terça-feira, 18 de maio de 2021


Children of Shell Employees Sure Seem to Be Embarrassed by Their Parents

Posted: 18 May 2021 08:11 AM PDT

At Shell's annual general meeting on Tuesday, a company executive told a heartwarming story. Shortly before taking the role six years ago, the fossil fuel giant's outgoing chairman, Charles Holliday, said he had a conversation with one of the company's employees.

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Apple's TV Calibration Feature Might Bork Your Picture Quality, Actually

Posted: 18 May 2021 08:09 AM PDT

Last month, Apple introduced the new Apple TV and with it, a new color calibration feature in tvOS 14.5 for its streaming boxes. The way it works is you hold a compatible iPhone against the screen as it flashes through a series of colors and then voila—you're supposed to get a properly balanced TV in a super-easy way.…

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A Quiet Place Part II Is a Super Solid, Edge-of-Your-Seat Sequel

Posted: 18 May 2021 08:00 AM PDT

A Quiet Place Part II is a quintessential great sequel. Everything that worked about the first movie remains intact: high tension, gross monsters, great characters, strong relationships, it's all there. This time though, everything is bigger—the number of settings and characters, and the scale of the action set…

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Ragnarok's Season 2 Trailer Screams Loudly and Carries a Small Hammer

Posted: 18 May 2021 07:30 AM PDT

Though the Marvel Cinematic Universe's take on Norwegian gods like Loki has shaped the way many people think of them, the first season of Netflix's Ragnarok brought its own spins on the deities to the small screen meant to put more emphasis on the original myths and legends that first brought them to life. The season…

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With an RC Mower and Video Goggles You Can Remotely Cut the Grass From Anywhere

Posted: 18 May 2021 07:28 AM PDT

Like Sisyphus eternally rolling a boulder uphill, mowing the lawn is a chore that's never really complete because grass always grows back. To make the task less of a slog, the next best thing to paving your lawn is to build a remote control lawnmower with a live-streaming camera that lets you cut the grass even while

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A New 3D Printer Can Produce On-Demand Batteries

Posted: 18 May 2021 06:53 AM PDT

The Sakuu Corporation, a California-based company backed by Musashi Seimitsu, has announced a new 3D printing system that can print large electric vehicle batteries on demand. The system uses new techniques to create solid-state batteries that are lighter and smaller than traditional lithium-ion batteries.

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Game of Thrones' House of the Dragon Picks Up a Mysterious New Player

Posted: 18 May 2021 06:09 AM PDT

Rick and Morty's Dan Harmon reveals a new series with a ridiculous twist. Tomb Raider 2 is closer to fruition. Great news for fans of Disney's The Owl House. Plus updates from Ant-Man & the Wasp: Quantumania, Black Lightning's swan song, and more. Spoilers away!

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The New Era of iMacs Brings the M1 Chip, a Pop of Color, and a Camera That Does the Lord's Work

Posted: 18 May 2021 06:00 AM PDT

My early computing days were spent using the family PC, a hulking tower and beefy monitor that sat atop a desk in the dining room. It was not a cute machine and you had absolutely no privacy when you used it, but it belonged to everyone. My siblings and I took turns using it to work on papers for school, chat on AIM…

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How to Watch the Google I/O 2021 Keynote Today

Posted: 18 May 2021 05:00 AM PDT

The Google I/O developers conference is taking place this week, with the keynote kicking things off today at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. Grab yourself enough water and snacks to last you two hours, because it's going to be a whopper of an opening number.

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Fox Launching NFT Company to Sell Digital Collectibles of Dan Harmon's New Show

Posted: 18 May 2021 03:30 AM PDT

Fox is jumping into the world of digital goods by launching a new company that will oversee a marketplace for NFTs, according to a report from the Hollywood Reporter.

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Game of Thrones' Nathalie Emmanuel Will Star in Dracula-Inspired Horror Movie The Bride

Posted: 17 May 2021 05:00 PM PDT

If it feels like Dracula-inspired movies are coming out of the woodwork lately, it's because that's exactly true, with projects currently in various stages of production from Karyn Kusama, Chris McKay, and Chloé Zhao. Now you can add Jessica M. Thompson (The Light of the Moon) to that list of directors.

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Amazon Hoping to Invoke the Power of Positive Affirmations To Reduce Workplace Injuries

Posted: 17 May 2021 04:16 PM PDT

In lieu of allowing workers to take bathroom breaks, have reasonable productivity quotas or form a union, Amazon is reportedly seeking to boost morale and reduce workplace injuries in its warehouses by rolling out a new health and wellness program that taps into the ancient powers of deep breathing and positive…

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The Muppets Didn't Deserve This

Posted: 17 May 2021 04:00 PM PDT

When Kermit the Frog was revealed to be one of The Masked Singer's contestants this past season, it was meant to be a delightful surprise twist in an already ridiculous show in which well-known celebrities dress up as unlicensed mascots. But instead, Kermit's unmasking only underscored how far the Muppets have fallen…

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California City Settles for $350,000 After Suing Bloggers for Opening Dropbox Links It Sent Them

Posted: 17 May 2021 03:31 PM PDT

The city of Fullerton, California, has agreed to settle for $350,000 in a lawsuit brought by two bloggers it falsely accused of breaking into the municipal government's Dropbox account. In reality, administrators just sent the intrepid journalists a public link that the city would have preferred they didn't click.

