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Tech NewsWe’re Archiving Yahoo Answers So You’ll Always Know How Babby Is Formed
When the internet was mourning the impending shutdown of Yahoo Answers, announced earlier this week, there was a sentiment that you saw over and over again: that shutting the site down was akin to the library of Alexandria burning down. Honestly, that’s not too much of an exaggeration. When the service rolled out in the … Continued
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Tech NewsWho the Hell Is Behind the Zombie MoviePass Website?
A mysterious new MoviePass website has resurrected the memory of one of the most chaotic services in paid subscription history. A site at the domain “moviepass.ventures” bears the MoviePass name and styling, a countdown to March 22, and the words “the movie is about to start.” The only other thing on the page is an … Continued
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Tech NewsMicrosoft’s Latest Product Goes Toe-to-Toe With Squarespace
Microsoft is officially getting into the website-building biz. On Wednesday, the company’s digital marketing wing rolled out a shiny new suite of tools which promise to give businesses a quick and easy way to set up their own landing pages. And unlike some of the other site builders on the market—like, say, Squarespace or Wix—Microsoft’s … Continued
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Tech NewsNYC’s Covid-19 Vaccine Website Is a Mess as Eligibility Opens to Seniors
As New York City expands the pool of citizens who are eligible to receive the covid-19 vaccine to seniors and frontline workers, Comptroller Scott Stringer is warning that the online signup system for appointments is unnecessarily complicated and could lead to delays in the vaccination process. People laughed when the CIA launched a hip new … Continued
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Tech NewsYou Can Now Have What She’s Having for $1,500 a Year
Subscription food delivery is a big thing that no one’s quite figured out how to make into a successful business. Now, New York’s iconic spot for overpriced pastrami, Katz Deli, is getting into the game. For just $1,500 a year, you can moan in orgasmic culinary glee from the comfort of your own home, anywhere … Continued
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Trump Calls to Regulate Bump Stocks, Bump Stock Maker’s Website Crashes
Headlines are blaring: “Trump moves to ban bump stocks,” and gun enthusiasts are wasting no time stockpiling for the apocalypse. Slide Fire, the primary manufacturer of the accessory that effectively turns a semi-automatic weapon into a machine gun, has been hit with a flood of traffic and its website is currently down. Following the murder … Continued
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This Is Magic Leap’s First Headset
For months, cryptic teases and rampant rumors have indicated that Magic Leap was planning some sort of big reveal before the end of the year. And today, we finally got an overdue look at the mixed reality device that’s been years in the making. No, Magic Leap hasn’t shared the release date or the price, … Continued
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Comcast Changed Its Net Neutrality Pledge the Day After the FCC Moved to Kill the Open Web [UPDATED]
Net neutrality protections have not yet been repealed, but it seems that ISPs are already taking their sheep costumes off to reveal the wolves beneath. In a move that will make everyone say, “of course they did,” it seems that Comcast deleted its pledge to protect the open internet the day after the FCC announced … Continued
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