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    Robinhood ordered to pay $70m penalty to US regulator

    Who gets the restitution and how will it be delivered?
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    Metroid Dread brings Nintendo’s classic back as a 2D sequel on October 8

    Exactly. Both of the mainline Lords of Shadows games were pretty darned good. The Mirror of Fate spinoff was... not. Although slightly better for the 3DS than the even more disappointing download-only X360 and PS3 ports.
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    The best Prime Day 2021 tech deals from everywhere besides Amazon

    Interesting strategy by Microsoft, all sorts of PS4/PS5 and Switch games are on sale today, while MS simply discounts their Game Pass subscription.
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    Metroid Dread brings Nintendo’s classic back as a 2D sequel on October 8

    Oh, they were the developers for LoS: MoF? Suddenly my optimism has been replaced by cautious optimism.
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    iFixit tells the sad story of how Samsung “ruined” its upcycling program

    Would be a viable competitor if not for the 2+ year old non-replaceable battery and internal flash storage nearing its engineered obsolescence.
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    Ford reveals pricing for the F-150 Lightning Pro work truck

    Standard cab standard (6.5') bed when?
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    Frontier knowingly sold Internet speeds it can’t deliver, FTC lawsuit says

    ... and yet when my company enters into a contract with Comcast business, there are clearly defined SLAs in the contract promising minimum acceptable standards with associated rate reductions when those standards are not met.
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    Biden signs executive order to strengthen US cybersecurity

    We call it cyberwarfare, but at which point do actions by bad actors sponsored by foreign nation-states against government systems constitute an act of war in which a limited response (drone strike) is justified, along with perhaps a conciliatory payment to the families of the deceased?
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    Intel claims its new Tiger Lake-H CPUs for laptops beat AMD’s Ryzen 5000

    Am I going to be able to buy these since they're not coming out of TSMC?
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    Black Widow’s delays will finally end with combined theatrical, Disney+ launch

    $30 for early access to one movie? Geez Disney, could you have at least bought me a couple of drinks before trying to screw me? I'll go see this one at the drive-in and then grab the Blu-Ray once it's on clearance at Target. The car's speaker system isn't quite as good as what we have at home...
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    Google undercuts Apple with new 15% revenue share for certain Play apps

    Or something like the Children's Health Insurance Program, which has a hard income limit as well and potentially very expensive consequences in money and healthcare outcomes.
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    Pixel 5a leak shows a headphone jack, flat screen, and a familiar design

    Other than planned obsolescence of the non-removable battery and a total lack of OS and security updates.
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    Lenovo updates ThinkPad lineup with 16:10 screens and more

    21:9 main display (with numpad on the keyboard) and plug in a 3:4 (vertical 4:3) monitor for the secondary display :) So am we finally going to be able to get a 15-inch AMD-powered Thinkpad T-series? I would've pulled the trigger on last year's model if such a beast had existed.
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    Consumer Reports creates a “green choice” for vehicle reviews

    Of course that 50% of people didn't look, they got pricing for vehicles they were looking at online, showed up and saw the vehicle for the first time for a brief test drive, then went straight in to sign the paperwork and drove it home with the sticker folded up in the glovebox by the...
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    Toyota fined $180 million for 10 years of noncompliance with EPA regs

    Still a PHEV and not a full BEV. Now, if you'd said the Mirai...
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    Samsung’s next Exynos SoC will have an AMD GPU

    RADEON vs ADRENO THE LEGENDARY BATTLE BEGINS
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    Google Music shuts down smart speaker support and music store

    So what's a good music player for locally-stored music on Android these days? I've been using Google Play Music just because I can kick it right up from Android Auto and shuffle through the MP3s on my phone but I assume that's going to die with the app.
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    Microsoft purchases Bethesda Softworks in industry-changing acquisition

    Interesting that acquisition was somehow a better value for MS than just moneyhatting exclusivity or timed exclusivity on a game-by-game or property-by-property basis.
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    This family of electric motors will drive GM’s new electric vehicles

    Genuine question: how do the emissions and overall environmental impact of an electric Hummer vs. a gas-powered Civic look from a cradle-to-grave perspective? Also, will these developments do anything for expansion of the electrification of freight and commercial transport?