sábado, 9 de janeiro de 2021


Meteorites From the Beginning of the Solar System May Have Carried Water Quite Recently

Posted: 09 Jan 2021 06:00 AM PST

Meteorites that formed in the earliest days of the solar system may contain liquid water, according to new research, lending credence to the theory that meteorites brought water and other precursors for life to our planet billions of years ago.

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Drown Out a Chaotic News Cycle for a Minute With Your Favorite Shows on This $400 Westinghouse 65-Inch Roku TV

Posted: 09 Jan 2021 04:24 AM PST

Google Kicks Parler Off Its App Store, And Apple May Soon Follow Suit

Posted: 08 Jan 2021 06:26 PM PST

Parler was suspended from Google's Play Store on Friday over its lack of content moderation, ironically the very reason the social media platform has quickly become an online gutter collecting deplatformed conservatives and far-right extremists. And a ban from Apple's App Store may not be far behind.

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Twitter Doesn't Like Piracy, Even When It's in the Public Service

Posted: 08 Jan 2021 04:09 PM PST

Across Twitter on Friday, open-source advocates and academics alike poured one out following the suspension of Sci-Hub, a site that lets researchers bypass the costly paywalls for more than 70 million papers from across the globe.

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Jack Offs Trump

Posted: 08 Jan 2021 03:53 PM PST

Rest in piss, @realDonaldTrump: Twitter has permanently suspended the president after he incited a riot at the Capitol this week.

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Take a Break From the Screen and Roll on Over To One of These Video-To-Board Game Adaptations

Posted: 08 Jan 2021 02:00 PM PST

Twitter Cracks Down on Qanon Accounts for Role in Capitol Riot

Posted: 08 Jan 2021 03:30 PM PST

Twitter removed the accounts of a number of high-profile supporters of the Qanon conspiracy theory this Friday after their alleged role in spurring on the violent, pro-Trump insurgency at the U.S. Capitol building Thursday.

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Supreme Court Asked to Consider if Fifth Amendment Protects Passwords

Posted: 08 Jan 2021 03:06 PM PST

The American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, two of the nation's largest defenders of digital privacy, are asking the Supreme Court to stop criminal prosecutors from forcing people to unlock their own cellphones, under the argument that the U.S. Constitution's protection against…

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West Virginia Lawmaker Livestreamed His Way Into Federal Charges

Posted: 08 Jan 2021 02:55 PM PST

We can add one more name to the growing list of co-conspirators, sycophants, ladder climbers, and lawmakers who are hoping for a last-minute pardon from President Trump. An official with the Department of Justice announced on Friday that Derrick Evans, a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, will face…

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How Often Should You Reboot Your Computer?

Posted: 08 Jan 2021 02:45 PM PST

It may seem super basic: You should reboot your computer every now and then. But some people never, ever do. We're not saying you need to power down and reboot every single day (though it's not a bad idea), but going through the the old turn-it-off-and-turn-it-back-on process at least once a week can actually solve a…

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Reddit Bans r/Conspiracy Moderator and r/DonaldTrump

Posted: 08 Jan 2021 02:17 PM PST

Amid a hardening consensus that conspiracy theories emboldened this week's Capitol Building rioters—many adorned with "Q" garments, waving Q flags, screaming about election fraud—Reddit is quietly weeding out spreaders of election-related conspiracies.

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There Is Such a Thing as Too Late

Posted: 08 Jan 2021 01:53 PM PST

No one needed to predict a frothing horde of Trump supporters would lay siege to the Capitol on Wednesday because they told us that was the plan all along.

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Tesla Knocks Facebook Off List of Top Five U.S. Companies by Market Cap

Posted: 08 Jan 2021 01:52 PM PST

Elon Musk's march towards either overseeing one of the biggest stock market bubble pops in recent history or being the guy who opens a solar-powered portal to Hell on Mars continues unabated: Tesla is now one of the country's top five companies by market cap.

