Softbank notes it has now invested $18.5 billion in WeWork, “more than the GDP” of Bolivia, which has 11.5 million people

Yesterday, in addressing nervous WeWork employees at an all-hands, the company’s new chairman, SoftBank executive Marcelo Claure, told those gathered that their days of worrying are over, says Recode, which…

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Bethesda hopes you’ll pay $100 a year for private ‘Fallout 76’ worlds

Bethesda is betting that Fallout 76 fans are willing to pay extra for creature comforts -- so much so that they'll pay more than they did for the base game. The developer has launched a Fallout 1st subscription that offers a few exclusive conveniences and other perks for $100 per year, or $13 per month.…

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Some of the strangest video game ideas come from a Twitter philosopher

Barr is currently an assistant professor in design and computation arts at Concordia University in Montreal. He's also on Twitter.GAME IDEATHE JUMP SCARESARE EMAILSYOU HAVE NOT ANSWEREDFOR WEEKS— P░pp░n B░rr (@pippinbarr) September 27, 2019Barr tweets at least once per day in a clear, repeated format that's hard to miss in Twitter's flood of standard text,…

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Watch the first teaser for Netflix’s CG ‘Ghost in the Shell’ series

A word of warning: if you have fond memories of Mamoru Oshii's two Ghost in the Shell movies, you may want to avert your eyes. Of all the trailers Netflix released today, the one for Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 is the only one that has nearly as many dislikes on YouTube as it does…

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Huawei will finally release its $2,400 Mate X phone on November 15th

After multiple delays, Huawei's foldable Mate X is nearly ready for launch -- but only in its homeland. Huawei is launching the phone in China on November 15th for ¥16,999, or roughly $2,400. Suddenly, the Galaxy Fold seems like a bargain. You do get 5G wireless, 8GB of RAM and 512GB of storage for your…

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Canon M6 Mark II review: Incredible performance from a flawed flagship

Body and handlingThe big advantage of APS-C devices over full-frame cameras is the compact size, and Canon has nailed that part. Compared to the 660-gram EOS R, it weighs just 408 grams with a battery and memory card. On top of that, most of the lenses are pretty light too, thanks to the smallish EOS…

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Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Endures Another Grilling on Capitol Hill

You are Mark Zuckerberg. It is 1:45 pm in Room 2128 of the Rayburn Office Building. You have been testifying for almost four hours, enduring the questions of the House Financial Services Committee, five minutes per representative, some of them very angry at you. You have to pee.Chair Maxine Waters (D-California) listens to your request…

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Why Did Oklahoma’s Sooner Schooner Tip Over?

So the Sooner Schooner was indeed accelerating, simply because it was turning. Also, you might notice that right before the crash, the horses seem to take a sharper turn. That reduces the radius of curvature and increases the centripetal acceleration. But why did it tip over? Torque!Don’t Get TorquedPhysicists like to simplify things as much…

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Why Republicans Storming a SCIF Puts National Security at Risk

So when Gaetz and House minority whip Steve Scalise and their merry band of lawmakers literally barge into a SCIF—they finally left after a five-hour standoff—they’re not just causing a fuss. They’re making a mockery of national security, and to a lesser extent putting it at risk. Especially the congressmen who, as numerous outlets have…

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Why Zuckerberg’s Embrace of Mayor Pete Should Worry You

We recently learned that Elizabeth Warren is the kind of presidential candidate Mark Zuckerberg considers an existential threat to Facebook. She is, after all, determined to break up the sprawling social-networking empire. But what about the others? What sort of presidential candidate does Zuckerberg consider an existential asset to Facebook? We may have an answer:…

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