sábado, 24 de abril de 2021


What the U.S.’s ‘Fair Share’ of Emissions Reductions Looks Like

Posted: 24 Apr 2021 07:00 AM PDT

The U.S. is the largest historical contributor to planet-warming pollution, responsible for around a quarter of all carbon dioxide ever put in the atmosphere. In the pursuit of just international climate policy, remediating those emissions requires much more than climate pledge President Joe Biden just announced.

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Xbox Cloud Gaming Is Already a Super Solid Experience on PC and iOS

Posted: 24 Apr 2021 06:00 AM PDT

Earlier this week, Xbox announced it would start inviting Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers to take part in its Xbox Cloud Gaming beta (aka xCloud) on PC and iOS. Like the three other major cloud gaming platforms, Nvidia's GeForce Now, Google Stadia, and Amazon Luna, xCloud also now works in the Chrome, Edge, and…

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Policy Executives at Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter to Testify at Senate Hearing on Algorithms

Posted: 23 Apr 2021 07:57 PM PDT

Next week, policy executives from Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter will testify at a Senate Judiciary hearing on algorithmic amplification, Politico reports. Social media recommendation algorithms have come under increasing scrutiny in recent years, and Democratic lawmakers have voiced concerns about how they can fuel…

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U.S. Health Regulators Lift Pause on Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 Vaccine

Posted: 23 Apr 2021 05:42 PM PDT

Federal officials have cleared the Johnson & Johnson covid-19 vaccine for use in the United States once again, albeit with an updated label to warn of blood clot risks.

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Doom Patrol Adds the Sisterhood of Dada and Dead Boy Detective Agency to Season 3

Posted: 23 Apr 2021 05:00 PM PDT

The Doom Patrol is going to have a lot more to patrol once the series returns for its third season. Not only will their greatest group of foes arrive to make their lives miserable, but some (deceased) characters from Neil Gaiman's Sandman comics will also be stopping by.

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Here's How the ESPN+ NBA Marvel Game Should Go

Posted: 23 Apr 2021 04:40 PM PDT

In a truly confounding mash-up of what I previously understood to be two completely unrelated things, ESPN has announced its "first-ever Marvel-inspired alternate NBA telecast." Wait, what?

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Oh Sharon Carter, What Will They Do With You?

Posted: 23 Apr 2021 04:30 PM PDT

Disney+ and Marvel's The Falcon and the Winter Soldier's muddled mess of a finale meant that, for all its endings, a few characters were going to get short shrift. But few got shrifted shorter than ex-Agent of SHIELD Sharon Carter.

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This Week's Best Toys Are Packing Baby Yoda Heat

Posted: 23 Apr 2021 03:45 PM PDT

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round-up of the latest toy news and tempting plastic goodness. This week: Luigi hops in on the Lego Super Mario fun, Hasbro returns to The Clone Wars, and you can have the power... to wield a very large He-Man sword. Check it out!

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Brags She Read All 14 Pages of the Green New Deal

Posted: 23 Apr 2021 02:56 PM PDT

Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene—the QAnon-loving bigot who ranks as possibly the furthest-right member of Congress—is a very slow reader, apparently.

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A Chatbot Is Mysteriously Sending Droves of People to Listen to Grimes and Stevie Wonder

Posted: 23 Apr 2021 02:40 PM PDT

When did we find ourselves on a musical hamster wheel? Slowly, over years, with every daily Spotify playlist, my ever-shortening menu of pellets features five artists I used to love, and also DJ Khaled, for some reason. It's functional; it can synch my BPM for running and effectively dull the hyper-aware blog brain.…

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The Friday Gif Party Celebrates the Oscars, Starting With Isaac

Posted: 23 Apr 2021 02:30 PM PDT

The 93rd Academy Awards ceremony will be held this Sunday, April 25. Given the pandemic, they're going to be weird since so few movies made it to theaters, but they'll also be bad, since the Academy is demanding nominees come in person to accept their awards. So let's screw those Oscars, and celebrate the good ones…

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Those HBO Max Numbers Aren't What They Seem

Posted: 23 Apr 2021 02:30 PM PDT

HBO Max would probably very much like you to believe that its subscriber numbers are ballooning, but a bit of fudging on parent company AT&T's part makes it difficult to pin down exactly how well the service is actually scaling.

