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Nanoleaf’s smart ceiling lights offer hundreds of colors and an array of impressive lighting effects. | Image: Nanoleaf

The days are getting brighter, but with the current heatwave plaguing much of the US, how many of us can really go out and enjoy it? Luckily, Nanoleaf’s Skylight Smarter Kit is on sale for the first time, offering the rest of us a way to add some



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Two of my favorite trailers for this week share a common theme: parasitic aliens. The trope has given us some of the finest moments in cinema history; consider the whole Alien franchise, the horrifying dog transformation in The Thing, or that scene from Spaceballs. You could make a convincing argument that Star Trek’s Borg race are



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Broadcom CEO Hock E. Tan was the highest-earning CEO last year with a compensation of $161.8 million.
  • CEOs in the S&P 500 made almost 200 times what their average worker did in 2023.
  • CEO compensation had been trending downward before a 12.6% increase in 2023.
  • Broadcom CEO Hock Tan was the highest-paid CEO in 2023 at $161.8 million.

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Members of the media huddle and photograph the new Apple Vision Pro headset during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in Cupertino, California.
The Apple Vision Pro was announced during an Apple event, the company's latest Worldwide Developers Conference.
  • Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference begins on Monday.
  • The event is likely to unveil a new operating system update and new AI features.
  • Here is a look at the big product reveals Apple has made in its history.

Apple hosts multiple events every year, including



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An aerial drone photo taken on May 1, 2024 shows China's third aircraft carrier, the Fujian, during its maiden sea trials.
An aerial drone photo taken on May 1, 2024 shows China's third aircraft carrier, the Fujian, during its maiden sea trials.
  • China's newest aircraft carrier is a major capability and technological jump for its naval forces.
  • But China still has a lot to learn before it can operate carriers like the US, experts say. 
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Meta will now let you create massive community chats on Messenger with people you aren't connected to in any way. Back in 2022, the company launched community chats for Facebook Groups, giving people belonging to the same groups an easy way to talk in real time. While that community feature is tied to groups on the social network, this one isn't — it will let use Messenger like Discord to connect



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WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 21: (L-R) President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President Joe Biden walk to the Oval Office of the White House September 21, 2023 in Washington, DC. Zelensky is in the nation's capital to meet with President Biden and Congressional lawmakers after attending the United Nations General Assembly in New York. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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  • Biden has rejected Ukraine's NATO membership bid as part of a peace agreement.
  • It would weaken Biden's reelection chances, a foreign policy expert said.
  • Ukraine's accession to NATO would be perceived as an escalation by Russia.

US President Joe Biden appears to have drawn a line beneath Ukraine's bid for NATO membership.

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The following contains spoilers for “Rogue.”

Doctor Who has always been gay.

From the get-go, many of its key creative figures were queer, and a large proportion of its fans are too. As Tat Wood explained in his essays in show guide About Time 6, the mix of science, fantasy and camp offered subtextual solace for queer youth in less tolerant times. Russell T. Davies returned and pledged to start



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Phil Schiller may have slightly overstated Siri’s initial abilities. | Photo by Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images

When Apple first launched Siri in 2011 alongside the iPhone 4S, the company made a series of very compelling ads showing how you might use this newfangled voice assistant thing. In one, Zooey Deschanel asks her phone about delivering tomato soup; in another, John