quarta-feira, 12 de maio de 2021


The Forever Purge's First Trailer Exposes the Movie's Fatal Flaw

Posted: 12 May 2021 09:02 AM PDT

Although there have been about a million Purge movies (and a TV series), I believe The Forever Purge is the first to explore the revolutionary idea that even though all crime is legal for one day, what if some people didn't stop Purging when the day was over? What if some people decided to keep committing crimes when…

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A Nasty Pipeline Showdown Is Brewing Today in Michigan, and Canada Is Pissed

Posted: 12 May 2021 08:53 AM PDT

Seizing the profits of a major oil company, making Canadians angry, tugboats causing havoc: It's all happening in Michigan right now. The mandated shutdown of a major oil pipeline is brewing into a nasty fight that pits Michigan's governor and environmental groups against a fossil fuel company—as well as the country…

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Using Just His Thoughts, Paralyzed Man Texts at a Record-Breaking 16 Words a Minute

Posted: 12 May 2021 08:45 AM PDT

For the first time ever, neuroscientists have translated the cognitive signals associated with handwriting into text, and in real time. The new technique is more than twice as fast than the previous method, allowing a paralyzed man to text at a rate of 90 characters per minute.

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

Posted: 12 May 2021 08:20 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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'Buttfucker 3000' Does Not Fly in Zoom Court

Posted: 12 May 2021 08:15 AM PDT

Judge Jeffrey Middleton, a rising YouTube star who hosts a live chat during Zoom court, brusquely dismissed a ding dong who showed up to an arraignment with the name "Buttfucker 3000." Thank you, Twitter, for bringing the masterful performance to our attention.

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Netflix's Wish Dragon Trailer Looks a Lot Like Aladdin Ball Z

Posted: 12 May 2021 08:15 AM PDT

Finding a wish-granting dragon in a teapot seems a lot easier than summoning a wish-granting dragon by collecting seven Dragon Balls. Or so it seems in Wish Dragon, a new animated movie from Netflix about a young man who stumbles upon his own extremely genie-esque dragon.

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Here's How to Get the Government to Pay $50 Toward Your Monthly Internet Bill

Posted: 12 May 2021 07:25 AM PDT

The past year has proven how vital the internet is for remote learning, working from home, and staying sane during lockdowns. As part of the stimulus package passed in December, Congress also set aside $3.2 billion for emergency broadband subsidies. Starting today, if you've lost a job during the pandemic or are…

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Regina King Is Set to Direct a Bitter Root Movie Adaptation

Posted: 12 May 2021 06:45 AM PDT

Courteney Cox teases her return to the Scream franchise. LeVar Burton is joining the CW's Tom Swift spinoff in the weirdest way. Jensen Ackles prepares to head to The Boys. Plus, what's coming on The Flash, and AMC has tapped itself a new moon-set sci-fi adventure. Spoilers, away!

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Spiral's Ending Almost Saves a Gross But Bland Saw Sequel

Posted: 12 May 2021 06:00 AM PDT

There's good news and bad news when it comes to Spiral: From the Book of Saw. The good news is you don't need to rewatch any of the eight previous Saw films to completely understand what's going on here. The bad news is, devoid of that dense mythology, the film lacks a much-needed identity and originality. The ending…

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7 Gmail Browser Extensions That Are So Good They Should Be Native Features

Posted: 12 May 2021 05:00 AM PDT

Google is pretty regularly adds new features to Gmail, but there's always room for improvement, and third-party developers have been quick to plug the gaps. Here are seven browser add-ons that are polished and powerful enough to be native features (and hopefully will be one day...).

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UK to Ban Big Tech Companies From 'Discriminating' Based on Political Views

Posted: 12 May 2021 04:00 AM PDT

The UK's conservative government will ban technology companies from "discriminating" against particular political viewpoints, according to a press release about the country's new proposed Online Safety Bill. The anti-censorship clause is just a minor part of a much larger draft bill, but will likely get attention from…

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Chicago Police Started Secret Drone Program Using Untraceable Cash: Report

Posted: 12 May 2021 03:00 AM PDT

The Chicago Police Department started a secret drone program using untraceable money seized in drug raids and other criminal investigations, according to a bombshell new report from the Chicago Sun-Times.

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The Realme 5G Is a Refreshingly Simple and Cheap 5G Phone

Posted: 12 May 2021 01:00 AM PDT

It's not very flashy, and it doesn't have a huge tagline emblazoned on its back like its more expensive sibling, but the Realme 8 5G is the kind of simple and affordable phone we could use more of in the U.S.

