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- The Dart Zone Pro MK-3 might be the best foam blaster Nerf never made
- The Book of Boba Fett premieres on Disney Plus December 29th
- Instagram Reels are now widely available on Facebook in the US
- Sony’s most affordable true wireless earbuds switch to a more traditional design
- YouTube bans vaccine misinformation
- League of Legends’ biggest stars turn into anime heroes in Worlds 2021 music video
- Don’t be fooled — Amazon’s Astro isn’t a home robot, it’s a camera on wheels
- How to find your lost iPhone — even if it’s off
- Bose QuietComfort 45 review: comfortably familiar
- The first plug-in hybrid Jeep Grand Cherokee is here
| The Dart Zone Pro MK-3 might be the best foam blaster Nerf never made Posted: 29 Sep 2021 09:00 AM PDT  Almost everything Hasbro won't give you in one package  |
| The Book of Boba Fett premieres on Disney Plus December 29th Posted: 29 Sep 2021 08:13 AM PDT  Disney's The Book of Boba Fett, a new show focused on the iconic Star Wars bounty hunter, will premiere on Disney Plus on December 29th, Disney announced Wednesday. Disney revealed that the show was in the works after a post-credits scene during the season 2 finale of The Mandalorian. Shortly after that big reveal, we learned that the show would premiere in December 2021, but now we have an official date. Here's the official synopsis, from Disney: ...  |
| Instagram Reels are now widely available on Facebook in the US Posted: 29 Sep 2021 08:04 AM PDT  A little over a month after Facebook announced a test blending Instagram Reels' short-form video content with its main Facebook app, the company is ready to roll it out fully in the US. Now, the creators who use it can create reels on Facebook, and Facebook is testing suggestions that will push the videos to its users. A big part of the Reels effort is appealing to the people who make entertaining content, and with its news feed, Facebook can offer potential levels of exposure that are bigger than anyone else, including competition like TikTok and Snapchat. To drive the point home, Facebook announced a Reels Play bonus program, which will invite certain creators to...  |
| Sony’s most affordable true wireless earbuds switch to a more traditional design Posted: 29 Sep 2021 08:00 AM PDT  They're not audiophile earbuds by any means, but I've been a fan of Sony's "extra bass" WF-XB700 earbuds since they were released. A big part of that is their unconventional shape, which twists into my ear canal deeper than most other earbuds for a sturdy fit that also manages to remain comfortable. But today, Sony is introducing the replacements for those earbuds, and while there are notable improvements like app support (with EQ), longer battery life, and easier controls, the overall design of the new $100 WF-C500 earbuds is definitely playing it safer. They also cost less out of the gate than the XF-XB700s did. Sony says it decided to go for a more compact style this time, but it has maintained the IPX4 water and sweat resistance of...  |
| YouTube bans vaccine misinformation Posted: 29 Sep 2021 07:36 AM PDT  In a new attempt to stem the flow of anti-vaccine misinformation, YouTube said Wednesday that it won't allow videos that claim vaccines approved by health authorities are dangerous or don't work. The platform is also banning prominent anti-vaccine accounts, including Joseph Mercola's channel and the Robert F. Kennedy Jr.-linked Children's Defense Fund. YouTube pulled ads from anti-vaccination content in 2019, and said in October 2020 that it would remove videos that pushed misinformation around COVID-19 vaccines. The new policy expands to block misinformation around other vaccines, including the flu shot, the HPV vaccine, and the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine. Videos that inaccurately claim that the MMR vaccine causes autism...  |
| League of Legends’ biggest stars turn into anime heroes in Worlds 2021 music video Posted: 29 Sep 2021 06:56 AM PDT  Every year ahead of the League of Legends World Championship, developer Riot tries to get everyone excited with a new song. This year's anthem is called "Burn It All Down" from American band Pvris, and it definitely fits into the tradition of music to get players amped up. But it also comes with a bonus: a music video that turns some of the game's best players into anime heroes. (Journalist Ashley Kang has a great thread detailing who is who.) It's the kind of short that makes you want a full League esports anime, and it even transitions to a 3D art style at the end, in a nod to the upcoming Netflix series Arcane. This year's iteration of Worlds will take place in Iceland starting October 5th; it was originally slated for China but was...  |
| Don’t be fooled — Amazon’s Astro isn’t a home robot, it’s a camera on wheels Posted: 29 Sep 2021 06:44 AM PDT  Yesterday, Amazon announced its "home robot" — a wheeled device named Astro that has a display, an array of sensors, and a camera that periscopes out the top of its body like a mast. In advertisements for Astro, Amazon presents the device as an engineering breakthrough and the realization of a long-held sci-fi dream: to build a robot that can help around the house. This is rubbish, of course. What Astro is — for better or worse — is a camera on wheels. The physical limitations of Astro are obvious. It has no arms or manipulators; no way to interact with the world other than bumping into objects at shin height. It can't navigate steps, and, according to employees who worked on the robot and spoke...  |
| How to find your lost iPhone — even if it’s off Posted: 29 Sep 2021 06:42 AM PDT  Apple's Find My app has been a very useful (and reassuring) feature, allowing you to locate a misplaced (or stolen) phone so that you can retrieve it (or contact the authorities, if that's safer). With the expansion of Find My to a variety of other objects, especially via Apple's AirTags, it's become even more useful. And now that iOS 15 brings with it the capability to locate your phone even if the battery has run out or it's been turned off, the utility of Find My has become even greater. (Note: you can also use the Find My app to help with your own security — to share your location with individuals and send recurring notifications of when you leave and arrive. You can find directions for setting that up in our article "How to use...  |
| Bose QuietComfort 45 review: comfortably familiar Posted: 29 Sep 2021 06:30 AM PDT |
| The first plug-in hybrid Jeep Grand Cherokee is here Posted: 29 Sep 2021 06:00 AM PDT  Jeep revealed the 2022 Grand Cherokee 4xe, the first plug-in hybrid version of the automaker's best-selling SUV. It is the second Jeep vehicle to get an electrified version, following the hybrid 2021 Wrangler 4xe released last year. Jeep also announced an off-roading version of the Grand Cherokee, the Trailhawk, which also comes with a hybrid motor. Tellingly, Jeep is not announcing a pure electric version of the Grand Cherokee, nor selling any battery-electric vehicles. The automaker recently announced that it would release "zero-emission" versions of all of its vehicles by 2025, along with plug-hybrid variants. The Grand Cherokee 4xe ("four by E" in Jeep parlance) is estimated to get 25 miles of all-electric range and...  |
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