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Missile attack on cargo ship off Yemen wounds 2 and sends crew fleeing

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels set a Dutch-flagged cargo ship ablaze in the Gulf of Aden on Monday, officials said, wounding two mariners and forcing its crew to abandon the damaged vessel. It was the most serious attack in the Gulf of Aden, some distance from the Red Sea where the Iranian-backed Houthis sank two vessels in July. While the rebels…
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ComputersNews

Amazon’s new OS for Fire TV players is a double-edged sword

Amazon is going in a new direction with its latest 4K Fire TV streaming stick, and it’s a direction that Fire TV sideloaders probably won’t like. Making its debut during the company’s big fall hardware event in New York City on Tuesday and slated to ship in October, the Fire TV Stick 4K Select will rank as Amazon’s third 4K-capable streaming stick, alongside the Fire TV Stick 4K and the…
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GamingNews

Battlefield 6 Live-Action Trailer Takes Aim at Call of Duty

EA is ramping up its Battlefield 6 marketing, this time taking a direct jab at first-person shooter rival Call of Duty. Battlefield 6’s official live-action trailer dropped over the weekend, and it begins with what looks like a send up of Activision’s star-studded…
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Fortnite Disables Peacemaker Emote Following TV Series Bombshell, With Epic Games Now Contacting James Gunn's DC to 'Inquire Into Our Partner's Creative Intentions'

Fortnite has swiftly disabled the game’s Peaceful Hips emote, a collaboration with James Gunn and John Cena’s DCU Peacemaker TV series, following a bombshell twist at the end of the show’s most recent episode. Warning! Spoilers for Peacemaker Season 2 Episode 6 follow. Fans were left stunned when Peacemaker’s latest episode revealed that the show’s alternate…
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NewsSpace

Canon EOS R50 V review

The Canon EOS R50 V is an attempt to capture content creators such as vloggers in addition to Canon’s core photographer audience. With the uplift in people making podcasts, vlogs, and personal YouTube channels, it’s no surprise. Unlike expensive, top-end EOS R…
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Secrets of ancient life on Earth may live in Japan's hot springs

Some 2.3 billion years ago, the Earth would have been unrecognizable to us. At that time, ancient microorganisms were the dominant life form; there were no animals, no plant life, and certainly no humans. But then, something changed. Oxygen-producing cyanobacteria triggered the Great Oxidation Event (GOE), which introduced atmospheric oxygen to our planet and allowed life as we know it to…
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