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A pizzeria owner made money buying his own $24 pizzas from DoorDash for $16
There are many things that don’t make sense about global capitalism that I enjoy anyway — the clearly inadvisable, venture-backed monstrosities like dockless scooters and ride-sharing that, in the before times, changed how I interacted with the places I went. The thing that doesn’t compute for me is how these…
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The Snowpiercer TV show slows down a thrilling train ride
Snowpiercer, Bong Joon-ho’s gripping sci-fi film, doesn’t seem like a natural fit for television. A tense post-apocalyptic story where the remnants of humanity succumb to class warfare on an endlessly running train, the movie was a finely tuned thriller that also succinctly articulated its themes. More of something isn’t always…
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Quantic Dream’s Twitch add-on puts ‘Detroit’ gameplay in viewers’ hands
Streams for decision-driven games have been popular on livestreaming services as they give viewers a chance to influence decisions, and Quantic Dream wants to seize on that opportunity. It’s rolling out a Twitch extension for Detroit: Become Human, s… Source
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Texas embraces a virtual jury trial amid coronavirus concerns
If you live in Texas, the coronavirus pandemic might not get you out of jury duty. Today, Collin County District Court is conducting what officials believe is the first virtual jury trial. The one-day summary judgment trial will be held via Zoom, wit… Source
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The FBI successfully broke into a gunman’s iPhone, but it’s still very angry at Apple
After months of trying, the FBI successfully broke into iPhones belonging to the gunman responsible for a deadly shooting at Pensacola Naval Air Station in December 2019, and it now claims he had associations with terrorist organization al-Qaeda. Investigators managed to do so without Apple’s help, but Attorney General William…
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Hackers turn supercomputers into cryptocurrency mining rigs
Hackers have manage to install cryptocurrency mining malware on multiple supercomputers across Europe that have now had to shut down as they investigate. Security incidents at facilities housing supercomputers were reported in the UK, Germany and Switzerland while a similar breach was also rumored to have occurred at a high-performance…
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