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Trump Team Bargained for Ownership Stake in Parler if the President Made an Account: Report

Trump Team Bargained for Ownership Stake in Parler if the President Made an Account: Report

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Trump Team Bargained for Ownership Stake in Parler if the President Made an Account: Report An account in exchange for an ownership stake in the company. That’s the deal Parler reportedly offered then-President Donald Trump to make the online haven for deplatformed right-wingers and extremists his primary social network. Read more... Go to Source
Apple Has Reportedly Hit Pause on Electric Car Talks with Hyundai and Kia

Apple Has Reportedly Hit Pause on Electric Car Talks with Hyundai and Kia

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Apple Has Reportedly Hit Pause on Electric Car Talks with Hyundai and Kia For Apple fans eagerly waiting for the long-rumored Apple car to become a reality, I have some good news and bad news. The good news: Word is Apple has been chatting with Hyundai and Kia about collaborating on an electric vehicle. The bad news: Those talks have apparently stalled. Read more... Go to Source
Researchers Just Looked at Neanderthal Poop to Understand Their Guts

Researchers Just Looked at Neanderthal Poop to Understand Their Guts

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Researchers Just Looked at Neanderthal Poop to Understand Their Guts Around 50,000 years ago, a bunch of Neanderthals made a home—and a bathroom—out of what is now a rocky escarpment south of Valencia, Spain. Over the last few years, some of those paleo-poops, the oldest known to come from a human species, have been excavated and analyzed. Now, researchers have caught a glimpse of the…Read more... Go to Source
How to Ditch WhatsApp for Good

How to Ditch WhatsApp for Good

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How to Ditch WhatsApp for Good WhatsApp has been the de facto messaging app in countries around the world for years. But recently, some news about the company’s extremely shady privacy policy changes has prompted many to consider switching to another service. After all, there are tons of choices out there, most of them not owned by Facebook.Read more... Go to Source
Which of the Rejected Names for Space Force Members Should’ve Made the Cut?

Which of the Rejected Names for Space Force Members Should’ve Made the Cut?

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Which of the Rejected Names for Space Force Members Should've Made the Cut? The Biden administration is doing what it can to rapidly reverse the policies of Donald Trump and contain the coronavirus pandemic. That’s left little room for the White House to think about the future of Space Force—one of Trump’s favorite bragging points. But we have fresh intel on the creation of the military…Read more... Go to Source
Plex Media Has a Big Security Flaw

Plex Media Has a Big Security Flaw

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Plex Media Has a Big Security Flaw Plex Media might be best known as the streaming service suited for creating custom TV channels, but it turns out those servers can be abused for more nefarious purposes. On Thursday, the cybersecurity firm Netscout reported that the same custom servers used to host these channels are also being used to beef up denial…Read more... Go to Source
Space Sweepers Is a Wild Space Action Movie With a Meandering Core

Space Sweepers Is a Wild Space Action Movie With a Meandering Core

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Space Sweepers Is a Wild Space Action Movie With a Meandering Core The first and last half-hours of Space Sweepers, Jo Sung-Hee’s new Netflix movie, have some of the grandest, most fun space action we’re likely to see in a movie this year. It’s got a bit of a problem, though: in between those chunks is another hour-plus of movie that can’t really decide what it wants to be until it’s…Read more... Go to Source
Hammering Panels And Installing Missing Suspension Bolts: Tesla’s Repair Guidelines Are Insight Into Its Manufacturing Problems

Hammering Panels And Installing Missing Suspension Bolts: Tesla’s Repair Guidelines Are Insight Into Its Manufacturing Problems

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Hammering Panels And Installing Missing Suspension Bolts: Tesla's Repair Guidelines Are Insight Into Its Manufacturing Problems We’ve heard it endlessly, and it’s still true: Making cars is hard. One of the ways this message is delivered to the masses is through the reports of manufacturing glitches, sometimes as recalls. For smaller issues, reminders may come in the form of Technical Service Bulletins, documents that car companies create to…Read more... Go to Source
Google Pays News Platforms in Australia to Prove No Law Is Needed to Make It Pay News Platforms

Google Pays News Platforms in Australia to Prove No Law Is Needed to Make It Pay News Platforms

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Google Pays News Platforms in Australia to Prove No Law Is Needed to Make It Pay News Platforms Australians suffering through anxiety caused by the looming threat of having to switch to Bing for their search results received a bit of welcome news on Friday. As the country’s lawmakers move forward on plans to force Google to pay news providers, the tech giant has launched a small paid news platform in Australia. Read more... Go to Source
Nevada Wants to Let Tech Companies Form Their Own Governments

Nevada Wants to Let Tech Companies Form Their Own Governments

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Nevada Wants to Let Tech Companies Form Their Own Governments Steve Sisolak, the Democratic governor of Nevada, wants to incentivize technology companies to move to his state, and he’s got some wild ideas about how to make that happen. The latest draft proposal, obtained by the Review-Journal, doesn’t just hand out the typical tax breaks that you’d expect from a governor. The…Read more... Go to Source
Dominion Tells Facebook, Parler, And Other Sites to Keep the Receipts

