How to back up (and restore) your Animal Crossing island should the worst happen
Once enabled, backing up your precious Animal Crossing island becomes an automatic process for peace of mind.
Big Tech Does Not Agree With That Characterization
Instead, this hearing was all about puncturing the aura of these CEOs and their companies, in the spirit of discontent with Big Tech. The committee chair, Representative David Cicilline (D-Rhode…
Emmy Voters Missed a Lot of Key Nominations … Again
Look, 2020 is nothing if not unexpected, on every level. Coronavirus, ongoing racial justice protests in the streets, murder hornets. But then there are some things that seemingly never change.…
Oral-B iO Series 8 Review: A Grossly Expensive Electric Toothbrush
It’s hard to go back to a regular toothbrush after using an electric one. The vibrations can initially feel like they’re shaking your skull, but once you get used to…
The Dark Virality of a Hollywood Blood-Harvesting Conspiracy
The Dark Ages were rife with plague, fanaticism, and accusations that Jews secretly fed off the blood of children. In 2020, we too are beset with plague, rampant medical misinformation,…
AI-Generated Text Is the Scariest Deepfake of All
Perhaps most importantly, the public is increasingly aware of the technology. In fact, that increasingly knowledge may ultimately pose a different kind of risk, related to and yet distinct from…
The Pandemic Put Amazon in a Prime Position
If you have an Amazon Prime membership (maybe it’s where you’ve been buying all your toilet paper during the pandemic) then you’re likely aware of the key benefits: free shipping,…
The Anglerfish Deleted Its Immune System to Fuse With Its Mate
There are few animals more bizarre than the anglerfish, a species that has so much trouble finding a mate that when the male and female do connect underwater, males actually…
Who wouldn’t want their Echo Dot to look like Baby Yoda?
There are plenty of things I could tell you about Otterbox’s new stand for the third-generation Amazon Echo Dot smart speaker. I could tell you about its “durable materials” or…
Halo Infinite multiplayer will be free-to-play and up to 120fps, leaks reveal
An Irish retailer has revealed that Halo Infinite’s multiplayer mode will be free-to-play and support up to 120fps. Smyths Toys Superstores briefly posted details (Google Cache) about Halo Infinite multiplayer…