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Comforting Sounds
I was sent this song last week by a friend and I was a little bored with it. Bored to the point that I started doing something else and just let it play in the background. And then the song… Read More ›
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Schmigadoon!
A parody of iconic musicals, Schmigadoon! is a new musical comedy series executive produced by Lorne Michaels and starring Emmy Award nominee Cecily Strong and Emmy Award winner Keegan-Michael Key as a couple on a backpacking trip designed to reinvigorate… Read More ›
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Say LEO to the iPhone 13
According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the upcoming iPhone 13 series will feature low earth orbit (LEO) satellite communication connectivity, which will allow users to make calls and send messages when cell signal is not available… More here. Thanks to Sami…. Read More ›
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Social media firms and passports or biometrics like fingerprints
What legislative powers does the children’s commissioner have? What a great idea: conditioning children to hand over a photo of uniquely-identifying, official documentation to go online. Definitely no way this is going to be abused. No, sir… More here. Well… Read More ›
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HUAWEI GT 2 Pro review (part 2)
Well, the GT2 Pro didn’t last long and truth be told I am not quite sure why. I struggled to find fault with it and it was the first smart watch I have worn that felt like a watch that… Read More ›
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Can America’s Fastest Supercomputer Defeat Covid for Good?
Head is a drug hunter. A computational chemist by training, Head uses complex computer simulations to search for molecules that can gum up the gears of a virus hell-bent on infecting human cells. She focuses on therapeutics—the things doctors rely… Read More ›
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It’s hard trying to be rational
And yet modern life would be impossible without those rational systems; we must improve them, not reject them. We have no choice but to wrestle with rationality—an ideal that, the sociologist Max Weber wrote, “contains within itself a world of… Read More ›
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Panasonic’s guide to killing a product quickly
After a stock imagery-based investigation, The Verge discovered that Panasonic appears to have placed a white man’s head atop a Black man’s body, and also lightened the latter’s skin to match. Which, you’ll be unsurprised to hear, is not going… Read More ›
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Lance Barr retires
Lance Barr? Who is he you ask? Well, he has been doing something remarkable for 39 years… Barr’s first work for Nintendo involved designing arcade cabinets, but soon enough, he was put in charge of designing the Nintendo Entertainment System… Read More ›
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The charge 5 actually looks good
Meet our most advanced fitness & health tracker with tools like an on-wrist ECG app for heart health,** EDA Scan app for stress management and more. Get a 6-month membership of Fitbit Premium™*** and optimize your routine with Daily Readiness… Read More ›
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