Waymo moved its self-driving cars in San Francisco to a ‘secured location’ in case of election chaos

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Waymo is pulling its autonomous vehicles out of San Francisco in anticipation of Election Day unrest, The Verge has learned.

The Google spinoff is “temporarily pausing” its AV test operations in San Francisco on Tuesday and Wednesday and moving its fleet to Mountain View, where it will be parked in a “secured location,” according to an email from Transdev, Waymo’s fleet operations vendor.

The decision was made “out of an abundance of caution ahead of some of the planned protests around the general election,” Chris Cheung, general manager at Transdev North America, wrote in the email obtained by The Verge.

Two Waymo safety drivers told The Verge they got the word midday on Monday to manually drive their autonomous vehicles from San...

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Samsung’s Galaxy Buds Live wireless earbuds are $30 off

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Have you voted? That’s really important. Go do that, if you haven’t already. These deals will be here when you get back.

Now then, Samsung’s Galaxy Buds Live wireless earbuds — lovingly referred to as “beans” for their design — are $30 off at Amazon and Best Buy. If you’ve been waiting to take the plunge on these, you should know that this is within $5 of their best price yet. Both retailers have every color available at this cost, including black, bronze, red, and white. My colleague Chris Welch reviewed them (while Becca Farsace provided the video above), and the main takeaways here are that they might be Samsung’s best wireless earbuds yet. They have a bold design, lengthy battery life, and good sound quality. The Galaxy Buds Live...

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What we’re voting for: the future

It has been 234 days since President Donald Trump announced that 1,700 Google engineers were working on a website that would enable anyone to get a coronavirus test in the parking lots of major retailers around the US.

It was always a lie, of course. Google didn’t know Trump would be announcing such a thing, and while another subsidiary of the search giant’s parent company was working on a testing website, it was nothing worth announcing to the American public during a nationwide briefing at a time of crisis. In the end, the small website that did launch was ultimately phased out by some of the larger cities that tried using it, and it remains too hard to get a test with results on a useful timeline for many Americans. (I know because I...

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Save $50 On a Samsung 970 EVO M.2 NVMe SSD for All Your Gaming Needs

Samsung 970 EVO M.2 NVMe SSD | $130 | Amazon

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Don't Let App Notifications Add to Your Election Night Anxiety

It’s Election Day, a day otherwise known as digital Hell. Your poor device will be under constant assault by every newsy app that can send a notification today. Some of you will embrace this, despite the fact that the burning wreckage of trash-filled cars we’re calling the 2020 election is more hyper-politicized than…

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Celebrate National Sandwich Day by Putting Mayo on Your Breakfast Sandwich

Today is an important day; an exciting day; a day we’ve all been waiting for. That’s right: I’m talking about National Sandwich Day, the most important day in November. Check the news, and I assure you that every outlet will tell you that today—National Sandwich Day—is a momentous day that will have a lasting impact…

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How to Help With the Election Today If You've Already Voted

Today is the day. After four unbelievably long years, we finally have another chance to vote in a presidential election. But if you participated in some form of early voting, today might feel a little anticlimactic. What are you supposed to do with all your nervous energy if you aren’t waiting in line to vote? If you…

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T-Mobile TVision hands-on: the basics but not much else

T-Mobile has officially launched TVision, a new live TV streaming service that the company promises will shock the cable TV industry in the same way that T-Mobile’s aggressive plans and “Uncarrier” moves helped to push the cellular industry forward.

As it did with mobile, T-Mobile is trumpeting the service’s relatively cheap pricing (although it remains to be seen whether T-Mobile will actually be able to maintain those $10 and $40 price points long term). But when it comes to actually using the TVision apps, the experience is about as basic as it gets.

I spent a few days trying out TVision on both an iPad and T-Mobile’s branded Android TV dongle, the TVision Hub. Both apps are virtually identical, splitting up the main navigation into...

