Lord of the Rings Adds 20 Cast Members, and We Have No Idea What They're Doing
The Second Age of Middle-Earth has received a bit of a population boost, but the One Bezos to Rule Them All isn’t saying just what a ton of new arrivals in the Lord of the Rings streaming Amazon series are actually going to be doing.Read more...
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Drone Video Shows Dramatic Moment of Arecibo Observatory Collapse
Video of the recent collapse at the Arecibo Observatory, taken from two different perspectives, show the dramatic moment when a main cable failed, causing the 900-ton instrument platform to fall onto the large radio dish below.Read more...
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I Can't Decide If This Apple Watch Camera Band Is Genius or If My Brain Is Broken
Everything about the $300 Wristcam for Apple Watch sounds ridiculous on its face. There’s the price, which is more than the entry-level Apple Watch SE. There’s the fact that it requires a separate inductive charger, though it can charge at the same time as your Apple Watch. There’s the product itself, which is a…Read more...
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Google Is Supercharging Emoji Remixing with Emoji Kitchen in Gboard
Google is pushing out a handful of last-minute Android updates before the end of the year, including a huge update to its delightful Emoji Kitchen feature in Gboard. Read more...
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Australia Scraps Plan to Ban Cash For Large Purchases But Idea Isn't Going Away
Australia’s Senate has scrapped a plan that would have banned cash transactions on all purchases over $10,000. The cash ban proposal was set in motion back in 2017 after a government report suggested the idea as a way to crack down on organized crime and tax cheats. Businesses faced heavy fines and up to two years in…Read more...
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Doctors Release Their ‘Most Worrying Outlook’ on How Climate Change Is Ruining Our Health
The doctors are here to give the Earth its annual checkup, and they say it’s running a fever which is making people sick. They issued their findings showing all the ways climate change is affecting our health in the annual Lancet Countdown, published on Wednesday. Read more...
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Google To Shut Down 3D Platform Poly Next Year
Google announced in a Wednesday email that it plans to shut down its 3D-object creation and library platform, Poly, next year, making it the latest of the company’s AR/VR projects to fall into obsolescence. Read more...
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Latest Windows 10 Patch Fixes Crashing Issue on PCs with Thunderbolt Ports
After Microsoft rolled out its Windows 10 version 20H2 and Windows 10 version 2004 updates, some users reported having issues with their PCs crashing—specifically when plugging in an external Thunderbolt NVMe SSD. An incompatibility issue between those types of SSDs and the latest Windows versions was the culprit,…Read more...
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You Can Get a Nintendo Switch Pro Controller and Super Mario Odyssey Together for $69, So Go Ahead and Say It
Nintendo Switch Pro Controller + Super Mario Odyssey | $69 | WalmartRead more...
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Hulu's Watch Party Feature Rolls Out to All Subscribers
A feature previously only available to some subscribers can now be used by all Hulu customers—but there’s a small catch.Read more...
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CDC Relaxes Quarantine Guidelines for People Exposed to Covid-19
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has provided new guidance on how long people exposed to the coronavirus should quarantine away from others. Though the agency still recommends a 14-day quarantine period for people exposed to the coronavirus as the safest way to reduce the risk of further spread, it is…Read more...
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Do It, Coward
The president has been once again tweeting about the most pressing issue of our times: the fate of his Twitter account and is showing the world that, in the spirit of true leadership, he’s willing to torpedo a nearly $1 trillion military spending bill to defend it. Read more...
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Elon Musk Says He Did Have Covid-19, Actually
“Something extremely bogus is going on,” Elon Musk tweeted on Nov. 13. It’s been a busy month, and you could be forgiven if you forgot about the Tesla founder’s confusing tweet in which he said that his rapid antigen test had come back positive and negative. It appeared that Musk may have covid-19, but then we didn’t…Read more...
