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Amazon Announces Totally Not Alarming Plan to Install Surveillance Cameras in Every Delivery Vehicle

Amazon Announces Totally Not Alarming Plan to Install Surveillance Cameras in Every Delivery Vehicle

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Amazon Announces Totally Not Alarming Plan to Install Surveillance Cameras in Every Delivery Vehicle Not content to only wield its creepy surveillance infrastructure against warehouse workers and employees considering unionization, Amazon is reportedly gearing up to install perpetually-on cameras inside its fleet of delivery vehicles as well.Read more... Go to Source
Wow, Comcast Actually Did Something

Wow, Comcast Actually Did Something

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Wow, Comcast Actually Did Something Comcast will hold off on charging its customers in the Northeast for going over their data caps until July 2021, Attorney General of Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro announced today. This covers customers in Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, New York,…Read more... Go to Source
Texas Accidentally Posts Amber Alerts for Chucky, the Killer Doll, and His Creepy Eunuch Son

Texas Accidentally Posts Amber Alerts for Chucky, the Killer Doll, and His Creepy Eunuch Son

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Texas Accidentally Posts Amber Alerts for Chucky, the Killer Doll, and His Creepy Eunuch Son The Texas Department of Public Safety is blaming “a test malfunction” after it sent out an Amber Alert on Jan. 29 urging the public to be on the lookout not for a missing child but Chucky, the killer doll from the Child’s Play series.Read more... Go to Source
Apple-Inspired Swiss Watch Now Includes a Mechanical Spinning Loading Wheel

Apple-Inspired Swiss Watch Now Includes a Mechanical Spinning Loading Wheel

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Apple-Inspired Swiss Watch Now Includes a Mechanical Spinning Loading Wheel As smartwatches continue to nibble away at the market share of traditional mechanical timepieces, Swiss watchmaker H. Moser & Cie is sticking with the “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em” approach with the latest version of its Apple-inspired Swiss Alp Watch that now even includes a mechanical spinning loading icon.Read more... Go to Source
The Mandalorian and Lovecraft Country Nominated for Best TV Series at the Golden Globes

The Mandalorian and Lovecraft Country Nominated for Best TV Series at the Golden Globes

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The Mandalorian and Lovecraft Country Nominated for Best TV Series at the Golden Globes The Golden Globe award nominees were announced this morning, and although it’s been a pretty quiet year for entertainment in general, as an io9 reader, there are still a few choices that should pique your interest—especially since Baby Yoda and Cthulhu are finally getting the Hollywood recognition they’ve deserved.Read more... Go to Source
Terry Goodkind’s Posthumous Release Features a Most Unusual Demand for Surrender

Terry Goodkind’s Posthumous Release Features a Most Unusual Demand for Surrender

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Terry Goodkind's Posthumous Release Features a Most Unusual Demand for Surrender Fantasy author Terry Goodkind passed away in September, but he left behind a long legacy of books, including the Sword of Truth series. Today io9 is excited to share an excerpt from The Children of D’Hara, a posthumous release collecting five of his serial novels that continue the story of the Sword of Truth.Read more... Go to Source
These ’80s West Coast Avengers Comics May Be the Key to Solving WandaVision’s Mysteries

These ’80s West Coast Avengers Comics May Be the Key to Solving WandaVision’s Mysteries

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These '80s West Coast Avengers Comics May Be the Key to Solving WandaVision's Mysteries With the Scarlet Witch and Vision’s romantic history in Marvel’s comics being the enthralling, convoluted mess that it is, there was a wealth of source material for WandaVision’s creative team to draw from while conceiving the story for Disney+. Because there’s been relatively little of the Scarlet Witch or Vision in…Read more... Go to Source
Republican Lawmaker Indicted For Allegedly Selling Bogus Covid-19 Treatments

Republican Lawmaker Indicted For Allegedly Selling Bogus Covid-19 Treatments

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Republican Lawmaker Indicted For Allegedly Selling Bogus Covid-19 Treatments Republican state lawmaker Tricia Derges of Missouri was indicted by a federal grand jury on Monday after allegedly selling bogus treatments for covid-19, making promises to treat painful conditions with ineffective therapies, and lying to federal investigators. The 63-year-old woman is licensed as an assistant…Read more... Go to Source