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Disneyland in China to Reopen 11 May With Temperature Checks and Masks Required

This could be a trial run for the rest of Disney’s parks in the US, Japan, France, and Hong Kong.




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Zoom Backgrounds Now Include a Selection From TfL - That's Not a Reference to Star Wars

TfL as in Transport for London. Greeeeeaaat.




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Andy Serkis to Live-Read all of The Hobbit Online

On bank holiday... Friday. For NHS charities.




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Sonos Finally Supports Dolby Atmos With New Arc Soundbar

Sonos has been busy these past few months.




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Make Your Own KFC at Home With This Recipe That's as Good as the Real Thing

Plus you'll know where everything's come from, so it'll be even more delicious.




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Axl Rose and the U.S. Treasury Secretary are Fighting on Twitter About the Trump Regime's Coronavirus Death Toll

Why? Because that’s our reality here in the year 2020.




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Papa John's is Doing an English Breakfast Pizza for This Weekend Only

Get an all day breakfast on a pizza before you go on your killing spree. Only psychopaths will order this, is what I'm saying.




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Why Temperature Screenings Alone Won't Protect People From Covid-19

While such a plan might sound appealing, it’s likely to provide a false sense of security




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Rumours Claim Apple Will Soon Drop More New Devices

The company could be preparing to release a new iMac, a new pair of AirPods, and an updated Apple TV 4K.




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New Standard Adds Low-Power Wireless Charging to NFC

It's called the Wireless Charging Specification, or WLC for short.




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Twitch Is Reportedly Pivoting to Reality TV

Personally, I welcome whatever reality TV drivel Twitch dreams up to feed our insatiable appetite for content.




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Alphabet's Scrapping Its Smart City Dreams

Not because of public concerns, although there are plenty of those, but because of the pandemic-induced plunge in local real estate.




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Worst Co-Worker Ever Creates the Loudest, Clackiest Keyboard Imaginable

This unusual contraption recreates the sounds of an old-school mechanical typewriter on a modern keyboard.




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Experiment Shows Some Life Can Survive in Exoplanet-Like Conditions

These findings suggest that scientists may need to broaden their definition of what a life-supporting planet might look like.




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Ban Cruises

In addition to being a hotbed for pandemics, the cruise industry is an ethical and ecological abomination.




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Dramatic Fossil Shows a Squid-Like Creature Crushing a Fish in Its Jaws

Scientists are speculating as to how the two creatures managed to become preserved in such an unusual way.




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Sony’s New Noise-Cancelling Workout Earbuds Have the Best Sound You Can Buy

Sony has managed to best its top-of-the-line noise cancelling earbuds with a new, improved, and best of all, cheaper model.




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The World's Largest Iceberg Just Had a Baby

However, this new arrival isn't exactly great news for the environment.




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Get Your McDonald's Big Mac Fix at Home With This Recipe

McDonald's is opening (some of) its doors next week, but if you want a bank holiday Big Mac fix, here's how.




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Zoom's Adding End-to-End Encryption for Real This Time, But It'll Cost You

With the acquisition of a start-up specialising in encrypted messaging and cloud services, Zoom will finally be able to make good on its claims of offering end-to-end encryption.




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Amazon Sued for Acting Like Users Own "Purchased" Movies (Spoiler Alert: You Don't)

Because Amazon movie purchases are really just long-term rentals that can disappear from your library at any time.




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BBC Opens its Image Archives for Your Amazing Retro Webcam Background

Don't analyse them too closely, they didn't have HD in the 1970s.




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How Self-Driving Telescopes Could Transform Astronomy

Perhaps astronomers need help from something that thinks a bit less like a human.




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Candle Shop Has "Scents Of Normality" Candles for £45

Exhaust fumes and cold KFC?




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Animal Crossing Is the Breath of the Wild Postgame I Always Dreamed Of

Strange as it may sound, Animal Crossing: New Horizons feels like where Breath of the Wild should have ended up gameplay-wise.




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Warburtons Open-Sources its Crumpet Recipe for Home Baking Approximation

No going out to buy ingredients you don't already have, though. Crumpets are treats.




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Pandemic Robots Deployed in Singapore Parks to Remind Humans of Their Own Mortality

As well as announcing reminders to stay away from each other, the robots also estimate how many people are in the park at any given time.




