Google Adds New Chrome Features to Help You Finish Your Holiday Shopping

‘Tis the season to start your holiday shopping at the last possible second when you realize time is running out and not even an ongoing pandemic will get you out of buying a gift. Google Chrome is adding new features to help you get in and out unscathed.

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Mystery Group of Humans May Have Populated the Faroe Islands Before the Vikings

Centuries-old DNA collected from the bottom of a lake on the Faroe Islands is turning back the clock on human occupation of the archipelago. Vikings arrived there around 850 CE, but a team of researchers has deduced that some unknown group of humans must have arrived at these North Atlantic islands several hundred…

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Netflix's Live-Action Avatar: The Last Airbender Casts Azula and More

Netflix’s live-adaptation of the beloved Nickelodeon animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender may have lost the original showrunners, but the sprawling cast just keeps getting bigger. The streaming service has announced who’ll be playing a bevy of roles, including major antagonist Azula.

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Can r/WallStreetBets Make Reddit the Next GameStop?

Members of the now-infamous “meme stock” vigilante subreddit r/WallStreetBets may have found their ultimate target—the mothership itself. The subreddit has been filled with users discussing the prospect of deploying some of the same successful tactics used to pump the stocks of GameStop and AMC earlier this year and…

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The U.S. Has So Many Oil Pipelines, Half of Them Are Sitting Empty

If you’re in the market for an oil pipeline, you’re in luck—we’ve got a lot of extra ones right now. About half of the oil pipelines in the U.S. are sitting unused, energy research firm Wood Mackenzie said in figures shared with Reuters Thursday. The situation reflects a downturn in oil production that was kicked off…

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Workers Sue Tornado-Hit Candle Factory For Not Letting Them Leave

The lawsuit claims Mayfield Consumer Products showed “flagrant indifference” by refusing to allow employees to go home early as the storm approached the factory.

Ghislaine Maxwell Defense Kicks Off With Ex-Worker Who ‘Looked Up’ To Her

Four women told a jury they were victims of a sex-abuse scheme masterminded by the British socialite and her financier friend Jeffrey Epstein.

Pelosi Defends Lawmakers Who Get Rich Off Stock Market While In Office

Recall that Pelosi’s husband is a finance guy.

Freelance AP Journalist Detained In Ethiopia

Amir Aman Kiyaro is being accused of “serving the purposes” of a terrorist group by conducting an interview with its members.

Levar Burton Has A New Gig And It’s Quite Befitting

The former “Reading Rainbow” host says the Bee represents “the inspirational, aspirational ideal of education.”