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AI camera operator repeatedly confuses bald head for soccer ball during live stream

AI researchers sometimes refer to machine learning technology as “brittle.” By this, they mean that artificial intelligence lacks a human’s understanding of real world complexities, with the end result being that AI systems sometimes break in quick and unexpected ways.

For a more practical illustration of what “brittleness” means, though, simply consider the case of the AI camera operator deployed by Scottish soccer team Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC. When the pandemic stopped fans attending matches, the club announced it would live stream its games, using an automatic camera system with “in-built, AI, ball-tracking technology” to make sure people always get the best view of the action.

But, during a recent live stream of matches, the...

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Budget roundup: the latest lower-cost Windows and Chromebook systems

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If you’re now working at home, if your kids are now learning at home, if you’re just stuck at home and looking for a good computing experience, you may be in the market for a new laptop. Unfortunately — especially for those who need to watch their pennies — tech isn’t cheap. But take heart: there is actually a lot of tech out there that will provide a great experience but won’t cost you as much as you’d imagine.

What follows are reviews of a variety of laptops that you might want to consider for the use of yourself and your family. It includes relatively low-cost Windows 10 systems and lower-cost Chromebooks. (It does not, as you might imagine, include any Apple computers — however, if you’re looking for a macOS system, you might want to...

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Six apps that help you stick to a budget

In these days of furloughs, layoffs, and shortened hours, when many people are struggling to pay their rent, figure out how to manage their bills, and looking askance at their college loans, it can help to have a solid financial app to assess your situation, create a budget, figure out exactly what you can (or can’t) afford, work with those pesky and confusing figures, find a better way to save, or just keep from panicking.

We asked four staff members from The Verge to talk about what they used to keep financially sane, and here’s what they recommended.

Buxfer

All-around accounting

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First of all, I need to admit that I monitor my finances in an absurdly old-fashioned way. I don’t use an app that downloads all...

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Walmart is reportedly giving up on shelf-scanning robots in favor of humans

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Retail robots that can scan shelves and update inventory have been one of the most visible faces of automation in recent years, but the success of such machines is far from guaranteed. According to The Wall Street Journal, Walmart — one of the biggest adopters of this technology — is ending a contract that saw shelf-scanning robots appear in some 500 of its stores. Apparently, the retailer found that humans could do the job just as well.

Walmart began using robots supplied by Bossa Nova Robotics in 2017, with initial deployments in 50 locations. The mobile robots would simplify routine work in stores, said the company, using machine vision to scan shelves and identify what products needed restocking. Earlier this year, Bossa Nova said...

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The PS5’s new controller is amazing, here’s how it works

When I first picked up the PlayStation 5’s new DualSense controller I was totally blown away by the haptic feedback and adaptive triggers. The PS5 ships with Astro’s Playroom, which is the perfect showcase for this controller and everything it’s capable of. Sony has added haptic feedback to its new PS5 controller that makes you feel the environment in Astro’s Playroom, with adaptive triggers that provide tension when you’re drawing a bow or pulling on a cord.

While it’s easy to dismiss it as just another fancy vibration feature, the new DualSense controller goes beyond what I’ve ever experienced on a Nintendo Switch, Xbox controller, or even the great haptic feedback you’ll find on modern smartphones. The key addition are these new...

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WhatsApp makes it easier to free up space with new storage management tool

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WhatsApp has redesigned its storage management tool, making it easier for users to find and delete files that are taking up too much space on their phone. The new tool will be “rolling out to users worldwide this week,” says the Facebook-owned company, and will be available in the app by heading to Settings > Storage and data > Manage storage.

The current WhatsApp “Storage Usage” tool simply sorts all available chats by the amount of space they take up, listing the number of messages, photos, GIFs, and videos in each chat, and letting the user delete each category with a few taps. This is handy, but doesn’t give users a way to browse the content they’re removing. That’s important if you need to clear out, say, a family group chat, and...

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How The Verge is coping with election anxiety

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‘Not well.’

