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• The Best Binoculars to Zoom In on Real Life

  12-03-2022 16:00 via wired.com
  
  Whether you're bird-watching or baseball-spotting, we break down prices and specs to find the best pair for you.
  
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• How to Block Spam Calls and Text Messages

  12-03-2022 16:00 via wired.com
  
  Learn how to fight the scourge of unsolicited rings and pings from spammers, scammers, and telemarketers.
  
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• 20 Smart STEM Toys for the Techie Kids in Your Life

  12-03-2022 15:00 via wired.com
  
  We found loads of math-filled and science-rich toys for tiny nerds to disassemble, set on fire, and then rebuild.
  
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• Samsung Galaxy Awesome Unpacked Launch Event Tipped for March 17, New Galaxy A-Series Smartphones Expected

  12-03-2022 14:13
  
  Samsung Galaxy Awesome Unpacked event is tipped to be held on March 17. As per the tipster, the launch will be held online on Samsung's official website. Samsung is expected to launch four devices — Galaxy A73 5G, Galaxy A53 5G, Galaxy A33 5G, and Galaxy A23 5G — at next week's event.
  
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• How to Download YouTube Videos to Watch Offline

  12-03-2022 14:00
  
  Watching YouTube videos is all well and good while you’ve got a stable internet connection, but there might be times when you don’t have a high-speed link to the web — on vacation, on your travels, on your commute. To prepare for these situations, you might want to download YouTube videos in advance for offline viewing.We’re going to take you through the officially approved, above-board way of doing this, which is to sign up for a YouTube Premium subscription. There are m
  
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• An Advocacy Group Gives iPhones an ‘F’ on Repairability

  12-03-2022 14:00 via wired.com
  
  Plus: Google improves Android for tablets, Amazon encourages you to play DJ, and more of the week's top gadget news.
  
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• This Massive Game Bundle Costs $10 and Benefits Ukraine Charities

  12-03-2022 13:00 via wired.com
  
  The collection spans hundreds of games, and donations go straight to organizations assisting Ukraine.
  
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• 13 Best Weekend Deals on Fitness Trackers, Robot Vacuums, and More

  12-03-2022 13:00 via wired.com
  
  What you lose in sleep, you gain in savings. Put that extra hour to use with some of our favorite workout gear and home essentials.
  
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• What Happens to Matter Swallowed by Black Holes? Japanese Physicists May Finally Have an Answer

  12-03-2022 09:42
  
  A team of physicists may have solved the mystery surrounding the matter that is swallowed by black holes. These physicists considered wormholes — theoretical tunnels with two ends at separate points in spacetime — to explain the long-held mystery. Black holes are regions in space through which no matter can pass.
  
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• Russian Company Websites Hit by Increased Hacking in March, Says Cyber Firm

  12-03-2022 08:40
  
  Efforts to disrupt the operations of company websites in Russia have jumped in March, a cybersecurity firm said, with the number of distributed denials of service (DDoS) attacks already exceeding those for the whole of February.
  
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• CNN+ to Debut on March 29, MSNBC to Stream Programming

  12-03-2022 08:22
  
  CNN+ will debut March 29 with programming headlined by network stars like Anderson Cooper, Wolf Blitzer, and Jake Tapper, along with poached personalities Audie Cornish, Kasie Hunt, and Chris Wallace.
  
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• Russia Plans to Ease Piracy of Games, Movies to Counter Western Sanctions Amid Ukraine Crisis: Report

  12-03-2022 08:07
  
  Russia is planning to relax rules governing intellectual property rights to offset the sanctions imposed by Western nations in response to its military offensive against Ukraine. Recently, the Russian Ministry of Economic Development reportedly proposed to ease the piracy legislation, which would effectively legalise the piracy of games, movies, TV shows, and more.
  
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• Russia's Attack on Ukraine Halts Half of World's Neon Output for Chips

  12-03-2022 08:01
  
  Ukraine's two leading suppliers of neon, which produce about half the world's supply of the key ingredient for making chips, have halted their operations as Moscow has sharpened its attack on the country.
  
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• Ukraine Crisis: Russians Liquidating Crypto in the UAE as They Seek Safe Havens

  12-03-2022 07:38
  
  Crypto firms in the UAE are being deluged with requests to liquidate billions of dollars of virtual currency as Russians seek a safe haven for their fortunes, company executives and financial sources said.
  
