sábado, 22 de maio de 2021


I Fed My Dog Bugs (And You Should, Too)

Posted: 22 May 2021 07:00 AM PDT

I became a mom for the first time this year—a dog mom, that is. In January, I adopted my first dog, a 1-year-old black lab/dachshund mix named T-Rex. (He has a huge head, a long body, and tiny, stumpy legs; he is perfect, thank you.)

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These Drums Beat in Perfect Synchrony Because They're Quantumly Entangled

Posted: 22 May 2021 06:00 AM PDT

Physicists have built two tiny drums, each as large as a human hair is wide, and synchronized their vibrations exactly. They achieved this perfect unison of drums using a quantum mechanics phenomenon known as entanglement—and the drums could be useful for developing quantum computers.

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FBI: Conti Ransomware Gang Behind Ireland Attack Also Hit 16 U.S. Health and Emergency Networks

Posted: 21 May 2021 08:19 PM PDT

The same hackers that took down the Irish health system last week also hit at least 16 U.S. medical and first responder networks in the past year, according to a Federal Bureau of Investigation alert made public Thursday by the American Hospital Association.

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Snap Doubles Down on Smart Glasses Line, Buys AR Display Supplier for More Than $500 Million

Posted: 21 May 2021 06:36 PM PDT

Snap is going all-in on its augmented reality smart glasses whether consumers want them or not. Right after announcing the latest generation of its Spectacles line, news surfaced that Snap has agreed to acquire WaveOptics, which supplies the AR displays powering its frames, for more than $500 million, the Verge

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In Nod to Dystopian Fiction, Citizen Wants to Send Private Security Teams to Your Neighborhood

Posted: 21 May 2021 05:31 PM PDT

In what truly seems like a dystopian nightmare come to life, the public safety alert app Citizen apparently has plans to hire teams of security contractors to respond to app users' incident response requests—a sort of Blackwater-ification of local public safety that can surely only lead to good things.

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Stephen King Series Chapelwaite Gives Us Its First Look at a Dismayed Adrien Brody

Posted: 21 May 2021 05:00 PM PDT

This. This is the look of a man who knows he has 10 long episodes of exponentially increasing horror ahead of him.

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John Boyega on Why We Need to Keep Pushing for a More Diverse Hollywood

Posted: 21 May 2021 04:00 PM PDT

After his Star Wars tenure came to a somewhat disappointing conclusion, John Boyega wasted no time using his sizable platform to speak openly and candidly about the very real issues present within the multibillion dollar space opera franchise and the entertainment industry at large. In a new interview he discussed how…

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Oh, Snap! It's the Best Toys of the Week

Posted: 21 May 2021 03:15 PM PDT

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of the latest and greatest toys and collectibles that make it difficult to remain a fiscally responsible adult. This week brings gauntlets galore, a memorable Thor foe, a prime example of Prime, a Lego symbol of acceptance and inclusivity, and enough foam to throw a…

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How to Make Sure You're Streaming in 4K

Posted: 21 May 2021 02:45 PM PDT

After going through all the effort of finding a beautiful 4K TV at a ridiculously good price, you're gonna want to make sure that the content you're watching on that glorious screen is actually 4K—believe it or not, it doesn't happen automatically!

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Twitch Says It's OK to Stream From a Hot Tub

Posted: 21 May 2021 02:30 PM PDT

Twitch has officially released its policy on creators who livestream from hot tubs: It's OK, as long as the streamer is in swimwear that is "contextually appropriate."

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Official Covid-19 Death Toll Undercounting by Millions, WHO Says

Posted: 21 May 2021 02:20 PM PDT

According to a new estimate released by the World Health Organization, at least 3 million people worldwide likely lost their lives to the covid-19 pandemic in 2020. The figures are the latest to suggest that many countries' official counts have substantially underestimated the toll of the pandemic, which is still…

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The Flash Reveals Impulse's DC TV Outfit in the Most Disturbing Way Imaginable

Posted: 21 May 2021 02:00 PM PDT

We've already seena few unofficial peeks of Flash actor Jordan Fisher as Barry and Iris' speedy son from the future, Bart Allen, in his superhero costume. It doesn't look bad—although you wouldn't know this from the CW show's official reveal of Impulse, which is absolutely horrifying.

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Star Wars' Rangers of the New Republic Show Reportedly Put on Hold

Posted: 21 May 2021 01:30 PM PDT

With the next movie over two years away, the immediate future of Star Wars is on TV—and there's a lot of it. But one of those shows might not be happening after all.

