The Best New-Ish Movies You Have To Watch This Month
The Best New-Ish Movies You Have To Watch This Month
Top Pick: Tenet (Blu-ray, Digital) | $15 | AmazonRead more...
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Science, Tech and Gadgets
The iPhone 13 Might Sport an In-Screen Fingerprint Sensor, Which Sure Would Be Useful Right Now
The iPhone 13 Might Sport an In-Screen Fingerprint Sensor, Which Sure Would Be Useful Right Now
Apple is reportedly testing an in-screen fingerprint reader, one of the key upgrades the company has planned for this year’s iPhones, according to Bloomberg.Read more...
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Trump Administration Clears Way for Mining Company to Take Over Sacred Indigenous Land
Trump Administration Clears Way for Mining Company to Take Over Sacred Indigenous Land
After more than 15 years of protest by tribal organizations, local communities, and environmental groups across the country from Arizona to Washington, DC, an extended battle over a valuable parcel of land in central Arizona entered a new phase. On Friday, the Forest Service released the final environmental impact…Read more...
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Iranian Spying Campaign Sent Holiday Greetings Riddled with Malware
Iranian Spying Campaign Sent Holiday Greetings Riddled with Malware
What did you ask for over the holidays? Surely not an infestation of foreign spies in your phone or laptop, but that’s the present you would’ve received had you been foolish enough to click on some very dodgy texts and emails swirling around the internet late last year. Read more...
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Amazon Warehouse Employees in Alabama Will Vote to Unionize
Amazon Warehouse Employees in Alabama Will Vote to Unionize
Amazon workers might make a breakthrough at a company that’s done everything it can to trample organized labor. Nearly 6,000 employees at a Bessemer, Alabama, fulfillment center will soon be able to vote on whether to unionize; mail-in ballots are to be submitted by March 29, and the National Labor Relations Board…Read more...
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Apple Reportedly Planning to Redesign the iMac at Long Last
Apple Reportedly Planning to Redesign the iMac at Long Last
The Apple rumor mill sure is churning fast and furious today. Read more...
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Report: Google About to Face Its Third State Antitrust Suit, This Time Over Play Store
Report: Google About to Face Its Third State Antitrust Suit, This Time Over Play Store
Google is reportedly about to face its third antitrust lawsuit from state attorneys general–this time challenging its stranglehold on the Play Store, the default app portal for hundreds of millions of devices worldwide.Read more...
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How Do I Fix Inconsistent Download Speeds on My Home Network?
How Do I Fix Inconsistent Download Speeds on My Home Network?
It’s time to roll up the shirt-sleeves and dive back into my favorite topic: wireless networking. I realize we beat this drum a lot at Lifehacker, but that’s because wifi woes are a pretty regular source of frustration for readers who don’t hesitate to give my Tech 911 inbox an earful.Read more...
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The World’s Blackest Paint and Sparkles Make a Car Look Like the Night Sky
The World's Blackest Paint and Sparkles Make a Car Look Like the Night Sky
By now we’ve all seen the astonishing results of covering an object in black paint that absorbs over 99% of light—it loses all shape, form, and depth. But what happens when you mix those super-black paints with highly-reflective color-shifting sparkles and then paint a car? The result is like staring into the deepest…Read more...
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The Best Gadgets of CES 2021, and the Weirdest Ones Too
The Best Gadgets of CES 2021, and the Weirdest Ones Too
The weirdest CES ever staged is now over. But no one will be striking booths in Las Vegas or hustling out of $1,000 a night hotel rooms today with all the cool gadgets they’ve shown off all week. That’s because there wasn’t that much new tech shown off. Much of CES was a rehash of the preceding weeks—and even…Read more...
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Darkened SpaceX Satellites Can Still Disrupt Astronomy, New Research Suggests
Darkened SpaceX Satellites Can Still Disrupt Astronomy, New Research Suggests
SpaceX’s attempt to reduce the reflectivity of Starlink satellites is working, but not to the degree required by astronomers.Read more...
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WandaVision Opened With a Stylishly Old-Fashioned Web of Lies and Intrigue
WandaVision Opened With a Stylishly Old-Fashioned Web of Lies and Intrigue
The first of WandaVision’s many secrets is one that the new Disney+ series actually reveals to you in the premiere episode’s first moments. You watch as Wanda Maximoff (aka Scarlet Witch) and her longtime beau, Vision, beeline straight from the altar to their new suburban home in the city of Westview. The Visions’…Read more...
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Pro-Trump Extremists Got $520,000 in Bitcoin a Month Before Capitol Coup Attempt: Report
Pro-Trump Extremists Got $520,000 in Bitcoin a Month Before Capitol Coup Attempt: Report
At least 22 individuals and groups, most with extremist pro-Trump sympathies, received roughly $520,000 in bitcoin a month before the violent siege on the U.S. Capitol that sought to overturn the 2020 presidential election, according to a new report from Yahoo News. And while there’s no evidence that the Dec. 8…Read more...
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Twitter Refuses to Engage in the Peaceful Transfer of Posting
Twitter Refuses to Engage in the Peaceful Transfer of Posting
When President Barack Obama left office on January 20, 2017, all followers of the official @POTUS and @WhiteHouse accounts were transferred to newly elected President Donald Trump. But that’s not happening this year when Joe Biden takes the oath of office on Jan. 20. Instead, Biden will have to start from scratch,…Read more...
