Nomad's Super Long Kevlar Charging Cable Makes Quarantine a Little Bit Easier

10ft Kevlar USB-C-to-Lightning Cable | $41 | Promo code theinventory10

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Animal Crossing’s Nature Day Exposes How Worthless Earth Day Is

In the world of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, there’s no such thing as Earth Day. This video game full of cute anthropomorphic villagers celebrates Nature Day instead. Like everything else in the game, Animal Crossing has managed to turn a pretty awful real-world situation (i.e. ecological collapse) into a playful…

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Researchers find microplastics in Antarctic sea ice for the first time

A new study reveals that microplastics have been discovered in Antarctic sea ice for the first time, raising additional concerns over this type of pollution. The team behind the discovery was led by the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS); they found dozens of bits of microplastics in a core of ice plucked from East Antarctica back in 2009. … Continue reading

NBA 2K's playoffs simulation moves on to the second round

With sports leagues almost entirely on hiatus, fans have had to make some adjustments to get their fix. Racing series have moved over to esports and player tournaments have provided some excitement, along with live events like the WNBA and NFL draft….

Amazon extends pay raise for warehouse workers until mid-May

Amazon is extending the pay increase it announced in March, the company revealed on Friday. This pay increase boosted the rate warehouse workers make by $2 to $15/hour or more, depending on location. The extension was originally set with a late April deadline, but under this extension, Amazon says that it will continue to offer the higher pay through the … Continue reading

Trump Holds Short Briefing After Disinfectant Claim, Takes No Questions

The president took no questions a day after he suggested injecting people with disinfectant

Are You Charging Your MacBook on the Wrong Side?

Yes, you read that headline correctly. There is apparently a “right” way and a “wrong” way to connect devices to a MacBook with Thunderbolt/USB-C ports on both sides. Doing it wrong can affect your computer’s performance.

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For the Love of God, Don’t Use Facebook’s Video Chat Rooms

Facebook is now rolling out a Messenger Rooms platform that will allow video calls to simultaneously host up to 50 people, up from eight in existing Messenger video conferences. According to CNBC, the initial launch will feature a lower capacity than that, but the company is working to hit the target of 50 in the…

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Coronavirus Death Toll Has Now Surpassed 50,000 in the U.S.

The number of deaths being attributed to the novel coronavirus has now exceeded 50,000, according to data maintained by Johns Hopkins University.

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Are Prisons Stockpiling Death Chambers With Drugs Sorely Needed by Hospitals?

Are states withholding life-saving drugs from covid-19 patients because they’re stockpiling them for executions instead? It’s quite the question—and one that seems to have gotten buried this week in the deluge of horrors now visited upon the American public daily.

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