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Now Oculus owns the best VR battle royale game
Facebook just bought another VR game developer, and this time it's the maker of 'Population: One,' a popular VR battle royale game.
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Here's a teaser trailer for the 'Cuphead' series that's coming to Netflix
Wayne Brady introduced a brief clip of the new 'Cuphead' animated series that's coming soon to Netflix.
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Tune in for Tesla's Model S Plaid delivery event at 11:15 PM ET
A triple-motor Model S capable of 0 - 60 MPH in under two seconds will be unveiled at Tesla's Fremont factory tonight.
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Apple AirPods Max headphones drop to their lowest price so far at Amazon
Amazon has dropped the AirPods Max price to $499 for two colors -- $50 off the regular price.
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Microsoft preps for its big Windows event with an 11-minute startup sound remix
Have you ever listened to Windows startup sounds... played super slowly?
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Meat supplier JBS paid $11 million to its ransomware attackers
JBS says that backups got its meat processing plants operating again, but it paid $11 million to ransomware attackers to "mitigate any unforeseen issues."
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Ford snags 100,000 F-150 Lightning pre-orders in three weeks
There are 100,000 pre-orders waiting for Ford's electric F-150, and the company's CEO says an electric Explorer is next up.
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Senate passes competitiveness bill with $52 billion for chip manufacturing
A bill allocating billions to increase US chip manufacturing and research has passed the Senate in a 68 - 32 vote.
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Lordstown Motors warns it doesn't have enough cash to produce electric trucks
Lordstown Motors will need additional funding to get its electric pickup on the market.
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Ford's Maverick starts at less than $20k with a hybrid engine and built-in LTE
The first pickup truck to come standard with a hybrid powertrain is the Ford Maverick, and you can buy one for $21,490 later this year.
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What's on TV: 'Loki,' 'Ratchet & Clank' and 'FFVII: Advent Children'
Also new this week: 'Indiana Jones' in 4K, 'Game Builder Garage' and 'Lupin' part two.
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Apple's 'Find My' network locates iOS 15 devices even if they're off or erased
iOS 15 is making Find My tracking more persistent -- now it will locate iPhones and iPads that have been turned off or erased.
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Apple will still release security updates for iOS 14 after iOS 15 comes out
When iOS 15 is released, if you don't want to upgrade immediately then you can stay on iOS 14 and still receive security patches as they're released.
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Apple, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla team up for a 'common vision' on extensions
Collaboration by Apple, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla should make it easier for extension developers to create tools that work across multiple browsers.
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Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack linked to a single VPN login
Last month's pipeline shutdown started with hackers taking advantage of an unused but still active VPN account at Colonial Pipeline.
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The Morning After: We reviewed Google's new $99 earbuds
The Pixel Buds A-Series has arrived, and we're preparing for Apple's WWDC 2021 event.
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AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile will start providing z-axis data for 911 calls
Major US wireless carriers have a seven day deadline to start including vertical location data when callers dial 911.
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DOJ memo puts ransomware investigations on a level similar to terrorism
The DoJ has laid out a new process for a centralized and coordinated response to cases relating to ransomware and digital extortion. It's a model already used in terrorism investigations.
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Ford brings back the Maverick name for a new compact truck
Rumors about Ford's Maverick pickup have been floating around for a long time, and next week it will reveal the compact truck to the world.
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Samsung's new Galaxy Book Go laptops start at $349 with 18 hour battery life
Samsung has two cheap laptops on the way using Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon processors to run Windows 10.
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The $5 per month Paramount+ Essential plan with ads launches June 7th
The half-price Paramount+ package with ads launches next week.
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Vizio's 2022 TV lineup includes a 40-inch TV with VRR for less than $250
Vizio's new TV lineup brings high-end gaming features to cheap 1080p TVs.
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Vizio adds voice control and a new look for its M- and P-Series TVs
Vizio's new 65-inch 4K M-Series TV has a voice remote and a redesigned stand, and it's on sale now for less than $600.
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What's on TV: 'Sailor Moon,' 'Kim's Convenience' and 'The Conjuring'
This week Netflix premieres a new 'Sailor Moon' movie, while HBO Max has 'The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It.'
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Amazon adjusts its 'Time Off Task' metric and drug testing policy
Amazon said it will change the way it measures "Time Off Task" -- a metric that counts every second workers are away from their stations including when they take bathroom breaks.
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The SEC wrote Tesla in 2019 and 2020 about Elon Musk's tweets
The SEC still isn't happy about Elon Musk's tweets, but for now it's not doing anything about them.
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Denon and Marantz will add HDMI 2.1 to these older receivers for $600
For $600, Denon and Marantz will update pricey receivers from 2018 with the gear needed to handle 8K resolution and 120Hz gameplay via HDMI 2.1
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