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io9Comic Book ShowsThe New Batwoman Punches a Man’s Face Off in Her Debut and It’s Incredible
After months of covid-19 related delays, a new season of the CW’s Batwoman is here with a brand new vigilante at the helm. I’m happy to confirm that Javicia Leslie is absolutely fantastic as Ryan Wilder, the new Batwoman. If you skipped this show because of Ruby Rose, or just because you have too much TV … Continued
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Tech NewsNewsSwan Out as Intel Gets Its Third CEO in Three Years
Intel, the beleaguered CPU designer, is moving onto its third CEO in three years. Today Anandtech reported the departure of CEO Bob Swan and the hiring of Pat Gelsinger as his replacement. Gelsinger comes from VMware, where he worked as CEO for nine years. But the bulk of his nearly 40 years in tech has … Continued
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Tech NewsCESAMD’s Excellent Ryzen 5000 Series Is Coming to Laptops
AMD’s Ryzen series of CPUs seem to be getting better with every iteration, and the Ryzen 5000 series launched in the fall of 2020 was perhaps the most impressive series yet. And now it’s coming to laptops. At the very weird all-digital CES, AMD CEO Lisa Su announced a new portfolio of Ryzen 5000 mobile … Continued
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Tech NewsCESLG, the Best OLED TV Maker, Is Doing Mini-LED TVs Now Too
LG is officially getting into mini-LED TVs now. The company is known for crafting some of the most gorgeous OLED TVs on the market, and while its LED sets are respectable, they’ve rarely been lauded as much as its OLED sets. That could change with the new LG QNED MiniLED 4K and 8K sets. Given … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsIntel Pivots Its RealSense Cameras Into Facial Recognition Tech
Intel announced today that it will make its RealSense 3D cameras available for customers hoping to utilize the tech for faster facial recognition in the form of RealSense ID. The move comes months after competitor Amazon shied away from its own facial recognition program, which has been accused of perpetuating dangerous racial biases and endangering … Continued
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io9MoviesDC UniverseGal Gadot’s Wonder Woman Is a Trash Friend
Wonder Woman is supposed to be the best of women. This isn’t me starry-eyed about a fictional character and forcing her to be a defender and icon. William Moulton Marston created her to be the best of women. The character, besides being heavily rooted in Marston’s love of bondage, was also rooted in his love … Continued
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Tech NewsStreaming ServicesRoku Users Are Finally Getting HBO Max
Months after HBO Max launched, it’s finally coming to one of the largest smart TV platforms around. Today Roku announced that HBO Max would finally be available on December 17 and timed (of course) with the release of HBO Max’s biggest original content to date, Wonder Woman 1984. Wonder Woman 1984 was originally planned as … Continued
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Tech NewsGift GuideThe Best Gifts and Gadgets to Help Your Youngest Child Build Character
Children are wonderful miracles. The way they go from babies to chaos to creatures with genuine personalities and feelings all their own is remarkable. But youngest kids of a multi-child household are another story. They are nightmare hellions with little regard for others, an incredible capacity to care only about themselves, and a tattletale cry … Continued
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ReviewsHeadphonesBoseThey’re Too Big!
The Bose QuietComfort earbuds slip into my ears relatively easily. They connect to my phone, and the moment they do, that pleasing Bose brand of silence washes over me. I can’t hear the fridge’s compressor or the steady hum of my server—only silence. Then, because the Bose QuietComforts are pretty large, one pops out of … Continued
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ReviewsFirst LookThe Best Game Controller Maker Is Making Gaming Headsets Now, Too
Scuf has made some of the best controllers I’ve ever held, and now the company is introducing a new headset that promises customizability, but not in the way you’d expect. Gaming headsets can be complex. Most have lots of different ways to connect to your console, PC, or mobile device—some will only handle things wirelessly, … Continued
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Tech NewsDesignI Thought It Was an Ugly Titty Purse
Apple has made a purse. It wasn’t intentional, nor is it a purse that fashion enthusiasts would necessarily find attractive if it were unattached to the Apple name (though we all found the Apple Watch ugly until it grew on us like a wart and now it’s a genuine icon). This morning Apple announced a … Continued
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ReviewsSmart HomeSmart SpeakersThe HomePod Mini Is a Perfect Smart Home Overlord
The HomePod Mini is $50 more than the Echo Dot, $75 more than the Nest Mini, and the exact same price as the larger Nest Audio. Its voice assistant, Siri, is not nearly as smart as its rivals. Its audio quality is only so remarkable. It is shaped like a Magic 8 Ball, which is … Continued
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ReviewsToysPlaying Mario Kart IRL Is a Shockingly Good Time
While there are plenty of places where you can pay to put on a Mario cap and tool around in a go-kart making like it’s the Rainbow Road, real-life Mario Kart lacks the fun power-ups and gentle mayhem of the video game. I assumed Nintendo’s Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit, which lets you drive a … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsBoobs and What They’re Missing
I will not knock a person for eschewing bras, particularly in the summer months when they join forces with the underside of your boobs to create a miasma of sweat and good intentions. I will especially not knock a person for eschewing sports bras, which attempt to turn your double outies into innies through the … Continued
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Tech NewsAppleScriptable Supercharges iOS 14 Widgets Like No Other App
With iOS 14, iPhone users finally got a taste of the sweet, sweet widget life anyone who’s used an Android phone in the last decade was already familiar with. I’ve shied away from most of the early widget apps and largely avoided using most widgets in general (and maybe you should, too!). It is not … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsI MissI Miss Videodiscs, the Fragile Garbage That Shaped My Childhood
When I talk about the discs I watched videos on as a kid people assume I mean laser discs, or maybe I’ve confused my decades and mean DVDs, or even video CDs. There’s an assumption that I’ve just misremembered things, but that’s because the capacitance electronic disc, or videodisc (or in my house just “disc”), … Continued
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Tech NewsAppleThe Apple M1 Is Coming to the Mac Mini
The Mac Mini is getting a massive update just two years after the last one. Featuring an air-cooled M1 processor Apple promises this is the fastest Mac Mini, and because it’s a Mac Mini it should be the cheapest Mac overall, as well. Apple claims its 8-core M1 is up to three times faster than … Continued
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Tech NewsAppleFinally! Apple Is Dropping macOS Big Sur November 12
Back at WWDC this summer, Apple teased one of the biggest updates to macOS since it moved to Unix with Mac OS X, and almost six months later, the update is finally upon us. Announced today during Apple’s big MacBook event, Big Sur promises to be a major change for macOS users that brings the … Continued
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