Summer Games Done Quick 2019 sets a speedrunning record of its own

Summer Games Done Quick 2019 still has a couple of days left to go, but there’s reason for the organizers of GDQ to celebrate now. The marathon has hit $1 million in donations, though if you make a habit of watching GDQ marathons, you’ll know that’s nothing new. AGDQ and SGDQ have both been exceeding donation totals of $1 million … Continue reading

Here's a 512GB MicroSD Card For $74, Somehow

Lexar 512GB microSD Card | $74 | Amazon

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The Zippo-Case Klipsch Earbuds Actually Sound Pretty Dang Good

To help its first truly wireless earbuds standout in an already crowded market, Klipsch drew inspiration from another iconic item also found in pockets: the Zippo. A charging case that looks like a lighter is undoubtedly a clever marketing gimmick, but Klipsch has also delivered a solid set of wireless earbuds with…

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MIT Created a Better Rain-Deflecting Material That's Like a Force Field For Liquids

We’ve already figured out how to treat surfaces so that liquids, like spilled food or raindrops, quickly bead up and roll away. Every time you wax your car you’re helping it shrug off a downpour. But for vehicles like planes, it only takes a split second for a raindrop to turn to ice when it hits a freezing fuselage,…

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Italy Pokes Facebook With $1.1 Million Fine, and Man, I Bet They're Sorry Now

Italy’s privacy watchdog announced on Friday its decision to fine world-swallowing social platform Facebook €1 million (about $1.13 million) for the catastrophic mishandling of data associated with now-defunct Cambridge Analytica. Does that seem like a bargain to anyone else?

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Automation Should Be a Major 2020 Issue. Andrew Yang Failed to Put it On the Map

It’s early yet, but automation is already on track to become the most ignored issue this campaign cycle—outpacing even the neglected climate change, which, while broached both nights of the first Democratic presidential debate this week, deserves a much larger share of the conversation. Corporate automation, and the…

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Jimmy Carter Suggests Trump Is An Illegitimate President

Carter criticized Trump and his administration, calling their border policy “a disgrace.”

WHAT?! Dalai Lama Says If His Successor Is Female, She Should Be ‘Attractive’

The Buddhist leader also rehashed past controversial comments about refugees in his latest BBC interview.

Google's next undersea internet cable will link Africa and Europe

Google has announced its third private undersea internet cable will run between Europe and Africa. One end will make landfall in Portgual. While you might expect the cable would connect to Morocco, it’ll run all the way down the African coast to Sout…

Valve Index review: Next level VR

Where does virtual reality go next? Right now, there seem to be two paths: Portable and self-contained headsets like the Oculus Quest, or those connected to computers and consoles, like the Rift and PlayStation VR. Valve is clearly betting on the…