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‘Escape From Tarkov’ is killing players in just seven minutes ahead of wipe

Escape From Tarkov has been updated with the biggest pre-wipe event in the shooter’s history, with a biohazard killing players in just seven minutes unless they find an antidote in-raid. Developer Battlestate Games launched the event yesterday (June 27), and announced it with two Twitter posts. The first warns that a biological hazard is in effect while the second, translated by Twitter user Bakeezy, outlines how the event works – and how players can survive it. “Going into the raid, remember that you biologically…

Google is officially killing yet another of its chat apps

Google Hangouts is finally, really going away for everyone in November of 2022, and Google Chat is ready to step in as a full-featured replacement. Once reserved for Google Workspace subscribers, Chat generally offers more capabilities, so it’s a good trade. Every change involves learning how the new system works, and the fine details can sometimes be frustrating. Getting an early start is the best way to take control of the situation and manage the transition on your own schedule.…

YNW Melly & Mom Appear to Respond to ‘Killing of His Mother’ Claim

YNW Melly and his mother appear to have addressed a recently circulated claim from court documents about “authorizing the killing of his mother.”As has been seen across social media in recent days, court documents record attorney Stuart Adelstein asking the witness if Melly had “authorized any communication for the commission of a crime.” Answering the question, the witness pointed to phone communications, alleging they include “narcotics trafficking, firearms violations, authorizing the killing of his mother.” Other…

Something Is Killing The Children #25 Has $120,000 Orders

| Bleeding Cool reported last week how Jessica Harrow, star of Stephanie Phillips and Flaviano's Grim, was following in the footsteps of Erica Slaughter with a surprising sales increase with issue #3. But Grim wasn't the only Boom Studios title retailers went big on last week as Slaughter's flagship title, James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'Edera's Something Is Killing The Children, saw a massive spike in orders with issue #25. Final orders for the landmark Something Is Killing The Children #25 closed this past Monday and…

Nio car falls from third floor parking lot in Shanghai, killing two

Employees stand next to a ET7 sedan at a NIO Inc. dealership in Shanghai, China, on Wednesday, June 8, 2022.Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesA test car made by Chinese electric vehicle start-up Nio fell out of a third-floor parking lot of a building in Shanghai, killing two people, the company said in a Weibo post on Thursday.The incident happened at around 5:20 p.m. Beijing time on Wednesday. One company staff member and a partner employee died.Nio said it immediately started an investigation into the accident in…

It’s Been Nine Years and DC Fans Are Still Debating Superman Killing Zod in ‘Man of Steel’

Man of Steel has been undergoing a slow, critical rehabilitation for some time. On its initial release, die-hard DC fans were intensely critical of its serious-minded examination of Clark Kent/Superman, with the desaturated color palette, destruction of Metropolis in the final battle, and philosophical pondering. Fortunately, many of those voices have died down, Man of Steel‘s qualities are being appreciated, and there’s near-constant fan interest in bringing Cavill back to the DCEU. But there’s one story aspect…

Woman Describes How She Unknowingly Became Getaway Driver in Nipsey Killing

The woman who drove the man charged with the murder of Nipsey Hussle testified in court on Monday, saying she unknowingly became the getaway driver.Per NBC Los Angeles, 35-year-old Bryannita Nicholson recalled the moment she saw Nipsey outside a South Los Angeles shopping center on March 31, 2019. Nicholson, who met accused murderer Eric Holder Jr. while driving for Lyft a just over a month earlier, recalled, “I said, ‘Ooh, there’s goes Nipsey, he fine.’” At the time, she mentioned to Holder that she wanted to take a…

UK broadband alert! This kitchen appliance is killing your Wi-Fi

Millions of us appear blissfully unaware that our refrigerators could be wreaking havoc with those all-important broadband speeds. With office workers expected to stay at home this week due to the national train strike, making sure the Wi-Fi is fully up to speed is essential and moving the router away from the fridge is a very good place to start.According to new research from the broadband team at Zen, 90 percent of internet users didn’t know their refrigerator could be drowning out their Wi-Fi and slowing their speeds…

Apple just updated its worst MacBook instead of killing it

Apple announced two new MacBooks at WWDC 2022, a redesigned MacBook Air and a 13-inch MacBook Pro. These are Apple’s best-selling Macs, and as stated in the keynote event, they’re the two best-selling laptops across the entire industry. While the M2 MacBook Air now sports a refreshed redesign, the 13-inch MacBook Pro has been left in a pitiful state. It uses a chassis straight from 2016, and it stands out like a sore thumb in the rest of the MacBook lineup. That means big bezels, a boxier shape, a poor webcam, and…

Tesla CEO Elon Musk reportedly has warned of killing Twitter deal over bot accounts

Elon Musk may walk away from his $44 billion deal to acquire Twitter Inc if the social media network fails to provide data on spam and fake accounts, the billionaire warned in a letter to the company on Monday. Twitter was in a "clear material breach" of its obligations and that Musk reserves all rights to terminate the merger agreement, the letter said. This is the first time Musk has threatened to walk away from the deal in writing as opposed to airing it on Twitter's social media platform. Twitter had previously…