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BA Owner Thinks Heathrow's Third Runway is "Impossible" Now

It does make several enormous assumptions about the future that now seem perilously flaky.




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Somebody Is Furiously Uploading '90s Windows Desktop Themes to the Internet Archive

Please, I implore you: jump on this bandwagon.




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Lyft, Like Uber, Will Also Now Require Drivers and Passengers Wear Face Coverings

Up until now mask-wearing had only been an unenforced suggestion by the company.




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Samsung Hops on the Finance Train, Announces New Debit Card

Big Tech is coming for your transaction data.




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Google Authenticator Update Makes it Way Easier to Transfer Accounts to a New Device

Anything that encourages more people to enable two-step verification can only be a good thing.




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Zens Comes Closest to Delivering the Wireless Charger Apple AirPower Promised to Be

It delivers almost all the functionality Apple promised, with a steep Apple-like price tag to match.




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Scientists Cry Foul After Government Redacts Criticism of Its Response in Key Coronavirus Report

"This government has failed to show any self-criticism whatsoever, when it is glaringly obvious to everybody that big mistakes have been made."




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Calculator Hacked for Cheating Includes a Secret OLED Screen, Wifi, and Even a Chat Function

But can you still write "BOOBS" on it?




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Full-Time Airbnb Hosts Strive for Justice

The revolution will be on a website for a midcentury modern bungalow.




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Despite Record Streaming Subscriptions, Disney Is Tiptoeing Around the Cinema Drama – For Now

As a very ugly standoff develops between legacy cinemas and legacy studios, Disney appears to be playing its cards close to its chest.




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I Cut My Hair With a Vacuum Cleaner and I Think I Screwed Up

The road to haircut hell is paved with good questions. Questions like: Is the coronavirus pandemic the Flowbee’s time to shine?




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These Physicists Cannot Rest Until They Understand the Motions of Drunk Worms

While this experiment may sound odd, it could represent the start of a whole new field of research.




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Shudder's Blood Quantum Is a Classic Zombie Tale Told From a Welcome New Perspective

This film gives us insight into a community that’s already endured plenty even before the zombies arrived.




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Hi-Res View of Ryugu Asteroid Suggests It Had a Close Encounter With the Sun

This solar contact could provide a potential explanation for the asteroid's weird, two-tone surface.




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Boba Fett is Reportedly Coming to The Mandalorian

Boba Fett has been on Lucasfilm’s to-do list for a while now.




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Google Duo Courts the PG Crowd With Addition of 'Family Mode'

Google has been folding in a score of updates to help delineate Duo from the dozens of other video chat services available.




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Teenager Accused of Leading Ring of 'Evil Geniuses' on £19.3 Million 'Cybercrime Spree'

The hacker in question hasn't even graduated high school yet.




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Everything You Need to Start Your Own Podcast on the Cheap

If you think you’ve got something of value to share with the world – or maybe you just want a project to tackle to fill the hours – then we’ll take you through what you need to know.




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Jupiter Looks Like a Fireball in This ‘Lucky’ Infrared Image

Only the best images are used to create a mosaic of the entire planet, resulting in a super-crisp, high-definition view.




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Bioluminescent Waves Draw Crowds to California Beaches

It’s quite the spectacle, but the light show is leading people to be less than cautious about social distancing.




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One Child Killed, 72 Others Sickened by Coronavirus-Linked Syndrome in New York

The majority of these children have tested positive for the virus or seem to carry antibodies from an earlier infection.




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Top-Secret Space Plane Set to Launch on Not-So-Secret Science Mission

X-37B? Sorry, I thought you said your name was X Æ A-12.




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Teenager Ran Away to Be With Boy She Met on Dating Site. A Week Later She Was Dead.

Moorcraft Police Department/Meade County Sheriff’s Office

A South Dakota teenager has admitted to slaying a 16-year-old girl who “ran away” from home to live with him after they met on an online dating website, authorities said.

Michael Campbell, 17, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter on Thursday for the death of Shayna Ritthaler, a 16-year-old from Moorcroft, Wyoming, who was reported missing from a local coffee shop on Oct. 3. Less than a week later, her body was found in the basement bedroom of Campbell’s home.

“We got into an argument and then I shot her,” Campbell said during a change-of-plea hearing on Thursday, before referring to the teenager as his girlfriend, according to the Associated Press. “I shot her in the head.”

Read more at The Daily Beast.