sexta-feira, 5 de fevereiro de 2021


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Posted: 05 Feb 2021 08:00 AM PST

Mike Cahill's Bliss Is a Sci-Fi Fantasy About Hitting Rock Bottom

Posted: 04 Feb 2021 03:30 PM PST

Gloom, loneliness, and despair are constants in life, but over the past year, those sorts of feelings have crowded way closer to nearly everyone. Bliss, the latest from Mike Cahill (Another Earth, I Origins), proposes all that darkness is actually just a grim simulation beamed from an idealized reality. Or is it?

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A Program Is Turning Discarded Oyster Shells Into Treasure

Posted: 05 Feb 2021 07:00 AM PST

If you eat oysters in Galveston, there's a chance your discarded oyster shells will end up back in the bay near the Texas city. Unlike throwing trash in the sea, that's a good thing.

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Peloton's Forking Over $100 Million to Ship Delayed Products by Air

Posted: 05 Feb 2021 07:38 AM PST

Peloton may have experienced massive success during the pandemic, but its struggle to ship its Bikes and Treads on time is threatening to derail that. Customers have taken to social media to vent their frustrations about weeks and months-long delays, prompting Peloton to announce it's ready to invest $100 million to…

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A Beginner’s Guide to Heavy Metal Nazi Hunting Online

Posted: 05 Feb 2021 07:05 AM PST

A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece for the Columbia Journalism Review about the way that my lifelong interest in heavy metal and ongoing career as a metal journalist had equipped me with a very specific skill set—namely, spotting Nazis, especially when they would prefer not to be found. In this respect, I am nothing…

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You Need to Update Chrome Right Now

Posted: 05 Feb 2021 06:56 AM PST

If you use Google Chrome, you need to stop reading this and update your browser this very second.

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Updates From Spider-Man 3, Dark Army, and More

Posted: 05 Feb 2021 06:21 AM PST

The Resident Evil reboot sets a theatrical date (that will inevitably change, because, well). Another obscure comic book character is coming to DC's The Suicide Squad spinoff Peacemaker. Plus, a new look at Resident Alien, and the CW shares what's coming on Superman & Lois, Batwoman, Legacies, and more. To me, my…

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What Are Venus Flytraps Doing With Magnetic Fields?

Posted: 05 Feb 2021 06:25 AM PST

A team of researchers recently strapped a dismembered carnivorous plant to a sensitive instrument in Berlin, in a room that shuts out the world's magnetic noise. It was a Venus flytrap's "jaw"—really a specialized leaf—and when the team turned up the heat, the jaw summoned the energy to try to close. In that moment, a…

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The Murky Connection Between the Coronavirus and Climate Change

Posted: 05 Feb 2021 05:57 AM PST

Climate change is basically messing up everything in our lives. It's tempting to find a way to pin the coronavirus pandemic on it, and a new study released today does just that, claiming that climate change "may have driven the emergence" of coronavirus. But it may be more complicated than it seems at first blush.

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The Super Nintendo-Inspired PocketGo S30 Is One of the Easiest Ways to Get Into Handheld Retro Gaming

Posted: 05 Feb 2021 06:00 AM PST

The PocketGo handhelds were some of the first portable emulators out of China that delivered a reliable retro gaming experience, but just a year later the consoles are really starting to show their age. The PocketGo S30 is a welcome upgrade, and while its performance still feels a little dated, its design, price, and…

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New Zealand Scientists Built a ‘Volcano Bomb’ Cannon to Save Lives

Posted: 05 Feb 2021 05:30 AM PST

Volcanoes can kill you in many different ways. Are you on their slopes? A volcanic avalanche of superheated ash and gas or a sneaky lava flow would do it. Far across the bay? A tsunami caused by a collapsing flank will be delivered to your door. On the other side of the planet? The aerosols jettisoned into the…

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Nevada Wants to Let Tech Companies Form Their Own Governments

Posted: 05 Feb 2021 02:00 AM PST

Steve Sisolak, the Democratic governor of Nevada, wants to incentivize technology companies to move to his state, and he's got some wild ideas about how to make that happen. The latest draft proposal, obtained by the Review-Journal, doesn't just hand out the typical tax breaks that you'd expect from a governor. The…