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• Facebook-Parent Meta Defends Policy on Calls for Violence That Angered Russia

  12-03-2022 06:56
  
  Facebook-owner Meta said that a temporary change in its content policy, only for Ukraine, was needed to let users voice opposition to Russia's attack, as Russia opened a criminal case after the company said it would allow posts such as "death to the Russian invaders."
  
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• Ukraine Crisis: Sony Pictures Halts All Business Operations in Russia

  12-03-2022 06:40
  
  In a move similar to that of Disney, Sony Pictures Entertainment has also announced that it will suspend all of its business operations in Russia, following the country's military operation in Ukraine.
  
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• YouTube Expands Block of Russian State Media to Apply Globally

  12-03-2022 06:21
  
  YouTube broadened its blocking of Russian state-linked media channels to apply internationally after initially barring them only in Europe following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
  
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• Instagram Blocked in Russia as Moscow Says Its Being Used to Call for Violence Against Its Soldiers

  12-03-2022 06:06
  
  Russian regulators said Friday that the country's Internet users will be blocked from accessing Instagram, saying it's being used to call for violence against Russian soldiers.
  
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• Here’s How Different Gran Turismo 7 Looks on PS4 Versus PS5

  12-03-2022 06:00
  
  When Gran Turismo 7 was announced as a cross-generation release for both PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4, some fans were disappointed the game would be curtailed so as to not take full advantage of the newer hardware. Most people who want PS5s still can’t get them, so a PS4 release was necessary to get the game into as many people’s hands as possible. Which is good in the long run, because GT7 happens to be a great game that anyone with a passing interest in cars should definite
  
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• Elon Musk’s Partner Grimes Reveals New Baby Daughter Named Exa Dark Sideræl Musk

  12-03-2022 05:39
  
  Elon Musk and Grimes have had a second child, a girl they named Exa Dark Sideræl Musk — although the parents will mostly call her Y.
  
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• What Actually Happens if Russia Is Cut Off From the Internet?

  12-03-2022 04:30
  
  The invasion of Ukraine has triggered a significant digital shift for Russia. Sanctions imposed by governments around the world – together with company closures or mothballing – have significantly impacted the country.A plethora of events have escalated the invasion into the digital world, with cyber attacks, cyber criminals taking sides, and even an IT army of civilians being mobilised by Ukraine.The sanctions imposed on Russia have not only directly hit its economy (and by extensio
  
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• An Absolute Hero Restored the 30 Metre Limo to Its Former Glory and Broke a World Record in the Process

  12-03-2022 03:00
  
  You can forget stretched Hummer H2s, coach buses and even the Canyonero. This is the longest car ever made — and it’s perfect. Feast your eyes, my friends, on “The American Dream.” It’s back and longer than ever.You’ve probably seen pictures of this vehicle rotting away in a New Jersey warehouse parking lot over the years. That was until one man had a dream, and that dream was to rebuild the longest car ever made — and I’m not just saying the longe
  
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• The Batman Rises, and More of the Most Superheroic Toys of the Week

  12-03-2022 01:45
  
  Welcome back to Toy Aisle, Gizmodo’s regular round up of the coolest toys and merchandise around. This week, The Batman descends on Hot Toys for some gloriously expensive collectibles, Miles Morales swings in for a peculiar Lego build, and get ready to ThunderCats Ho with your very own sword of omens. Check it out!
  Hot Toys The Batman Batman Deluxe Version Sixth-Scale FigureHe’s vengeance, but also like all good superhero movie stars, he’s now also a Hot Toy. The lifelike 1:6 s
  
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• 8 of the Best Read-It-Later Apps You Should Try

  12-03-2022 01:30
  
  Too many interesting articles, and not enough hours in the day — that’s the problem many of us have struggled with as long as we’ve been online. You come across something you want to read, but you don’t have the time to do so right now, and you know you won’t remember where to hunt it down again later. Back in the late 2000s, as the iPhone was becoming popular, read-it-later apps solved this problem in an efficient way: You come across an article, you add it to the
  
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• You Can Now Install Windows 11 on a Surface Duo, But You Really Shouldn’t

  12-03-2022 00:10
  
  If you were brave enough to be an early adopter of the Microsoft Surface Duo, you might also be fearless enough to install Windows 11 on it. I’m here to tell you how to do it, but I’m also here to tell you not to do it.For the uninitiated, the Surface Duo is essentially a dual-screen smartphone, even if Microsoft doesn’t want you to think of it that way. Whatever it is, the device runs Google’s Android (a mobile OS, I should point out) despite being made by the world&rsqu
  
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