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    Old, meet new: Sony introduces a wireless turntable for vinyl records

    I absolutely hate Sony, but to see the company selling this makes me chuckle.
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    Razer leaks seeming Xbox One keyboard/mouse expansion ahead of schedule

    I couldn't help but catch this statement, and I just had to chime in to disagree with it. $250 is mind-numbing insane and is clearly a cash grab in a temporary monopoly given to Razer for Microsoft's idiocy of not including KB/M support from the 360. Until competitive products come on the...
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    Medieval illuminated manuscripts were also women’s work

    I never stop chuckling at this statement, as if science has somehow made a determination everything in history is well documented to the point of being fact. Instead of being a surprise, why not say "Looks like our history books need another update."
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    Ubisoft snubs Steam, brings The Division 2 to Epic’s Games Store

    I can't believe this statement was selected as an Editor's Pick. Ubisoft is a publisher, not a developer. Those who actually made the game won't see a penny of this "deal". Also, Ubisoft will be plaguing Division 2 with microtransactions because of the "poor losses" the publisher suffers when...
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    The lies Comcast allegedly told customers to hide full cost of service

    I dislike it when I'm drinking soda while reading a line like this. Now I have to clean my keyboard again.
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    Tales of an aging gamer: Why don’t I pick up a controller as often as I used to?

    Another 50+ gamer chiming in, and I can definitely relate to many points of the article. However, I'd like to expand further to say these points only manifested themselves because the gaming industry has changed over time. When I was growing up, gaming's motto was "Gamplay > Graphics". Today...
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    Apple stock plummets 8% on news of grim Q1 2019 outlook

    What the hell? Did I just read Tim Cook blamed China for Apple's financial problems with a hint of blaming Trump? You mean to say it wasn't for the fact their new flagship phones are now selling over $1000, and this didn't result in lower-than-expected revenue? Good grief, the things companies...
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    Ajit Pai thanks Congress for helping him kill net neutrality rules

    The fight is over. Time to accept defeat. There's no getting NN rules back now. Congress turned the internet into a bipartisan issue. This means it's forever lost. The only remaining group which can fight against ISP greed are consumers, who need to come together and launch the largest boycott...
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    Big Pharma ushers in new year with price hikes on hundreds of drugs

    Indirectly, I would say "yes". The ACA was intended to lower health care costs. What better way to ensure they increase by federally mandating everyone has insurance, thus creating a monopoly situation. To add insult to injury, the idiotic human species actually allows for patents on...
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    Netflix delivers a blow to Apple’s services story by ending in-app subscriptions

    I remember the days when companies actually focused on their customers.
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    Science says your cat’s tongue is ideally suited for grooming fur

    As an owner of several cats, furballs are the unintended consequence of those cleaning sessions and this article now gives a clear explanation why cats have furballs. With the papillae going in one direction, it seems expelling the pulled fur from the mouth would be difficult, making swallowing...
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    Economists calculate the true value of Facebook to its users in new study

    This poll is over what people would "pay" to keep their FB accounts, but call me cynical to believe people would actually pay this amount if FB were to charge %1000 for the account. The only reason people find "value" in FB is because it's free. Privacy issues aside, it's maddening to see what...
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    Our favorite (and least favorite) tech of 2018

    So the "best" of 2018 of those who opined was upgraded crap from previous years? Oh, my. Perhaps innovation truly is dead. I suppose with the smartphone (damn, I hate this word) finally at its peak, "folding" phones is the next "best" thing. Could be worse. We could get a fake console with...
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    Japan restarting commercial whaling, ignoring global moratorium

    IWC: "Okay, Japan. We've decided. The legal quota for hunting is 2." Japan: "2 per day? We can live with that." IWC: "No, 2 per year." Japan: "But that's..." IWC: "Shut up. You asked for a quota. You got it."
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    Ars Technica’s best games of 2018

    I highly recommend Subnautica, which I don't do often. Despite a couple of bugs requiring me to restart the game, they're quickly overshadowed by one of the most immersive games I've played in a very long time. Never before have I trembled over a sound, as the game builds itself so...
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    Windows 10 will make it easier to ¯‍∖‍_‍(‍ツ‍)‍_‍/‍¯ a

    One of Microsoft's most powerful operating systems using its power for face emojis. (‍╯‍°‍益‍°‍)‍╯‍彡‍┻‍━‍┻
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    Minecraft lays its last brick on Xbox 360, other last-gen consoles

    A few weeks ago, I fired up Minecraft on the XBX after I received notice there was another update. When it launched, there was a pop up indicating I wasn't using the updated version of Minecraft. I was a bit confused given it was this version which told me there was an update. At any rate, I...
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    Big Red’s Right Hand of Doom is back in fiery new Hellboy trailer

    "In theaters". *sigh* I wish the movie industry would pull its head out from its own ass and start streaming these same day. Please don't argue "for the theater" because it's well established the first two weeks means 75% of the take goes to the distributor, unless it's a big Disney release...
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    Phase-change memory built from layers of atomically thin materials

    Magnetic resonance. Either that, or Jordi calibrated the warp drive to push it above 101% efficiency and aligned the deflector array towards Centauri 9913 to pick up high frequency radio waves to focus the beam on the experimental alloy. If neither of those are acceptable responses: magic.
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    Google Chrome wants to stop back button hijacking

    When I was learning to design websites 20 years ago, this was considered a failure of design. It was pounded into us navigation for every user was more important than style. Then Corporate America entered the scene and fucked everything up.