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Overworking Is a Major Killer Worldwide, WHO Study Finds

Posted: 17 May 2021 03:02 PM PDT

Working too long is a major contributor to early death across the globe, according to new research from the World Health Organization. The study, based on data from nearly 200 countries, estimates that over 700,000 people died in 2016 from heart disease and stroke linked to long working hours. Around half a billion…

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Bulgaria’s Griffon Vultures Have Made a Remarkable Resurgence

Posted: 17 May 2021 03:00 PM PDT

Bald-headed and hunched over, the Griffon vultures of Bulgaria look like they've been put through the wringer—and they have. But now, nearly half a century since the animal was presumed gone, a team of conservationists have confirmed the skulking scavengers have a stable breeding population of around 80 birds in the…

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Oxygen Is a Claustrophobic Sci-Fi Thriller of Non-Stop Reveals

Posted: 17 May 2021 02:45 PM PDT

Don't let the fact that Oxygen is about a woman stuck in place for two hours fool you. The claustrophobic setting provides more twists and turns than most films with the whole world at their disposal. Directed by Alexandre Aja (Crawl, The Hills Have Eyes), the film stars Mélanie Laurent (Inglourious Basterds) as a…

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Leaked Police Docs Show a Lot of Disturbing but Also Dumb Plans Made by the Boogaloo Bois

Posted: 17 May 2021 02:40 PM PDT

A recent leak from the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington D.C. reveals ongoing surveillance of right-wing activists in the wake of the deadly Jan. 6th Capitol riot and the lead-up to President Joe Biden's inauguration.

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Joe Biden Dares to Improve Americans' Quality of Life With Energy Efficient Appliances

Posted: 17 May 2021 02:36 PM PDT

Joe Biden's America will include energy-efficient electric vehicle chargers and heat pumps for buildings. The new standards come with a slew of other announcements on Monday around decarbonizing buildings and transportation, all of which would reportedly saddle the American economy with 700,000 jobs that pay fair…

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Attack the Block 2 With John Boyega and Joe Cornish Is Finally a Go

Posted: 17 May 2021 02:25 PM PDT

It should go without saying that when given the opportunity, people will sit down to watch movies in which John Boyega plays characters who somehow end up fighting aliens hellbent on colonizing vulnerable planets. While the actor's Star Wars run may have come to an end, there's always been another franchise audiences…

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Report Highlights Exiled Chinese Billionaire Tied to Steve Bannon as Center of Misinformation Network

Posted: 17 May 2021 02:09 PM PDT

A Chinese real estate developer who is closely associated with Donald Trump's far-right former strategist is behind a massive online network that traffics in conspiracy theories, disinformation, harassment campaigns, and propaganda, a new report has found.

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Sun-Orbiting Spacecraft Takes Fascinating Images of a Coronal Mass Ejection

Posted: 17 May 2021 01:24 PM PDT

Coronal mass ejections are regular space weather events involving huge, fast-moving expulsions of plasma from the Sun's surface. They're routinely observed by a bevy of telescopes, and recently, Solar Orbiter has imaged its first stellar burps.

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Terrifying Driving Simulator Lets a Player Feel a Car’s Motions by Short-Circuiting Their Sense of Balance

Posted: 17 May 2021 01:10 PM PDT

If you're a fan of racing sims, a steering wheel controller is a must-have accessory, but it's also a slippery slope towards spending thousands of dollars on a motion simulator for the 'full experience.' YouTube's Mean Gene Hacks spent just $50 on their simulator that translates an in-game vehicle's motions to a…

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Samsung's Next Batch of Futuristic Displays Can Flex, Fold, and Slide

Posted: 17 May 2021 12:30 PM PDT

While other companies continue to play catchup, at Samsung's annual display conference, the Korean tech giant just showed off its next batch of futuristic screens that can do a lot more than bend and flex.

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Extra, Extra, Get Your Giant Spider-Man Daily Bugle Lego Set Here

Posted: 17 May 2021 12:25 PM PDT

It's J. Jonah Jameson's eternal question: Spider-Man—threat or menace? Now you can pretend to write your own scathing op-ed about New York City's misunderstood webslinger with help from this absolutely amazing, four-story Daily Bugle skyscraper set from Lego, complete with 25—not a typo, twenty-five—figures, some of…

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