Saturday, 25 July 2020

Lovecraft Country's Racist Horrors Are Rooted in Reality

In HBO’s upcoming adaptation of Matt Ruff’s novel Lovecraft Country, a family of Black heroes find themselves having to face both the everyday racist realities of 1950s America and a whole host of demonic entities that seem to pop up wherever they go. During this year’s San Diego Comic-Con at Home, Lovecraft Country’s…

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Instagram Promises It's Not Snooping on iOS Users' Cameras, Says It’s a Bug

Apple’s iOS 14 beta has proven surprisingly handy at sussing out what apps are snooping on your phone’s data. It ratted out LinkedIn, Reddit, and TikTok for secretly copying clipboard content earlier this month, and now Instagram’s in hot water after several users reported that their camera’s “in use” indicator stays…

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FDA Authorizes First Coronavirus Test for Asymptomatic People Without Known or Suspected Infection

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday reissued an emergency use authorization for a test to screen people without symptoms of covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. This authorization, the first for this kind of test aims to allow asymptomatic individuals who do not have symptoms and have no…

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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt With All the DLC Is Only $25 ($40 if You're on Switch)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (PS4) | $25 | Amazon
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Xbox One) | $25 | Amazon
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Hanna, First Hurricane of the Atlantic Season, to Strike Coronavirus-Ravaged Texas

Unfortunately, the weather doesn’t care about coronavirus and doesn’t discriminate between states that have been decimated by the pandemic and those that have fared better. Hurricane Hanna, the first of the Atlantic season, is headed to Texas—which has reported more than 369,000 cases of covid-19 and an average of…

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