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    Claims of TikTok whistleblower may not add up

    If that were the case you would need to consider everything you claim the CCP could do is currently and actively being engaged in by Twitter. You know the social media platform with massive amounts of personal data and whos second largest owner is the royal family fund of a foreign country that...
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    Microsoft trackers run afowl of DuckDuckGo, get added to blocklist

    Still only available on macOS and still very much in beta, although a usable beta. (I used it for this comment) It currently has only very basic features, more akin to mobile device browser than what you would expect. Tracking and ad blocking is functional, but video ads on Youtube get through...
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    You can now buy a road-legal replica of Porsche’s mighty 917K racer

    There's a street registered a 962c roaming Japan. https://vimeo.com/50473835
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    AARP-backed social network looks to lure older users from Facebook

    I remember when the senior citizen social network was called the obituary page and your grandparent would post them through the mail. At least then there was the fun of opening a holiday card to find tucked inside was a clipping of the husband of your swim instructor from when you were six.
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    Ajit Pai joins American Enterprise Institute and a firm that invests in ISPs

    Not to minimize how much I dislike Pai, his stupid mug, and his smug face, reading the comments I have to ask what exactly is the "acceptable" job track for someone like this after regulatory work? He worked for the DOJ in Telecommunications, then as a lawyer for Verizon, before working at the...
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    Russia cries “sabotage” after Slovakia questions quality of Sputnik vaccine

    It refers to the early Mickey Mouse cartoons where the characters were often bumbling and amateurish, very much akin to The Three Stooges and Laurel and Hardy.
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    Review: thought-provoking sci-fi drama Bliss works on multiple levels

    If you liked Another Earth and/or I Origins you'll probably like this one too. They are basically all the same plot with increasing budgets.
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    This electric bicycle company is building a $5,000 electric motorbike

    Agreed. It does seem very dirt bike (maybe minimalist cafe racer) in design and a bit in ergonomics too based on this video of a rider in motion
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    Review: Freaky is a familiar-but-fun riff on the classic body swap concept

    Slightly off topic, but is there a style guide for listing credits for actors in articles like this? I guess it would be AP style but I haven't found anything and it just seems so strange how things are listed. In the article: -Jessica Rothe, Utopia is her most recent release (probably at the...
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    Health officials rated celebrities on Trump loyalty while planning ad campaign

    They were just to hit certain demographics. CeCe Winans is the best selling Gospel artist of all time. Shulem Lemmer is a popular (in the community) Hasidic Jewish singer.
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    Quibi streaming service shutting down after less than one year, $1.75 billion

    Katzenberg became the "head" of DreamWorks New Media and became a consultant for NBCUniversal when they purchased DreamWorks Animation.
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    Review: Utopia is a very good series released at exactly the wrong time

    I watched both back to back starting with the original (both seasons), and the Amazon version is better to be thought of as a the black comedy that fills in context and details the UK severely lacks. The UK is a more "realistic" drama. Edit: spelling.
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    Hoverboarding dentist gets 12 years in prison for fraud, unlawful dental acts

    Sedating during routine cleanings is becoming increasingly common. A few dentists in my area advertise it. I don't know exactly how they are sedating the patients or if there is an anesthesiologist present, (which is required for certain types of sedation in my state). When I had my wisdom teeth...
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    AG Barr: COVID lockdowns are worst threat to civil liberties since slavery

    In an effort to not quote a few posters I would just like to point out that an economic rational self-interest argument is predicated on the actions of an individual being rational.
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    US childhood SARS-CoV-2 infections surging with the current peak

    New Zealand is going back to stage 2 with Auckland going to stage 3 and rest homes going into stage 4 as a result of 4 new cases. Edit: added rest homes.
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    Lest we forget: Mark 75 years of the atomic bomb with the Ars watch list

    When the Wind Blows? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h1lRqUBuSI
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    Review: Doom Patrol comes back strong with fierce and fun S2

    The second season didn't work for me.
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    An Ars roundup of the many trailers unveiled this weekend during Comic-Con@Home

    NeXt seems to have a lot in common with Person of Interest (especially later seasons). AI escapes, bespectacled wealthy AI creator attempts to stop a rouge AI, a group of people with special skills trying to balance the good and bad, lots of camera angles from surveillance cams, secret...
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    “Disquisting whores”: Document reveals GirlsDoPorn plans to harass victims

    A judge has to take into account all the relevant information and make a decision based on the rights of the accused and the risk to the general population. Considering the charges that have been brought, the flight risk, and the history of actions that essentially amount to witness...