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• Doctor Who Announces New Audiobooks Starring the Fugitive Doctor and The Master

  23-04-2022 21:00
  
  Doctor Who is no stranger to the world of audio dramas, particularly those released by British publisher Big Finish. The publisher has created various adventures for the first twelve Doctors and their various companions ever since 1991, with Jodie Whittaker’s current 13th incarnation having been locked off due to current licensing rights. That, however, is finally set to change with a new pair of audio adventures.Big Finish have announced two new audiobooks, the first of an upcoming line o
  
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• The Wheel of Time Brings in Killing Eve’s Ayoola Smart for Season 2

  23-04-2022 19:30
  
  Amazon’s live action adaptation of Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time novels adaptation premiered late last year to a solid reception. With a second season already locked in, fans of the books are looking forward to what characters and story elements from the novels the show will bring in, and another of the show’s new additions has been revealed.During the show’s virtual JordanCon panel, the yearly celebration of Jordan’s many books, showrunner Rafe Judkins announced th
  
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• Doctor Strange 2’s Writer Talks About Making the Multiverse Personal

  23-04-2022 17:00
  
  It’s just two weeks until Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness serves as Marvel’s next offering into alternate realities, which they’ve been working hard to make so hot right now. The concept is having a pretty banner year at the movies between this and Everything Everywhere All at Once. Up until recently, we would’ve had four movies about the multiverse in 2022, but then The Flash and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse were delayed to 2023. For many, seeing
  
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• Apple Watch Series 6 Service Programme for Blank Screen Issue Announced: Affected Models, How to Claim

  23-04-2022 16:59
  
  Apple has announced the Apple Watch Series 6 Service Program for Blank Screen Issue after the company determined that a very small percentage of 40mm Apple Watch Series 6 screens may permanently go blank. Users facing this issue have the option to check the serial number of their smartwatch on the official website.
  
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• NASA's InSight Lander Mission Detects Largest Marsquakes to Date - Magnitude 4.2 and 4.1

  23-04-2022 15:57
  
  A seismometer placed by NASA's InSight lander on Mars has detected the two biggest marsquakes to date. According to a new study, the seismic events were of magnitude 4.2 and magnitude 4.1. Both these quakes were five times stronger than the previous largest seismic event recorded.
  
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• Sennheiser Sport True Wireless Earbuds With IP54 Rating Launched: Details

  23-04-2022 15:31
  
  Sennheiser Sport True Wireless earbuds — the latest sports-focused earbuds from Sennheiser have been unveiled by the company. The Sports TWS feature v5.2 Bluetooth connectivity and claim nine hours of continuous playback time. Sennheiser Sport True Wireless earbuds have a frequency response range of 5Hz to 21kHz.The earbuds have IP54 dust and water resistance.
  
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• The Glorious Utility of the Mid-Range Phone

  23-04-2022 15:00 via wired.com
  
  Also, Garmin has a new fitness tracker, Zoom gets emotional, and Instagram tries to prioritize original content.
  
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• The Best Coffee Subscriptions We’ve Savored

  23-04-2022 14:00 via wired.com
  
  These services deliver freshly roasted, delicious coffee right to your door—each with its own twist.
  
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• Give Autel's Evo Lite+ Drone a Spin—Especially in Ludicrous Mode

  23-04-2022 14:00 via wired.com
  
  Autel’s new Evo Lite+ has a night mode and great flight time, and it’s a compelling alternative to DJI’s most popular drones.
  
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• 15 Great Deals on Bluetooth Speakers, Earbuds, and Outdoor Gear

  23-04-2022 13:00 via wired.com
  
  The weather’s warming up. Kick-start your outdoor activities with these discounts.
  
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• Twitter, Stripe Pilot Cryptocurrency Payments for Creators

  23-04-2022 12:16
  
  Twitter and digital payments processor Stripe will pilot cryptocurrency payouts for select users of the social media site's content monetization products, the companies announced on Friday.
  
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• Pluto's Orbit Is Highly Chaotic, Radically Different From Other Planets: Study

  23-04-2022 11:15
  
  Since Pluto - the dwarf planet - was discovered in 1930, it has generated considerable interest among astronomers, primarily over its highly eccentric and inclined orbit.
  
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• WhatsApp Group Voice Calls Now Support Up to 32 Participants, Messenger Gets Other Design Updates

  23-04-2022 10:11
  
  WhatsApp now lets you add up to 32 participants during voice calls. Other features that are reportedly under development or in the beta testing stage include a new caption view when sending media, a redesigned location sticker, an option to save disappearing messages, more emojis for message reactions, and advanced settings to manage your privacy settings.
  
