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Master & Dynamic’s first noise-canceling headphones are the featherlight MW65s

Master & Dynamic is one part fashion brand, one part headphones manufacturer. It’s a company that usually champions the premium over the practical, however its latest pair of headphones tries to...

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Read Google’s new Nest privacy promise and tell me if you’re swayed

Google wants to be inside your home. It wants to sell you cameras, alarm systems, and voice assistants to make your life — and maybe its targeted advertising business — that much easier. But there’s a...

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Epson’s new augmented reality glasses can plug into your phone

Epson has a new pair of augmented reality glasses on the market — and while they’re not meant for everyday wear, they’re still supposed to be more convenient than their predecessors. The Moverio...

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Intel promises Project Athena laptops will have nine hours of real-world...

You’d be forgiven for wondering if Intel’s Project Athena laptop initiative is a meaningless marketing campaign. When Intel introduced the idea at CES this January, it came with only the vaguest of...

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Wacom’s refreshed Intuos Pro Small is a portable drawing tablet for pros

Wacom has announced an updated Intuos Pro Small, a compact, wireless drawing tablet built for portability. The Intuos Pro Small is the last in the Intuos Pro line to get a design refresh; the Medium...

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Chelsea Manning has been released from jail, but she may be back in a week

Whistleblower and former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning is no longer in jail — but that could change as early as next week. According to a press release from Manning’s attorneys — via...

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Google now lists playable podcasts in search results

Google’s new podcast-focused search results have arrived in desktop browsers, after being announced earlier this week at Google I/O 2019. Searching for a podcast now shows you its three most recent...

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Game of Thrones Hope Chest: underserved and absent characters

Game of Thrones has never been about giving readers or viewers what they most want. Its author and screenwriters prefer to build fan expectations, then overturn them for narrative impact and,...

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The US military doesn’t know how many websites it runs

The Department of Defense isn’t sure how many websites it runs. Stars and Stripes reports that at an event last month, US Army Colonel Paul Haverstick, the acting director of the Defense Media...

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CBS will release a black-and-white version of Jordan Peele’s Twilight Zone

In April, CBS All Access launched Jordan Peele’s reboot of The Twilight Zone, the latest in a string of remakes of the franchise, and the latest anthology-style show to come from a streaming service....

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Real estate site Redfin has been testing a feature for buyers to bid for...

Real estate company Redfin has been testing a feature that will allow home buyers to place a bid on a property via the company’s website, according to The New York Times. It’s a move that is part of a...

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A brief history of Cleganebowl, Game of Thrones’ best fan theory

HBO’s Game of Thrones is a dense series with a huge weight of history behind its story. So in practically every episode, something happens that could use a little explanation. Every week, The Verge...

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Walmart offers free one-day delivery in attempt to catch up with Amazon

Walmart will offer free one-day delivery on up to 220,000 items on its online store with orders over $35. Walmart is currently offering the new service in Phoenix and Las Vegas, and will come to...

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Game of Game of Thrones: season 8, episode 5, The Bells

Prepare for absolute carnage — and then some Continue reading… Source: TheVerge

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Facebook imposes restrictions on live-streaming to prevent future abuse

On Tuesday, Facebook announced that it would start restricting who can live stream video on the platform following the white nationalist terrorist attacks in New Zealand only a few months ago....

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Realme announces super-cheap flagship phone with pop-up selfie camera

Realme has announced the Realme X, a phone that the company describes as the first entry in its first line of flagship devices. It’s by far the most powerful and spec-laden smartphone yet to come out...

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Watch SpaceX launch the first 60 satellites of its massive Starlink internet...

Update May 15th, 10:50PM ET: SpaceX delayed Wednesday’s launch just before takeoff due to high winds above the launch site. The company will try again Thursday, May 16th. Original Story: Tonight,...

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Electric air taxi startup Lilium completes first test of its new five-seater...

German air taxi startup Lilium announced the first test of its full-scale, all-electric five-seater aircraft. It was the latest in a series of successful tests for the nascent electric flight...

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Facebook says it will restore groups infiltrated by saboteurs

Facebook is “working to restore” a number of groups that were erroneously removed or affected by “sabotage,” according to the company. A spokesperson told The Verge the social network “removed several...

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Amazon targets Uber Eats with Deliveroo investment

Amazon lead a $575 million funding round in the UK-based food delivery company Deliveroo, continuing its efforts to diversify into the takeaway market. In a press release Deliveroo said it would use...

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