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- Shell Just Got Wrecked in Dutch Court
- Recent Patent Filings Hint That Dyson Is Working on a Toothbrush With a Built-in Water Flosser
- Cruella Is Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss in Movie Form
- Hot Tub Twitch Is Popping Off Right Now
- How an Artificial Superintelligence Might Actually Destroy Humanity
- Pour One Out for These Weird Wearables That Totally Failed
- Amazon Buys MGM Studios for $9 Billion
- A Shark, Eating a Squid, Eating a Lobster, in One Fossil
- The CW Explains Why It Turned Down the Live-Action Powerpuff Girls... for Now
- I Miss My Soviet Diafilm Projector
- This Solid E Ink Tablet Just Can't Beat the reMarkable's Pen-on-Paper Experience
- Tesla Opens Data Center in China to Obey Cybersecurity Law for Foreign Companies
- The Little Mermaid's Voice of Sebastian, Samuel E. Wright, Has Died
- Amazon Workers Are Petitioning the Company to Bring Its Pollution to Zero By 2030
- D.C. Police Surveilled Clowns on Social Media, Leaked Docs Show
- Roku Is Plotting to Take Over Your Smart Home
- Hoo Boy, the Feds Sure Have a Lot of Dirt on Big Rudy
- One Game of Thrones Spinoff May Have Just Pulled Ahead of the Others
- Black Lightning's Series Finale Had Absolutely Zero Chill and No Heat
- San Francisco's Flavored Vape Ban Linked to More Teen Smoking, Study Finds
- Valve Reportedly Making Its Own PC Switch Clone Called SteamPal
- The New Sonos One SL Is a Reminder That Smart Devices Have a Short Shelf Life
- The 'Sea Snot' Invasion Has Begun
- Elizabeth Banks Is Bringing a Superpowered Revolution to Life in Red Queen
- The Disney Royalty Fight Has Picked Up a New Defender: Boom Studios
| Shell Just Got Wrecked in Dutch Court Posted: 26 May 2021 07:48 AM PDT  A court in the Netherlands just handed down a landmark ruling, ordering Shell to slash its carbon pollution 45% by 2030. It's hard to overstate how radical the ruling is and the far-ranging impacts it could have not just for the Dutch oil giant but oil companies around the world. |
| Recent Patent Filings Hint That Dyson Is Working on a Toothbrush With a Built-in Water Flosser Posted: 26 May 2021 07:40 AM PDT  Dyson's already made a name for itself with gadgets designed to clean a home, but the company has been slowly expanding into personal care devices too, and according to recent patent filings, a Dyson toothbrush might be in the works, with a design that both brushes and flosses. |
| Cruella Is Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss in Movie Form Posted: 26 May 2021 07:30 AM PDT  In Cruella, you can plainly see that while some fans might not be too keen on the idea, Disney's confident that new films meant to drastically reframe the origins of classic villains who stalk princesses and kill dogs are a key part of the future. Much like its central character, Cruella knows exactly what it is and… |
| Hot Tub Twitch Is Popping Off Right Now Posted: 26 May 2021 07:20 AM PDT  Last week, Twitch addressed a minor community revolt with an urgent memo. It is titled: "Let's Talk About Hot Tub Streams." And the streams were unleashed. |
| How an Artificial Superintelligence Might Actually Destroy Humanity Posted: 26 May 2021 07:20 AM PDT I'm confident that machine intelligence will be our final undoing. Its potential to wipe out humanity is something I've been thinking and writing about for the better part of 20 years. I take a lot of flak for this, but the prospect of human civilization getting extinguished by its own tools is not to be ignored. |
| Pour One Out for These Weird Wearables That Totally Failed Posted: 26 May 2021 07:10 AM PDT  Nowadays, when you hear the term "wearables", you probably think of smartwatches like the Apple Watch, fitness trackers, and VR headsets like the Oculus Rift. However, these gadgets didn't just appear out of the ether. Several other devices had to crash and burn so modern wearables could flourish. |
| Amazon Buys MGM Studios for $9 Billion Posted: 26 May 2021 07:00 AM PDT  It's official folks—Jeff Bezos now owns James Bond. After murmurs earlier this week, Amazon announced today that it had acquired MGM in an $8.45 billion deal that will bolster the e-commerce giant's Hollywood ambitions. |
| A Shark, Eating a Squid, Eating a Lobster, in One Fossil Posted: 26 May 2021 06:42 AM PDT  Over 174 million years ago, a squid-like creature was chowing down on an ancient crustacean, only to find itself scooped up as a meal by a prehistoric shark. Three creatures left their mark in time in an extraordinarily well-preserved fossil in Germany. |
| The CW Explains Why It Turned Down the Live-Action Powerpuff Girls... for Now Posted: 26 May 2021 06:26 AM PDT  Blumhouse has begun production on its Firestarter remake. Get a look at the stars of The Tomorrow War. The CW is still considering a 100 prequel. Plus, get ready to say goodbye to Cisco on The Flash, and what's coming on The Handmaid's Tale and Superman & Lois. Spoilers, away! |
| I Miss My Soviet Diafilm Projector Posted: 26 May 2021 06:00 AM PDT  By the time I was born in 1987, the filmstrip projector was already vintage: a musty, overheating box with a brittle lightbulb glowing yellow out of the vent. For the Soviet Union public, the once widely popular tech could not compete with VHS, but I was not interested in VHS. I preferred to hole up in the dark with… |
