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Dynasty Warriors: Origins is a refreshing take on the legendary series

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In the doldrums of winter, I’ve reached for comfort media — which, for me, means Chinese...
In the doldrums of winter, I’ve reached for comfort media — which, for me, means Chinese historical dramas. And while the elaborate costumes and overly sweet romances are enjoyable, sometimes a girl wants something with a little more teeth. Dynasty Warriors: Origins has given me exactly what I needed.Dynasty Warrior...
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Fujifilm’s new stabilized binoculars deliver even more zoom

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Fujifilm has announced two new additions to its flagship Techno-Stabi line of binoculars featuring electronic stabilization,...
Fujifilm has announced two new additions to its flagship Techno-Stabi line of binoculars featuring electronic stabilization, as spotted by PetaPixel. The new TS-L2040 and TS-L1640 deliver even more magnification than Fujfilm’s previous top-of-the-line offering — 20x and 16x, instead of just 14x — while also being sm...
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Trump declared a ‘national energy emergency’

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Donald Trump said today he’ll declare a “national energy emergency,” a move meant to speed the...
Donald Trump said today he’ll declare a “national energy emergency,” a move meant to speed the development of fossil fuel infrastructure. The actions taken on his first day in office mark the start of President Trump’s attempts to boost oil and gas and retreat from global climate goals. He campaigned on promises to ...
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X, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube sign EU pledge to tackle hate speech

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Donald Trump is officially president again

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Donald Trump has been officially sworn in as the 47th president of the US. Although we’ve...
Donald Trump has been officially sworn in as the 47th president of the US. Although we’ve already experienced a Trump presidency beginning in 2016, this term could look far different than the first one, particularly when it comes to tech regulation.The heads of major tech companies have apparently come to learn how ...
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Canon’s new app lets you live stream from multiple cameras, just not Canon’s

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Canon has announced a new live streaming app that can wirelessly connect to, and switch between,...
Canon has announced a new live streaming app that can wirelessly connect to, and switch between, video feeds from three mobile devices. It’s currently limited to iPhones and iPads running at least iOS and iPad0S 16. Android isn’t supported, but an even stranger omission is that Live Switcher Mobile isn’t compatible ...
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A first look at Nvidia’s flagship RTX 5090 compared to the RTX 4090

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Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition graphics card is arriving later this month, and we’ve managed...
Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition graphics card is arriving later this month, and we’ve managed to unbox one and compare its design to the RTX 4090. Just like our first look at the RTX 5090, this isn’t a review. Performance figures, benchmarks, and impressions beyond the hardware are coming later.The first ...
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Welcome to the era of gangster tech regulation

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President Donald Trump is being sworn in today, and we are about to find out what...
President Donald Trump is being sworn in today, and we are about to find out what happens when the government is actually as corrupt as our most brain-rotted conspiracy theorists imagine.“Trump Inauguration, Awash in Cash, Runs Out of Perks for Big Donors,” The New York Times reported, somewhat inaccurately. Sure, t...
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All the rumors about the iPhone Air

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Rumors have been floating around for months that Apple might launch a brand-new iPhone model this...
Rumors have been floating around for months that Apple might launch a brand-new iPhone model this year: the so-called iPhone Air, a new, super-thin iPhone that may mark the first big design shift for the line in many years. More than a facelift, the iPhone Air is a different strategy altogether, being neither a more...
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Bluesky and X launch new video feeds amid TikTok uncertainties

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While TikTok is already crawling back online in the US, uncertainty around the video platform’s future...
While TikTok is already crawling back online in the US, uncertainty around the video platform’s future has created an opportunity for Bluesky, X, and others to seize. Over the last few hours, both social media platforms introduced new features — including dedicated tabs and feeds for video content — that make it eas...
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TikTok is back, but where are Marvel Snap, CapCut, and Lemon8?

