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Intel’s new Arrow Lake CPUs came out in October promising high performance at lower power levels, but reviews, including ours, noted surprisingly lackluster gaming performance. Tom Warren said of the Core Ultra 9 285K, “...in many titles, it provides worse performance than the 14th Gen chips it was designed to replace.”

Now, the troubled chipmaker says it has


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So far, possible answers include aliens, an international conspiracy, secret military tests, or just planes.

2024’s drone hysteria has gone on for weeks across the East Coast, and we still have far more questions than answers. The sightings may have started in New Jersey, but reports of possible drone sightings have continued



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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved California’s plan to phase out and ban the sale of new gas-powered cars and light trucks by 2035. ABC News reported the EPA gave California the waivers it needed to enact the Advanced Clean Cars II Regulations (ACC II) devised and approved by the California Air Resources Board in 2022.

The EPA also approved California’s plan to reduce nitrogen



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Since H5N1 avian influenza made the unexpected jump from birds to cattle, experts are increasingly worried about human spread.
  • Gov. Gavin Newsom of California declared a "proactive" state of emergency over the H5N1 bird flu.
  • The virus has spread rapidly through US dairy cattle herds, with 16 states affected.
  • The CDC reports low public risk with no human-to-human spread, but 61

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Last Friday, we brought you leaked dimensions of the next Nintendo Switch from the most likely source yet: a “3D scan of the actual hardware” obtained by case manufacturer Dbrand. But case manufacturers aren’t the only source of leaks.

A Redditor named “NextHandheld” claims to have seen and touched an



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Attorney Tony Buzbee accused Jay-Z's Roc Nation of solicitation and conspiracy.
  • Attorney Tony Buzbee accused Jay-Z's Roc Nation of trying to flip his clients to sue his firm.
  • Buzbee is representing a woman who accused Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter and Sean "Diddy" Combs of rape.
  • Roc Nation said Buzbee's lawsuit is a distraction and a "sham."

The legal fight between Jay-Z


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Elevation Lab’s new TimeCapsule is a protective case for an Apple AirTag that turns it into a waterproof, dustproof tracker with a ten-year battery life. It’s available now for $19.99, but you can also get a pair for $29.99, or a heavily-discounted four-pack for $39



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You were listening, walking, and playing, and they were watching. The app recaps, best-of lists, and awards for 2024 that we can find are here.

It’s not just Spotify anymore — the Wrapped phenomenon has taken over. From music and podcasts to gaming (Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo, and Steam are all accounted for) and beyond, the data breakdowns



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Another day, another new Threads feature. Meta’s app will “soon” be rolling out a feature that allows users to re-share photos and videos to their timelines with credit to the original poster but without the original post attached.

Once available, users will need to long press on a photo or video from their feed and select “use media.” They’ll then be able to draft a new post with the image of the



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Apple is shelving its plans to offer the iPhone for a monthly subscription, Bloomberg reports. The company was first said to be exploring a hardware subscription in 2022, but like the company’s “buy now, pay later” product, Apple Pay Later, it seems like it ultimately proved too problematic.

The hardware subscription was rumored to work in a similar way to existing options like the iPhone Upgrade


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Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore talk with reporters from the International Space Station after their spaceship departs without them.
  • Two astronauts have been stuck on the space station after their Boeing spaceship had engine issues.
  • Now, their return is being delayed another month to give SpaceX time to process a new spaceship.
  • NASA and SpaceX are using the new ship, instead of a refurbished

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