Month: November 2021
Hitting the Books: Domestication brought about our best fuzzy friends
Nearly 40,000 years ago, humanity had its best idea to date: transform the age's apex predator into a sociable and loyal ally. Though early humans largely muddled through the first few thousand years of the process, the results have been nothing short of revolutionary. The practice of domestication underpins our…
Read More‘Stranger Things’ season 4 teaser hints at trouble in California (update: release info)
Netflix is finally dribbling out more tangible details of Stranger Things season 4's plot. The streaming service has released a new teaser showing what life is like for Eleven and Will now that they've relocated from Indiana to California. As you might guess, life isn't quite so peachy despite all…
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Alienware X17 review: pretty pixels for a pretty penny
Alienware did it. Its latest 17.3-inch X17 gaming laptop can actually deliver an enjoyable 4K gaming experience. The last time I checked in on how laptops were faring with 4K gaming in 2019, things weren’t looking so hot. Nvidia’s last-gen RTX 20-series mobile chips couldn’t work hard enough to smoothly…
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Apple’s handy AirTag Loop is selling for a low price at Amazon
iPhone owners planning on traveling or making lots of plans this holiday season may find today’s AirTag Loop deal useful. Right now at Amazon, you can buy the handy loop made specifically to carry Apple’s ultrawideband-capable Bluetooth tracker at an all-time low price of around $24 instead of $29. This…
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Halo Infinite battle pass will respect your time and Master Chief’s right to not dance
Ahead of Halo Infinite’s December release, some of the development team at 343 Industries have offered up a few more details on the game’s battle pass system and how it will work as a part of the free-to-play multiplayer. Back in June of this year, Live Team Design Director, Ryan…
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Apple hires Tesla’s former Autopilot software director
Apple hasn’t been all that vocal about its electric car project, but according to Bloomberg, the iPhone maker is hiring Tesla’s Autopilot software engineer to work on its EVs. Sources close to the matter told Bloomberg that Apple scooped up Christopher “CJ” Moore to work on its self-driving software. He’ll…
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