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Is your EV actually powered by coal?

Where you live in America determines how your electricity is generated. If you’re considering buying or leasing a new electric vehicle to help reduce climate changing emissions, where you live has a huge impact on your carbon footprint. Read this before you flip the switch.
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Is the Apple Card any better than a regular credit card? We asked an expert

If you’re tempted by the allure of the new Apple Card, which is integrated with the iPhone and comes with a titanium backup card for places that don’t accept Apple Pay, then you may be wondering how it compares to the competition. We spoke to some experts to find out if the Apple Card is worth considering.
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How doctors are fighting Alzheimer’s with a cleverly designed VR game

Between mobile and VR, Sea Hero Quest has been gathering data for the last three years for the purposes of dementia research. Now that studies have confirmed the game served its purpose, the development team and their scientific consultants look towards the future and the most beneficial use of their work.
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Where do AirPods go when they die? The big problem with tiny earbuds

True wireless headphones are tiny and convenient, but they’re also among the most ephemeral tech products you can buy. With relatively short lifespans and designs that make them exceedingly difficult for disposal or repair, industry leaders like Apple are creating a potential e-waste problem with ever pair they sell.
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5 major Lord of the Rings characters who could land in Amazon’s TV series

Amazon's The Lord of the Rings TV show is set during Middle-earth's Second Age, thousands of years before The War of the Ring. There'll be no hobbits, no Gollum, and no Gandalf, but the Second Age is full of familiar faces, and a few are bound to pop up on the billion-dollar series.
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How Star Trek’s movie and TV worlds could become the next MCU

The merger of Viacom and CBS could mean big things for the Star Trek universe, particularly when it comes to combining the sci-fi franchise's television and movie worlds into a single, cohesive mythology. Here's why that's a good thing for Star Trek fans.
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Samsung’s quantum OLED plans could mean better, cheaper OLED TVs for all

If you love the way OLED TVs look, but have always been put off by the price, Samsung's latest announcement should give you hope: The company plans to start making QD-OLED TVs, which marry the advantages of QLED and OLED into a single TV. Apart from better TVs, the move could bring us cheaper OLEDs too.
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Five awesome storylines the new Obi-Wan series on Disney+ needs to explore

With Disney reportedly planning to bring Ewan McGregor back as Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi for an upcoming series on its Disney+ subscription streaming video service, we dug deep to come up with these storylines we want to see in a show that puts "Old Ben" Kenobi front and center in the Star Wars saga.
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Ghost Recon Breakpoint’s PvP is a high-tension battle royale lite

In the PvP Ghost War mode, the developers behind Ghost Recon Breakpoint drop eight players into various maps for competitive, 4v4 conflicts where the last team standing wins. We got hands-on with the mode and took stock new additions to the mode’s formula and the best ways to take on the enemy team.
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Exclusive: How Alienware dared to ditch black, boxy designs for something radical

With its new Legend design language, Alienware has been rapidly launching gaming peripherals, laptops, desktops, and monitors in this science fiction inspired design theme. Alienware's lead designers talk about the challenges and opportunities of bringing the Legend design ID to the Aurora R9 desktop.
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Wreckage, reefs, and robots: The high-tech quest to find Amelia Earhart’s plane

Over 80 years ago, aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart disappeared while trying to fly around the world. Now a cutting edge expedition is trying to find out what happened to her -- and it's calling in an impressive autonomous water-based robot to help find some answers. Here's how.
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Eric Geusz: Apple engineer by day, spaceship designer by night

An Apple software engineer by day, artist Eric Geusz spends his nights drawing everyday household objects as amazing, science fiction-style spaceships. The results have cultivated him an impressive online community of fans. Geusz told Digital Trends how it all got started.
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These age brackets admit to the most distracted driving

Mobile phone use is rampant, and more people than ever admit to using them while driving. In-car tech can help us put the phone down, but are the new features really saving us from distracted driving? A new survey from Liberty Mutual has all the scary answers.
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Amazing app promises a full fitness checkup from a 30-second selfie

Researchers at the University of Toronto have developed a mobile app that's able to gather vital health information about users with nothing more invasive than a 30-second selfie. Here's what it's able to predict, how it works, and when you'll be able to get your hands on it.
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5 epic Marvel Comics arcs that could be the MCU’s next Infinity Saga

Marvel Comics' history offers plenty of source material to choose from when it comes to the next big-screen event in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Here are five big stories from the pages of Marvel's comics that could inspire Marvel Studios' next major crossover event for the MCU.
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BMW shows us how advanced tech help make you a better driver

A modern performance car carries a bewildering array of advanced driver assistance features. We wanted to understand how these systems work together to keep the driver in control. To learn a little more we asked the experts at the BMW Performance Center for a primer, and the chance to drive their best M vehicles like we stole them.
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The best deepfakes on the web: Baby Elon, Ryan Reynolds Wonka, and beyond

Deepfakes, the A.I.-aided face-swapping technology that threatens the future of truth as we know it, are everywhere. But while some of the potential applications are pretty darn unnerving, some of them are just plain fun as well. Here's a selection of the very best we've seen.
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Is Sony’s smartphone business dead or can it be revived?

