terça-feira, 27 de abril de 2021


Samsung's Next Foldable Phones Could Be Here Soon, New Leaks Suggest

Posted: 27 Apr 2021 08:45 AM PDT

So far this year Samsung hasn't said much about its next batch of foldable phones, though thanks to a recent spate of leaks and rumors, we may now have a better idea of what to expect as early as this summer.

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Yasuke's New Trailer Features Magic, Mechs, and Ming-Na Wen

Posted: 27 Apr 2021 08:45 AM PDT

We're just days away from the debut of Yasuke, but Netflix has dropped a new trailer for the anime series that somehow has us even more excited to see it. That's possibly because it features a lot more plot... but also possibly because it showcases some wild ninja magic and something that is clearly a steampunk mecha?

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How Climate Policy Can Combat Extreme Poverty

Posted: 27 Apr 2021 08:08 AM PDT

Climate change and global inequality are deeply intertwined. The climate crisis disproportionately affects impoverished people who are more exposed to extreme events and risk losing everything when disaster strikes.

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Mystery Science Theater 3000's Joel Hodgson on Season 13, the Gizmoplex, and Leaving the Show in Good Hands

Posted: 27 Apr 2021 08:00 AM PDT

After creator Joel Hodgson launched a new Kickstarter, it took just over a day for Mystery Science Theater 3000's legion of fans to bring back the show (again). This shouldn't have surprised anybody—there's a reason why MST3K has stuck around for more than 30 years, and that's because people love watching robot…

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You Can Now Get HTC Vive Parts for DIY Repairs

Posted: 27 Apr 2021 07:51 AM PDT

In a first for virtual reality headsets, HTC announced it's partnering with iFixit to offer official HTC Vive parts, accessories, and repair guides so customers can fix their own headsets.

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Do you have information about something going on in the genre (sci-fi, horror, fantasy) entertainmen

Posted: 27 Apr 2021 07:48 AM PDT

Do you have information about something going on in the genre (sci-fi, horror, fantasy) entertainment industry? We want to know! Email us at tips@io9.com—not just with info, but if you've made art or a cool fan film that you'd like us to showcase, or anything else, you can send that too! Don't forget you can follow…

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30 Years Later, the Nintendo Game Boy Has Finally Become a Supersized Game Man

Posted: 27 Apr 2021 07:29 AM PDT

Every culture has a different benchmark for when a boy becomes a man. But for handheld consoles, it apparently happens somewhere around the time that they're upgraded with a color screen and the ability to play NES games. But despite the status update, the Grumpy Modeler's Nintendo Game Man still isn't allowed to vote.

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Scam Theater: Inside an Online Trading Crime Ring That Grifted Millions from Mom-and-Pop Investors

Posted: 27 Apr 2021 07:10 AM PDT

It was supposed to be an easy gig. Jason Glick had been acting for more than 30 years, mostly in stage productions, but the occasional on-screen commercial work helped cover the bills, and the shoot for the Quantum Code paid too well to pass up. In a half-hour pitch video with more than 4 million views on Facebook,…

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Hackers Say They Stole 250GB of Internal Documents From DC Police

Posted: 27 Apr 2021 06:20 AM PDT

Hackers with the Babuk Locker ransomware gang claim to have stolen 250GB of sensitive internal documents belonging to the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC, and are now extorting the public agency for an unknown sum of money.

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Updates From Willow, Disenchanted, and More

Posted: 27 Apr 2021 06:20 AM PDT

Netflix has nabbed itself a new Thai horror film about supernatural research. Josh Hartnett joins the Fear Index adaptation. Plus, Legends of Tomorrow teases its finale. Spoilers get!

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Colgate's New High-Tech Nonstick Toothpaste Tubes Help You Squeeze Out Every Drop

Posted: 27 Apr 2021 06:00 AM PDT

Our minds were blown back in 2012 when researchers at MIT demonstrated a new coating that let ketchup slide right out of a bottle with ease. Nine years later, the technology, known as LiquiGlide, is about to make it incredibly easy to get every last drop of toothpaste out of a tube without having to completely flatten…

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Here's How the New iPad Pro's Center Stage Video-Calling Feature Works

Posted: 27 Apr 2021 05:00 AM PDT

You may have missed it in between the colorful new iMacs and AirTag announcements, but the iPad Pro models that Apple introduced last week come with an interesting video-calling feature called Center Stage, which is designed to keep you in the center of the frame at all times. Here's how it's supposed to work, and the…

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YouTube Launches PSAs to Boost Confidence in Covid-19 Vaccine

Posted: 27 Apr 2021 01:00 AM PDT

YouTube launched a series of public service announcements on Monday encouraging people to get vaccinated for covid-19. The videos come as health experts in the U.S. worry there will soon be more covid-19 vaccine doses available to Americans than people who want to take them.

