A new special edition Xbox One X has been leaked on the Canadian Walmart website. The Cyberpunk 2077 Xbox looks like scrap metal at first, but it comes with glow-in-the-dark graffiti. Somehow the phrase “No Future” on the console seems appropriate, as Kotaku details: 

Under normal circumstances, the phrase “No Future” would almost certainly qualify as the sort of bad virtual graffiti that tries to club you over the head with a game’s grim-dark themes. See “What happens when the food runs out?” in The Last of Us or “No one will keep us from death!” in Dishonored. Did you know things are not good in these worlds? Did the zombies, raging pandemics, and crumbling social orders not properly convey that? If not, check out the side of that concrete underpass.

But the year 2020 feels like it asks for something more. Apparently, it demands a a console that brings that obvious, needless graffiti out of the game and into our living rooms. It demands a console that reminds us “No future” even in the dark, even when it’s not on.

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Walking has always been a healthy (and for some people, relaxing) activity. Not all have the luxury now to step outside and have a nice walk, but if you have the option to walk, take the opportunity! Walking has a lot of health benefits, such as improving sleep, but it can also be calming, as greenwich time details: 

I started going for neighborhood walks when I lived in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. At 27, I had moved there for journalism school and had arrived from Seattle with plenty of grief in my heart and anxiety in my head. My beloved grandmother had died earlier that year, and I was transferring into my program as a first-generation college student, 3,000 miles away from my friends and family. I felt alone and hopeless. But it was a pivotal time for self-growth. Only after I began seeing a therapist and started going for evening walks, just to get out of my apartment, did the gloom begin to lift.

Of course, safety comes first. Don't step outside unless you can safely keep your social distance! 

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This father took entertaining his kids to the next level. His intense impression of a dinosaur not only has made his kids entertained, but also the Internet. His alter-ego, ‘Dadosaur,” wakes up when his kids mention its name. His wife may seem unimpressed, but everybody else seems to be very impressed at how he would do anything to keep his kids entertained, as the Blaze details: 

The videos first appeared on Tik Tok under the handle @olivemannella and quickly spread through Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

Yahoo News described the sensation as "a seemingly mild-mannered father (who) transforms into a cake-eating monster at the mere mention of his name."

On Twitter, one user reacted by telling her followers, "y'all are so blessed to have dads in y'all life's...especially the fathers who entertain you." Another declared, "Dadosaur is the best thing on the internet."

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NASA is launching its first manned mission after a decade. Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley will travel to the International Space Station on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. This mission is also the final test for SpaceX before NASA begins to use the spacecraft for future missions. Gizmodo has the details: 

Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the event will not be open to the public, and access to nearby viewing sites could also be curtailed if Florida officials extend the state’s currently stay-at-home order. As a precaution, NASA told Business Insider earlier this month that it was “limiting contact with crew members” ahead of the launch in addition to other routine health safeguards, which includes a two-week quarantine. As for how long they’ll be up there, the agency is still mulling that over.

Since shuttering its Space Shuttle program in 2011, NASA has relied on Russia’s space program to ferry American astronauts to the station—a space taxi service that’s cost roughly $3.4 billion over the last nine years. Upon the success of next month’s mission, NASA will transition to relying on SpaceX’s spacecraft to do the job as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

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Look, each has their own way of eating burgers. However, burgers are messy, and sometimes, you don’t want the mess that comes with it. If you want to eat a burger without the mess, there is a right way to hold and eat a burger without it falling into pieces, as Mirror details: 

When you pick up your burger, you must make sure that you're not holding it too tight - this is vital.

Subconsciously we do this when we take a bite, perhaps in the hopes that the harder we squeeze it, the higher the chances we've got in keeping it together.

But all this does is crushes your burger, and forces the fillings to spill out.

Before you take your very first bite, the dentist explains that you should try opening your mouth wide and closing it again to warm up the muscles.

And, the best way to hold it is to put your thumbs and pinkie fingers at the bottom, and your other three fingers on top in a claw like position.

Your pinkies will affectively hold the back portion of the bun together so the contents won't fall out.

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The new iPhone SE has been revealed to the public. The device has a starting price of $399, which is inexpensive for a new iPhone. The latest model features a few of the older models’ designs, such as the return of the home button. But does the model’s low price come at the expense of its features? RT News has the details: 

The latest model replaces the iPhone 8, which was discontinued on April 15. With a 4.7-inch screen, the SE 2020’s design is unremarkably consistent with the iPhone 8, which was a continuance of the iPhone 6, paving the way for a somewhat tedious look

The new handset even sees a return of the home button with touch ID, which was considered defunct when the iPhone X was released in 2017 and the trademark round button was replaced for a touch-sensitive, haptic-powered version.

Apple users may have been quick to voice their dismay at the removal of this former iPhone staple, but its elimination was soon celebrated as a more elegant, seamless way to navigate the phone. So much so that the tech press was quick to speculate that the iconic “home button isn’t coming back.”

Boasting a well-worn design that includes reverting back to former design staples, could this have something to do with Apple giving its new SE a comparatively low price-tag? That said, exactly how cheap the new iPhone is, is questionable. When the iPhone 8 was launched in 2017 at an eye-wateringly expensive starting price of $699, the handset was dubbed as “setting a new bar” in costs for a mainstream handset.