Sony has long been one of the biggest consumer electronics brands around and it used to be a major player in mobile, but sales have just hit their lowest level ever. Can Sony Mobile turn things around or is it game over? What does it need to do to sell more smartphones?
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WhatsApp has 400 million users in India, but no fix for its fake news problem

WhatsApp is struggling to stem the tide of fake news in India, its biggest market. In the last few years, its platform has been inundated with an avalanche of misinformation misleading mobs into lynching innocents and enabling partisans to abuse its far-reaching presence for political gain.
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The future has arrived. Want proof? Check out these amazing robotic exoskeletons

From Aliens’ Power Loader to the Combat Jackets from Edge of Tomorrow, science fiction is full of amazing assistive robot exosuits that can be worn by humans to increase their capabilities. But real life is fast catching up with sci-fi. Here are some of the most exciting real examples.
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Why tech companies are ill-equipped to combat the internet’s deepfake problem

How do you solve a problem like deepfakes? It’s a question that everyone from tech companies to politicians are having to ask with the rise of A.I. manipulated video and images. Here's why it's such a major challenge -- and whether or not there's any way of answering it.
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With Samsung dropping the headphone jack, LG is the last stop for audio fans

With Samsung announcing the latest Note 10 and Note 10 Plus are both dropping the headphone jack, the land of phones that let you plug in is becoming increasingly barren. In fact, at this point LG is the last best place for audio fans. And as far as I'm concerned, that's something worth crowing about.
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The future of 8K TVs is all about gaming. We’ll tell you why

Whether you like it or not, 8K TVs are coming -- and fast. But the thing is, you probably won't need one if you only watch movies and TV. The real reason you'll want to pick up an 8K TV next year is video games.
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Inside Samsung’s strategy to make more people want a gorgeous Galaxy Note 10

The Note 10 is far from being just another annual iteration. There’s a serious masterplan behind it. The stunning new look has been applied to more than one model, and if you weren’t a Note fan before, prepare to be quickly converted. Digital Trends spoke to Samsung's head of planning about the new phone.
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Why Mark Zuckerberg’s plan to merge Instagram and Facebook is a terrible idea

Facebook recently announced that it would change Instagram's name to Instagram by Facebook, and is taking other steps to merge the two networks. The move shows that Facebook has a fundamental misunderstanding about why Instagram is successful -- and why Facebook is failing.
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The Galaxy Book S is the most exciting Samsung laptop I’ve ever seen

The Galaxy Book S is the newest laptop from Samsung, but unlike a lot of other laptops the company has launched, this one has my interest. Its ultra-portable design is the most eye-catching feature it has, but it's the performance of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx CPU that has me curious.

Five mind-blowing post-Endgame theories that could totally change the MCU

There's no shortage of theories about how the events of Avengers: Endgame affected the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but these five possibilities might be the most interesting of the bunch. Here's what they say about the MCU in the aftermath of Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame.
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What I like and what I don’t like about the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 and 10 Plus

The Galaxy Note 10 duo show off impressive, refined designs, and a host of potentially productive features, but they're not perfect. Here are the changes and features I like about the Galaxy Note 10 Plus and the tweaks and misses I don't like. Samsung mostly delivered on expectations, but not completely.
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Don’t speak: This wearable lets you give voice commands without saying a word

Imagine if you had a smart A.I. assistant in your head, capable of silently feeding you external information whenever you required it, without you needing to say a single word? That's exactly what MIT postdoctoral researcher Arnav Kapur has developed. Here's how it works.
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Getting rid of 8chan won’t solve America’s mass shooting problem

Following the weekend's terrible mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, a growing number of people have called for the closure of controversial image-sharing website 8chan. But, despite what some might think, that's unlikely to be the solution people are hoping for.
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Pay TV is dying, and cable providers are happily hastening its demise

A new report indicates that more than 25 percent of U.S. households won't have a traditional, pay-TV subscription by 2023, but cable and satellite providers don't appear to be worried about this rapid decline in subscribers - in fact, they're a big part of the reason it's happening.
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What Bill Nye’s solar sail means for the future of space travel

The unique spaceship LightSail 2 was recently able to fly through space powered solely by sunlight. This is a remarkable achievement in its own right, but it could have even more profound effects on the future of space travel -- making it possible to visit other planets and even other solar systems.
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Who better to review a game for accessibility than a disabled gamer?

Accessibility in games is a topic we're beginning to see in the headlines more and game review site Can I Play That tackles the important job of examining how accessible the latest video games are. We sat down with Co-founder Courtney Craven to discuss the site's mission and what its doing to make sure accessibility remains a part of the game industry conversation.
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Locked 5G phones are one big reason to wait before you upgrade from 4G LTE

5G is here, and phone manufacturers and carrier partners are rushing to get the first 5G-capable phones to the market. But like many other things, being first isn’t always the best. Here’s why should wait to buy your first 5G phone, and why current phones are locked down to one carrier.