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Moto Z2 Force Still Has Those Sad Mods, But Maybe the Phone Will Be Good This Time
Photo: Alex Cranz/Gizmodo Motorola stands alone. Last year LG and Google both killed their respective modular phones. So the new Moto Z2 Force, with its small array of magnetic attachments, is the closest thing we have to a smartphone with customizable modular hardware. No one actually wants this, but that’s not stopping Motorola from doubling…
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How the Dragonfly’s Surprisingly Complex Brain Makes it a Deadly Hunter
Image: Wikimedia Like a baseball player running to make a catch, dragonflies are also capable of predicting the trajectory of a moving object, typically its next meal. New research is revealing the mechanisms behind this complex cognitive task, which was once thought to be exclusive to mammals. It’s hoped that these insights will lead to…
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UPS Is Scared Of Getting Hacked During DEF CON
Image: Getty While tens of thousands of hackers gear up to attend hacker week in Las Vegas, UPS is taking basic precautions to protect itself from any malicious links. The Caesar’s Palace UPS store is warning hotel guest that its printing services will be limited in anticipation of DEF CON, the world’s oldest and largest…
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Everything We Know About the ‘Aggressive Squirrel’ Terrorizing Brooklyn
Photo: AP Summer—the season when everything smells like hot garbage—is finally in full-swing in New York City. With the MTA seemingly intent on preventing us from going anywhere—never mind outside the city—folks from Brooklyn and beyond trek to Prospect Park to cool down and escape the pungent odors in the air. Unfortunately, our idyllic summer…
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Lyft Announces Deal With Taco Bell But Drivers Do Not Want That Shit in Their Cars
Source: Getty Lyft has partnered with Taco Bell to debut a new feature that allows passengers to tack on a trip to the pseudo-Mexican fast food restaurant. The “Taco Mode” option is clearly an effort to woo late-night riders with the munchies, but some Lyft drivers are unsurprisingly disgusted by the thought of sloppy drunks…
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American Psychoanalytic Association Says Its Members Are Free to Weigh in on Donald Trump’s Obviously Troubled Mind
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Ignore Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s War Over Killer Robots, the Real Challenge is Already Here
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The UK Plans to Ban All New Gas and Diesel Cars and Vans by 2040
Photo: AP The days of the good old trusty internal combustion engine, which revolutionized transportation but also maybe helped usher in a looming environmental apocalypse, may be numbered across the pond. Reports in the Guardian and Financial Times both indicated the UK is set to ban the sale of all diesel and petrol-burning cars and vans…
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Apple Declines to Comment on Donald Trump’s Claim Tim Cook ‘Promised Me 3 Big Plants—Big, Big, Big’
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House VS aside Trump with sanctions act
WASHINGTON – The U.s. House of Representatives has on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted for new sanctions against Russia, Iran and North Korea. The vote was 388-to-2. A lot of Republicans voted for, even though president Donald Trump objections made known. The draft law now goes to the Senate. If the law takes over, it is Trump…