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Dominion Tells Facebook, Parler, and Other Sites to Keep the Receipts

Posted: 04 Feb 2021 09:17 PM PST

Dominion Voting Systems is taking some of the most vocal election fraud conspiracy theorists to court over their toothless claims in a string of billion-dollar defamation lawsuits. But with social media platforms purging far-right commentators and cracking down on election misinformation among other long-overdue…

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Razer's Huntsman V2 Analog Packs Three Fancy New Features for Discerning Keyboard Fanatics

Posted: 04 Feb 2021 07:00 PM PST

With so many people stuck at home, upgrading the good 'ole home gaming battlestation has become sort of a hobby. Razer's new Huntsman V2 Analog, the company's latest flagship keyboard, has three new features that may be worth the splurge.

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Chrome Removed the Great Suspender Extension, but Don't Mourn Your Lost Tabs Just Yet

Posted: 04 Feb 2021 06:04 PM PST

Google has reportedly blocked the popular extension The Great Suspender and removed it from its Chrome Web Store for containing malware. But if you were one of the many users who relied on the tab manager to keep your browser running smoothly, don't freak out just yet. You may still be able to recover your lost tabs…

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Regional ISPs Are Skeptical That SpaceX's Starlink Can Deliver On Its Internet Promises

Posted: 04 Feb 2021 06:02 PM PST

Some regional internet service providers are urging the FCC to reexamine the recent rural broadband auction process that awarded unproven companies like SpaceX's Starlink hundreds of millions of dollars to provide reliable broadband access to people in rural areas of the U.S.

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Google Wants to Beat Apple at Its Own Game

Posted: 04 Feb 2021 04:50 PM PST

On Thursday, Bloomberg reported that the Google was "exploring an alternative" to to the anti-ad-tracking features that Apple will soon begin rolling out in iOS 14.

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KN95 Face Masks Aren't Sexy, but Safety Is and This 40-Pack Is Just $29

Posted: 03 Feb 2021 07:25 AM PST

Feds: Let's Launch a Domestic Terror War!

Posted: 04 Feb 2021 03:51 PM PST

If you loved the first War on Terror, just wait until you get a load of the sequel.

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Marvel Artist Joe Bennett Responds After Immortal Hulk Anti-Semitism Accusations

Posted: 04 Feb 2021 03:00 PM PST

In Marvel's Immortal Hulk #43—out this week from writer Al Ewing and artist Joe Bennett—there is a scene in which Bruce Banner, as a very human-looking version of his Joe Fixit Hulk persona, attempts to make some quick cash and throw people off his tail by pulling off a scam. Small as the scene is, it quickly drew…

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Two Japanese Towns Want to Host an Underground Nuclear Waste Dump

Posted: 04 Feb 2021 02:50 PM PST

No matter how you feel about nuclear energy, nuclear waste is generally something you want to stay as far away from as possible—unless you're two villages on the Hokkaido, Japan's second-largest island. The two small fishing towns, Suttsu and Kamoenai, are competing to become the site for a high-level radioactive…

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Feeding Dogs 'Human-Grade' Food Might Make Them Poop Less

Posted: 04 Feb 2021 03:20 PM PST

A new study suggests that feeding your pup fresh food fit for a person might have an added welcome effect: smaller poops. The findings suggest that a fresh human-grade diet is more easily digestible for dogs than standard diets made of dry processed food, and it may also satisfy a dog's appetite with fewer calories…

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The Best TVs for Watching the Super Bowl

Posted: 04 Feb 2021 03:10 PM PST

It's time again for the big sportsball event, folks.

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Grab Your Plumber’s Cap for Today's Top Nintendo Switch Deals

Posted: 04 Feb 2021 10:23 AM PST

Your iPhone's Adult Content Filter Blocks Anything 'Asian'

Posted: 04 Feb 2021 03:00 PM PST

Enabling Apple's "Limit Adult Websites" filter in the iOS Screen Time setting will block users from seeing any Google search results for "Asian" in any browser on their iPhone. That's not great, folks.

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