Month: August 2022
Netflix just canceled another teen drama after only one season
Audio player loading… Netflix has canceled teen drama First Kill after just one season. According to Deadline, (opens in new tab) the show, which debuted in the second week of June, was not a total bomb with Netflix subscribers, but did not get the numbers it needed to earn a…
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Blake Masters wins Arizona Republican Senate primary
Blake Masters, protege to billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel, has won the Arizona’s Republican nomination for US Senate late Tuesday night, the Associated Press and New York Times are reporting. Masters’ triumph over solar power executive Jim Lamon installs the Trump-endorsed candidate as the GOP’s choice to take on former…
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Elon Musk Just Can’t Stop Tweeting At This Guy
“Exactly,” Musk tweeted in response to Pathole’s claims. For supporters like Pathole, the billionaire’s mercurial Twitter presence makes him seem comfortingly normal. He says it is Musk who is the true victim of hate, lies, and misinformation. “He gets bullied a lot… A lot of big players hate him,” Pathole…
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This laptop had to fail so Chromebooks could become back-to-school essentials
Audio player loading… It’s back to school time. We know this because stores have boxed up swimwear and pool gear and replaced it with oversized composition notebooks, and boat-sized pencils strung from the ceiling. Online images depicting young people enjoying technology were swapped for those showing students hunched over laptops…
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Samsung’s self-repair program has finally launched – but there are limits
Audio player loading… Samsung and iFixit have finally launched their self-repair program, allowing owners of a phone from the Galaxy S20 and S21 lines as well as the Tab S7 Plus to buy replacement parts. The initial announcement of the self-repair program was made back in late March, and not…
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AT&T’s 3G shutdown catches blame for a major election headache in Michigan
Some Michigan counties can’t immediately report Tuesday night’s election results due to a confusing mix of federal vote reporting guidance and AT&T’s decision to retire its 3G networks this past February. In a website alert, the Wayne County clerk’s office confirmed that 65 of Michigan’s 83 total counties “are no…
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