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This Interstellar Probe Would Go Deeper Into Space Than Anything Before It

Posted: 26 Apr 2021 07:00 PM PDT

Four years in the making, a pragmatic mission concept for an interstellar probe would go beyond the Voyager Interstellar Mission, in which two spacecraft left Earth in the 1970s and are now the most distant human-made objects. The team behind the project detailed their proposal today at the annual general assembly of…

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The Oscars' Egregious Chadwick Boseman NFT Art Is Being Redesigned

Posted: 26 Apr 2021 05:30 PM PDT

Out of all the awkward and weird things that made this year's Oscars rather cringeworthy at times, nothing stood out quite like the Academy's decision to commission artist Andre Oshea to create NFT art of Chadwick Boseman.

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Read Facebook's Internal Report on How Badly It Screwed Up Stopping 'Stop the Steal'

Posted: 26 Apr 2021 05:15 PM PDT

BuzzFeed has posted the entirety of internal Facebook documents outlining in detail the results of the company's investigation into its role in the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol, during and after which at least five people died.

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Tech Companies Won't Be Able to Form Local Governments in Nevada After All

Posted: 26 Apr 2021 05:00 PM PDT

Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak has backtracked on legislation plans that would have allowed tech companies to form autonomous "Innovation Zones" anywhere in the state, reports The Nevada Independent. Instead of allowing categories of tech companies, including blockchain and internet of things, to create what are…

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Roku Is Feuding With Google Over YouTube TV's Fate

Posted: 26 Apr 2021 04:45 PM PDT

Roku is publicly duking it out with Google, a feud that could see the YouTube TV live television app disappear from the streaming platform.

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Amazon's Paper Girls Series Has Cast Its Paper Girls

Posted: 26 Apr 2021 04:30 PM PDT

With the long-awaited Y: The Last Man series set to hit FX on Hulu sometime later this year, another upcoming Brian K. Vaughan adaptation has now taken a big step forward. Amazon has just revealed some major casting for its adaptation of Vaughan and Cliff Chiang's acclaimed comic Paper Girls.

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Update Your Mac Right Now to Avoid This Massive Security Bug

Posted: 26 Apr 2021 04:03 PM PDT

If you haven't already, you should update your Mac right now. A recently patched zero-day vulnerability in macOS operating systems has been allowing hackers to bypass much of Apple's security protocols and deploy malware on an unknown amount of computers, new research shows.

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Just Give Captain America His Wings, Hasbro, Damn

Posted: 26 Apr 2021 04:00 PM PDT

With Falcon and the Winter Soldier done and dusted, so cometh the inevitable wave of tie-in merchandise to capitalize on the Disney+ streaming show. But if you're looking for, say, an action figure of Sam Wilson as Captain America from Hasbro, it turns out you're gonna need a lot more than the 20-odd dollars you were…

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Google's Nest Hub Is Making Its Way Into Your Hotel Room

Posted: 26 Apr 2021 03:30 PM PDT

This summer, you might want to add "unplugging Google" after checking for bedbugs to the list of tasks to complete when you settle into a hotel room.

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How to Block Apps From Tracking Your Activity in iOS 14.5

Posted: 26 Apr 2021 03:10 PM PDT

iOS 14.5 is finally here, baby! And with it comes much-anticipated Apple's App Tracking Transparency feature, which allows users to grant or deny apps permission to track their activity for targeted advertising. (This feature has been in the works for awhile, and it's got companies like Facebook shaking in their boots

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Bolsonaro Cuts Brazil’s Amazon Protection Budget Immediately After Promising to Increase It

Posted: 26 Apr 2021 03:07 PM PDT

On Thursday, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro did something weird: He pledged to double his government's spending to enforce measures to reduce deforestation in the Amazon and stop it altogether by the end of the decade.

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A Single Snapchat Might Change the Way We Define Free Speech

Posted: 26 Apr 2021 02:54 PM PDT

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will be hearing a case that started with a few swears shared on one teen's Snapchat account, before turning into a major suit that tests the limits of what students are allowed to say on their campus.

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