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TikTok has returned — at least partially — in the US following a nationwide ban, but...
TikTok has returned — at least partially — in the US following a nationwide ban, but other popular ByteDance-owned apps, such as the digital card game Marvel Snap, video editing app CapCut, and the social platform Lemon8, are still blocked. None of these apps, including TikTok, are currently available to download on...
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TikTok ban: all the news on the app’s shutdown and return in the US

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TikTok is coming back online after briefly going dark in the US to comply with the...
TikTok is coming back online after briefly going dark in the US to comply with the divest-or-ban law that went into effect on January 19th. However, Google and Apple have not restored TikTok or other ByteDance apps in the App Store or Google Play. A message from TikTok said, “it’s in the process of restoring service...
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TikTok’s service providers still risk billions in penalties for bringing it back online

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No matter what TikTok says in its laudatory pop-up messages, President-elect Donald Trump cannot simply declare...
No matter what TikTok says in its laudatory pop-up messages, President-elect Donald Trump cannot simply declare an extension of the TikTok ban deadline and protect American companies that support it from billions of dollars in fines.Trump seems to want TikTok available for his inauguration on Monday, because “Americ...
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Instagram announces a blatant CapCut clone

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Instagram head Adam Mosseri just announced a video editing app called Edits. Mosseri said the app...
Instagram head Adam Mosseri just announced a video editing app called Edits. Mosseri said the app is meant to rival CapCut, a video editing app that went offline along with TikTok. Edits is available for preorder on the iOS App Store.“There’s a lot going on right now, but no matter what happens, it’s our job to prov...
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TikTok isn’t back in the App Store yet

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How to bulk download and save your TikTok videos

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First, TikTok was banned. Then, on Saturday evening, January 18th, it disappeared. Then, the next day,...
First, TikTok was banned. Then, on Saturday evening, January 18th, it disappeared. Then, the next day, it reappeared. It may be back for good, but any time things get this uncertain, it’s always a good idea to make sure you have backups of all your content — just in case.While the app offers instructions on how to d...
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TikTok is partially back online in the US, but it’s not back in the App Store yet

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TikTok is bringing its service back online in the US, after shutting down for about half...
TikTok is bringing its service back online in the US, after shutting down for about half a day. The company said this afternoon that it is “in the process of restoring service” and thanked President-elect Trump for “providing the necessary clarity” to do so.US users were shut out of TikTok last night ahead of the fe...
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The TikTok shutdown is locking out non-US users, too

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TikTok’s US shutdown last night appears to be affecting users outside the country as well. People...
TikTok’s US shutdown last night appears to be affecting users outside the country as well. People have taken to social media in the hours since, complaining they can’t access the app despite living in non-US countries, and it’s not always clear why.In some cases, the problem appears to be using a VPN that routes tra...
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Trump says he’ll delay TikTok ban, but the platform must be sold

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President-elect Donald Trump says he wants service providers like Apple and Google to put TikTok back...
President-elect Donald Trump says he wants service providers like Apple and Google to put TikTok back online in the US, and he proposed creating a joint venture where the US owns 50 percent of the app.“I’m asking companies not to let TikTok stay dark!” Trump wrote on Truth Social Sunday. “I will issue an executive o...
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Trump’s second inauguration: live updates and how to watch

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On January 20th, Donald Trump is set to be sworn in as the 47th president of...
On January 20th, Donald Trump is set to be sworn in as the 47th president of the United States to serve his second term. Immediately after his victory, many tech leaders publicly congratulated Trump and started making moves to win his favor, including schmoozing with the incoming president at his Mar-a-Lago resort i...
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Nintendo omits original Donkey Kong Country Returns team from the remaster’s credits

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Automakers sue to block Biden’s ‘flawed’ automatic emergency braking rule

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A new rule requiring all vehicles to have automatic emergency braking is “flawed” and should be...
A new rule requiring all vehicles to have automatic emergency braking is “flawed” and should be repealed, a new lawsuit filed by the auto industry’s main lobbying group says. The suit was filed in US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit by the Alliance of Automotive Innovation, which represents most of the major au...
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Castlevania: Nocturne’s second season is another soft-spoken knockout

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The first season of Netflix’s Castlevania: Nocturne spinoff series remixed the game’s vampire mythology to tell...
The first season of Netflix’s Castlevania: Nocturne spinoff series remixed the game’s vampire mythology to tell a powerful story about revolution and the agony of having to fight for one’s freedom. The show keeps that same politically charged energy in its new second season as it sends Richter Belmont and his allies...
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SpaceX’s fiery Starship explosion put on a fantastic show but delayed and diverted flights

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Falling debris from the SpaceX Starship explosion yesterday created what looked like a meteor shower, or...
Falling debris from the SpaceX Starship explosion yesterday created what looked like a meteor shower, or a colorful fireworks show based on videos shared by people in the area, but it also delayed flights. Eight and a half minutes after launch yesterday, the upper stage of the SpaceX Starship “experienced a rapid un...
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