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• CERN's Large Hadron Collider Restarts Operations After a 3-Year Break for Upgrades

  23-04-2022 10:00
  
  The Large Hadron Collider restarted Friday after a three-year break for upgrades that will allow it to smash protons together at even greater speeds, in the hope of making new ground-breaking discoveries.
  
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• How to Convert Ebooks to Work With Your Kindle for Free

  23-04-2022 09:30
  
  The days when we all thought ebooks were going to make print a thing of the past are long gone — while ebooks remain popular, people still love the feel of a printed book. But many book lovers have an ereader as well, and a good percentage of those are Amazon Kindles.Amazon dominates the eBook market with close to a 70 per cent share, but if you live entirely within Amazon’s walled garden, you might not be aware of the fact that different ebook formats exist — with the most pop
  
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• The Genesis X Speedium Coupe Is a Gorgeous Electric Future

  23-04-2022 08:00
  
  There’s no shortage of electric vehicle concepts coming out of automakers’ design houses right now. Chrysler has its Airflow, Mercedes its EQXX, and even Lincoln has one in the works. But these concepts are often same-y blobs of wind-tunnel-tested efficiency, with little thought or care put into the design other than a corporate face and a vague gesture towards “sleekness.” Genesis, with its X Speedium Coupe, appears to have gone another route.The idea for the X Speedium
  
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• Solution to India’s Education-Strangling Issues Lies in Metaverse Tech: Manish Maheshwari

  23-04-2022 07:51
  
  Manish Maheshwari quit his job as the head of Twitter India in 2021 and began a promising Web3 project — Invact Metaversity. The aim of this project is to establish a university in the virtual world, where students from India and around the world can come together for educational and training courses in an immersive, 3D environment.
  
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• Push to mandate one charger for all phones

  23-04-2022 07:37
  
  A push for every phone to have the same charger in 27 European countries is one step closer to becoming a reality.
  
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• Twitter Bans Ads That Defy Climate Change Science

  23-04-2022 07:03
  
  Twitter on Friday banned ads that deny the reality of climate change. Twitter's announcement on Earth Day came as it tries to fend off an unwanted takeover bid by billionaire Elon Musk, who has said he thinks people should be able to say pretty much whatever they want on the platform.
  
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• Google, Meta Face New EU Online Rules to Curb Illegal Content

  23-04-2022 06:43
  
  Google, Meta and other large online platforms will have to do more to tackle illegal content or risk hefty fines under new Internet rules agreed between European Union countries and EU lawmakers on Saturday.
  
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• Is Tolkien and Lord of the Rings Behind the Success of the Fantasy Fiction Genre?

  23-04-2022 06:23
  
  When Allen & Unwin requested a sequel to J.R.R. Tolkien’s first novel The Hobbit (1937), they could not have known that it would be one of the best publishing decisions of the century, if not all time.The Lord of the Rings has sold an enormous number of copies, and generated a vast and still-growing multimedia franchise, including the upcoming TV series The Rings of Power. Tolkien’s work and ideas also inspired countless readers and authors and is at the root of contemporary fant
  
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• Aston Martin’s Mid-Engined Marvels Wouldn’t Exist Without Video Games

  23-04-2022 05:30
  
  With the Valkyrie and Valhalla garnering so much attention now, it’s easy to forget about Aston Martin’s earlier fantasies of what a mid-engine supercar from the brand might look like. Almost a decade ago, it unveiled the DP-100 — a car designed for Gran Turismo 6. We should all appreciate the DP-100. Apparently, had it not been for that car, Aston wouldn’t be making the Valkyrie and Valhalla now — or at least not yet.This interesting tidbit comes from Marek Reichma
  
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• 14 Viral Quotes That Thomas Jefferson Never Said

  23-04-2022 03:00
  
  It is a comforting thought that the insights of the past can ferry us through the trials of the present. We look to famous, beloved leaders for advice, whether it’s Albert Einstein, Mahatma Gandhi, or Walt Disney. We search for them on Google. What we find, however, is not a pile of pearls of wisdom but a heap of trash. Fakes abound, preying on our willingness to believe. And online hucksters in search of easy clicks and likes love nothing more than a past president, especially a Foun
  
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• In This Week’s Toy News, We’re All This Mr. Potato Head Mug

  23-04-2022 01:30
  
  Welcome back to Toy Aisle, Gizmodo’s round up of the coolest merchandise on the internet lately. Join us as we sip a cup of Potato-juice and look at Hasbro’s latest ginormous Transformers toy, the one and only Hawkeye joining Hot Toys’ Marvel offerings, and some lovely Jurassic World dinos. Check it out!
  Hasbro Transformers Generations Legacy Series Titan Cybertron Universe MetroplexIn the original ‘80s animated series and toy line, Metroplex was quite literally a sprawli
  
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