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Android 12 Preview: A Phone That's Perfectly Customized to You

Posted: 21 May 2021 01:00 PM PDT

Android 12 is bringing a new design called Material You, and it's the most significant design change to Android since Google introduced the original Material Design in 2014.

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Who Has the World's Greatest Geek Acting Career?

Posted: 21 May 2021 12:45 PM PDT

A lot of actors have taken on multiple roles in genre projects—sci-fi, fantasy, horror—but one stands out as possibly the most prolific in this particular area. Which actor has had the most work in geekdom? io9 is here to offer evidence that it's one Ralph Ineson.

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Cloudflare Says It Never Meant To Block LGBTQ Sites

Posted: 21 May 2021 12:35 PM PDT

Cloudflare's traffic-filtering Gateway service is meant to protect browsers from accessing malware-ridden sites or obvious scams. Until this week, it also let customers filter out sites hosting queer content—a feature the company blamed on one of its third-party partners.

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Ingenuity's Next Flight on Mars Could Be Its Most Interesting Yet

Posted: 21 May 2021 12:25 PM PDT

The flimsy-looking but impressively tenacious Ingenuity has booked its sixth flight on Mars. Slated for sometime next week, this flight will be the first of the helicopter's new demonstration phase, following five successful test flights that proved the feasibility of powered, controlled flight on the Red Planet.

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Citizen CEO Personally Put Up the Bounty for Man Falsely Accused of Starting a Wildfire

Posted: 21 May 2021 12:23 PM PDT

I know we've had a lot of dystopian moments recently, but millionaires personally deploying their apps to hunt down houseless people falsely accused of starting wildfires spreading in a drought-stricken landscape is really up there. And that's exactly what happened this week, according to new reporting from the Verge.

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Meet VIPER, NASA’s New Water-Hunting, Crater-Crushing Lunar Rover

Posted: 21 May 2021 12:15 PM PDT

Equipped with headlights and a suite of powerful instruments, NASA's VIPER is poised to revolutionize our understanding of lunar water, and how much of it might be available to future explorers. Here's what you need to know about the golf cart-sized rover, which is scheduled to reach the Moon in late 2023.

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Is Henry Cavill the New Highlander?

Posted: 21 May 2021 12:10 PM PDT

If there can be only one, you can't do much better than Henry Cavill. The Man of Steel and Witcher star is in talks to play the lead character in the long-gestating remake of the cult classic Highlander, directed by John Wick's Chad Stahelski.

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If You've Got a New Apple TV 4K, the HomePod Just Got More Useful

Posted: 21 May 2021 11:45 AM PDT

Just because Apple discontinued the original HomePod and is having a really hard time selling its remaining inventory, doesn't mean it's done adding updates. If you buy a new Apple TV 4K, you'll be able to play audio from other gadgets connected to your TV—including Blu-ray players, gaming consoles, and cable boxes—…

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DC's League of Super-Pets Movie Casts Dwayne Johnson as Krypto, and It Makes Me Uncomfortable

Posted: 21 May 2021 11:00 AM PDT

Given that superhero movies are the most reliable blockbusters of the modern age, I shouldn't ever be surprised when some major star slips into the tights and capes of a long-time comic book character. However, I find myself oddly shaken by the announcement that Dwayne Johnson (who's already starring in DC's

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Man Gets Molten Metal in His Ear in Freak Welding Accident

Posted: 21 May 2021 10:24 AM PDT

Doctors in Australia say an unusual welding accident left a 60-year-old man with steel lodged in his right ear. In a new case study, they detail how the metal punctured the man's eardrum, causing him to lose some hearing and develop tinnitus. Luckily, he avoided more serious injury and his hearing was restored after…

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Netflix's Animated Adaptation of the Filipino Hit Comic Trese Summons Its First Blood-Soaked Trailer

Posted: 21 May 2021 10:15 AM PDT

It's been quite a while since Netflix first announced it'd be making an anime-inspired adaptation of the action-horror comic Trese at its See What's Next Asia event in 2018. Honestly, it's weird that it took the series, created by writer Budjette Tan and artist Kajo Baldisimo, that long to make a development deal…

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The Vaccine Will Get You Laid: White House

Posted: 21 May 2021 10:10 AM PDT

The White House has correctly estimated that if Americans don't want to perform a selfless act for their fellow citizens, then they might get off their butts for seeeeexxxxx. The Biden administration today announced that it's teamed up with nine dating apps to add "vaccinated" badges and visibility boosts to user…

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