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In J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, Sauron is pure evil. He is the acolyte of Morgoth, a Satan figure in Tolkien’s mythos. Morgoth creates sun-hating minions, the orcs, during his reign of darkness — hellspawn, in other words, created by a devil figure to do his bidding. These are the villains our protagonists […]
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Disney's silence on the harassment The Acolyte's main star faced still doesn't sit well with some of its cast. Read more ›
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Apple's new Vitals app for watchOS 11 appears to be impressing some users with its ability to detect potential illness days before symptoms manifest, according to recent reports on Reddit. The Apple Watch app, which analyzes key health metrics measured during sleep over the last seven days, appears to be providing early warnings of impending sickness for at least some Apple Watch wearers ahead of time. It's available on Apple... Read more ›
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Samsung has taken the wraps off its Galaxy A16 5G and it brings a few notable upgrades over its predecessor including a larger 6.7-inch display and 6 years of Android version updates alongside 6 years of security patches. That level of software support is unheard of for budget devices and means the A16 5G will be fully supported and running the latest Android until October 31, 2030. Galaxy A16 5G... Read more ›
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Viktor Bout, released in a prisoner swap for Brittney Griner, is trying to sell weapons to the Houthis in Yemen, per The Wall Street Journal,. Read more ›
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A woman was denied a tooth extraction under sedation because of her weight. She lost 100 pounds through diet and exercise and reclaimed her health. Read more ›
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Today's announcements by the newly-rebranded Halo Studios - formerly 343 Industries - that multiple new Halo games are in development has excited fans of Microsoft's flagship Xbox franchise. But is there cause for celebration for PlayStation 5 owners too? Read more Read more ›
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PassMark software has highlighted a new entry in its CPU Mark single-threaded performance rankings. In a Tweet shared this weekend it embedded a chart showing Intel’s upcoming Core Ultra 9 285K processor (an Arrow Lake-S desktop part) is the new single-core champ in the eponymous benchmark Read more ›
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Master Chief in Unreal Engine 5. | Image: Halo Studios Microsoft is moving its Halo development to Unreal Engine 5, after more than a year of rumors of an engine switch following a leadership overhaul at 343 Industries, layoffs, and other changes. 343 Industries is now becoming Halo Studios as part of this engine change announcement, hoping to mark a new chapter in the history of Halo. Halo moving to... Read more ›
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Vegetation has grown more than tenfold over the past four decades, a new study finds. Read more ›
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Samsung is very generous with trade-ins. Read more ›
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A new update was released for iOS 18 and iPadOS 18, fixing a passwords-related bug. Read more ›
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Apple today started selling refurbished second-generation HomePod units in Canada for the first time since the speaker was released in January 2023. The refurbished units are priced at $339 in Canada, down from $399 brand new. Apple began selling refurbished HomePod 2 units in the U.S. and many other countries just over a year ago, so it took a while for availability to expand to Canada. Apple says its refurbished... Read more ›
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343 Industries, developer of the Halo series, has confirmed it is working on multiple new games for the franchise under a new name: Halo Studios. Read more Read more ›
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Ukrainian intelligence said it took out a $10 million Russian Osa system with a drone worth just a few hundred dollars, and shared footage. Read more ›
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Microsoft is talking about older (Windows 8 or 7) PCs now, but the real question is: what happens next year when Windows 10 hits End of Life? Read more ›
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What's the true meaning of fantasy? Often it's synonymous with magic, fairies, and dragons; tales of heroism and drama; vast, elaborate worlds that defy the impossible. Metaphor: ReFantazio gives us all of this, but Atlus goes deeper too. What is the real purpose of a fantasy story? Is it a metaphor for our own world? And what if a fantasy story centred on, of all things, a magical election? Read... Read more ›
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Economists are less concerned about an imminent downturn after far more jobs were added in September than expected, and unemployment fell. Read more ›
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Executive turnover is on the rise at adtech startups as investors seek growth and profit. CTV and retail media offer growth, but challenges remain. Read more ›
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At the end of the vice presidential debate, Gov. Tim Walz asked Sen. JD Vance a pointed question: Did Donald Trump lose the 2020 election? Vance’s response: “Tim, I’m focused on the future. Did Kamala Harris censor Americans from speaking their mind in the wake of the 2020 Covid situation?” There is a clear right […] Read more ›
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Hurricane Helene, the Category 4 storm that slammed the American Southeast over the weekend, has killed more than 110 people — and likely millions of chickens. Almost half of the more than 9 billion chickens farmed for meat in the US, known as “broiler” chickens, are raised and slaughtered in the region. Georgia is the […] Read more ›
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John didn’t start his career mad. He trained as an emergency medicine doctor in a tidily run Midwestern emergency room about a decade ago. He loved the place, especially the way its management was so responsive to the doctors’ needs, offering extra staffing when things got busy and paid administrative time for teaching other trainees. […] Read more ›
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Amid the devastation and mass flooding wrought by Hurricane Helene, the Atlanta metropolitan area had yet another disaster: A chemical fire released a massive plume of potentially toxic gasses into the air. And it’s spreading. Early Sunday morning, a fire erupted at BioLab, a chemical plant specializing in pool and spa water care, in Conyers, […] Read more ›
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Much of the western United States is experiencing record temperatures — reaching the sorts of highs in October that are normally associated with some of the hottest days of summer. Palm Springs, California, hit a staggering 117 degrees Tuesday, setting a new October record for itself, and matching the highest temperature that’s ever been documented […] Read more ›
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Academy Award-nominated director Todd Phillips and his new sequel Joker: Folie à Deux bravely ask the daring question: What if the most annoying man you know got an equally annoying girlfriend? And what if they sang show tunes to each other? And what if you had to watch? The man in question is one Arthur […] Read more ›
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The scenes from North Carolina are shocking: roads and bridges washed away. Houses ripped from their foundations. Entire towns reduced to mud and debris. On Thursday night, Hurricane Helene slammed Florida as a Category 4 storm with winds reaching 140 miles per hour. Along the coast, Helene knocked down trees and power lines, and caused record storm […] Read more ›
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The scenes from North Carolina are shocking: roads and bridges washed away. Houses ripped from their foundations. Entire towns reduced to mud and debris. On Thursday night, Hurricane Helene slammed Florida as a Category 4 storm with winds reaching 140 miles per hour. In coastal communities, Helene knocked down trees and power lines, and caused record storm […] Read more ›
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This past weekend, X owner Elon Musk elevated a false right-wing talking point about immigration, claiming Democrats were fast-tracking citizenship applications to rig elections in the party’s favor. “If even 1 in 20 illegals become citizens per year, something that the Democrats are expediting as fast as humanly possible, that would be about 2 million […] Read more ›
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Workers at ports on the East and Gulf Coasts went on strike Tuesday following a breakdown in negotiations between the union representing them, the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), and the organization of international shipping companies that employ them. Approximately 45,000 workers walked off the job at 12:01 am, making it the most significant strike the […] Read more ›
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