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The Non-Stick, Non-Toxic Always Pan Is Back in Stock and Better Than Ever

Always Pan | $145 | Our Place
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Spotify will test letting artists promote songs that are going viral

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Spotify’s going to test letting artists and labels influence more of what its algorithm promotes. The company announced today a new test for all artists and labels on the platform where they can decide to promote any music that’s important to them. So, for example, if Fleetwood Mac wanted to promote “Dreams” after it went viral on TikTok, they could decide to do so, and Spotify’s algorithm would consider that request when building a radio session or when a listener enters autoplay. Of course, this could apply to any song, including tracks that might be new or that artists want to put extra promotional push behind.

“We want to be able to provide tools that help our artists leverage those moments, so they can be more in control of their...

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Secure Your Tools in This 3-Piece Milwaukee Packout System for $179—Over 50% off the List Price

3-Piece Milwaukee Packout Sytstem | $179 | The Home Depot

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Make a 'Memory Quilt' From Your Kid's Baby Clothes

It is very difficult for me to say goodbye some of my favorite outfits my son wore as a baby or toddler. I have had no problem selling, handing down or donating any number of his old toys, puzzles or books over the years, but that little camouflage sleeper? Or the shirt with the big 2 that he wore on his second…

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Watch as NASA celebrates 20 years of humans living on the International Space Station

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the first long-term mission to the International Space Station, known as Expedition 1. Ever since then, there have always been a handful of humans living and working in orbit on the ISS — a continuous presence of people in space.

Prior to that mission, most of NASA’s human spaceflight program revolved around launching relatively quick, weeks-long trips to orbit on the agency’s Space Shuttle. But in the mid-1990s, NASA began sending its astronauts to space for much longer trips to live on Russia’s old Mir space station. Once the US, Russia, and their international partners started piecing together the International Space Station, NASA started sending some of its astronauts to stay for months at a time...

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Apple announces ‘One More Thing’ event for November 10th

Apple has announced a new “One More Thing” event for November 10th, which will presumably see the company announce its first Arm-based Macs that run on Apple Silicon chips instead of the Intel processors that the company had used since 2005.

The language here is particularly notable: the One More Thing” phrase has long been used by Apple — and particularly by former CEO Steve Jobs — in keynotes for significant product announcements. The last time Apple used the phrase was for the announcement of the iPhone X in 2017.

Apple announced plans to switch over from Intel processors for its own Apple Silicon CPUs back in June at WWDC, with the company promising that the first computers using the ARM-based chips would be out later...

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Moment announces MagSafe-compatible iPhone 12 cases and mounts

Moment has announced its first range of products to work with MagSafe, the new magnetic accessory system built into Apple’s 2020 iPhones. The line includes cases and a broad selection of mounts that’ll let you attach a variety of things to your iPhone 12, or your iPhone 12 to a variety of things.

Moment’s products don’t carry Apple’s Made for iPhone branding, but the company says it’s developed a magnet array of its own called “(M)Force” that provides extra strength. Magnets aren’t proprietary, of course, so anyone can make products that physically attach to the iPhone 12.

Here’s the full list of products.

• Cases, $49.99: Moment has new versions of both its thin and rugged cases that include MagSafe-compatible magnets...

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Give Sauces, Stews, and Braises Some Holiday Cheer With Baking Spices

Every October, my stepdad’s large Italian family gets together and makes what can only be described as “so much goddamn ravioli.” I have only attended the ravioli-making party once, but it was an impressive display of pasta efficiency. Everyone leaves with a generous portion of ravioli—which they freeze and eat…

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What to Do if You're Intimidated at Your Polling Site

Although millions of people have already voted, plenty more are expected to stand in line at their local polling places tomorrow. Sure, Republicans relied upon voter suppression tactics in 2016, but this time, the president has issued multiple calls to action to his supporters, requesting that they serve as “poll…

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Apple TV is coming to Xbox consoles on November 10th

Apple TV will debut on Xbox consoles next month, just in time for the Xbox Series X and Series S launch. The new Apple TV app will be available across Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S consoles on November 10th, providing access to Apple’s TV shows and movie libraries. Apple TV has been missing on Xbox since its launch last year, and it’s also arriving on PS5 ready for its November 12th launch.

