The Stand Feels Both Timely and Overwhelming
It will never not be spooky that a new adaptation of Stephen King’s The Stand came out in 2020. Much like the year itself, the story begins with a pandemic and goes on to showcase some truly awful human behavior. CBS All Access certainly has timeliness on its side—but what about the rest?Read more...
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FEMA Wants to Cut Disaster Aid at the Worst Possible Time
The U.S. saw a horrific hurricane season, unprecedented wildfires, and a powerful derecho this year alone. A record-breaking 16 climate disasters caused at least $1 billion in damage each. And yet the Federal Emergency Management Agency is pursuing a plan that would cut disaster aid to certain states. Read more...
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Pornhub Just Removed Millions Of User-Uploaded Videos
Pornhub announced today that it’s removing all videos uploaded to the site by unverified users, purging millions of uploads in the process. Read more...
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President Trump Backpedals on Plan to Give White House Staffers Priority For Covid-19 Vaccine
President Donald Trump, the person most responsible for the deaths of 300,000 Americans thus far from covid-19, issued a tweet Sunday night announcing that most White House staff would no longer be getting vaccinated for coronavirus before other Americans. The tweet came after a report on Sunday from the New York…Read more...
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State-Sponsored Hackers Are Apparently Up to Their Shenanigans Again
State-sponsored hackers have reportedly tapped into internal email systems at several U.S. federal agencies, including the Treasury Department and the Commerce Department’s internet and telecom branch, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. Read more...
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Tesla Reportedly Axes Model S and X Production for 18 Days, Says Workers Can ‘Volunteer’ to Deliver Vehicles
On the same day that Tesla CEO Elon Musk told his employees that they needed to increase production “as much as possible” for the remainder of the year, the company purportedly sent out an email informing its employees at its Fremont, California factory that it was shutting down its Model S and Model X production…Read more...
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You Can Watch the Prologue for Tenet Right Now
Christopher Nolan has, uhh, he’s made some mistakes. Is the actual construction of Tenet one of them? Pretty soon we’re all going to get a chance to find out. Read more...
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Sunday's Best Deals: 70-inch Hisense Android TV, Dyson Ball Upright Vacuum, Garmin GPS Devices, Kiehl's Ultra Skincare Duo, Etude House Water Tint, and More
A sale on Garmin GPS smart devices and a 70-inch 4K Hisense Android tv lead Saturday’s best deals.Read more...
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Brighten Up Your Pandemic Life With One of Google Search’s 50 New AR Animals
Ever since I was young, I’ve always been a cat fan (although dogs are lovely, too). Nonetheless, my current landlord doesn’t allow me to have a cat, so I just settle for following cute ones on Instagram. Considering that I live alone, there have been many times during the pandemic where I’ve thought, “Wouldn’t this be…Read more...
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Disney Will Stop Photoshopping Face Masks Onto Maskless Guests On Rides
Disney World will reportedly stop “enhancing” on-ride photos by pasting digital face masks onto maskless park guests. And no, you aren’t reading the Onion. It’s 2020, baby, where reality is so much of a joke at this point that headlines and punchlines are literally synonymous.Read more...
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Virgin Galactic Aborts New Mexico Launch Because of Rocket Motor Issues
Nearly two years after its last flight, Virgin Galactic—the space tourism venture founded by Richard Branson, another billionaire who loves space—aborted the scheduled test launch of its SpaceShipTwo commercial aircraft into suborbital space today because of an issue with its rocket motor.Read more...
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Twitter Briefly Grows a Spine, Says It Was an Accident
What many might have hailed as Twitter setting an example by restricting engagement with President Donald Trump’s misleading and incredulous tweets about his election loss was, according to the company, an accident. Hold your fanfare. The company has since reversed course, fully restored engagement to Trump’s tweets,…Read more...
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Make Your Latte or Cappuccino Habit a Little Friendlier on Your Wallet With a $190 Deluxe Keurig Coffee Maker
Keurig Single Serve Coffee & Latte Maker | $190 | Bed Bath & BeyondRead more...
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This Marceline and Princess Bubblegum Relationship Recap Is the Wholesome Gay Content Your Weekend Needs
Look at them. They’re gay. (Well, Princess Bubblegum is bi, if we’re being exact.) Good for them. Read more...
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Jaimie Alexander Is Finally Back as Sif in Thor: Love and Thunder
One knock against Thor: Ragnarok is that it was Sif-less, a lack that fans of Jaimie Alexander’s Asgardian warrior took sharp note of. Fortunately, Thor: Love and Thunder won’t be nearly so bereft. Read more...
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All the Star Wars, Marvel, and Other Disney News You Might Have Missed
Usually, investor calls are dry, numbers-heavy business meetings intended for people far richer than you or I. But because It’s Capitalism, yesterday Disney turned its 2020 Investor Day call into something that would’ve been right at home screamed from the rooftops of San Diego Comic-Con’s Hall H. Here’s all the…Read more...
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Saturday's Best Deals: Alienware Peripherals, Sharp AQUOS 70" 4K TV, Keurig Cappuccino & Latte Maker, Rechargeable Batteries, Infrared Thermometer, and More
A sale on Alienware peripherals and a 70-inch 4K Sharp AQUOS tv lead Saturday’s best deals.Read more...
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Zodiac Killer's Cipher Cracked by Amateur Codebreakers More Than 50 Years Later
A team of amateur codebreakers has reportedly cracked the Zodiac Killer’s most infamous cipher, solving a mystery that’s had law enforcement stumped for more than 50 years.Read more...
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The FDA Has Authorized Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccine for Emergency Use
On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration granted an emergency use authorization to the covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, making it the first vaccine against the viral pandemic that will reach the American public. The decision was expected and came soon after a group of outside experts assembled by…Read more...
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Oracle Ditches Silicon Valley for Austin, Texas
Oracle is relocating its California-based headquarters to Austin, Texas, making it the latest tech company to decamp from Silicon Valley. Read more...
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Candles Recalled For Presenting Fire Hazard
Candles, an ancient technology that has contained fire since time immemorial so that we may safely fill our dwellings with light and warmth, have been recalled by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (USCPSC) as fire hazards. Read more...
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Matt Smith and Olivia Cooke Join Game of Thrones Prequel House of the Dragon
This dance (of the dragons) card is starting to fill up. Ready Player One’s Olivia Cooke, Doctor Who’s Matt Smith, and Truth Seekers’ Emma D’Arcy have signed onto HBO’s next journey into Westeros: House of the Dragon. It’s about the fall of Targaryen empire, which led to the rise of the Mother of Dragons.Read more...
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Turns Out Pretty Much Anyone Can Claim to Be a Black-Owned Business on Uber Eats
In June, amid nationwide protests against police racism and brutality set off by the killing of Minneapolis man George Floyd, Uber Eats released a feature intended to signify solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement: Tools to “Support Black-owned restaurants” by ordering from them without a delivery fee.Read more...
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The Top New Features to Try Out in macOS Big Sur
I know macOS Big Sur has been available to install for about a month now, but I also know that there are plenty of Mac users who have dismissed that update button every day for weeks. That’s understandable: While macOS Big Sur has been stable for me, some have reported issues with it.Read more...
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This Hideously Expensive Smart Bed Cured My Back Pain
In the last few years, tech companies have sunk an incredible amount of time, money, and hype into solving sleep. Some companies offer to help you track your sleep with wearables, some aim to help you sleep more soundly with meditation services or devices, and others have developed products that will cure your…Read more...
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