Yes, Virtual Santa Claus Meet and Greets Are Happening on Zoom
If you, like me, ever asked yourself, “What’s next? Santa Claus on Zoom?” during the coronavirus pandemic, let me just say: 2020 is the year of virtual hangouts. It’s now clear that anything can happen on video chat, from work meetings to birthday parties. I can personally attest that I gave my maid of honor speech…Read more...
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Saturday's Best Deals: Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, Christmas Trees, Cat Condo, Ray-Bans, Dragon Ball Z Manga Set, Vava Dash Cam, and More
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity and artificial Christmas trees lead Friday’s best deals.Read more...
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Utopia Has Been Cancelled After One Season at Amazon
The original British version of Utopia, Gillian Flynn’s conspiracy theory thriller, had a two-season run. Amazon’s adaptation/remake isn’t getting the same luck. Read more...
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Seemingly Ordinary Fossils May Be Hiding Some Major Clues to the Past
Paleontologists are lucky to find complete sets of fossilized bones. Sometimes, they get even luckier, finding preserved impressions of delicate features like feathers. Beyond those clues, though, most of the biology of extinct species—their DNA, internal organs, and unique chemistry—has been totally destroyed by the…Read more...
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A Pared-Down Version of Facebook's Libra Project Could Launch as Soon as January
Facebook’s long-anticipated cryptocurrency venture, Libra, could go live as early as January, three people involved with the matter told Financial Times this week. But don’t get too excited just yet: Thanks to a torrent of federal scrutiny and many of its chief investors bailing on the project, its scope has been…Read more...
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Seeing Cyberpunk 2077 Run on Google Stadia at 4K Isn't Enough to Sell Me on Cloud Gaming
Google’s fledgling cloud gaming service could really use a win after a year of technical issues and lukewarm reception from gamers. It’s resorted to literally giving Stadia and its accessories away for free to drum up some excitement, but how it handles CD Projekt Red’s oh-s0-long-awaited title Cyberpunk 2077 next…Read more...
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io9 Investigates: Will Wearing a Giant Baby Yoda Onesie Improve Your Mandalorian Viewing Experience?
The Mandalorian is already some pretty solid Star War. But what if we could improve on it by looking like an absolute idiot while watching? I, io9's resident idiot, decided to find out.Read more...
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Neanderthals Didn’t Use Their Thumbs Like We Do, New Research Suggests
An analysis of Neanderthal hand bones suggests these extinct humans possessed thumbs better suited for power grips, as opposed to precision grips, which could mean they used their hands differently than we do.Read more...
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21 Great Sci-Fi Christmas Ornaments From Hallmark
Is it really Christmas if you don’t have a little sci-fi on your tree? Hallmark would say no. Read more...
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The Mandalorian's Grandest Episode Yet Uncovers Old Friends, and Older Pains
The Mandalorian has always promised the picture of a much wider place it could encompass in the Star Wars universe, ever since its first episode flipped the script and put our titular hero in front of a little green mystery from the stars. Its latest chapter re-aligns the show’s place in that world even as it grows it…Read more...
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Satellite Photos Show Gigantic Iceberg Possibly Drifting Away From Ecologically Sensitive Island
Iceberg A68a—currently the world’s largest iceberg—is rotating and possibly moving in a westerly direction away from South Georgia Island, according to new satellite photos. This is potentially good news, as the enormous chunk of ice appeared to be on a collision course with the wildlife-filled island.Read more...
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Friday's Best Deals: Intel Core i9, Kyoku Knife Set, JACHS NY Black Friday Sale, Sony X800H 65" 4K TV, Philips Sonicare Electric Toothbrush, and More
An Intel Core i9 processor and LEGO Ship in a Bottle lead Friday’s best deals.Read more...
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The Best External Hard Drive for the Digital Hoarder
Data hoarding is somewhat of a lost art these days, thanks in large part to streaming services, cloud storage, faster internet access, and uh, digital rights management.Read more...
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Grab an Intel Core i9 Processor for $365 and Make Your PC Too Powerful
Intel Core i9 | $365 | AmazonIntel Core i9 | $365 | WalmartRead more...
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Apple Patents MacBook Technology It Completely Abandoned on Its Smartphones and Smartwatches
Apple has reportedly filed a patent application to bring Force Touch to the MacBook’s Touch Bar after ditching the pressure-sensing technology on its smartphones and smartwatches. And honestly, given the string of increasingly niche reboots in recent years, I say why the hell not.Read more...
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Microsoft's Creepy New 'Productivity Score' Gamifies Workplace Surveillance
Microsoft rolled out its new “Productivity Score” feature this month, which lets bosses track how their employees use Microsoft’s suite of tools. If that sounds like an Orwellian nightmare in the making to you, you’re not alone—privacy experts are criticizing the company for essentially gamifying workplace…Read more...
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Stan Lee Celebrates the Art of Cursing in This Cute Animated Short
Yes, Stan Lee was known for punctuating his commentary with a hearty “excelsior!”. But this cute animated short, using some archival recordings from the Marvel Comics legend in action, sees him express a fondness for a shorter, equally emphatic bit of profanity.Read more...
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Toy Watchdog Says Hasbro's Star Wars Darksaber Is Too Dangerous...Because It's a Plastic Sword
Please, this holiday season: be careful when your children enter ritual combat for the right to become Mand’alor.Read more...
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Cannibal! The Musical Has No Right Being as Good as It Is
Having watched Cannibal! The Musical is one of those things that feels like a badge of honor. The movie was not something anyone saw first in theaters. It had to be discovered. You had to find it or be told about it by a friend. When you finally watched, you were rewarded with proof of pure genius—a film that by all…Read more...
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The Only Thing You Have to Pump on a Gas Engine-Powered Nerf Blaster Is Fuel
Since they’re primarily designed for kids Nerf’s dart blasters, even the battery-powered ones, aren’t actually very powerful. It’s why there are entire communities of Nerf modders out there, but Peter Sripol might be the first to upgrade a Nerf blaster with an internal combustion engine. The only thing you really need…Read more...
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The Inventory’s Holiday 2020 Wishlist: All the Stuff You Should Buy Us This Year
2020 is a weird year to give gifts and expect anything in return. With the COVID-19 pandemic still in full force—evidently fuller force than before—many businesses have closed either temporarily or for good, and as a result, unemployment has skyrocketed and the economy has taken a turn for the worse. This holiday, I…Read more...
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5 Virtual Ways to Have Safe and Geeky Fun Over the Thanksgiving Holiday
For millions of people, Thanksgiving is going to look a little different this year. Because of the novel coronavirus pandemic, I’ve chosen to stay home instead of traveling for the holiday and interact with my family over video. But it doesn’t just have to be making an awkward toast to “These Strange Times” before…Read more...
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Thursday's Best Deals: AirPods Pro, Mario Kart Live, CBD Spiced Drops, New iPad, Super Mario 3D All-Stars, Ulta Soap & Glory, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, and More
Apple AirPods Pro and Mario Kart Live for Switch lead Thursday’s best deals.Read more...
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Dosing Mix-up Raises Questions About Promising Covid-19 Vaccine
A manufacturing error is raising concerns about a promising covid-19 vaccine being developed by pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford.Read more...
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