Microsoft is also confirming today that Netflix, Disney Plus, HBO Max, Spotify, YouTube, YouTube TV, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, NBC Peacock, Vudu, FandangoNow, Twitch, Sky Go, NOW TV, Sky Ticket, and more will be available on both next-gen Xbox consoles next month. Both the Xbox Series X and Series S will support Dolby Vision and Dolby...

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Epic previews Fortnite’s next-gen ports for PS5 and Xbox Series X

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Epic on Monday revealed new information about what performance benefits Fortnite players should expect day one if playing the game on the new PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X / S consoles, all of which launch next week. We already knew some of these — specifically the 4K and 60 frames per second targets — but Epic is also detailing some behind-the-scenes upgrades the new hardware should allow for.

For the new Xbox, you’ll get that bump in resolution if you’re playing on the more powerful Series X, while the Series S is capped at 1080p. Both versions will run at 60 fps, as has been standard on Fortnite on consoles since 2018. But Epic is now promising “dynamic visuals and physics” on the Series X, including an “interactive world with grass...

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The Verge’s guide to buying on a budget

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It’s always a good idea to watch your pennies — and your dimes and your dollars — when you’re buying tech. These days, with many of us dealing with additional difficulties stemming from the pandemic, it may be more important than ever. We’ve created this guide to budget buying so that you can research how to buy the tech you need without breaking the bank. Find out how to get the best deals when buying tech, what are some of the cool but inexpensive gadgets you can find, and what apps can help you keep your budget in check.

It’s sometimes hard to stick to a budget, but in The Verge’s guide to buying on a budget, we try to make it as painless as possible. Check it out.

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Monday's Best Deals: Sony 55" 4K Smart TV, LEGO Super Mario Sets, Echo Show 5, Fenty Beauty Lipstick, Sweese Dishes, Baby Groot Succulent Planters, and More

A Sony 55" 4K Smart TV and LEGO Super Mario kits lead Monday’s best deals.

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Save Your Finances by Avoiding These Common Mistakes

It’s easy to make mistakes when you aren’t paying a lot of attention to your financial planning, and some some errors are more costly than others. Here’s a look at some of the common financial missteps and how to avoid them.

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Red Flags to Watch Out for When You Start Dating Someone

The early days of dating someone new can be wonderful. You’re getting to know someone, learning about all of their quirks and figuring each other out. Part of that is recognizing if something about them seems off. If, in the first stage of seeing someone, you see too many of these red flags flying instead of…

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Here are the best Apple Watch deals right now

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Thinking about picking up a new Apple Watch? It’s never a bad idea to wait until there’s a good deal, and thankfully, those happen with some regularity. The latest model, the Apple Watch Series 6, starts at $399. Despite launching in September, it already has a small price reduction. If that’s a little too expensive, you can drop at least another $120 off the price by buying an Apple Watch SE, which also launched last month.

Of course, the Series 3 is less expensive option, too, as it is the most affordable Apple Watch model to date. It has a starting retail price of $199, but it frequently goes on sale. Regardless of which model you choose, all three models do support watchOS 7. If you’re looking for something to last a few years,...

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Fossil fuels get the nuclear treatment in new climate effort

MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2020/01/28: Activists and advocates seeking to abolish nuclear weapons gathered at the steps of City Hall for a press conference followed by a hearing at New York City Council on two pieces of disarmament legislation that instruct the Comptroller of New York to divest the citys pensions and finances from nuclear weapons producers, to affirm New York City as a nuclear weapons-free zone and for the City Council to officially urge the federal government to sign and ratify the 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. | Photo by Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images

The new push for a fossil fuel nonproliferation treaty

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Samsung’s fast, small T7 USB-C SSDs are cheaper than ever at several retailers

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Samsung’s pocket-sized T7 USB-C SSD is steeply discounted at a few retailers. The price cut applies to the 1TB and 2TB models, both of which could make for speedy external add-ons for the PS5 or Xbox Series X / S consoles, in addition to the more obvious use case of connecting it your PC. The 1TB SSD is down to $160 (usually $200). As far as the color options of the T7, Amazon, Best Buy, and B&H Photo have them in red, blue, or black. If you want to double the storage to 2TB, that version of the T7 is $250 (usually $370) at Amazon. That’s a particularly good value.

