TLDR: AdGuard is bringing their ad blocking and security expertise to this 5-year VPN subscription, now available at almost 90 percent off its regular price. If your summer plans are taking you out on the road for the first time in a while, there are some points you’d do well to consider. One is giving...
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The Suicide Squad’s Polka-Dot Man Has Absolutely Horrific Powers
David Dastmalchian as the Polka Dot Man.Screenshot: Warner Bros. In James Gunn’s upcoming The Suicide Squad, a bevy of classic DC villains—like Bloodsport, Peacemaker, and King Shark—all make make their big-screen debuts as part of the latest incarnation of Amanda Waller’s morally suspect black ops team. Most everyone on the squad has skills that make...
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NASA Identifies ‘Possible Cause’ of Hubble Glitch
The Hubble Space Telescope.Image: NASA The Hubble recovery team thinks it’s finally tracked down a problem that’s kept the space telescope out of commission for over a month. Advertisement The problem started on June 13, when an onboard computer suddenly ground to a halt. All science instruments on Hubble went into safe mode as a...
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The iPhone 13 Is Poised to Get Big a Boost in Wireless Speeds Thanks to Wi-Fi 6e
Photo: Caitlin McGarry Leaks and rumors about the iPhone 13 have been trickling out throughout the summer, and now some new info suggests that Apple could give its next batch of iPhones a big boost in wireless speeds thanks to added support for Wi-Fi 6e. Advertisement According to a recent report from DigiTimes (via Apple...
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It’s Beluga Cam Time
Belugas!Photo: Barbara Nielsen/Polar Bears International Beluga cam is back, baby. That means you can once again catch a glimpse of the estimated 57,000 Beluga whales that migrate from the Arctic to the warmer waters of Manitoba’s Churchill River every summer. You can check it out here, and you should do so right now. Advertisement Two...
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Casio Is Re-issuing the Futuristic Digital Watch Ripley Wore In Alien
Image: Casio When people think of iconic timepieces used as movie props, the Seiko Giugiaro 7A28-7000 worn by Sigourney Weaver’s Ellen Ripley in James Cameron’s Aliens always comes to mind. But the character wore another vintage timepiece in Ridley Scott’s original Alien too, which Casio is now re-issuing just like Seiko did. Advertisement It might...
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Man in China Hospitalized After Contracting Bird Flu
Image by Futurism A man in China was hospitalized after contracting the H5N6 strain of avian flu, The New York Times reports, a reminder that SARS-CoV-2 isn’t the only virus that can pose a threat to human health. The 55-year-old man, from a city in the southwestern province of Sichuan, experienced a fever and tested positive...
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SPACs keep rolling as autonomous vehicle startup Aurora targets blank-check debut with $13B valuation
Aurora Innovation, the autonomous vehicle startup that acquired Uber’s self-driving unit in December, is going public via a merger with special purpose acquisition company Reinvent Technology Partners Y. The deal announced Thursday confirms TechCrunch’s reporting in June that the startup was in final talks with the SPAC launched by LinkedIn co-founder and investor Reid Hoffman,...
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Emergence Capital’s Doug Landis explains how to identify (and tell) your startup story
How do you go beyond the names and numbers with your startup pitch deck? For Doug Landis, the answer is one simple compound gerund: storytelling. It’s a word that gets thrown around a lot of late in Silicon Valley, but it’s one that could legitimately help your startup stand out from the pack amid the...
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Reebok’s New Jurassic Park Collection Just Stomped All Over Your Shoe Budget
Image: Reebok Life finds a way to undo all of your responsible budgeting. There was no shortage of merchandise when Steven Spielberg’s dinosaur epic Jurassic Park shattered box office records back in the summer of ‘93. But 28 years later we’re finally getting the really good stuff, as Reebok has revealed its entire Jurassic Park apparel...