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Castlevania's Final Season Gets There, in the End

Posted: 12 May 2021 12:01 AM PDT

There's a moment roughly halfway through Castlevania's final season when, at the height of an arduous, suitably bloody, and rather fantastic fight sequence, one character yells at another "This is about Dracula, isn't it!?" And... that's it. That's the show, for better and worse, as Netflix's Castlevania cracks its…

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Benefits of Petting a Therapy Dog Last for Weeks After Cuddle Sessions, Study Finds

Posted: 11 May 2021 09:00 PM PDT

Though no one may have needed a study to tell them this, new research has found that therapy dogs are indeed good boys and girls. The experiment found that these dogs helped sharpen the cognitive skills of stressed college students weeks after they took part in a petting program, to an even greater degree than other…

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A Hacker Gang Has Been Trying to Extort D.C. Police for $4 Million

Posted: 11 May 2021 05:46 PM PDT

A ransomware gang, Babuk Locker, has been attempting to extort the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington D.C. for $4 million, but negotiations between the cops and the criminals recently collapsed, leaked documents appear to show.

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Twitter Censors, Then Uncensors, Palestinian Journalist's Account

Posted: 11 May 2021 05:25 PM PDT

Twitter said Tuesday night that the abrupt suspension of a Palestinian journalist's account had been in error, but refused to clarify what content its system flagged as a violation of its policies.

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Untitled Earth Sim 64 Asks: What Would You Do if the World Was a Simulation?

Posted: 11 May 2021 05:00 PM PDT

Imagine learning all of a sudden that your suspicions are on target, and the Earth as you know it is actually a computer simulation. Absolutely nothing is real. What would you do? That's the question posed by sci-fi comedy short Untitled Earth Sim 64.

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If You Didn't Watch These Indiana Jones 4K Ultra HD Trailers You Chose... Poorly

Posted: 11 May 2021 03:45 PM PDT

Okay, admittedly, unlike the Holy Grail, watching these Indiana Jones movie trailers celebrating the franchise's long-awaited jump into 4K ultra high-definition is not going to grant you eternal life, but boy howdy do they look good.

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Trump Is a Low-Ratings, Computer-Blogging Loser

Posted: 11 May 2021 03:02 PM PDT

Did you know that former edgelord president Donald J. Trump is now an edgelord blogger? Most people do not, evidently. Operation: Blog, aka "From the Desk of Donald J. Trump," launched last Tuesday. In the meantime, Trump has posted 19 times, beginning with an Armageddon-inspired trailer ending with the message "SAVE…

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Open Channel: Which Monster Movie Bug Should Inherit the Earth?

Posted: 11 May 2021 03:00 PM PDT

Over the course of the next few weeks, billions of cicadas will emerge from the ground to swarm across chunks of the eastern U.S. to eat, mate, sing, and remind everyone what a powerful force insects can be en masse. Though there's a certain majesty to cicada swarms whenever they burst out of the earth, they can also…

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This Guy Designed an Android App That Deletes All Your Phone's Data When Police Try to Crack It

Posted: 11 May 2021 02:40 PM PDT

These days, if you're arrested and charged with a crime, the first thing cops will likely do is look at the contents of your phone. Digital forensics is increasingly a favorite way to secure a conviction, or at least gain a broader understanding of a suspect.

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This Indoor Garden Will Feed You Greens Year-Round

Posted: 11 May 2021 02:30 PM PDT

Click & Grow 25 is the latest project by former orchestra conductor Mattias Lepp who felt that the idea of indoor gardens—essentially, a farmer's market in a box—would be just the tool for staving off future food shortages. His company, founded in 2009, raised $11 million in 2018 to develop new materials and hardware…

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Trump 2020 Holdouts Stand in Line for 7 Hours to See World's Biggest Corn Cob, Err, Mike Lindell

Posted: 11 May 2021 02:15 PM PDT

Hundreds of Republicans that still believe that, contrary to any and all evidence, Donald Trump actually won the 2020 elections and only didn't get a second term in office due to mass voter fraud congregated together on the Corn Palace in South Dakota on Monday to see the World's Biggest Corn Cob. By which we mean, a…

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Matter Is a New Smart Home Standard to Make Apple, Google, and Amazon Devices Work Together

Posted: 11 May 2021 02:00 PM PDT

Apple, Amazon, and Google rarely have a reason to work together, but the companies are teaming up for a new smart home standard, now called Matter, that will make it easier for you to buy devices that work seamlessly together without thinking about it.

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