I reviewed Samsung’s T7 Touch, a variant that includes a fingerprint sensor for added security. Some real-world benchmarking tasks proved it to be significantly faster at...

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Into the Woods: How Some Women Are Surviving Election Day

In the last four years, I’ve been asked about my 2016 election night story at least half a dozen times. Where were you when you realized everything was going horribly wrong?

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Track Election Results on Your Phone Without Breaking Your Brain

As if you needed another reminder: Tomorrow is election day. Most websites you read, and social media apps you use, and politically minded friends you talk to are going to be on high alert. For the sake of your sanity, you should strongly consider going dark: Turn off your mobile and web notifications and just pretend…

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Find Missing Samsung Galaxy Gear With 'SmartThings Find'

If you’re a clumsy Samsung fan and often find yourself misplacing various Galaxy-branded gear—earbuds, your phone, your smartwatch—Samsung’s new “SmartThings Find” update is a must-have. It’ll help you locate your stuff even if, or when, it isn’t connected to a cellular or wireless signal.

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Let’s build the cities we want to see in 100 years

Let’s build the cities we want to see in 100 years

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Budget roundup: the latest low-cost speakers, headphones, and earbuds

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Music can be said to be the universal language: while our tastes in tunes may differ, there are few people who don’t have their own favorite songs to listen to. New technologies have increased the quality of that music — however, we can’t all afford the types of speakers and headphones that offer the most superior sound.

But if you’re a music fan with a strict budget, don’t despair. There are audio devices out there that offer good or even excellent sound without forcing you to take out a loan. The following are reviews of various speakers and headsets (both headphones and earbuds) that will allow you to really enjoy your playlist. Read on, and see if you can’t find something that will fit your needs perfectly.

Headphones and earbuds

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The Raspberry Pi 400 is a compact keyboard with a built-in computer

The Raspberry Pi 400 is a self-contained computer built into a keyboard. | Image: Raspberry Pi

The Raspberry Pi Foundation has announced the Raspberry Pi 400, a compact keyboard with an ARM-based computer built in. Just plug it into a TV or monitor using one of its two micro HDMI ports, insert a microSD card, attach a power cord and mouse, and you’ve got yourself a basic computer for day-to-day tasks, coding, or media playback. It’s available starting today as a standalone machine for $70 or in a bundle including a mouse, power supply, microSD card, HDMI cable, and beginner’s guide for $100.

The hope is the Pi 400’s form factor, plus these optional bundled items, makes it more approachable and user-friendly. That’s important when you’re selling an affordable computer, and it’s especially important when you’re selling an accessible...

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New Trailers: The Crown, The Midnight Sky, Run, and more

Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher in ‘The Crown’ | Netflix

I have only watched the new episode of The Mandalorian once (so far) but it is so great to have this fun, nerdy show back. I won’t spoil anything but it was A) nice to see The Baby aka Baby Yoda aka my green son, B) nice to see Timothy Olyphant and C) great to see the coolest show on streaming is still very, very cool. Check out the review of the first episode here, and look for weekly Friday recaps of new episodes on The Verge.

This week’s trailers include the new season of the other best show on streaming: The Crown. Look I have eclectic tastes, OK?

The Crown

The sight of Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher was most welcome for this erstwhile X-phile, but also: DIANA! The series will finally catch up to the Charles-Diana marriage...

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Facebook reportedly skirted its own rules to protect conservatives from disciplinary measures

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Over the past several months, conservative groups— including associates of President Trump— were often not penalized by Facebook for violating its rules because people at the company worried about the perception of anti-conservative bias, The Washington Post reported.

