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2 weeks agoCurrent Event takai
'Highly Maneuverable' UFOs Defy All Physics, Says Government Study
Something else is going on.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event takai
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League Delayed Once Again
Rocksteady's upcoming Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League has been delayed once again, Bloomberg reports. In a new article, Bloomberg's Jason Schreier writes that, according to a person familiar with the matter, the game has been pushed back to later this year. A new release date hasn't been mentioned in the article. Warner Bros. and Rocksteady showed off the game's gameplay during a Sony showcase late last month. As some of you might know, this gameplay showcase wasn'...
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3 weeks agoAnalysis takai
New disease caused by plastics discovered in seabirds
Natural History Museum scientists say plasticosis, which scars digestive tract, likely to affect other types of bird too
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1 month agoCurrent Event takai
More Americans Visited Libraries Than Movie Theatres In 2019
In recent years, there has been increased discussion on whether or not publiclibraries are in danger of becoming extinct. Several people have questioned whether these institutions can continue in the age of widely accessible online knowledge.
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1 month agoCurrent Event takai
Nintendo Confirms It Won't Be at E3 2023
Nintendo is skipping this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo, better known as E3. The Switch maker confirmed on Friday it won't participate in the gaming convention, which is returning this summer after being canceled in 2022.
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1 month agoCurrent Event takai
His 11-year-old mystery novel was a flop, until his daughter turned it into a bestseller
It took Lloyd Devereux Richards 14 years to write his first novel. But it was his daughter's 12-second TikTok video that finally turned it into a hit. Richards, 74, wrote Stone Maidens on evenings and weekends, in between working a full-time job as a corporate attorney at a Vermont insurance company, and taking care of his children. When he finally published it in 2012, it only sold a few dozen copies here and there.
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1 month agoCurrent Event takai
Tile Adds Undetectable Anti-Theft Mode to Tracking Devices, With $1 Million Fine If Used for Stalking
Scan and Secure is a security measure that Tile implemented in order to allow iPhone and Android users to scan for and detect nearby Tile devices to keep them from being used for stalking purposes. Unfortunately, Scan and Secure undermines the anti-theft capabilities of the Tile because a stolen device's Tile can be located and removed, something also possible with similar security features added for AirTags.
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1 month agoCurrent Event takai
Penn Badgley Calls Out Netflix for Glorifying Serial Killers
Penn Badgley isn't holding back when it comes to romanticized portrayals of infamous serial killers on Netflix -- even if he plays one. The 36-year-old actor, who plays fictional murderer Joe Goldberg in You, acknowledged the audience's growing fascination with serial killers amid portrayals of several notorious, real-life killers in TV shows and movies in recent years on the streaming platform.
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1 month agoCurrent Event takai
$500 a Month, No Strings: Chicago Experiments With a Guaranteed Income
For recipients, it’s a lifeline. For liberal supporters, it shows how expanding government can make a difference. For conservatives, it’s a return to wasteful welfare handouts.
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1 month agoCurrent Event takai
Calls for bigger windfall tax after Shell makes ‘obscene’ $40bn profit
The government is under pressure to rethink its windfall tax on energy companies after Shell reported one of the largest profits in UK corporate history, with the surge in energy prices sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine pushing the oil company’s annual takings to $40bn (£32bn). Opposition parties and trade unions described Shell’s bonanza, the biggest in its 115 year history, as “outrageous” and accused Rishi Sunak of letting fossil fuel companies “off the hook”.
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2 months agoCurrent Event takai
Amazon layoffs hit amid an increase in robot automation: what to know
Amazon maintains that employees and robots will continue to collaborate within its warehouses, however, according to specialists in robotics, the business may eventually be able to rely on robots to carry out much of the jobs that it currently delegates to human workers.
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2 months agoCurrent Event takai
The Last of US season two is ‘likely’, Bella Ramsey says
Speaking to the BBC, Bella Ramsey – who plays Ellie in the TV adaptation – said the reaction to the show’s first episodes makes a second season all but certain, but stressed that nothing had been officially confirmed yet. “If people keep watching, I think [a second series] is pretty likely,” she said. “It’s down to the guys at HBO.”
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2 months agoCurrent Event takai
‘Cobra Kai’ Renewed For Sixth And Final Season
Netflix’s Cobra Kai has been renewed for a sixth and final season. The final run, which promises to be “the biggest and baddest” season of all, is set to begin production in late spring, Deadline hears.
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2 months agoCurrent Event takai
Dodgers release Bauer, set to pay him over $21M
The Dodgers couldn't find a trade partner for Trevor Bauer by Thursday's deadline, prompting the starting pitcher to be placed on the release waivers that ultimately make him a free agent.