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Dishwashers of the Future Were Sometimes Supposed to Just Break Your Dishes
“The house of 1999 will be virtually maintenance free,” the narrator declares in his 1967 concept film. And while you can probably guess some of the technological advancements in the movie—like computers, fax machines, and even email—there’s one prediction from the short promotional film that didn’t quite pan out. It…Read more...
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Gut-Wrenching Photos Show Damage at Arecibo Observatory Following Collapse
As feared, the 900-ton instrument platform collapsed yesterday at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, falling onto the gigantic radar dish below. Photos of the scene are revealing the extent of the damage at the famous facility, which is known for contributing to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence and …Read more...
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UK Approves Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine For Distribution Early Next Week
Health authorities in the UK have approved a coronavirus vaccine developed by U.S.-based pharma company Pfizer and German-based biotech firm BioNTech, according to a press release from the two companies. The first doses will be given free to some of the most vulnerable Britons and health care workers early next…Read more...
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Apple's Best Apps of the Year Reflect the Shitshow That Was 2020
Each December, Apple picks the best App Store games and apps that debuted or rose to popularity in the preceding year. It’s usually a hodge-podge of social apps, wellness services, and addictive games with a few under-the-radar surprises for good measure. But in the year 2020, which forced us all to stay at home in…Read more...
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Massachusetts Lawmakers Voted To Ban Police From Using Facial Recognition Tech
Massachusetts lawmakers voted on Monday to pass a police reform bill that would outlaw the use of facial recognition technology by police departments and other public agencies in the state. Read more...
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Baby Yoda, Pikachu, Golden Girls, and More: The Best Funko Pop Deals to Compulsively Amass on Your Desk
Featured Deal: Star Wars The Mandalorian: The Child in Bag | $9 | AmazonRead more...
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Microsoft Will Fix the Creepiest Part of Its 'Productivity Score' Thing
After Microsoft caused an uproar with its very weird, very invasive “Productivity Score” tool, which essentially spied on Microsoft 365 users’ activity and reported it back to their employers, the company has walked back the creepiest part of that feature.Read more...
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Google Maps' New Community Feed Will Make Researching Your Favorite Local Spots Easier
If you’ve ever tried in vain to figure out whether or not a local restaurant takes reservations, or spent hours researching the perfect hiking trail only to arrive and find it closed for maintenance, you understand the unique hassle of living in a society. Things are always changing! It’s all terribly confusing and…Read more...
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How to See the 1960s Rocket Booster That Will Fly by Earth Today
The 1960s were a time of great technological optimism and international competition, and space exploration was reason—and the venue—for much of it. Yet everything futuristic will one day pass into history, and it turns out that some of the 20th century’s most sophisticated rocket technology is now little more than …Read more...
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Every Major Bank Has Now Ruled Out Funding Arctic Drilling
We got another one. On Monday evening, Bank of America said that it will no longer finance fossil fuel exploration in the Arctic, joining Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Chase, Wells Fargo, and CitiBank, which all announced similar policies this year. That means no major U.S. bank will fund oil and gas production in…Read more...
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Flip the Lid on an Intel Core i5-Powered HP Pavilion 13 With 16GB of RAM, 512GB of Storage, and Wi-Fi 6 for $547
Pavilion 13t (Core i5, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) | $579 | HP | Promo Code SMBHOL10Read more...
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Uber Eats Postmates
Uber claims more turf in the pandemic food delivery conquest: the company has finally acquired the grocery delivery service Postmates because, in Uber’s masterful doublespeak, “combination of platforms provides more choice.” They actually said that. Postmates will retain its logo and app but will merge its delivery…Read more...
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The Mandalorian Has Raised Some New Questions About Its Star Wars Timeline
When The Mandalorian brazenly introduced a certain former Jedi apprentice this past week, the show connected to the larger Star Wars universe in its biggest way yet. Ahsoka Tano isn’t just “The Jedi” who would help Din Djarin complete his quest with the Child, she’s a Jedi who knows way more than he, or anyone else,…Read more...
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