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Animal Crossing: New Horizons added just enough to suck me back in
Animal Crossing has always been anti-instant gratification. By design, you have to take your time, wait for days to pass in real time, and complete a seemingly...
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Threads overtakes X on mobile, but still lags far behind
After launching almost three years ago, Meta's Threads is now reportedly attracting more daily mobile users than rival platform X. According to Similarweb data...
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You need to listen to the cosmic horror-comedy podcast Welcome to Night Vale
It's relatively rare for a podcast to last 14 years, especially a fiction one. In fact, as far as I can tell, Welcome to Night Vale is the longest continually r...
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Microsoft’s first Windows 11 update of 2026 stopped some computers from shutting down
Microsoft released its first security update of 2026 for Windows 11 on January 13th. Just four days later, it was forced to release an emergency out-of-band upd...
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Here are the 10 deals worth grabbing from Best Buy’s winter sales event
Sony’s terrific Bravia 8 II is $900 off for a limited time. Good deals are often hard to come by at the beginning of the year — which is precisely what makes Be...
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Kaoss Pad V is the first major upgrade to Korg’s touch-based effects in 13 years
The Kaoss Pad has seen many different iterations, but the mainline effect unit and sampler hasn't received an update since the launch of the KP3+ in 2013. Korg...
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Why Coinbase derailed the crypto industry’s political future
Brian Armstrong, chief executive officer of Coinbase Global Inc., speaks to members of the media on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Jan. 15, 20...
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Under Musk, the Grok disaster was inevitable
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on dystopian developments in AI, follow Hayden Field....
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Disney deleted a Thread because people kept putting anti-fascist quotes from its movies in the replies
Wise words. 'Share a Disney quote that sums up how you're feeling right now!' That's what Disney posted on Threads the other day, and people immediately replied...
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Disney deleted a Thread because people kept quoting its movies at it
'Share a Disney quote that sums up how you're feeling right now!' That's what Disney posted on Threads the other day, and people immediately replied with lines...
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The Setapp Mobile iOS store is shutting down on February 16th
Setapp Mobile seemed like one of the many alternative app markets with promise that launched in the wake of the EU's Digital Markets Act DMA. While the law may...
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The LG C5 and Apple’s M4 Mac Mini are both steeply discounted this weekend
Small footprint. Speedy performance. | Image: The Verge Happy Saturday, folks! This week, Best Buy kicked off its so-called “Winter Sale,” introducing a whole h...