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Climate Change Has Knocked Earth Off Its Axis

Posted: 23 Apr 2021 02:12 PM PDT

Of all the things attributable to climate change, the rotational poles moving differently is definitely one of the weirder ones. But a new study shows that's exactly what's happening. It builds on previous findings to show that disappearing ice is playing a major role, and shows that groundwater depletion is…

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The iMac Is Cool, but Apple Should Really Make an Affordable Monitor

Posted: 23 Apr 2021 02:00 PM PDT

Earlier this week, Apple announced a handful of new devices: the new iPad Pro, AirTags, and a redesigned iMac that comes in a rainbow of colors. And while I appreciate all the new tech that Apple has crammed into the new iMac, I can't help but feel like the device I really wanted Apple to announce is a more affordable…

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Expanding Cloud From ‘Volcanic’ Star Revealed in Mesmerizing New Hubble Image

Posted: 23 Apr 2021 01:40 PM PDT

On this, the 31st anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope's launch, astronomers with NASA and ESA have released a stunning new image to celebrate the achievements of this legendary observatory.

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Captain America 4 Is a Go With Anthony Mackie

Posted: 23 Apr 2021 01:35 PM PDT

Sam Wilson is Captain America. And he's getting a movie to flex his shiny new wings.

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This New App Lets You Turn Anything and Everything Into an NFT

Posted: 23 Apr 2021 01:30 PM PDT

Despite the fact that a majority of Americans still don't know what an NFT is, the non-fungibles have really taken over the country—burrowing their way into our wallets and also, apparently, our hearts.

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For All Mankind's Season 2 Finale Featured Some Lunar Leaps That Require a Discussion Zone

Posted: 23 Apr 2021 12:30 PM PDT

Have you been watching Ronald D. Moore's sci-fi series For All Mankind on Apple TV+? If you haven't, you should, because the alt-history space race tale is quite good. If you have, then chances are you need to process all the objectively incredible things that occurred in today's season two finale, "The Grey."

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Last Year's 12.9-inch Magic Keyboard Is Already Obsolete

Posted: 23 Apr 2021 12:15 PM PDT

Bad news for anyone who bought a 12.9-inch Magic Keyboard last year. When you upgrade to a new iPad, it looks like you'll have to buy a new Magic Keyboard along with it.

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Montana Legislator Introduces Bill to Legally Target Environmentalists After Coal Bailout Fails

Posted: 23 Apr 2021 12:01 PM PDT

A fight is brewing in Montana over legislation that, if passed, would compel the state's attorney general wide to investigate environmental groups and give them wide latitude to do so. The result could be a protracted legal battle and have a chilling effect on free speech around the transition away from coal and…

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The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Ended... What Now?

Posted: 23 Apr 2021 11:55 AM PDT

Marvel's six-week journey called The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is over. The season one (?) finale, "One World, One People," brought the series to its conclusion, but did so in a rather predictable, straightforward, almost disappointing way. All of the loose ends wrapped up almost exactly as you'd imagined they…

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Bones of Extinct Giant Cloud Rats Found in Philippine Cave

Posted: 23 Apr 2021 10:45 AM PDT

Alongside the tiny humans that once inhabited the Philippines lived several hitherto unknown species of giant rats, according to a new study published today in the Journal of Mammalogy. The research broadens our understanding of the twig on the tree of life constituted by these giant cloud rats, showing the rodents…

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Marvel's Getting in on That Cat Manga Business Now

Posted: 23 Apr 2021 10:30 AM PDT

I mean, where Junji Ito goes, publishers should follow, right?

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This Artist Turned Their iPad Pro Into a Classic Macintosh to Create 1-Bit Retro Masterpieces

Posted: 23 Apr 2021 10:19 AM PDT

While Apple likes to tout the stunning image quality and color reproduction of the screens on its pro-level iPads, Matt Sephton has gone and turned their tablet into a clone of a black-and-white original Macintosh, creating the most authentic tool possible for creating 1-bit retro masterpieces anywhere they go.

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Thor Shaped the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Truly Important Ways

Posted: 23 Apr 2021 10:00 AM PDT

On May 2, 2008, the Marvel Cinematic Universe was born. The release of Jon Favreau's Iron Man was the first part in a story that's now sprawled over a decade, almost two dozen movies, and changed film history as we know it. However, all of that might not have played out the same way had it not been for what happened a…

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