Month: December 2020
So you got a 5G phone, but is your plan ready?
You’re the proud owner of a new 5G phone — congratulations! We’ve got some bad news, though: if you live in the US, 5G probably isn’t going to be the mind-bogglingly fast experience that you’ve been promised. For most regions, it’s just a little faster than the 4G speeds we’re…
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Big-name talent and bad CG made for the worst holiday special ever
I’m not sure exactly when it started, but my family has long been fond of so-bad-it’s-great Christmas media. There’s the great Patti LaBelle doing her absolute best at the 1996 National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, this deliberately awful cover… Source
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Music made 2020 better, but we failed to make 2020 better for musicians
“Are you okay?” I don’t have a good answer to the question. Knowing full well that I’m talking back to an algorithm — even one asking the same question of everyone with a different band mad-libbed in — doesn’t soften the blow. Am I? Are we? Is anyone, really? In…
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How to Set Up Your Nest Thermostat
The future is here, and it’s atmospherically superior. Source
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How to Set Up Your New Google Nest Speaker
“OK Google, help me set up my Google Nest Mini.” Source
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Investor sues CD Projekt over bungled CyberPunk 2077 launch
The anticipated CyberPunk 2077 launch wasn’t just a disaster for gamers, but for the game’s investors, too. A lawsuit filed yesterday against CD Projekt, the company behind Cyberpunk, claims investors were misled about the game’s performance ahead of its release, causing a significant stock price drop and losses. CD Projekt…
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