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Intel Core i7-6950X | Photo by Vlad Savov / The Verge The Trump administration is reportedly in talks with major processor manufacturers to build factories in the US, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. While the Journal’s sources reference various “talks” between the administration and manufacturers, Intel reportedly has a more specific plan to run a plant that manufactures chips “securely” — playing on US fears of reliance on processor plant

A relatively small group of superstars dominate attention and money on Twitch, but it’s still a place dominated by a vast underclass of lonely hearts looking for viewers. Twitch Roulette, first spotted by The Next Web, is my new favorite way to watch people on Twitch. It makes it easy to find the streamers out there searching for the 50 followers it takes to become a Twitch affiliate.
After flipping through a couple of offline channels and garden-variety Fortnite streams, I found “Bi

If you've been watching a lot of TV during the coronavirus lockdown, then like me you may have noticed an odd collision of ads. 
One minute we're watching a trailer for the new Penny Dreadful in which 1930s Los Angeles is tearing itself apart. Natalie Dormer, as a shape-shifting demon, delivers a line that reflects our long-held deepest fear about human nature: "all mankind needs to be the monster he truly is... is being told he can." 
But this dark diagnosis is followed by one of thos

Life may have come to a standstill as we wait out the coronavirus pandemic at home, but the headlines keep pouring in. That means there's plenty for Saturday Night Live Weekend Update hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che to riff on.
Highlights include Donald Trump wearing goggles in public for some reason, the death of J. Crew, and more. Jost and Che filmed from home, of course, with Che going fully casual with a hoodie and a drink. We can relate. Read more...
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One of Saturday Night Live's most popular former writers and cast members showed up with a special Mother's Day prayer on Weekend Update this week.
Host Michael Che welcomed SNL favorite Tina Fey as a guest on Weekend Update and then took a bit of a backseat as she gave the world an update on her favorite quarantine activities. Come for the password humor, stay for Fey's semi-awkward Mother's Day prayer she makes Che repeat back to her. Read more...
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If you're stuck caring for small, energetic children during a pandemic, Saturday Night Live has an...interesting idea for you.
Most of the show's current cast came together for a remote musical number about childcare during this weekend's season finale. The problem: Kids are too restless to be stuck at home for months on end. The solution: Let them drink!
Alright, maybe don't actually let them drink. It's illegal, unethical, and unhealthy in approximately a million different ways. But, as the SN

The technology failures associated with Zoom meetings is an ubiquitous part of our culture at this stage in social distancing.
This week's at-home episode of Saturday Night Live shows us what happens when these mishaps happen during a Mother's Day church service. 
In short, no one can figure out how to mute themselves. It's way too real.  Read more...
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Saturday Night Live needed a little something for the moms this weekend and guest host Kristen Wiig delivered.
Wiig, a former cast member on the sketch comedy show, hosted the Mother's Day-themed season finale from her home because, well, that's how it has to be for the time being. She made the most of it, giving us a little song-and-dance as well as telling us a bit about her own mom.
Well, sort of. Certain details may have been embellished. You'll have to watch to find out. Read more...
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What would Donald Trump say to the class of 2020 in a virtual graduation speech?
Saturday Night Live has some thoughts. The sketch opens with Kate McKinnon, principal of a school called Mary Magdalene by the Expressway, welcoming students to the school's virtual graduation. She explains that the school's top picks for keynote speaker, including Barack and Michelle Obama, Axl Rose, and murder hornets, all said no.
That leaves the students with Donald Trump, played by Alex Baldwin. And he has some

All Sydney Gressel wanted was some pizza. 
It was March 12, a few days before San Francisco issued its stay-at-home order mandating that all restaurants could only stay open for takeout and delivery. While restaurants, food trucks, and grocery stores are all within walking distance of UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay in San Francisco where Gressel works as a pediatric nurse in the emergency department, she says at the time, the hospital was inundated with people. Her and her coworkers rar

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft is rolling out a new reply-all protection feature for Office 365 and Exchange Online. It’s designed to prevent email storms (reply allpocalypse), when hundreds or thousands of people start replying to an email thread after someone forgot to BCC everyone or a distribution list was misconfigured.The new block feature will mostly benefit large organizations, and is initially being rolled out to detect 10 reply-all emails to over 5,000 recipie