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The 10 Best Deals of January 8, 2021

Posted: 08 Jan 2021 01:00 PM PST

Turn Your Nintendo Switch Into a Giant Controller With the Split Pad Pro for $40

Posted: 08 Jan 2021 06:01 AM PST

Two Failed Stars in Our Cosmic Neighborhood Seem to Have... Stripes?

Posted: 08 Jan 2021 12:51 PM PST

Never appreciated for what they are, brown dwarfs are often compared to what they are not. Indeed, they're stuck in a celestial no man's land, classified neither as stars nor gas giant planets. As new research shows, however, comparing brown dwarfs to gas giants like Jupiter is more appropriate than we realized.

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The Big Oil Money Behind the Members of Congress Who Fueled the Capitol Attack

Posted: 08 Jan 2021 12:25 PM PST

On Wednesday, Chevron decried the assault on the Capitol by a mob of violent extremists hellbent on halting a democratic process. ,"We call for the peaceful transition of the U.S. government," the biggest oil company in the U.S. tweeted. "The violence in Washington, D.C. tarnishes a two-century tradition of respect…

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WarnerMedia Wants to 'Move On' After Justice League Probe

Posted: 08 Jan 2021 11:00 AM PST

WarnerMedia, the AT&T-owned parent company of Warner Bros.' TV and movie studios, is signaling that it's ready to move on after its Justice League investigation—but for actor Ray Fisher, it's nowhere near over.

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Adata's First Gaming Laptop Nails It

Posted: 08 Jan 2021 12:05 PM PST

I find it exciting when a new laptop brand enters the gaming market. The space is a little crowded at the moment, sure, but it can be refreshing to review something new. In my experience, there's usually some feature or some hardware combination that I haven't seen before, or the thermals are as pleasant as my…

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Oculus Rift S vs Oculus Quest 2: What’s the Right VR Headset for You?

Posted: 08 Jan 2021 11:00 AM PST

Oculus Quest 2 (64GB, 256GB) | $299-$399 | Amazon
Oculus Quest 2 (64GB, 256GB) | $299-$399 | Best Buy
Oculus Rift S | $299 | Amazon
Oculus Rift S | $299 | Best Buy

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Biden Admin’s Vaccine Plan: Release All Stored Doses

Posted: 08 Jan 2021 11:50 AM PST

On Friday, the incoming Biden administration detailed a new plan to make as many vaccine doses available as possible to the public. They plan to release all doses held in storage, breaking from the current strategy of stockpiling some of the available supply to ensure that people can get their second doses. Though the…

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SolarWinds Hires Chris Krebs and Alex Stamos Amid Fallout Over Historic Hack

Posted: 08 Jan 2021 11:40 AM PST

Two people who left their last jobs amid brewing scandals have teamed up to rehabilitate the image of a company surely going through its worst days ever.

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Google's Plan To Quash Cookies Draws Scrutiny From Regulators

Posted: 08 Jan 2021 11:30 AM PST

On Friday, UK's antitrust authority announced a new investigation into Google's plan to end support for third party cookies in Chrome. The probe, it explained, is meant to determine whether the change "could cause advertising spend to become even more concentrated on Google's ecosystem," potentially choking out…

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These $50 Clip-On Speakers Let You Turn Any Pair of Glasses Into Earbuds

Posted: 08 Jan 2021 11:15 AM PST

Everyone seems desperate to strap a pair of smart glasses to their faces (or at least tech companies seem desperate to sell us on this solution), but the closest we've got to that right now are the $200 Bose Frames or the $250 Amazon Echo frames. The problem is they only deliver audio. That's a lot to pay for a…

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Fate: The Winx Saga Isn't for Winx Club Fans, and I’m Not Sure Who Else It's For

Posted: 08 Jan 2021 08:00 AM PST

It's hard to adapt a children's show—especially when you're trying to "age it up" for an older audience. Netflix has tried to do exactly that with Fate: The Winx Saga, a tale about fairies trying to balance their magical destiny with romance and homework. But can you really turn a fairy show for preschoolers into a…

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