Twinkly’s smart holiday string lights have dropped to a new low price

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Twinkly’s colorful string lights are more than half off at Amazon.

Believe it or not, but it’s almost time to put up the holiday lights. If you’re looking for string lights that’ll really make your house stand out this year, Twinkly’s Strings deliver some of the most dazzling effects available. They typically run $199.99, but right now, you can buy the 105-foot string with

Fortnite’s new TMNT roguelike shows the potential for user-made games

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Fortnite’s next big partnership with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is here. Epic Games already lets players dress up as the Turtles, and now, creators can publish experiences built with TMNT assets and the Unreal Editor for Fortnite.

As a demonstration of what’s possible, Paramount teamed up with Spiral House (which has made other Fortnite experiences), to

New Zealand parliament members cry out against bill threatening Maori communities

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Members of New Zealand's parliament have rallied the international community in support of the island country's indigenous groups, as contentious legislation moves forward that could threaten Maori support systems.

In a now viral video taken during the legislative session, Te Pati Maori member Hana-Rawhiti Kareariki Maipi-Clarke — the country's youngest member of parliament — rises amid

My medical condition makes it risky for me to work in an office. For now, I'm freelancing from home.

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The author (not pictured) has chosen to freelance and work from home for the benefit of her health.

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  • I have rheumatoid arthritis, which means my immune system attacks my joints.
  • I treat it by depressing my immune system, which leaves me vulnerable to things like a common cold.
  • I've chosen not to go back to work in an office to protect my health.

I was

I bought a house in Cork. My Irish husband lives there full-time, but I'm still going back and forth between the US.

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I met my husband in Ireland and bought a house there.

Julia Skinner

Years ago, I had a dream (yes, really) telling me to head

The FTC is readying an investigation into Microsoft's cloud-computing business: report

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FTC chair Lina Khan.

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  • The Federal Trade Commission is reportedly preparing to launch an investigation into Microsoft.
  • The investigation is part of a probe into anticompetitive practices among cloud service providers.
  • Cloud computing is a multibillion dollar industry that includes players like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google.

The Federal Trade Commission is reportedly gearing up to