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With most of us in our homes during the pandemic, some say that the introverts would thrive during quarantine, as they wouldn’t get lonely from the lack of social interaction at all. That is wrong. Introverts do get lonely. Anyone who’s cooped up in their homes without the choice (or the privilege) of going outside would get lonely and sad at some point. Whether an introvert or extrovert, everyone draws energy from other people, as The New York Times detailed: 

It’s often said that extroverts get their energy from people, while introverts are energized by solitude. The data show that’s a myth. In a pair of studies, people rated their energy hourly or weekly. Extroverts felt more energized when they were being talkative and outgoing — but introverts did, too. Then, in an experiment, people were randomly assigned to act like extroverts or introverts in a group discussion. Acting extroverted energized even the introverts.

“Everybody draws energy from other people,” Susan Cain, the author of “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking,” said on my TED podcast, WorkLife. “Introverts aren’t antisocial — just differently social!”

What makes introverts different is our sensitivity to stimulation: We’re more easily overloaded than extroverts. When introverts spend a whole week acting like extroverts, there is evidence that the emotional benefits fade and costs begin to emerge — introverts start to feel more negative emotions, more exhaustion and less authenticity. I enjoy being with other people. Some of my best friends are extroverts! Just don’t make me sit next to them on a long flight.

Now that we’re all in some form of isolation, this knowledge has implications for how we fight loneliness. If you’re an extrovert, you might find yourself opting for virtual co-working with strangers and dreading a Sad Desk Lunch. Introverts crave social connection, too, we just need to be careful not to overdo it. For me, eating alone is a Happy Desk Lunch, because it allows me to stay focused and avoid getting drained. New evidence shows that working through lunch alone doesn’t bother people as long as it’s their choice. It hurts only when people want connection but can’t find it.

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Amazon is now trying to nudge people to order fewer products, as the company is trying to prioritize essential items such as medical supplies and paper goods. The company is making it slightly less convenient to get certain packages to people’s doorstep. In addition, they are cutting down on advertising, and is backpedaling its one-day shipping guarantee for Prime members in Europe, as Slate detailed: 

Amazon is taking an axe to many of its promotional initiatives as well. In a bid to lure in fewer customers, the company is cutting back considerably on advertising in Google search results and on commission rates for its affiliate marketing program. That program gives a portion of the revenue from a sale to e-commerce companies and media outlets—including Slate—if a customer landed on the product page through a link they posted. Commission rates are expected to drop more than 50 percent for certain items. Amazon has additionally called off Mother’s Day and Father’s Day campaigns aimed at getting people to splurge on their parents and indefinitely postponed Prime Day, the doorbuster blowout it typically holds in July.

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A man drives his car straight to a frozen lake, creating waves as he goes. The biggest wonder here is how did he not drop straight into the lake? I repeated the video multiple times trying to understand how he pulled the stunt. 

When we feel tired, sad, or angry, we usually rely on different things to ease our negative emotions out of our system. One of the most common ways to relieve tension is through eating, and most of us have our own comfort food. If you’re looking for something new to eat, Food Insider shows twenty different comfort foods around the globe! A little bit of warning: this video can make you hungry. 

A photo of a two-pack of Warheads-band candy-themed sanitizer piqued the interest of the Internet. The sanitizer is available in scents such as green apple and lemon (classic flavors of sour candy), and is alcohol-free. If the sanitizer has no alcohol is it even useful? Vice has the answer: 

The hand sanitizer is listed as alcohol-free—possibly for obvious reasons—and it uses benzalkonium chloride as its active ingredient, which the CDC says "has less reliable activity against coronavirus" than either ethanol or isopropanol alcohols. A safety data sheet for the product recommends contacting a physician or the Poison Control Center if the Warheads Hand Sanitizer is accidentally ingested, so the existence of this stuff seems like...maybe not the best idea? (It also seems to put its faith in humans not being idiots, which is risky at best.)

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Clearly the golden retriever does not want to do yoga!  Windham the golden retriever clearly wants to play with his owner, look at how adorably he urges his owner to play with him instead. Honestly, why exercise when you can play instead?

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Bourbon Street is a famous place in New Orleans. It is the home to some of the world’s most potent cocktails, such as the Hurricane, Hand Grenade, and Shark Attack (yes, these are all cocktails). Listen to the new episode of Life Behind Bars to know about the history and the drinking culture of the famed New Orleans street.

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Who knew we were capable of seeing stars explode? Astronomers have determined the strongest star explosion we were able to spot. The SN2016aps is a supernova in a galaxy 4.5 billion light-years from Earth. Astronomers observed that the supernova brightened before its explosion in December 2015, as ScienceAlert detailed: 

Now, astronomers have determined that SN2016aps was 500 times brighter than typical supernova explosions. It is, they say, the brightest, most energetic and maybe even the most massive supernova we've ever seen - pushing it towards the category of hypernova.

"SN2016aps is spectacular in several ways," explained astronomer Edo Berger of Harvard University. "Not only is it brighter than any other supernova we've ever seen, but it has several properties and features that make it rare in comparison to other explosions of stars in the Universe."

Although it peaked in January 2016, observations of SN2016aps were not limited to that timeframe. After the supernova was spotted in the PanSTARRS data, astronomers kept a careful eye to observe how the object dimmed over time, a process that's still occurring.

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Artist Tina Yu creates different animals (and fictional creatures) with clay. Yu describes her style as “double c: cute and creepy.” Her creations represent animals “reborn into a new colorful fantasy world, where there’s no pain and suffering, and they can live happily ever after,” as Instagram details: ⁣

“I think the most special moment is seeing all the characters I come up with in my head come to ‘life,’” says Tina. “I’ve learned how to express myself through my artwork in an emotional way. By taking inspiration from people, things and memories that are personal to me, I feel like I’ve found my own identity in art.” #ThisWeekOnInstagram

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