sexta-feira, 23 de abril de 2021


Up to 20% of Crucial Groundwater Resources Are at Risk of Disappearing

Posted: 23 Apr 2021 08:37 AM PDT

Groundwater provides drinking water for half the world, including constituting the sole source of drinking water for 2.5 billion people. It also provides nearly half of the water used for agricultural irrigation globally. But a new study, published in the journal Science on Thursday, shows that up to 20% of it is in…

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AirDrop Security Flaw Exposes 1.5 Billion Apple Devices, Researchers Say

Posted: 23 Apr 2021 08:34 AM PDT

Apple's AirDrop feature is a convenient way to share files between the company's devices, but security researchers from Technische Universitat Darmstadt in Germany are warning that you might be sharing way more than just a file.

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There's No Way Netflix's Gundam Movie Can Be as Bad as G-Saviour

Posted: 23 Apr 2021 08:00 AM PDT

Netflix's acquisition of Legendary's long-in-gestation plans to help bring Sunrise's Mobile Suit Gundam to the world of Hollywood is bringing us one step closer to reimagining the iconic franchise. But it's not the first time Gundam tried to take on Hollywood... and it'd be hard-pressed to turn out something as bad…

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You Might Actually Want Your Kids to Eat These Crayons Made From Rice and Vegetable Waste

Posted: 23 Apr 2021 07:22 AM PDT

Even the most inescapable and impenetrable playpens won't stop an infant from finding a way to stick something in its mouth that shouldn't be there. A parent can be endlessly vigilant but it's still going to happen, so instead of paranoia, a better approach is to just ensure everything a child potentially interacts…

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Thor: Love and Thunder's Russell Crowe Teases His Divine Role

Posted: 23 Apr 2021 06:15 AM PDT

The Dungeons & Dragons movie and Indiana Jones 5 pick up a few more mysterious stars. Bill Murray gazes upon Ghostbusters: Afterlife's mini-pufts. Zack Snyder says that sure, Army of the Dead just also has some robot zombies. Plus, James Gunn offers a tiny update on the Guardians of the Galaxy holiday special.…

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The Evercade VS Console Puts Hundreds of Retro Games on the Big Screen Without the Hassle of Emulation

Posted: 23 Apr 2021 06:00 AM PDT

Most nostalgic gamers don't realize that a big part of the fun of classic consoles was playing against friends on the same screen, not across the world over the internet. So the creators of the Evercade handheld are back with a new home console called the Evercade VS that facilitates four-player gaming on a big screen.

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Bless These Sleepbuds for Drowning Out My Snoring Husband

Posted: 23 Apr 2021 05:30 AM PDT

The universe conspires against my beauty rest. My husband snores. Not every night, but when he does, my bedroom becomes the Thunderdome. Most nights, my cat yowls at 4 a.m. for more food, and at 5 a.m., bats my face with his paws until I raise the window blinds so he can stare at pigeons. My geriatric dog cries at 2…

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Here's How AirTags Stack Up to the Competition

Posted: 23 Apr 2021 05:00 AM PDT

In addition to new iMacs and new iPads, Apple introduced its long-awaited and much-rumored $29 AirTag at its Spring Loaded event this week. But what exactly are these trackers supposed to do anyway? How do they know where your gear is at all times? And how are they different from the Bluetooth trackers already on the…

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CEO of Turkish Crypto Platform Flees Country as Users Say They're Locked Out

Posted: 23 Apr 2021 02:00 AM PDT

Federal police in Turkey are investigating Thodex, a cryptocurrency trading platform that handles hundred of millions of dollars in trades every day, after users complained they'd been locked out of their accounts, according to new reports from Reuters and Turkey's TRT World news service. CEO Faruk Fatih Ozer…

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Tesla's Autopilot System Is 'Easily' Tricked Into Operating Without Anyone at the Wheel

Posted: 22 Apr 2021 09:15 PM PDT

Consumer Reports said Thursday its researchers "easily" tricked a Tesla's Autopilot system into driving without anyone at the wheel. The publication's worrying demonstration comes as officials continue to investigate a fatal crash in Texas involving a Tesla that authorities believe had no one in the driver's seat at…

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UK Court Agrees to Hear Copyright Lawsuit Brought by Self-Proclaimed Bitcoin Inventor

Posted: 22 Apr 2021 06:22 PM PDT

Many people have claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the anonymous creator or creators behind the digital cryptocurrency bitcoin, over the years. Now London's High Court has agreed to hear out one of the most vocal (and disputed) claimants to the pseudonym in a lawsuit over alleged copyright infringement, according to a

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Look, Apple Isn't Going to Put macOS on the iPad

Posted: 22 Apr 2021 05:53 PM PDT

After Apple announced this week that both its new iMac and iPad Pro lineup were getting its stellar M1 processor, a lot of people speculated if that meant the company was getting ready to put macOS on the iPad. And look, maybe that would be a great thing—a touchscreen Mac at long last!—but Apple is definitely not…

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The Fantastical First 10 Minutes of Netflix's Shadow and Bone Are Here

Posted: 22 Apr 2021 05:30 PM PDT

The much-anticipated series adaptation of Leigh Bardugo's Shadow and Bone arrives tomorrow—which is really only a few hours away at this point—but superfans can get a sneak peek at the first 10 minutes right now. Netflix just streamed a cast event that was capped with the big reveal.

