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Virtual Minecraft protest demands Microsoft address the game’s sexual predator problem

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“Sexual predators are hunting kids on Minecraft,” the sign says. “Minecraft is ignoring 120,000 parents asking them to keep kids ...

Twitter just fact-checked Donald Trump

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Donald Trump lied today on Twitter. And, unlike every other day, Twitter finally called him out on it. In a ...

Get to the root of that clog with this camera that can snake its way in

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TL;DR: Hard-to-reach areas will never be a problem again when you have a Sinji Flexible Borescope Camera for $29.95, a ...

Major vulnerability shows dangers of mandatory contact-tracing apps

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Meant to keep the residents of Qatar coronavirus free, a new mandatory contact-tracing app instead put their privacy at risk.  ...

Indonesian startup Delman raises $1.6 million to help companies clean up data

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Delman, a Jakarta-based data management startup, has raised $1.6 million in seed funding. The round was led by Intudo Ventures, ...

Walmart partners with fashion consignment marketplace thredUP

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Walmart is continuing its foray into fashion e-commerce, announcing a strategic partnership with fashion resale marketplace thredUP to list a ...

Google outlines plan to get some employees back to the office

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In a blog post, Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai gave an overview of the company’s plan to return its ...

Zipline begins US medical delivery with UAV program honed in Africa

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Drones are being deployed in the fight to curb COVID-19 in the U.S. Novant Health and California based UAV delivery ...

OnePlus says it will continue making cheaper phones

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If you think OnePlus has betrayed its roots, that’s not quite true. reports that the company’s founder and CEO Pete Lau ...

Apple to reopen 100 brick and mortar stores in the states this week

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There seems to be an urgency in the U.S. to get back to those carefree pre-COVID-19 days when the only ...

With $84 million in new cash, Commonwealth Fusion is on track for a demonstration fusion reactor by 2025

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Commonwealth Fusion Systems closed on its latest $84 million in new funding two weeks ago. The U.S. was still very ...

Detroit: Become Human, Heavy Rain, and Beyond: Two Souls Coming to Steam Next Month

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After many years as a PlayStation-exclusive developer, Quantic Dream brought their catalog of recent hits to the Epic Games Store ...

Nintendo Releases Nintendo Switch System Update 10.0.3 and Here’s What It Does

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Nintendo Switch System Update 10.0.3 has just been deployed by Nintendo and you might have guessed what it does. In ...

OnePlus Buds are the Truly Wireless Earbuds from OnePlus and Could Launch in July

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It seems like OnePlus will be having another reveal in July, later this year. We recently talked about how the ...

NVIDIA CEO Is Convinced We’ll Soon Have Multiple Metaverses Based on the Biggest Gaming IPs

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As gaming fidelity and immersion increase on a yearly basis, the advent of metaverses is getting more and more possible. ...

Saber Interactive Interview – World War Z’s Success (Over 10M Registered Players) and Beyond

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Saber Interactive is one of those names that weren’t necessarily known by mainstream gamers until a couple of years ago, ...

Patent suggests Samsung Galaxy Fold 2 will be water-resistant, will have long notification display

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A new patent that was recently published by the WIPO from Samsung Electronics points to a couple of possibilities for ...

Sony Xperia 1 II officially goes on pre-order in the US on June 1 for $1,199

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The rumors and hastily uploaded pre-order pages were all right. Sony’s Xperia 1 II is priced at $1,199 in the ...

Foldable Motorola Razr 2 will up the hardware game compared to its predecessor

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Motorola’s reborn Razr with a foldable screen is a very expensive device with a mid-range chipset, an incredibly small battery, ...

Apple’s future AirPods could use light sensors for health monitoring

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Apple may be looking to add Ambient Light Sensors in future versions of its AirPods to monitor data such as ...

Microsoft Surface Duo to come with advanced stylus support and precision

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Shortly after some of the Microsoft Surface Duo specs leaked, information about the stylus features has surfaced as well. According ...

Smart speaker showdown: Google Home vs. Amazon Echo

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Smart speakers sit in our homes, quietly listening to everything we say and feeding what they learn back to the ...

A beefier Motorola Razr with 5G is reportedly dropping in the fall

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Maybe call it a comeback? Motorola’s revived Razr, which released earlier in 2020 as a folding-screen flip phone, definitely underwhelmed. ...

Hacked NES Power Glove is a thing of horrifying, wriggly beauty

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Makeup tutorials, woodworking tutorials, baking tutorials — there are creators of every kind uploading lessons in their craft for the ...

Realme Watch looks like Apple Watch, costs $50

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In the world of smartwatches, there’s one king — the Apple Watch — and a lot of copycats.  But these ...

Sony Xperia 1 II launches in July for *cough* $1,200

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Sony was supposed to launch its new flagship, the Xperia 1 II, in late February, during the Mobile World Congress ...

Newton Mail founder returns with launch of personal net worth tracker, Kubera

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Serial entrepreneur Rohit Nadhani, who last sold his Newton email app to Essential in 2018— an app so popular it’s ...

Virgin Orbit’s first orbital test flight cut short after rocket released from carrier aircraft

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On Monday, Virgin Orbit attempted the first full flight of its orbital payload launch system, which includes a modified Boeing ...

NASA and SpaceX confirm SpaceX’s first ever astronaut launch is a ‘go’

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NASA and SpaceX are closer than ever to a moment both have been preparing for since the beginning of the ...

Uber cuts 600 jobs in India

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Uber is cutting 600 jobs in India, or 25% of its workforce in the country, it said on Tuesday as ...