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    11 things you probably didn’t know the Switch 2 can do

    I'm pretty sure you could already find lost controllers on the Switch, since I had to do that before. This is the second time I've seen someone report this is a new feature of the Switch 2 though
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    New Google site begs Apple for mercy in messaging war

    I doubt anyone will read this on page 9 of the comments but... I'm not sure I would even want this feature myself. I have Teams and 8x8 for work and I get really annoyed when the message pops up on my work desktop and then also dings my phone that's connected also. It's especially annoying when...
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    Electric cars are doomed if fast charger reliability doesn’t get better

    Yeah, I have a plug-in hybrid and since I can't charge at work. I get 3/4 of my drive on a single charge from home and then the rest is gas. My trips around town on the weekends or days when I'm working from home are ALL on electric. Most of the time I get around 1,700 miles between stops at the...
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    Clerks III trailer: Jersey nerd trilogy goes meta in 2-night theater run

    Yup. I was ready to buy a ticket, saw that it was Fathom and remembered the press about how that went so I checked where the tour was going and it's skipping the entire mid-west. I'm going to wait for streaming I guess.
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    Android’s November security patch brings Pixel 6 fixes, ends Pixel 3 support

    I wish my Pixel 3XL didn't just get the Android 12 update. This version blows. I wish I could easily go back to Android 11.
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    Russians tried—and failed—to smear vaccines with lame Planet of the Apes memes

    I assume that's really meant to be 2021
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    New Google Nest Cams can record video without a monthly subscription

    My guess is that it starts with the stern letter and escalates to fines and then jail time if you persist in being obstinate
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    HBO Max with ads: $10/mo, starting in June, and guess what it won’t include

    That's probably done on purpose for a decoy effect. That happens all the time. For $100 you can get this one bit of software but for $120 you can get this bundle that includes that software and 4 others. Wow, what a deal. Now that one piece of software you wanted is only $24... but really you...
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    Google is killing “Google Play Movies & TV” on Smart TVs

    I know I'm going to sound like a dinosaur saying this, but it's why I'm still sticking with physical media for movies and music and ripping them to Plex or something else. Usually the blurays come with a digital code so I can also have a digital copy I own, but even if that gets shut down (like...
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    Google Music shutdown starts this month, music deleted in December

    I don't remember where I heard this from. Could have been here at Ars. My understanding is that Google would talk to record companies and get a deal and then the other branch would talk to them and they would say "we already agreed to blah blah blah". So from a licensing perspective it's better...
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    Google strips location sharing from Google Hangouts

    IDK, they've been adding a bunch of chat features that are enabled with some of my contacts. I see if a message has been sent, delivered and read. I can see if they're typing a reply. I can even noticed recently that I can send a location too. Edit: I guess I should also say that I find...
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    Nintendo severely limits save file options for Animal Crossing on Switch

    This seems like someone so focused on a problem they don't stop to think about their solution beyond a fix to that problem. How many issues did you just create for the non-cheaters so that a few people can't cheat at what is essentially a single player game. To bastardize an Ian Malcolm quote -...
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    Contractor admits planting logic bombs in his software to ensure he’d get new work

    edit: sorry. didn't realize this was already answered.
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    Netflix cancels its Mystery Science Theater 3000 revival

    This has been my thought too. But I think they're looking at what people binge watch because that's something that will cause others to sign up for a new subscription. Otherwise they're probably aware of a show but not signing up just to watch it. My wife and I don't have Hulu but we have a list...
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    Every game should copy Death Stranding’s “Very Easy Mode”

    I wish this mode would come to Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3. I'm trying to play it with my kids who just button mash and we're stuck on early bosses on the easy mode. I'm very irritated that I can't just enjoy the thing I paid for how I want to enjoy it instead of meeting some litmus test the...
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    GameStop plans up to 200 store closures, expects many more on the way

    I don't think Best Buy ate anyone's lunch and actually had their lunch eaten too. Have you been inside one lately? They're pretty dead. At least all the ones around where I live and work.
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    Recent Valve VR update contains hidden Half-Life demo code

    Not really an issue if you setup your room right. There's a chaperone grid that appears when you're getting out of your safe zone. Beat Saber is a pretty popular game and has all those same movements you'd perform
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    Why one PC developer turned down the security of Epic’s exclusivity offer

    Epic talks about the revenue share for developers like Valve is simply a greedy company. But they still let me download GBs of a game I bought for less that $5 a decade ago at high bandwidth speeds. Let's wait and see if EGS is still giving the same revenue share when they're supporting people's...
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    Facebook denies allegations that you make friends on Facebook

    Your honor, we are simply a platform which allows people to network with others in their social circles and share various media of their lives. The fact that we had to use all the same words to describe what we do should not be used as evidence that we're a "social media network".