| This Solid E Ink Tablet Just Can't Beat the reMarkable's Pen-on-Paper Experience Posted: 26 May 2021 05:30 AM PDT  Although E Ink's electronic paper screens are appearing everywhere from price tags on store shelves to luggage tags, they're still most popular in two types of devices: e-readers designed to replace books, and e-note tablets designed to replace notepads. The new Kobo Elipsa wants to be both at the same time. Depending… |
| Tesla Opens Data Center in China to Obey Cybersecurity Law for Foreign Companies Posted: 26 May 2021 02:00 AM PDT  Electric car company Tesla will open a data center in Shanghai, China in order to store data collected from its customers' cars in the country and stay on the right side of Beijing's cybersecurity laws, according to a new report from the South China Morning Post. All data that foreign companies collect in China about… |
| The Little Mermaid's Voice of Sebastian, Samuel E. Wright, Has Died Posted: 25 May 2021 05:30 PM PDT  Disney animated films are known for their recognizable, unmistakable voices, but few fit that bill quite as much as Samuel E. Wright. Wright voiced Sebastian, the lovable crab in the 1989 smash The Little Mermaid, unforgettably singing the Oscar-winning song, "Under the Sea." And while Wright's voice will live in our… |
| Amazon Workers Are Petitioning the Company to Bring Its Pollution to Zero By 2030 Posted: 25 May 2021 05:17 PM PDT  Ahead of Amazon's planned shareholder meeting on May 26, more than 600 employees have signed a petition pressuring the company to bring its pollution levels down to zero by 2030 — particularly in the communities of color that predominantly border Amazon's warehouses. |
| D.C. Police Surveilled Clowns on Social Media, Leaked Docs Show Posted: 25 May 2021 05:10 PM PDT  A few years ago, intelligence personnel with the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington D.C. spent some unknown amount of time and money monitoring the online accounts of people dressed like clowns. |
| Roku Is Plotting to Take Over Your Smart Home Posted: 25 May 2021 04:30 PM PDT  Roku isn't exactly a little-known brand, but when it comes to market share and platform dominance, it's still a David amongst Goliaths like Amazon and Google. However, the streaming company has made some strategic moves lately that indicate it's attempting a more significant play for space in your home—outside of the… |
| Hoo Boy, the Feds Sure Have a Lot of Dirt on Big Rudy Posted: 25 May 2021 04:00 PM PDT  Rudy Giuliani, gin-pickled simulacrum of a lawyer and former personal attorney to Donald Trump, is in even deeper shit than was previously known. And the shit he was in was already known to be very deep. |
| One Game of Thrones Spinoff May Have Just Pulled Ahead of the Others Posted: 25 May 2021 03:45 PM PDT  The first Game of Thrones spin-off show is House of the Dragon. That's just a fact. It's already filming and will be out sometime next year. HBO isn't going to stop there though—and now, of the several other Thrones-adjacent projects reported to be in the works, one of them has actually hired a writer to work on it,… |
| Black Lightning's Series Finale Had Absolutely Zero Chill and No Heat Posted: 25 May 2021 03:00 PM PDT  Despite the fact that Black Lightning never really got a chance to fully benefit from the kind of interconnected, multiversal-hopping madcaps that the CW's other comic book shows enjoy, it spent four seasons carving out a distinct space on the network where Black superheroes could stand front and center as the focus… |
| San Francisco's Flavored Vape Ban Linked to More Teen Smoking, Study Finds Posted: 25 May 2021 02:55 PM PDT  A 2018 ban on flavored tobacco products in San Francisco may have had some unintended consequences, new research this week suggests. The study found that high school teens were more likely to take up smoking after the ban than those living elsewhere. |
| Valve Reportedly Making Its Own PC Switch Clone Called SteamPal Posted: 25 May 2021 02:45 PM PDT  After the runaway success of the Nintendo Switch, rival gadget makers are keen to make their own handheld consoles. According to a new report, Valve is the latest to jump on the portable gaming bandwagon. |
| The New Sonos One SL Is a Reminder That Smart Devices Have a Short Shelf Life Posted: 25 May 2021 02:16 PM PDT  The Sonos One SL is getting a small upgrade in the form of a power-efficient wireless radio and more sustainable materials. There is, however, a slight catch for Sonos users with older devices. |
| The 'Sea Snot' Invasion Has Begun Posted: 25 May 2021 02:14 PM PDT |
| Elizabeth Banks Is Bringing a Superpowered Revolution to Life in Red Queen Posted: 25 May 2021 01:45 PM PDT  Victoria Aveyard's YA novel about a superpowered dystopia is making its way to TV, and it's already attracted a big talent to not just play a major role, but head behind the camera as well. |
| The Disney Royalty Fight Has Picked Up a New Defender: Boom Studios Posted: 25 May 2021 01:15 PM PDT  In the wake of accusations from Star Wars and Alien novelist Alan Dean Foster that Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm and Fox had led to royalties from his work going unpaid, a collective of writers and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America teamed up to push for the corporation to honor longstanding… |
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