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NYPD Announces How It Plans to Spy On You This Year
NYPD Announces How It Plans to Spy On You This Year
After being pushed to do so by new legislation, the New York City Police Department has publicized a full inventory of the myriad spying instruments it uses to surveil the public.Read more...
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Parler’s Suit Trying to Force Amazon to Host It Again Does Not Appear to Be Going Well
Parler's Suit Trying to Force Amazon to Host It Again Does Not Appear to Be Going Well
Parler, the social network for conservatives with more guns than friends, isn’t doing so hot in its quest for a federal court injunction forcing Amazon to restore its web hosting services, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.Read more...
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Consumer Groups Ask FTC to Investigate Amazon Prime’s Headache-Inducing Cancellation Process
Consumer Groups Ask FTC to Investigate Amazon Prime's Headache-Inducing Cancellation Process
It’s too goddamn hard to cancel your Amazon Prime account, a group of consumer advocacy organizations have told the Federal Trade Commission in a complaint letter.Read more...
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Disney Is Doing the Weird Hybrid Movie Release Thing Now, Too
Disney Is Doing the Weird Hybrid Movie Release Thing Now, Too
Well, well, well. Look who else is jumping on the “hybrid” release bandwagon.Read more...
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New Pokémon Snap Pre-Orders Are Live: Here’s Where To Capture a Copy for Yourself
New Pokémon Snap Pre-Orders Are Live: Here’s Where To Capture a Copy for Yourself
New Pokémon Snap | $60 | Amazon, Best Buy, GameStopRead more...
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Oh My God, I Think I Finally Hate He-Man
Oh My God, I Think I Finally Hate He-Man
Having done Worst Episode Ever for the better part of a decade, I have come to realize one unassailable truth: If a cartoon has an episode about a circus, it sucks on toast. Read more...
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Twitter CEO on Banning Trump: Online Speech Can Cause Harm Offline
Twitter CEO on Banning Trump: Online Speech Can Cause Harm Offline
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey finally gave this thoughts on Wednesday about the decision to ban President Donald Trump from the platform, explaining that the move wasn’t easy and that he takes no pride in banning anyone. But Dorsey acknowledged there can be real harm from speech that happens online and he believes…Read more...
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Crypto Exchange Owner Gets 10 Years for Turning Fake Car Auctions Into Cryptocurrency
Crypto Exchange Owner Gets 10 Years for Turning Fake Car Auctions Into Cryptocurrency
Bulgarian man Rossen G. Iossifov was sentenced to 10 years in U.S. federal prison January 12 for his role in a transnational scheme that stole millions of dollars from hundreds of Americans. Read more...
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Insurrectionists Reportedly Used Walkie-Talkie App Zello To Storm the Capitol
Insurrectionists Reportedly Used Walkie-Talkie App Zello To Storm the Capitol
Members of a violent and deadly mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6 reportedly communicated with each other through the walkie-talkie app Zello — a company long criticized for its failure to moderate the far-right extremist content it sometimes hosts. Read more...
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Snapchat Will Soon Permanently Ban Trump’s Account
Snapchat Will Soon Permanently Ban Trump's Account
President Donald Trump, the apparent owner of a Snapchat account, will soon be permanently banned from Snapchat. Read more...
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Mash the Buy Button for Final Fantasy VII Remake, The Last of Us Part II, and More in Today’s Best PlayStation Deals
Mash the Buy Button for Final Fantasy VII Remake, The Last of Us Part II, and More in Today's Best PlayStation Deals
Featured Deal: Final Fantasy VII Remake | $30 | AmazonRead more...
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A New Stanford Study Uses Facial Recognition to Figure Out If You’re Liberal or Conservative
A New Stanford Study Uses Facial Recognition to Figure Out If You're Liberal or Conservative
Today in terrible ideas: an AI system that claims to be able to accurately predict your political affiliation using...your face. Yes, really. Read more...
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Twitter Suspends Patrick Byrne, Trump’s MVP Kook
Twitter Suspends Patrick Byrne, Trump's MVP Kook
Twitter has suspended Patrick Byrne, libertarian firebrand and former CEO of Overstock who’s been peddling Trump’s election fraud conspiracies. Read more...
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Breaking Down Star Wars: The High Republic—Old Jedi, New Tech, and Fascinating Connections
Breaking Down Star Wars: The High Republic—Old Jedi, New Tech, and Fascinating Connections
The first wave of Star Wars: The High Republic stories is upon us, painting the broad strokes of what we can expect to see in this era, centuries before the Skywalker saga. After checking in with the new books and comics that hit shelves last week, we’re already getting a picture of some intriguing connections—and a…Read more...
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Get Ready for the Cloud-Based Future With the Best Gaming Earbuds
Get Ready for the Cloud-Based Future With the Best Gaming Earbuds
Top Pick: Razer Hammerhead Pro | $200 | AmazonRead more...
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This Pet Feeder Robot Finally Got My Cat To Shut the Hell up at Night
This Pet Feeder Robot Finally Got My Cat To Shut the Hell up at Night
AutoPets Feeder-Robot | $249 | Litter-Robot.comRead more...
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