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29 Aug

Labor Day sales include up to $150 off fire pits and pizza ovens from Solo Stove

John RoutledgeLatest News

Labor Day deals are in full swing, so that means fall is almost here, bringing with it leaves of changing colors and crisp weather. In other words, it’s nearly bonfire season. To commemorate this, Solo Stove is holding a sitewide Labor Day sale that includes fire pits, pizza ovens and just about everything else.You'll find straight-up discounts on a lot…

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29 Aug

This Labor Day sale discounts Apple’s MagSafe charging pad to just $29

John RoutledgeLatest News

The Labor Day discounts are coming in hot. Here’s one for Apple’s fantastic MagSafe charging pad. It’s usually $39, but this Amazon sale brings it down to $29. That’s a savings of 26 percent and close to a record low price.If you haven’t tried a charging pad before, you are in for a treat. There’s a reason this thing made…

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29 Aug

Meta’s Oversight Board looks into anti-trans posts that the company won’t remove

John RoutledgeLatest News

Meta's Oversight Board is looking at two anti-transgender posts shared in 2024 that were reported multiple times for hate speech, bullying and harassment. The first is a video shared on Facebook that shows a trans woman being confronted in the bathroom by another woman. The post misgenders the person as a man and questions why they should be allowed to…

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29 Aug

Meta says Llama’s usage grew tremendously due to the power of open source

John RoutledgeLatest News

Meta has published an update on how its Llama large language models are performing, and they're apparently doing so well that they're now "approaching 350 million downloads to date." That's 10 times more than the downloads it accumulated compared to the same time last year. Approximately 20 million of those downloads took place in the last month alone, after the…

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29 Aug

The best Apple Arcade games so far, updated for 2020.

John RoutledgeGaming, Latest News

It’s been nearly five years since Apple Arcade launched, and while the service hasn’t fully delivered on Apple’s promise back in 2019, it can still be worth paying for. Of course, that’s provided you’re willing to hunt through the 200-ish games currently available on the service. I’ve been playing Apple Arcade games since it launched and these are just a…

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29 Aug

Meta will open up Horizon Worlds access to preteens

John RoutledgeLatest News

When I was a preteen, social media was just getting going, so there weren't many restrictions in place regarding access. Now, regulations — and the consequences of not having them — are everywhere, with the latest example coming courtesy of Meta (a case study for all the good and bad social media has to offer). Meta has announced it's opening…

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29 Aug

The best Apple Arcade games so far, updated for 2020.

John RoutledgeGaming, Latest News

It’s been nearly five years since Apple Arcade launched, and while the service hasn’t fully delivered on Apple’s promise back in 2019, it can still be worth paying for. Of course, that’s provided you’re willing to hunt through the 200-ish games currently available on the service. I’ve been playing Apple Arcade games since it launched and these are just a…

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29 Aug

LG debuts its ThinQ ON smart home hub that comes with an AI voice assistant

John RoutledgeLatest News

LG has introduced a smart home hub called ThinQ ON that has the technology to control not just LG-branded appliances but also other smart home devices. It comes with a built-in speaker that gives you a way to talk to LG's AI voice assistant, so you can use it to look up information, as well as to control your smart…

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29 Aug

The best Apple Arcade games so far, updated for 2020.

John RoutledgeGaming, Latest News

It’s been nearly five years since Apple Arcade launched, and while the service hasn’t fully delivered on Apple’s promise back in 2019, it can still be worth paying for. Of course, that’s provided you’re willing to hunt through the 200-ish games currently available on the service. I’ve been playing Apple Arcade games since it launched and these are just a…

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29 Aug

The Morning After: GameStop’s retro gaming pivot

John RoutledgeLatest News

GameStop has announced it’s launching a group of retro game retail locations, which will stock physical consoles, discs and cartridges from classic Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox and Sega platforms. The company announced on X it’ll cover 18 classic systems, from NES through to PS Vita. You can search for retro-friendly locations within a 100-mile radius on Gamestop’s website, but most will…

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