Netflix's Dead to Me is the rare show that came into this world fully aware of how to keep the stakes high without letting them grow stale. In an act of continued excellence by show runner Liz Feldman and the writers, Season 2 is as enjoyable and emotionally satisfying as its predecessor — and just as crazy. 
After a season spent in high-wire evasion of being linked to Steve's (James Marsden) disappearance, Jen (Christina Applegate) and Judy (Linda Cardellini) end up in an entirely ne

Love is weird. Sex is weirdKissing is weird, if you think too hard about it — but we suggest you don't. The movie business has already done it for you: The art of movie kissing has been delicately refined over Hollywood's 100-plus years of studying it.
If executed properly, the Movie Kiss can be far more effective than a sex scene or even a happily-ever-after. It stands as a moment of pure bliss between the participants, whether romantic or explicitly physical, no matter what happens to th

The story of Dominick and Thomas Birdsey is unimaginably tragic. 
Written by Wally Lamb, I Know This Much Is True takes 900 pages to deliver blow after devastating blow in its Dickensian tale of twin brothers grappling with their shared past and uncertain future. It's a remarkably painful read that left yours truly blinking away tears, gasping for air, and seriously considering quitting this whole "books" thing altogether. 
Director Derek Cianfrance's (The Place Beyond the Pines, Blue

I might be the worst artist in the world.
Alright, that's probably a little hyperbolic, but I'm pretty awful. Hand me a canvas and some paint, and the most I'll be able to give you is a random, deeply unappealing splattering of colors. At least crude paintings by Neanderthals and zoo elephants have historical and scientific value. 
One thing I can do, however, is color in between the lines of things that someone much more talented drew. 
Thanks to Adobe's new Fresco-compatible digital

TL;DR: Indulge your inner child with this realistic lightsaber-style sword on sale for 27% off, dropping the price to just $109.99.Life on lockdown can make anyone a little loony. We all have our coping mechanisms: from perfecting the art of making sourdough bread to partaking in TikTok challenges. Some of us are binge-watching scandalous reality shows (Too Hot to Handle, anyone?!) and spending hours on Animal Crossing. But there's only so much you can do while cooped up at home, and at this poi

TL;DR: Make sure your meat is perfectly cooked with the GrillEye® Pro Plus hybrid grilling and smoking thermometer, on sale for $94.99 as of May 10.Cooking meat can often feel like a guessing game. Sometimes, the outside looks perfectly seared, yet when you go to cut it open, you find that the inside is still icy cold. Other times, you may think you have finally prepared it just right, only to take a bite that is both chewy and dry. 
If that sounds familiar, you may just need a little h

TL;DR: Learn to embrace the universal beauty of math with this Mathematics for Engineers online prep bundle for $28.99, a 97% savings as of May 10.In case you haven't heard, Elon Musk and Grimes just welcomed their first child and sent the internet up in flames when they revealed that they named the baby X Æ A-12 Musk. Grimes was kind enough to offer an explanation, but it still made everyone scratch their heads. Is it a math problem? Is it the name of the next Tesla model? Is it the passw

TL;DR: Keep yourself entertained while social distancing by picking up the CINEMOOD 360 projector for $328.99, a 34% savings as of May 10.Getting a little stir crazy? Can't remember what day it is? Kids driving you bonkers? All of the above?
At first, staying at home as a family seemed kinda, but after a few weeks, you may have exhausted all your creative ideas. Luckily, there's a pretty awesome way to bring something new and exciting into your home. Meet CINEMOOD 360, a projector that can displ

TL;DR: Learn from the experts with a lifetime subscription to expert-taught lectures from Big Think Edge for $159.99, a 36% savings as of May 10.While social distancing has forced many people into remote learning, it has also inspired many others to pick up new skills and courses willingly. Why not use the extra time at home to enhance our creative interests and grow our careers? High fives all around! 
If you're stuck between learning to bake sourdough and learning to code, why not go for