farm

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Iowa's Former Nuclear Plant Could Soon Be a Solar Farm Last summer, powerful winds from a derecho took Iowa’s only nuclear power plant out of commission. Because it was already slated for closure just two months later, the facility’s owners decided not to bring it back online, and it’s been sitting idle since last August. But there’s a plan to breathe new life into the…Read more... Go to Source
The Suicide Squad’s Secret Guest Star Is the Trailer’s Biggest Surprise

The Suicide Squad’s Secret Guest Star Is the Trailer’s Biggest Surprise

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The Suicide Squad's Secret Guest Star Is the Trailer's Biggest Surprise Even though Warner Bros. and DC might not want you to think of James Gunn’s upcoming The Suicide Squad as a sequel to David Ayer’s Oscar award-winning 2016 film with a similar name, it’s hard not to get that vibe from the movie’s first red band trailer. But there are plenty of fun surprises along the way.Read more... Go to Source

15 Stunning Videos of the Pacific Northwest’s Mystery Light Show in the Sky

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15 Stunning Videos of the Pacific Northwest's Mystery Light Show in the Sky People in the Pacific Northwest were treated to quite a light show in the sky on Thursday night shortly before 9:00 p.m. local time, midnight ET. Social media users from Oregon to Canada reported seeing strange lights, and we have plenty of angles from last night’s display that have been uploaded to YouTube, Twitter,…Read more... Go to Source
Electric Car Company Nio Shuts Down Temporarily in China Over Global Chip Shortage

Electric Car Company Nio Shuts Down Temporarily in China Over Global Chip Shortage

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Electric Car Company Nio Shuts Down Temporarily in China Over Global Chip Shortage China’s electric car startup Nio will shut down for five days due to the global semiconductor shortage, the company announced on Friday in a press release. The five day shutdown will start on Monday and will mean the company produces slightly fewer cars this year than it had planned.Read more... Go to Source
Multiple Tornadoes Tear Through Alabama, Shutting Down Amazon Warehouse

Multiple Tornadoes Tear Through Alabama, Shutting Down Amazon Warehouse

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Multiple Tornadoes Tear Through Alabama, Shutting Down Amazon Warehouse Authorities reported several injuries and fatalities in Alabama as tornadoes tore through the Birmingham metro area on Thursday. The storms, which come on the heels of roughly 50 tornadoes that hit the region last week, left flattened homes and extensive property damage in their wake.Read more... Go to Source
Mysterious Bald Eagle Killer Finally Identified

Mysterious Bald Eagle Killer Finally Identified

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Mysterious Bald Eagle Killer Finally Identified In a new study out Thursday, scientists say they’ve solved the mystery of a neurological disease that’s been killing bald eagles and other birds in the U.S. for over 25 years. The disease appears to be caused by a toxin produced by a species of blue-green algae that grows on an invasive plant—a toxin that may be…Read more... Go to Source
How Magic: The Gathering’s New Wizard School Brings Back Some Familiar Faces (and Spells)

How Magic: The Gathering’s New Wizard School Brings Back Some Familiar Faces (and Spells)

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How Magic: The Gathering's New Wizard School Brings Back Some Familiar Faces (and Spells) With the longevity Magic: The Gathering has achieved, so many story beats and classic cards are lost to time—new sets, new stories, new play modes and standards, new narrative progress. The game’s next expansion, and newest setting, is hoping to do much the same...while serving as a chance to pick up on some old…Read more... Go to Source
Kuwait Records Hottest March Temperature Ever Amid Dust Storms and Locusts

Kuwait Records Hottest March Temperature Ever Amid Dust Storms and Locusts

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Kuwait Records Hottest March Temperature Ever Amid Dust Storms and Locusts It’s freaking hot in Kuwait right now. On Thursday, the country recorded a temperature of 112.3 degrees Fahrenheit (44.6 degrees Celsius). That’s the hottest temperature the country—and the entire Arabian Peninsula—has ever seen in the month of March. Read more... Go to Source
Big Investors Refuse to Put Money Into Deliveroo IPO Citing Treatment of Workers

Big Investors Refuse to Put Money Into Deliveroo IPO Citing Treatment of Workers

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Big Investors Refuse to Put Money Into Deliveroo IPO Citing Treatment of Workers Deliveroo, one of the most popular food delivery apps in the UK, will be listed on the London Stock Exchange for the first time next month. But at least two British investment firms have come forward to say they won’t be investing in Deliveroo over concerns about the company’s treatment of gig economy workers.Read more... Go to Source
H&M Purged From Chinese Maps and Online Stores for Criticizing Forced Labor in Xinjiang

H&M Purged From Chinese Maps and Online Stores for Criticizing Forced Labor in Xinjiang

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H&M Purged From Chinese Maps and Online Stores for Criticizing Forced Labor in Xinjiang H&M has been purged from maps and internet listings in China after the clothing retailer criticized the use of forced labor in Xinjiang province, the area in northwestern China where Uighurs, a predominantly Muslim ethnic group, have been systematically oppressed by the Chinese government.Read more... Go to Source
You’ll Need the Galactic Empire’s Budget to Afford This Mechanical Star Wars Death Star Watch

You’ll Need the Galactic Empire’s Budget to Afford This Mechanical Star Wars Death Star Watch

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You'll Need the Galactic Empire's Budget to Afford This Mechanical Star Wars Death Star Watch After creating one of the most elaborate collectibles imaginable for Batman fans with its $29,900 Batmobile mechanical desk clock, Kross Studio is now tempting Star Wars fans with a new wearable timepiece celebrating the Empire and its planet-killing superweapon: the Death Star. But the only thing this watch will wipe…Read more... Go to Source
GameStop Decided Now Is a Good Time to Start Selling Graphics Cards

GameStop Decided Now Is a Good Time to Start Selling Graphics Cards

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GameStop Decided Now Is a Good Time to Start Selling Graphics Cards Given the state of the current GPU market and, well, the PC hardware market as a whole, it would be an interesting business decision for any company to start selling components. But this is 2021, and all logic be damned; GameStop is going to start selling graphic cards.Read more... Go to Source
House Republican Falls for Joke Article by ‘Dick Scuttlebutt’ at Hearing on Extremism in Military

House Republican Falls for Joke Article by ‘Dick Scuttlebutt’ at Hearing on Extremism in Military

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House Republican Falls for Joke Article by 'Dick Scuttlebutt' at Hearing on Extremism in Military On Wednesday, the House Armed Services Committee held a hearing with expert testimony on extremism in the U.S. military after dozens of veterans and at least two active duty troops were involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. Republicans on the panel seemed more interested in debunking the need for such a hearing at…Read more... Go to Source
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