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In Sci-Fi Short Muse, an Android Finds Good Reason to Rebel

Posted: 22 Apr 2021 05:00 PM PDT

Kay (Taj Atwal) may be an android, but her moral compass proves stronger than the increasingly unstable artist (Paul Ready) who claims she's his muse—even though his eerie paintings hint at something far darker lurking behind his methods. That's the set-up for Muse, a new sci-fi short by Azhur Saleem.

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The Kids Are Not All Right in the Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous Season 3 Trailer

Posted: 22 Apr 2021 04:00 PM PDT

Has anything ever gone right on Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous? Just when the kids think they've finally found a way off the island, a storm pulls them back toward the danger. Unable to leave, they'll discover that Dr. Wu didn't just make the Indominus Rex. He made something even worse.

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Ben Shapiro Finally Manages to Get Wood

Posted: 22 Apr 2021 03:48 PM PDT

Today in people exhibiting tremendous, just absolutely off-the-charts LDE: Imp-like right-wing pundit Ben Shapiro is asking fellow patriots to go to their local Home Depot and buy a board or something to show their support for voter suppression laws.

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Researchers Take Down Botnet Pretending to Be Millions of People Watching TV

Posted: 22 Apr 2021 03:10 PM PDT

Fraudsters operate off the assumption that it's way more profitable to think up byzantine ways to cheat people out of money than it is to just, like, work hard and ask for a promotion occasionally. For instance: an Israeli tech company is currently accused of using a very convoluted method to screw advertisers out of…

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Chernobyl Survivors Didn't Pass on Harmful Mutations to Their Children, Study Finds

Posted: 22 Apr 2021 02:50 PM PDT

Two new papers out Thursday highlight the aftereffects of the Chernobyl nuclear accident that occurred over 30 years ago. One study might help explain why survivors are more likely to develop thyroid cancer, while another found evidence that these survivors don't seem to have passed on potentially harmful mutations to…

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Anonymous NatSec Officials: The Cuban Ray Guns Are in Syria Now, Just Trust Us on This

Posted: 22 Apr 2021 02:40 PM PDT

Here we go again with the anonymously sourced claims Russia is trying to fry the innards of U.S. government personnel abroad, using energy guns secretly manufactured using updated Soviet blueprints.

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The X-Men Are Losing Their Soul, and Nightcrawler Wants to Find It

Posted: 22 Apr 2021 02:30 PM PDT

Mutantkind has changed. No longer societal outcasts but a global, independent power of their own, the Dawn of X at Marvel Comics has seen the X-Men and other mutants rise as a new kind of society—but one among them is starting to wonder what the spiritual cost of their collective rebirth really is: Nightcrawler.

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Don't Buy the Old Apple TV

Posted: 22 Apr 2021 02:20 PM PDT

Please do not buy an older Apple TV just for the marginal savings. Hear me out.

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Who on Earth Is Buying These Rugged Android Phones?

Posted: 22 Apr 2021 02:10 PM PDT

Caterpillar, the same folks behind forklifts and the other big machines you have to wear hardhats around, makes Android devices for a very particular set of users in the field. Their latest device, the Cat S42 H+, is fascinating, because you can run it under water and wash it in the sink at the same time as your hands.

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A New Haunted Mansion Movie Is Creeping Forward With Director Justin Simien

Posted: 22 Apr 2021 02:00 PM PDT

The possibility of a new movie based on Disney's Haunted Mansion continues to rise from the grave. Last summer, Disney hired Katie Dippold to pen a script and now it's in talks to bring director Justin Simien aboard the Doom Buggy.

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Greta to Congress: ‘End Fossil Fuel Subsidies Now’

Posted: 22 Apr 2021 02:00 PM PDT

Between releasing new climate commitments under the Paris Agreement and organizing an international Earth Day summit, it's clear that President Joe Biden wants to reposition the U.S. as an international climate leader. At a hearing on Thursday, 17-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg offered him some…

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How to Watch the Launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 Mission to the ISS

Posted: 22 Apr 2021 01:50 PM PDT

Early Friday morning, NASA will attempt to launch a CrewDragon to the International Space Station. The occasion will mark just the third time that astronauts will fly aboard the newly developed SpaceX capsule. You can watch the action live right here.

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