Dominion Tells Facebook, Parler, And Other Sites to Keep the Receipts

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Dominion Tells Facebook, Parler, And Other Sites to Keep the Receipts Dominion Voting Systems is taking some of the most vocal election fraud conspiracy theorists to court over their toothless claims in a string of billion-dollar defamation lawsuits. But with social media platforms purging far-right commentators and cracking down on election misinformation among other long-overdue…Read more... Go to Source
Razer’s Huntsman V2 Analog Packs Three Fancy New Features for Discerning Keyboard Fanatics

Razer’s Huntsman V2 Analog Packs Three Fancy New Features for Discerning Keyboard Fanatics

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Razer's Huntsman V2 Analog Packs Three Fancy New Features for Discerning Keyboard Fanatics With so many people stuck at home, upgrading the good ‘ole home gaming battlestation has become sort of a hobby. Razer’s new Huntsman V2 Analog, the company’s latest flagship keyboard, has three new features that may be worth the splurge.Read more... Go to Source
Chrome Removed The Great Suspender Extension, But Don’t Mourn Your Lost Tabs Just Yet

Chrome Removed The Great Suspender Extension, But Don’t Mourn Your Lost Tabs Just Yet

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Chrome Removed The Great Suspender Extension, But Don't Mourn Your Lost Tabs Just Yet Google has reportedly blocked the popular extension The Great Suspender and removed it from its Chrome Web Store for containing malware. But if you were one of the many users who relied on the tab manager to keep your browser running smoothly, don’t freak out just yet. You may still be able to recover your lost tabs…Read more... Go to Source
Regional ISPs Are Skeptical That SpaceX’s Starlink Can Deliver On Its Internet Promises

Regional ISPs Are Skeptical That SpaceX’s Starlink Can Deliver On Its Internet Promises

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Regional ISPs Are Skeptical That SpaceX's Starlink Can Deliver On Its Internet Promises Some regional internet service providers are urging the FCC to reexamine the recent rural broadband auction process that awarded unproven companies like SpaceX’s Starlink hundreds of millions of dollars to provide reliable broadband access to people in rural areas of the U.S.Read more... Go to Source
Marvel Artist Joe Bennett Responds After Immortal Hulk Anti-Semitism Accusations

Marvel Artist Joe Bennett Responds After Immortal Hulk Anti-Semitism Accusations

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Marvel Artist Joe Bennett Responds After Immortal Hulk Anti-Semitism Accusations In Marvel’s Immortal Hulk #43—out this week from writer Al Ewing and artist Joe Bennett—there is a scene in which Bruce Banner, as a very human-looking version of his Joe Fixit Hulk persona, attempts to make some quick cash and throw people off his tail by pulling off a scam. Small as the scene is, it quickly drew…Read more... Go to Source
Two Japanese Towns Want to Host an Underground Nuclear Waste Dump

Two Japanese Towns Want to Host an Underground Nuclear Waste Dump

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Two Japanese Towns Want to Host an Underground Nuclear Waste Dump No matter how you feel about nuclear energy, nuclear waste is generally something you want to stay as far away from as possible—unless you’re two villages on the Hokkaido, Japan’s second-largest island. The two small fishing towns, Suttsu and Kamoenai, are competing to become the site for a high-level radioactive…Read more... Go to Source
Feeding Dogs ‘Human-Grade’ Food Might Make Them Poop Less

Feeding Dogs ‘Human-Grade’ Food Might Make Them Poop Less

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Feeding Dogs 'Human-Grade' Food Might Make Them Poop Less A new study suggests that feeding your pup fresh food fit for a person might have an added welcome effect: smaller poops. The findings suggest that a fresh human-grade diet is more easily digestible for dogs than standard diets made of dry processed food, and it may also satisfy a dog’s appetite with fewer calories…Read more... Go to Source
Wow, There Sure Is A Whole Lot Of Apple Car News Right Now

Wow, There Sure Is A Whole Lot Of Apple Car News Right Now

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Wow, There Sure Is A Whole Lot Of Apple Car News Right Now I don’t know if you’ve been paying attention — I won’t blame you for being too fatigued to care — but a whole lot of news dropped about the Apple Car over the past few days. And if you’ve already found whatever interest you had waning, buckle up, friend. The rumors are only going to flow faster and faster from here on…Read more... Go to Source
Chip Makers Warn of Continued Gadget Shortages Through Spring

Chip Makers Warn of Continued Gadget Shortages Through Spring

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Chip Makers Warn of Continued Gadget Shortages Through Spring When the covid-19 pandemic began shutting the world down in late 2019 and early 2020, there was an early run on household supplies, followed by shortages of gadgets like webcams and laptops. Toilet paper is now readily available, but major hardware companies like Qualcomm, AMD, and Sony warn that chip shortages will…Read more... Go to Source