The Post examined posts and ad spending along with internal Facebook documents. It found accounts that included Donald Trump Jr. and a pro-Trump super PAC were shielded from the platform’s most serious enforcement actions. For instance, according to the Post, Facebook removed a strike against Trump Jr. on Instagram — which is owned by Facebook— that would have led to him being labeled a “repeat offender” and could have meant a permanent ban under platform rules.

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No, Sean Connery did not write a mean letter to Steve Jobs

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A fake letter from Sean Connery to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is making the rounds on social media following the actor’s death on Saturday. Just to reiterate: it’s fake, the product of humor site Scoopertino, which posts satirical articles about Apple and goings-on at its Cupertino (get it that’s the name) headquarters.

The typewritten letter dated 1998 purports to show Connery’s outrage over Jobs asking him to appear in an Apple commercial. “I do not sell my soul for Apple or any other company. I have no interest in ‘changing the world’ as you suggest,” it states. “You are a computer salesman, I am fucking JAMES BOND!”

But the internet loves things that are too good to be true, and Sunday morning, the “letter” was circulating on...

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Sunday's Best Deals: Oral-B Guide Smart Toothbrush, Anker Charging Accessories, Weighted Blankets, Madden NFL 21 MVP Edition Code, Bidet Attachment, Heated Massage Car Seat Cover, and More

An Oral-B Guide smart toothbrush and a sale on Anker charging accessories lead Sunday’s best deals.

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Disney’s new skinless robot can blink like a human because why not

A robot by Disney Research uses realistic eye movements | Disney Research

Once you get past the fact that it has no skin, the new robot from Disney Research is an impressive feat of robotics. First reported by Gizmodo, the new robot can imitate human facial movements, specifically blinking and subtle head movements.

A sensor in its chest area (covered by a shirt, because the face is unsettling enough, thanks) alerts the robot when to turn and face a person in front of it, and its eye movements shift from direct eye contact to the rapid eye movements known as saccades. It also moves slightly up and down to mimic breathing.

The robot was developed by engineers at Disney’s Research division, Walt Disney Imagineering, and robotics researchers from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and the California...

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Up Your Dental Hygiene Habits With 36% Off This Smart Oral-B Toothbrush and Whiten Your Smile With 45% Off Crest Kits

Crest 3D White Whitestrips with Light Kit (20 Strips) | $40 | Amazon Gold Box

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How to Minimize Anxiety and Fear While Watching Election Day Coverage

Let’s get this out of the way first: It is highly unlikely that we’ll find out the winner of the 2020 presidential election on Tuesday, November 3rd. In 2016, the Associated Press called the race at 2:29 am EST. And in a scenario like this year, where many people opted to vote by mail (and each state has their own…

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How to Reshape Stretched-Out Jeans

Though a lot of us have been living in various bottoms with elastic waistbands for the past seven months, there will always be a place in our hearts and closets for jeans. And while a lot of jeans now come with some built-in stretch, if you’re a fan of more traditional denim—you know, the kind you have to work at to…

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Use This 'Election Distractor' to Deal With Your Nervous Energy

Two days from now, it’ll be Election Day. With so many people voting early—both in person and by mail—it’s unclear what Tuesday will look like at the polls, but whether you’re standing in line or not, you may find yourself dealing with a lot of nervous energy. To help with that, the New York Times has put together an…

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Apple TV Plus one year later: still on trial

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Outside of excited Apple executives, no one thought much of Apple TV Plus. Even with $6 billion allocated for content and a roster of talent that included J.J. Abrams, Reese Witherspoon, and Oprah Winfrey, little on Apple TV Plus shined at launch. With the exception of The Morning Show, Apple TV Plus barely managed to enter the conversation, while other new entrants like Disney Plus soared right out the gate.

But streaming isn’t a sprint; it’s a marathon. The anniversary of Apple TV Plus arrives with the platform getting better each month, but it’s still not where Apple needs it to be.

It’s impossible to ignore the most obvious flailing that Apple TV Plus is facing: there’s no back catalog to keep people around once they’ve finished...

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