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1 year ago+15 15 0Andor Becomes The First Star Wars Show Without Jedis and Lightsabers, But Why Doesn't It Feature Any?
Andor is getting critical acclaim without having any Jedis or their lightsabers. But why are there no blazing sword wielders in the show? Andor is a beat apart from the other Star Wars productions. Not just in terms of its storytelling, but also beca ...
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1 year ago+19 19 0‘Gangnam Style’ Brought K-Pop to the World, but Haunted Its Creator
He may not look it, in a spiffy double-breasted suit and a coiffure secured with enough hair gel to reflect the ceiling lights, but the 45-year-old music executive confides a secret as he rubs his temples: He’s hung over. But he doesn’t mind nursing ...
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1 year ago+14 14 0Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson opens up about mental health: ‘You gotta ask for help’
With 21-inch biceps and 10 WWE World Wrestling Championship belts, "vulnerability" is not a word many would associate with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. But vulnerability has been a superpower of sorts for the wrestler, actor and &qu ...
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1 year ago+16 16 0Anthony Hopkins on film stardom at 84: ‘He said, Oh my God. You’re really strange!’
From Hannibal Lecter to Nixon, Anthony Hopkins has long been one of cinema’s most singular stars. He recalls winding up Brad Pitt, working with Bob Hoskins and weirding out Jonathan Demme. It is lunchtime in Los Angeles, and Anthony Hopkins is having ...
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1 year ago+16 16 0AI Can Now Make Fake Selfies For Your Tinder Profile
The AI image-generating craze has entered its next phase of absurdity: creating fake profile pics that make you look good on dating apps and social media. For $19, a service called PhotoAI will use 12-20 of your mediocre, poorly-lit selfies to genera ...
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1 year ago+15 15 0Billionaires emit a million times more greenhouse gases than the average person: Oxfam
The investments of 125 billionaires produce 393 million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions every year, according to a report by Oxfam. That’s the equivalent CO2 output to the whole of France and makes the average billionaire’s annual emissions ...
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1 year ago+28 28 0 x 1Truth Social’s Influence Grows Despite Its Business Problems
The right-wing social network faces two federal investigations and an uncertain financial future. But it has still managed to outpace its rivals.
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1 year ago+4 4 0‘I Love You, You Hate Me’ Review: Peacock’s Unpersuasive Barney Documentary
The two hour-long episodes focus on the rise and fall of the all-loving purple dinosaur and the adoration and hatred that he generated.
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1 year ago+17 17 0Women Are Still Less Confident Than Men When It Comes to Investing. How Can That Change?
The gender gap in investing is well-established: Dating back decades, data shows that women have invested less frequently than men, and are often less confident in their investments and financial security than men are. One study shows that, on averag ...
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1 year ago+19 19 0Nearly 500 pilot whales dead after two mass strandings in New Zealand
Hundreds of pilot whales are dead after two mass stranding events occurred days apart in New Zealand, conservation officials announced on Wednesday. The strandings continue a deadly trend that has rocked the Oceania region in recent weeks.
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1 year ago+30 30 0 x 1The Thorny Problem of Keeping the Internet’s Time
An obscure software system synchronizes the network’s clocks. Who will keep it running?
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1 year ago+17 17 0Event or not, Apple has a ton of new stuff coming in October
Obviously, September is one of the biggest months on the Apple calendar. At its September 7 “Far Out” event, Apple introduced the iPhone 14 line, Apple Watch Series 8, Apple Watch Ultra, and second-generation AirPods Pro. Plus, we got the release of ...
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1 year ago+10 10 0The Best Journalists Are Persecuted And Despised: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
The best western journalists are overwhelmingly despised while the worst are acclaimed millionaires. Western civilization is built on lies, dependent on lies, powered by lies. Don’t seek widespread approval. It’s worthless.
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1 year ago+16 16 0Republican abortion bans restrict women’s access to other essential medicine
Many pharmacies and physicians are forced to deny patients access to drugs, such as methotrexate, that can be used to help induce an abortion. A few weeks after the supreme court’s 24 June decision to overturn the nationwide abortion rights establish ...
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1 year ago+4 4 0I tried earbuds with the best ANC and almost got hit by a bus
I am not much of a consumer of high-end earbuds with fancy features like ultra-advanced Active Noise Cancellation. My daily drivers are the Google Pixel Buds A-Series, which don’t feature ANC at all. And while I’ve used ANC headphones before, nothing ...
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1 year ago+20 20 0Woman whose rape kit DNA was used against her in separate crime sues San Francisco
A woman whose rape kit DNA was used to link her to an unrelated property crime has filed a lawsuit against the city of San Francisco over the incident, which sparked a national outcry earlier this year.
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1 year ago+21 21 0The iPhone 14 won’t have a SIM tray in the US
The new iPhone 14 lineup will ship without physical SIM trays — but only in the US. They’ll be able to use two eSIMs at once (and store more than that), but is the lack of a physical tray a big deal? And is it user-hostile and stupid? First, a refres ...
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1 year ago+15 15 0Cancer breakthrough is a ‘wake-up’ call on danger of air pollution
Scientists have uncovered how air pollution causes lung cancer in groundbreaking research that promises to rewrite our understanding of the disease. The findings outline how fine particulates contained in car fumes “awaken” dormant mutations in lung ...
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1 year ago+14 14 0Zac Efron Says ‘Baywatch’ Fitness Routine Forced Him Into Depression, Insomnia
After more than 15 years in Hollywood, Zac Efron is coming clean about the price of onscreen perfection. The “High School Musical” alum revealed in a Men’s Health cover story that he suffered from a deep depression due to his “Baywatch” diet and fitn ...
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1 year ago+23 23 0 x 1Report: People are more interested in buying Apple Car rather than a new Tesla
Apple Car is, at least, a few years away from being introduced. While Project Titan is surrounded by controversies, top executives leaving, and complete turnovers on what the Apple Car will ultimately be, a survey indicates that US customers are more ...