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A new spacesuit design can recycle astronauts’ urine into purified, drinkable water
15 Jul

A new spacesuit design can recycle astronauts’ urine into purified, drinkable water

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The life of an astronaut may sound like a glamorous career but it requires a lot of hard work and sacrifice. They have to spend weeks or even months at a time away from Earth, their loved ones and the warm embrace of gravity. They have to endure an endless stream of “Tang” jokes. Sometimes they even have to drink recycled wastewater.We say “sometimes” because not every drop of astronaut urine is recycled into palatable water. The urine they expel into their spacesuits is simply flushed away or discarded when they return to the spacecraft. A new space suit designed…
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Ooni flash sale includes 20 percent off Karu and Koda pizza ovens
15 Jul

Ooni flash sale includes 20 percent off Karu and Koda pizza ovens

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is right around the corner so summer deal season is in full swing, including on some manufacturers' own storefronts. Ooni is running at the minute and the company has slashed 20 percent off the price of some of its pizza ovens, including the Karu 12 and Koda 12. The Karu 12 has , which is $60 off the regular price. The Koda 12, meanwhile, is . The sale runs until July 17.Ooni makes some of our picks for the . While we generally recommend larger models, there's no harm in going for the Karu 12 or Koda 12 if you…
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Laser Sphere uses Playdate’s crank to control a space laser, and I’m having a blast
14 Jul

Laser Sphere uses Playdate’s crank to control a space laser, and I’m having a blast

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The horde is relentless. Every time I naively get overconfident in the timing of my laser sweeps and think I finally have the advantage over my enemies, the next wave comes in tenfold just to put me back in my place. I flatten them, they come back stronger and overtake me, and our little dance starts all over again.In , a Playdate game made by Pulp creator Shaun Inman, it’s just you and your prone-to-overheating space laser against the world. From the game’s description:The lights in the sky are fading. A massive shell around an ailing star is the last…
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Amazon’s AI chatbot Rufus is now live for all US customers
14 Jul

Amazon’s AI chatbot Rufus is now live for all US customers

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There’s another chatbot in town. Amazon’s AI chatbot Rufus is now live for all US customers, albeit in a beta version. This follows a testing phase that began back in February. Rufus looks to currently be tied to the app and not the web version of Amazon.So what does it do? It’s an Amazon chatbot so it helps with shopping. You can ask for lists of recommended products and ask what specific products do and stuff like that.I’ve tooled around with it a bit this morning and it seems fine, though a bit boring. I will say that I cross-referenced…
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Amazon is adding a free $300 gift card when you pre-order the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6
14 Jul

Amazon is adding a free $300 gift card when you pre-order the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6

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If you’re considering a premium foldable phone, these pre-order deals ahead of Prime Day may be the way to go. You can get a $300 Amazon gift card when you reserve the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 and a $200 one with the Galaxy Z Flip 6. Both phones begin shipping on July 24.The Samsung Z Fold 6 will typically cost $1,900 for 256GB of storage and $2,320 for 512GB. But Amazon’s deal gets you the 512GB with a $300 Amazon gift card for $1,900. (The 256GB model costs the same, so there’s no reason to go with it.) That’s…
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8BitDo marks its 11th anniversary with gold and silver metal controllers
14 Jul

8BitDo marks its 11th anniversary with gold and silver metal controllers

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The controllers available for consoles like the Xbox Series X and the Nintendo Switch and even some for PC gaming are the peak result of an evolutionary ergonomic transformation. The days of boxy controllers like the NES GamePad and even the Atari 2600 joystick are almost gone from modern gaming but 8BitDo has done a great job of preserving those classic designs without totally sacrificing their functionality.8BitDo has been making these modern throwback peripherals for 11 years and it’s marking this anniversary with a pair of limited edition gold and silver SN30 Pro controllers.These controllers aren’t just matte painted in…
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Three senators introduce bill to protect artists and journalists from unauthorized AI use
14 Jul

Three senators introduce bill to protect artists and journalists from unauthorized AI use

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Three US Senators introduced a bill that aims to rein in the rise and use of AI generated content and deepfakes by protecting the work of artists, songwriters and journalists.The Content Original Protection and Integrity from Edited and Deepfaked Media (COPIED) Act was introduced to the Senate Friday morning. The bill is a bipartisan effort authorized by Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), according to a press alert issued by Blackburn’s office.The COPIED ACT would, if enacted, create transparency standards through the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) to set guidelines for…
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There’s finally a retro PC emulator on the App Store
14 Jul

There’s finally a retro PC emulator on the App Store

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The retro PC game emulator UTM SE is now available on the App Store for iPhone, iPad and Apple Vision Pro, marking the first time Apple has allowed a PC emulator for iOS onto its marketplace, per The Verge. UTM SE will let you run classic PC games, but you’ll first need to either download a pre-built virtual machine — several of which UTM offers for free on its website — or you can create your own from scratch.We are happy to announce that UTM SE is available (for free) on iOS and visionOS App Store (and coming soon to…
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Amazon Prime Day 2024 is almost here and these are the best tech deals we could find from Apple, Bose, Samsung and more
14 Jul

Amazon Prime Day 2024 is almost here and these are the best tech deals we could find from Apple, Bose, Samsung and more

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Amazon Prime Day 2024 will arrive shortly, bringing a deluge of discounts and deals on everything from household essentials to clothing to tech. Even though the shopping event is limited to 48 hours, Amazon typically has early Prime Day deals rolling out for weeks ahead of time.This year is no different: there are dozens of early Prime Day deals available now that members can take advantage of. Plus, there are also a number of solid tech deals available on Amazon that aren’t explicitly tied to July Prime Day, but are likely to get lumped in with the rest of the…
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What to read this week: An astronaut’s journey and queer horror that bites back at cliché
14 Jul

What to read this week: An astronaut’s journey and queer horror that bites back at cliché

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New releases in fiction, nonfiction and comics that caught our attention. Bury Your Gays by Chuck TingleChuck Tingle may be best known for his oft-memed erotica titles, but the author has also been making a name for himself in mainstream horror in recent years. Tingle’s second full-length horror novel, Bury Your Gays, was released this week, and if the title didn’t make it abundantly clear, it calls out one of Hollywood’s tiredest tropes: queer storylines that inevitably end in tragedy or erasure.In Bury Your Gays, bizarre circumstances befall the book’s protagonist, an Oscar-nominated scriptwriter named Misha, after he refuses studio…
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