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Donald Trump and Mike Lindell Should Cage Fight Over Whose New Social Media Site Is Actually Real

We’re jumping the gun on Hellfeed’s normally bi-weekly schedule—because dear lord, the last five days were something else. This week’s social media hellscape kicked off with news Donald Trump is investigating opening his own, presumably even more racist social media platform (uh-huh) before drunkenly veering everywhere to a beleaguered mega-ship clogging the bowels of shipping … Continued

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U.S. Has Record-Breaking Day With 3.4 Million Vaccinations

Today the U.S. administered a record-breaking one-day rate of 3.4 million vaccine doses, according to the White House covid-19 response team. Presumably, this was accomplished by the time of the team’s 1:15 pm ET tweet. Hot vaccine summer! Maybe! For some! According to the CDC covid-19 vaccine tracker, over 89.5 million U.S. residents have received … Continued

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You Seriously Need to Update Your iPhone Right Now

Apple users are already pretty quick when it comes to downloading new OS updates, but anyone with an iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch need to be even more proactive about installing iOS 14.4.2 and watch OS 7.3.3 as quickly as possible to address an active security threat. Unlike larger software updates, which might bring some … Continued

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Xiaomi Teases a Mi Mix Phone With a High-Tech Liquid Lens Coming Soon

Phone makers are constantly looking to one-up each other with new tech and features, and if its new teasers are legit, Xiaomi might have a real advantage over the competition with what appears to be a liquid camera lens designed for an upcoming Mi Mix phone. Based on a handful of images and a clip … Continued

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Neighborhood Hero Builds AI-Powered Device That Automatically Compliments Dogs Walking By

If you’ve ever wasted an afternoon (or all of 2020) looking at cute dog pictures online, then you already understand what inspired Ryder from the YouTube channel Ryder Calm Down to build an AI-powered machine that can recognize dogs walking past their home and automatically shout compliments to their owners. The creation actually started as … Continued

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Boldly Following Every Other Tech Company, Slack Is Cloning Clubhouse Now

Slack—following in the grand old tradition of companies like Facebook, TikTok, and Twitter—is planning on cloning buzzy app Clubhouse’s voice chatroom functionality. Slack, which builds a chat room product primarily used by businesses, already allows users to place audio calls to one another. Per Protocol, Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield said in a recent Clubhouse session … Continued

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The Magic of Mac OS X, 20 Years Later

I’m not usually one to wax rhapsodic about an operating system, but let’s go back 20 years to just before the launch of Mac OS X and talk about what came before and everything that came after. Twenty years is a rare and important milestone for a piece of software. After all, most software rarely … Continued

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Hulu’s Android TV App Finally Bumps Up to 1080p From 720p on Some Devices

Some versions of the Hulu app for Android TV will now have higher resolution for video streaming, and thank god for that. As spotted by Redditors this week and reported by 9to5Google, the max resolution available on the “App & Device Info” page in Hulu’s Android TV app has jumped from 720p to 1080p. Gizmodo … Continued

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I Hate Windows 10’s New Icons

Microsoft is changing even more Windows 10 icons as part of its latest Insider Preview Build 21343. The company has already redesigned the icons of its built-in apps and a few others, like Windows Security, Narrator, and Notepad. And back in 2018, Microsoft gave its Office icons a total overhaul. Even more changes came in … Continued

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Dominion Comes for Fox News

Dominion Voting Systems, the company which supplied voting machines for the 2020 election, has slapped Fox News with a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit. In a 443-page complaint, published by the Associated Press, the company provides reams of evidence that Fox broadcast Twitter-sourced conspiracy theories about the machines in the full knowledge that the claims were … Continued

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Elon Musk’s Anti-Union Tweet Found to Violate U.S. Labor Laws

The National Labor Relations Board decided on Thursday that Tesla repeatedly violated U.S. labor law over the past few years: first when the company fired a union activist in 2017, and then when CEO Elon Musk put outa tweet potentially threatening that employees would lose their stock options if they chose to unionize. As part … Continued

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Razer Is Turning Its RGB-Laden Smart Face Mask Concept Into a Real Thing

Project Hazel started out as a concept to explore how tech could improve the traditional face mask, but now Razer is taking that idea and turning it into something you can actually buy by making Project Hazel a real product. Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan confirmed the move to turn Project Hazel into a proper retail … Continued

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A Rugged Apple Watch Might Be in the Cards

Last year, Apple broke with tradition and offered not one, but two Apple Watches—the Series 6 and the cheaper SE. Now, a Bloomberg report is suggesting Apple is mulling adding another rugged variant to appeal to outdoor athletes and hikers. The news comes from Mark Gurman, a noted Apple prognosticator with a good track record. … Continued

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A Handheld Clothes Cleaner You Can Use Without Getting Undressed Is the Perfect Trapped-at-Home Gadget

Few of us are willing to admit how infrequently we’ve changed out of our pajamas over the past year while sequestered at home. Bosch isn’t here to judge and has instead come up with the perfect trapped-at-home gadget: a handheld detergent-free device that can remove odors from clothes while you’re still wearing them. The Bosch … Continued

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How to Get the Best Possible Audio Quality From Your Streaming Services

If you’re seriously passionate about your music’s audio fidelity, then maybe streaming services aren’t your go-to. But you can actually get pretty high-quality sound from a few of the services on the market—there’s quite a lot of variation to consider based on the platform you use and whether you’re paying or not. While we’re not going … Continued

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Electric Car Company Nio Shuts Down Temporarily in China Over Global Chip Shortage

China’s electric car startup Nio will shut down for five days due to the global semiconductor shortage, the company announced on Friday in a press release. The five day shutdown will start on Monday and will mean the company produces slightly fewer cars this year than it had planned. “The overall supply constraint of semiconductors … Continued

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Midway through a congressional hearing Thursday in which U.S. lawmakers spent hours interrogating the CEOs of Twitter, Facebook, and Google for their role in America’s disinformation crisis, Jack Dorsey seemed fed up. The hearing, which was held via video conference and led by Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, saw lawmakers insist on … Continued

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Amazon Execs Apparently Need to See Some Pee Pics

If you, like me, have been reading years of reports on Amazon’s egregious working conditions, you’re probably numb to the part of the article citing an Amazon spox template statement about valuing workers. Reports of workplace injury rates, grueling conditions, dystopian surveillance, and the piss bottles typically don’t phase them lo these many years. But … Continued

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Qualcomm’s New Snapdragon 780G Brings Flagship Features to Mid-Range Phones

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 888 chip is clearly the company’s flagship CPU, powering everything from Samsung’s Galaxy S21 line to a bunch of gaming phones and whole lot more. Now Qualcomm is announcing the new Snapdragon 780G chip, which promises to bring flagship performance to mid-range handsets. The Snapdragon 780G is the successor to last year’s 765G and 768G chips, which … Continued

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Spotify Is Bringing a Home Screen Revamp to Desktop, Thank God

After announcing a refresh of its mobile experience earlier this week, Spotify is now giving its desktop app a new look as well. I often open Spotify on my computer only to feel extremely overwhelmed by the home page, which is a mix of stuff I’ve heard a million times, recommendations for stuff I don’t … Continued