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Sheryl Gay Stolberg

How Will Trump’s Covid Contrarians Handle the Next Pandemic?

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s selections to run the nation’s health agencies are alarming infectious disease experts.

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If You’re Looking For A New Hobby, These 29 Buys Are Worth Your Money

Can't wait to hear all about your zombie plant.

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57 Shocking And Unsettling Pictures I Saw Recently That Shouldn't Exist

Not to be dramatic, but I would happily smite every last one of these things from existence and never look back.

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Wanna Know Your Soulmate's Initials? Eat Up A Dessert Buffet To Find Out

Love is in the sweet, sweet air!

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38 Gifts That Are Bound To Be Smash Hits This Season

From this calming Taylor Swift coloring book to this miniature Atari console to adorable Lego succulents, you're about to fall into a glorious black hole of gifting.

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Richard Lawler

Microsoft says it’s built an Xbox game store on Android but can’t launch it

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A few weeks ago, Microsoft exec Sarah Bond said that in November, “players will be able to play and purchase Xbox games directly from the Xbox App on Android.” It’s almost December and the feature still isn’t live, but Bond says it’s not Microsoft’s fault.

The problem, as she puts it, is that Microsoft would only be able to do it once a court order takes effect that forces sweeping changes for Google’s Play Store on Android, like opening it up to competition...

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Crawford, 2-time WS champ with Giants, retires

Longtime Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford announced his retirement from baseball following a 14-year career in which he won two titles in San Francisco.

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41 Pieces Of Furniture And Decor That Will Make Your House A Home

Give your home the makeover it deserves.

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Get $75 in Amazon credit when you redeem this early Black Friday Meta Quest 3S bundle deal

GET $75: As of Nov. 27, early bird Black Friday shoppers can score $75 in store credit when they purchase a Meta Quest 3S bundle at Amazon. The bundle also includes a digital copy of Batman: Arkham Shadow and a three-month trial of Meta Quest+.

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Beats Studio Pro headphones are 54% off as part of a record-low Black Friday deal

SAVE $190: As of Nov. 27, Amazon, Best Buy, Target, and Walmart have the Beats Studio Pro on sale for just $159.99 during their Black Friday sales. That's 54% off the headphones' $349.99 MSRP and an all-time low.

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Spy on the birds in your yard with a discounted Bird Buddy feeder for Black Friday

SAVE $80: For Black Friday, you can get the Bird Buddy Original Solar Bird Feeder with Camera for $199, down from $279, a 28% discount (Amazon's listed MSRP, $239, is incorrect and you're actually getting a better deal than they're letting on).

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Umar Shakir

FTC changes its telemarketing rules to cover growing ‘tech support scam’ calls

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has finalized amendments to its Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR), making it easier to protect consumers who are tricked into paying scam tech support companies. The FTC could already go after these fraudster companies if they initiated calls to people — now, they can do the same thing if people call the scammers too.

Fake tech support fraud has been on the rise for many years. The “company”...

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Wes Davis

The discontinued Steam Deck LCD is on sale

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Valve has dropped the price of the 512GB Steam Deck LCD to $336.75 (about $112 off) as part of its Steam Autumn Sale. The sale runs until December 4th at 1PM ET and includes plenty of game discounts too, but Valve discontinued the 512GB Steam Deck LCD, so it might not make it to the end. (It’s already sold through the 64GB model, which was also discounted.)

It’s a shame to see the 512GB LCD model going away, even if its picture doesn’t pop the...

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Some small business owners are relieved after an overtime pay rule was blocked

A federal judge in Texas blocked a new rule from the Biden administration that would have expanded access to overtime pay to millions more salaried workers across the U.S.

Small business owners have had a mostly positive reaction to a judge’s decision to strike down an overtime rule that would have qualified more workers for overtime pay.

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47 Gifts For People Who Spend All Day At Their Desks

Just a little something to help them enjoy the workday a little more.

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Will Knight, Louise Matsakis

US to Introduce New Restrictions on China’s Access to Cutting-Edge Chips

The new limits, which are expected to be announced Monday, are intended to slow China's ability to build large and powerful AI models.

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Ash Parrish

Baldur’s Gate 3 has yet another big patch on the way

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Larian Studios isn’t done with big updates for Baldur’s Gate 3 just yet. The studio is planning yet another quality-of-life update for the game with Patch 8.

“Arriving next year, this update will introduce some of the most eagerly awaited features to BG3: cross-play, and photo mode, along with 12 new subclasses,” Larian wrote on its Steam Community page.

Cross play will introduce multiplayer capabilities between any of the game’s platforms including...

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Wes Davis

Google Chat’s new huddles make it even more like Teams and Slack

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Google Chat is launching huddles, a Google Meet-powered addition that lets you start a quick call with your coworkers. Google said it would add huddles to Google Chat in customer preview over a year ago, but we haven’t heard about it since then. The company says the feature has started rolling out and should reach all Workspace users by January 6th.

As we noted last year, this is the same feature as Slack’s Huddles, using the same exact name. There aren’t...

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Lauren Feiner

Microsoft is being investigated by the FTC over antitrust concerns

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Microsoft is being investigated by the Federal Trade Commission in a wide-ranging antitrust probe, making it the fifth Big Tech company to fall under such scrutiny in several years.

The agency is looking into Microsoft’s cloud and software licensing business, cybersecurity services, and AI offerings. Bloomberg first reported the news and The Verge confirmed the investigation with a person familiar with the matter, granted anonymity to speak to a...

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Nick Wagoner

49ers LB Warner playing with fractured ankle

49ers linebacker Fred Warner revealed for the first time Wednesday that he's been playing through a fractured bone in his ankle that he suffered in a Sept. 29 win against the Patriots.

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