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22 hours ago
Expression ApolatiaSave a Mysterious World in Hob, Out Tomorrow on PS4
Fellow Adventurers, A little over two years have gone by since we announced Hob, and now we’re crossing the finish line: Hob launches tomorrow! Many of your questions about Hob have been along the lines of “What is this world?” We’re dying to hear your own theories as you play, but we also created a webcomic (illustrated and inked by our concept artist Kristina Ness), to reveal backstory you won’t find in the game. The comic features our construct, who we affectionately nicknamed Jeeve...
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1 day ago
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'Star Trek: Discovery' Boldly Goes Into the Age of Streaming TV
The franchise’s first new series in 12 years is a radical departure, with an emphasis on heavy serialization and heated conflict.
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1 day ago
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Google and Levi's tech-enabled Jacquard jacket feels like the future
Jacquard is part jacket, part wearable tech.
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2 days ago
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Tractor-trailer filled with 40,000 pints of vodka overturns in North Carolina
A driver is OK but a North Carolina road was blocked for hours after a truck carrying 40,000 pints of vodka overturned on Thursday. The accident happened in Clayton, North Carolina near U.S. Highway 70 and Shotwell Road around 5:45 a.m. NBC station WRAL reports that the truck's cab and trailer were disconnected to try and get the rig upright, but the vodka shipment was so heavy that crews had to unload it pallet by pallet.
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4 days ago
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Russia warns U.S. it will target U.S.-backed fighters in Syria if provoked
Russia warned the United States it would target areas in Syria where U.S. special forces and U.S.-backed militia were operating if its own forces came under fire from them, which it said on Thursday had already happened twice. Russia was referring to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias fighting with the U.S.-led coalition, which Moscow said had diverted from the battle for control of Raqqa to Deir al-Zor, where Russian special forces are helping the Syria...
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6 days ago
Comment Apolatia
I never thought I'd be sad that a little spacecraft out in the middle of nowhere is now gone.
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6 days ago
Analysis Apolatia
Ev Williams Has Big Plans For Medium 3.0
The dust has settled since Medium’s most recent business pivot. Now, its founder is once again trying to explain what Medium is.
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7 days ago
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It's possible but not without also totally destroying South Korea as well. And maybe Japan.
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7 days ago
Analysis Apolatia
Facebook Faces a New World as Officials Rein In a Wild Web
The web is not as open as it once was, with nation-states exerting their power over the internet. Facebook and other tech companies are dealing with the consequences.
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7 days ago
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Deutsche Bank CEO gets brutally honest about what automation is going to do to banking jobs
Technology threatens jobs in many industries, but one bank chief is already predicting that "a lot of people" in his industry will see their roles taken by automation in the next five to 10 years. Deutsche Bank CEO John Cryan has made headlines before for his prediction that technology will end many banking jobs, but he offered more insight into exactly how the financial world will change in an interview with CNBC on the sidelines of the Singapore Summit.
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8 days ago
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Equifax Stock Sales Are the Focus of U.S. Criminal Probe
The U.S. Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into whether top officials at Equifax Inc. violated insider trading laws when they sold stock before the company disclosed that it had been hacked, according to people familiar with the investigation.
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8 days ago
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Snap blocks Al Jazeera in Saudi Arabia to “comply with local laws”
Snap has bowed to pressure from the government of Saudi Arabia to censor a news channel operated by the Qatar-based news broadcaster, Al Jazeera.
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8 days ago
Analysis Apolatia
The fake news machine: Inside a town gearing up for 2020
There's a whole industry dedicated to producing fake US news in Macedonia – and it's getting ready for 2020
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9 days ago
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Two museums are having a fight on Twitter and it's gloriously informative
Natural history vs science.
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9 days ago
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Cuba mystery: What theories US investigators are pursuing
There must be an answer. Whatever is harming U.S. diplomats in Havana, it’s eluded the doctors, scientists and intelligence analysts scouring for answers. Investigators have chased many theories, including a sonic attack, electromagnetic weapon or flawed spying device. Each explanation seems to fit parts of what’s happened, conflicting with others. The United States doesn’t even know what to call it. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson used the phrase “health attacks.” The State Departmen...
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11 days ago
Review Apolatia
LG V30 initial review: The no BS flagship
LG's new flagship is as much a successor to the G6 as any other handset, nailing the smartphone fundamentals and delivering speedy performance in an attractive chassis. Once again, LG's unique dual-camera setup provides excellent low-light performance and its best wide-angle shooter yet. And best of all, there's no additional BS — the headphone jack is alive and well, and better than ever with a Quad DAC. The fingerprint scanner is present, and easy to reach. And despite some lo...
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11 days ago
Analysis Apolatia
A Material That Throws Heat into Space Could Soon Reinvent Air-Conditioning
A radiative cooling technology could help cut energy consumption in new buildings by nearly 70 percent—and significantly shave demand in existing structures, too.
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12 days ago
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General Motors, Disney, Shell and 1,200 other companies are taking steps to fight climate change, report says
More than 1,200 global businesses, including U.S. companies such as Disney, Shell and General Motors, are moving to embrace a carbon price — even if President Trump isn’t, according to a new report by a Washington climate think tank. While the president has suggested that tackling climate change will undermine the economy and hamstring businesses, and announced his intention to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate accord, chief executives have been busy voluntarily putting a price on thei...
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12 days ago
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The Sorrow and the Shame of the Accidental Killer
Until 3:35 p.m. on June 15, 1977, Maryann Gray was happy. She was twenty-two, and had just decided to take a leave of absence from Miami University, in Oxford, Ohio, where she was pursuing a master’s degree in clinical psychology. Graduate school had been her mother’s idea, and Gray was unpleasantly surprised by how scientific the program turned out to be. Inside the front cover of her statistics textbook was a squashed bug, which she had circled and labelled “Maryann at the end of Stat.”
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13 days ago
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Police: Nashville woman shot homeless man after he asked her to move her SUV
Metro Nashville Police said a Tennessee 26-year-old faces charges on Monday for shooting a homeless man near Music Row in August. According to the MNPD, Katie Quackenbush critically wounded Gerald Melton, 54, on August 26. Melton remains in the hospital as of Monday night. Police said Melton was disturbed by exhaust fumes and loud music from a Porsche SUV while trying to sleep on a 19th Avenue sidewalk around 3 a.m.
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2 weeks ago
Analysis Apolatia
A Copyright Vote That Could Change the EU’s Internet
On October 10, EU lawmakers will vote on a dangerous proposal to change copyright law. Mozilla is urging EU citizens to demand better reforms.
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2 weeks ago
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Trump panel said to be pushing for 'mini nukes' to make nuclear strikes easier
President Donald Trump is reportedly reviewing proposals to add smaller, less powerful “mini nukes” to the United State’s nuclear arsenal.
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2 weeks ago
Analysis Apolatia
The Unlikely Medical History of Chocolate Syrup
How the sundae staple went from treatment to just treat
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2 weeks ago
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Apple suffers 'major iPhone X leak' - BBC News
The operating system of unreleased iPhones is leaked to two websites, revealing secret details.
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2 weeks ago
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The making of Alpha Protocol, Obsidian's secret best RPG
Imagine a glitzy cinematic sequence where you, as a secret agent, fight your way through an aeroplane soaring through the sky. You're pressing button prompts appearing on the screen while your hero whacks, chops, spins and kicks at the baddie in your way. "You fight all the way down until eventually you beat the guy and rip off his parachute and, I don't know, break his neck, and he floats off and you use his parachute to land."
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