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Washington, D.C. Is Bribing Teens With Free AirPods if They Get Vaccinated

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It’s crazy to think that in the U.S., officials have to offer bribes to people so they can get vaccinated against covid-19, especially given that folks in other countries would do anything to have access and would roll up their sleeves for free. Yet, considering the threat of the super contagious Delta variant,… Read more.

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NASA wants you to live in a simulated Mars environment for a year

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If you've ever wondered what it would be like to live on Mars, now is your chance to find out. NASA is recruiting crew members for a simulation Mars mission.

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Here's How Amazon Third-Party Sellers Reportedly Hound Customers Who Leave Bad Reviews

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These days, most of the merchandise on Amazon’s online marketplace isn’t actually from Amazon. An estimated 56% of all products sold on the platform come from third-party sellers. Now, these sellers aren’t supposed to be able to email their Amazon customers directly, and doing so outside of Amazon’s official channels… Read more.

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The best Metroid games, ranked

Digital Trends

Ahead of the release of Metroid Dread, we've decided to rank all the main games in the series, from the original to Prime and Metroid: Samus Returns.

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The Future of eLearning in 2022: A Sensitive Eye for Authentic Translation and Localization

Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions

To avoid awkward and sometimes disastrous learning content, instructional designers must use authentic translation in the right context to get optimal results. For example, even a simple phrase like “got milk” translates to “are you lactating” in Mexico. Can you imagine what a straight translation might do to your course? With over 317 million people in the US and over 6.7 billion potential customers in the world, personalizing training seems logical.

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Soon You May Be Able to Buy Space Ads With Dogecoin

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Space is quickly becoming a 21st-century tourist trap. Case in point: SpaceX is teaming up with Geometric Energy Corporation, a Canadian research and development firm, to launch what’s essentially a souped-up digital billboard into orbit, according to a weekend Business Insider report. Read more.

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Critics Say Apple Built a 'Backdoor' Into Your iPhone With Its New Child Abuse Detection Tools

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Apple’s plans to roll out new features aimed at combating Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) on its platforms have caused no small amount of controversy. Read more.

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Rocket Lab satellite launch will go ‘just a bit further than usual’

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Rocket Lab will launch its first-ever lunar mission later this year to support NASA's Artemis program aimed at putting the first woman and next man on the moon.

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Jumanji 3 is Coming. It's Just a Matter of When

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With all the projects Dwayne Johnson i s working on, when does this man find time to sleep? He does star in a lot of self-produced content through his Seven Bucks company. While he provides the resources, Seven Bucks President Hiram Garcia is the one that keeps the assembly line moving. Read more.

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Two different spacecraft will be swinging by Venus this week

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Venus enters the spotlight as the planet hosts two different craft performing flybys to gain a gravitational boost on their way to other destinations.

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How to Train Employees 65% Faster With Virtual Reality

With a rapidly changing economy, Avangrid Renewables looked to virtual reality to develop a standardized form of immersive training in order to onboard and upskill technicians faster than ever before.

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An Unsurprising But Sad Update for Tesla Cybertruck Fans: Production Has Been Pushed to 2022

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By now Tesla fans are well aware that the company, and its CEO Elon Musk, aren’t very good at meeting targets and timelines. It therefore comes as no surprise that the Cybertruck—the company’s first electric pickup truck that looks like something out of Blade Runner —has been delayed to 2022. Read more.

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Tesla Cybertruck delay means it won’t hit the road until next year

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Tesla’s all-electric Cybertruck was supposed to launch by the end of this year but new information on its website confirms it's been delayed until 2022.

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Schitt's Creek Star Dan Levy is Creating New Animated Comedy Series

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Co-creator, executive producer, and star of Schitt’s Creek Dan Levy is transitioning to animation with his new comedy series, Standing By. Levy will also be one of the lead characters and co-write the script with Ally Pankiw. This isn’t the first time that Levy and Pankiw have teamed up as they worked together on … Read more.

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How to watch Northrop Grumman launch its 16th cargo mission to the ISS this week

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This Tuesday, August 10, an uncrewed Cygnus spacecraft will be launched on a resupply mission to the ISS, and you can watch along live at home.

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Are You Still Watching? How to Create Engaging Presentations for Virtual Learning

Speaker: Richard Goring, Director at BrightCarbon

Remote meetings are here to stay - and many are BORING. If you are trying to engage your learners (or any audience), compelling content is critical. But trying to create stimulating content with the same tools you’ve always had is hard, right? Thankfully, wrong! Terrific tools in PowerPoint along with visual assets help you create the kind of dynamic content you need to capture your remote audience’s attention, with functions that allow for interactive sequences and navigation.

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The Hunger Games Prequel Film to Start Production in 2022

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The Hunger Games Prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes , is set to start production in early 2022. Joe Drake, Lionsgate motion picture group chairman, commented on the film and said things were moving along well. The prequel is looking at a 2023 or 2024 release date. Read more.

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Why growing delicious food in space is more than just a matter of taste

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Growing food in space is essential for long-term missions. But the benefits aren't only practical, as experiments on the International Space Station will show.

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Enchanted Sequel, Disenchanted Heading to Disney+ in 2022

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The Enchanted sequel is coming! Read more.

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Frantic Fanfic is a party game about writing terrible fan faction

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Frantic Fanfic is a free party game where players try to write bad fan fiction.

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor

With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.

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IIT Madras Launches Consortium of Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality

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The Indian Institute of Technology #iitMadras has launched a consortium for #virtualreality called ‘Consortium for VR/AR/MR Engineering Mission in India’ #CAVE. The main objective of this consortium is to enable members to create new advanced technologies and applications in VR, #augmentedreality, #mixedreality and haptics together. The CAVE’s mission is to promote engineering of #extendedreality and #haptic #technology development, the institute stated.

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The Ascent: A beginner’s guide to characters, combat, and gear

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From how you should focus on building your character and how combat works, to tips on what gear to use, here are all the best tips you need in The Ascent. .

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How to get married in Skyrim

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There's an infinite number of things to do in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim; marriage is one of them. So how do you get married in Skyrim, and who can you marry?

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Eve Spectrum 4K monitor review: It exists, and it’s mighty good

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Even though it's coming late, Eve's Spectrum 4K might be one of the best gaming monitors money can buy.

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Who C.A.R.E.S.!? How Learning Got Its Bad Rap & What We Can Do About It

Speaker: Treion Muller, Chief Strategy Officer at ELB Learning

Since when has learning and development (L&D) become such a negative experience with its intended learners? Could it be because learners have been conditioned by very poor learning experiences over the past two decades, combined with the kinks of technological innovation? Or is it because learning has typically been designed as a one-size-fits-all solution, despite the fact that humans are not clones?

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Watch this cool special effects sequence wrap up Tokyo 2020

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The Tokyo Olympics' closing ceremony on Sunday, August 8, included a dazzling light show that no one in the stadium saw.

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Fortnite season 7, week 9 challenges and how to complete them

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Stuck getting through the Fortnite season 7, week 9 challenges? In this guide, we'll highlight all of the new challenges, with guides on completing them.

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The Ascent: All skill point locations

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There are eight skill points to find and collect in The Ascent, and we've pinpointed all of their locations so you can buff your character as much as possible.

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