Month: August 2021
Marvel’s ‘What If…?’ turns grim in its third episode with mixed results
This post contains major spoilers for episode three of What If…? After two fun, zippy stories that focused on the idea of swapping one character for another, What If…? pivots to a darker outcome in its third installment. This time, the entire Avengers slate is wiped clean, with Nick Fury…
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Fig raises $2.2M to supercharge the terminal
Can an old Terminal learn new tricks? Fig, a company out of Y Combinator’s S20 class, has raised a $2.2M seed round to prove that it can. Their goal: augment (but don’t try to replace) the command line terminal that so many people use every day and make it more…
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Nvidia RTX 3080 in stock at Best Buy on August 26. Should you even bother? Customers Wait In Line Outside A New York City Best Buy For A Chance To Buy An RTX 3080 Ti
Best Buy will have some of the best graphics cards on the market in stock on August 26, with its latest in-store GPU stock drop of Nvidia RTX 30-series cards, including the RTX 3080. As we’ve seen with past events like this, you’re going to need to start camping out…
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Google brings Smart Replies to comments in Docs
Google is bringing its handy Smart Replies to Google Docs comments in the coming days. You'll see suggested responses just underneath the reply box in comment threads. You can still type your own comments or edit a suggested one, but opting for a Smart Reply could save you a little…
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Kanye West’s new Donda Stem Player will apparently let you ‘customize any song’
Kanye West revealed a new music gadget called the Donda Stem Player that will let you “customize any song,” according to the device’s website. It’s available for preorder now for $200 with a vague “summer” release date, though the website says it will ship “with Donda,” West’s upcoming album. Let’s…
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Sweetgreen bought a robot company to spin better salads
When you order a salad at Sweetgreen at some point in the future, it might roll off a conveyor belt after a robot kitchen puts it together. The company is buying Spyce, an automated kitchen startup. The deal is expected to close in the coming weeks. Sweetgreen is figuring out…
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