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'Babylon 5' is finally coming to Blu-ray

July 20, 2023
The good news keeps coming for all Babylon 5 fans: The entire series is coming to Blu-ray just a few months after sharing that an animated feature-length film is in the works. The 30th-anniversary release will include all 110 episodes of its five-season run and its pilot TV movie, The Gathering. Show creator J. Michael Straczynski shared a celebratory tweet directed at fans stating, “YOU…
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First big Threads update for iOS helps you see new followers

July 19, 2023
Meta has delivered the first significant update to Threads since the social network launched earlier this month, and you might appreciate it if you’re still building your contact list. The company’s Cameron Roth has detailed an upgrade to the iOS app that adds a…
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Unopened first-gen iPhone sells at auction for $190,000

July 19, 2023
Someone with deep pockets has snapped up a piece of tech history after forking over $190,000 for a first-generation iPhone from 2007. That’s around 300 times the device’s original price. Don’t expect to fetch anything close to this kind of windfall by…
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NVIDIA drops remake of fan-favorite mod ‘Portal: Prelude’ on Steam for free

July 19, 2023
NVIDIA just officially released the 2008 fan-made Portal mod, Portal: Prelude. The company dropped it on Steam and, what’s more, it’s free for anyone who has the original game. This isn’t a drab re-release, as the updated release features new textures, full ray tracing, DLSS 3 for increased performance, NVIDIA Reflex for decreased latency and RTX IO for quicker load times. NVIDIA also…
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TikTok rolls out passkey login for iOS devices

July 18, 2023
The list of third-party apps that support passkey login on the iPhone has grown by one, thanks to TikTok. Users of the popular video-sharing service will now have the option to sign in with their passkey associated with their Apple ID, which means they can easily get into…
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Bluesky allowed people to include the n-word in their usernames

July 17, 2023
Before this week, Bluesky, the up-and-coming decentralized Twitter alternative, did not have a system in place to automatically prevent people from registering usernames that featured the n-word as part of their handle. On Wednesday, the company received multiple reports of…
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Apple Tap to Pay expands to the UK, letting iPhone users accept contactless payments

July 14, 2023
Apple has expanded Tap to Pay’s availability and is giving businesses and merchants across the United Kingdom the option to accept contactless payments using just their iPhones. The tech giant initially released the feature in the US in mid-2022 before making it available in Taiwan and Australia. Like in those regions, merchants in the UK will be able to receive payments without having to…
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How to install the iOS 17 public beta

July 13, 2023
Gone are the days when you contort yourself to try the latest iOS version before its official debut. Apple has released the iOS 17 public beta, and it’s easy to install the preview on your iPhone. So long as you know what you’re getting into, you can explore major…
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Honor's Magic V2 is the thinnest foldable phone to date

July 13, 2023
With the arrival of Xiaomi’s Mix Fold 2 last August, it was only a matter of time before other brands would catch up with similarly impressive slimness for their next foldable phones. So far this year, we have Huawei’s Mate X3 which finally broke Xiaomi’s thinness record, followed by Google’s Pixel Fold — it’s a tad thicker, but at least it’s available in…
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