terça-feira, 8 de junho de 2021


ProtonMail Unveils an Overdue Makeover and New Features

Posted: 08 Jun 2021 12:12 PM PDT

ProtonMail, the popular encrypted email service, has significantly updated its look and feel for the first time since the company's public beta launch 7 years ago. It's also rolled out some new features that are worth checking out.

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Bryan Fuller Is Remaking Stephen King Killer Car Classic Christine

Posted: 08 Jun 2021 11:50 AM PDT

Like many of us, filmmaker Bryan Fuller is a huge fan of author Stephen King. Unlike many of us though, he going to turn that passion into actual content. He's going to make a new movie based on the King novel Christine.

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Adobe Claims Creative Apps Optimized for M1 Macs Now 80% Faster

Posted: 08 Jun 2021 11:40 AM PDT

Seven months after Apple revealed its homegrown M1 processor, we're finally starting to see its true potential as more third-party apps arrive with native support. Now Adobe has updated a batch of longtime staples that, at least according to Adobe, show impressive performance improvements thanks to Apple silicon.

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Scream-Detecting Drones Could Save You

Posted: 08 Jun 2021 10:50 AM PDT

Screaming into the void may be a thing of the past. A team of researchers said this week that they've developed a system that would allow rescuers to fly drones over disaster areas and identify the sounds of people trapped who are screaming for help.

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Netflix's Sweet Tooth Advertorial in USA Today Was Beyond Irresponsible

Posted: 08 Jun 2021 10:30 AM PDT

In Netflix's new live-action adaptation of Jeff Lemire's DC Comics series Sweet Tooth, the sudden appearance of half-human/half-animal hybrids during a pandemic prompts many "regular" humans to begin hunting and murdering the hybrids out of fear and, quite literally, open speciesism. Timed with Sweet Tooth's premiere,…

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What to Know About the Latest Covid-19 Lab Leak Hype

Posted: 08 Jun 2021 10:10 AM PDT

The debate over the origins of covid-19 is reaching a fever pitch. On Monday, the Wall Street Journal published an article describing a report circulated within the U.S. government last year, which found that a virus research lab in Wuhan, China plausibly could have been the source of the pandemic. At the same time,…

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Anime Legend Yoko Kanno Will Return to Compose Netflix's Cowboy Bebop

Posted: 08 Jun 2021 10:06 AM PDT

I mean... you can't do Cowboy Bebop without wanting to jam, right?

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Satellites Capture Images of Huge Dust Storm Heading to the Americas

Posted: 08 Jun 2021 10:00 AM PDT

Well, here we go again. A bounty of Saharan dust has made its way out to sea and is currently moving through the central Atlantic Ocean. If it continues its westerly trek, it could interrupt a possible tropical storm forming off the coast of Nicaragua.

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The Sandman First Look Teases a Different Take on the World of Dreams

Posted: 08 Jun 2021 09:35 AM PDT

Netflix's upcoming adaptation of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman comic series has mighty large shoes to fill in terms of translating its signature surreality to the small screen. In a new behind-the-scenes video, Gaiman and some of the show's cast explain how this new telling of The Sandman is both meant to speak to fans of…

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A Capitol Hill Tech Vendor Is the Latest Ransomware Victim

Posted: 08 Jun 2021 09:30 AM PDT

An email newsletter provider with dozens of customers on Capitol Hill has suffered a ransomware attack, the U.S. House of Representatives' chief administrative officer confirmed Tuesday.

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Does Tim Cook Know About Mark Zuckerberg’s Skills With a Spear?

Posted: 08 Jun 2021 09:20 AM PDT

Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook page is having an extremely normal one, read: Mark's latest gladiatorial displays to the mighty riff of Audioslave. As you can see, he is capable of firing bow and arrow and throwing a javelin—or a spear of some sort. Also, yesterday he dropped whatever still-intact public pretense might…

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Sony Has Done It Again: Weirdly Big Earbuds With Incredible Noise Cancellation

Posted: 08 Jun 2021 09:00 AM PDT

In 2017, when many Bluetooth earbuds still had wires, Sony introduced its truly wireless WF-1000X, which somehow also managed to squeeze noise cancellation into a tiny pair of buds. Today it's a standard feature on premium wireless earbuds, but despite all the competition, the new WF-1000XM4s prove that no one knows…

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Loki Is a Fascinatingly Funny Take on Marvel's Greatest Anti-Hero

Posted: 08 Jun 2021 09:00 AM PDT

Loki has become one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's most beloved characters, and the God of Mischief's arc from cackling villain to sacrificial anti-hero has endeared him to viewers over a decade of movies. His new self-titled television series on Disney+ is less interested in continuing this arc specifically,…

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‘Glacier Blood’ Is Our Latest Nightmare

Posted: 08 Jun 2021 08:44 AM PDT

Glaciers in the French Alps look like the scene of a massacre. Normally topped with pristine, white snow, they're increasingly covered with dark, bloody-looking spots dubbed "glacier blood."

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Star Trek Advent Calendar Lets You Assimilate the Holidays

Posted: 08 Jun 2021 08:00 AM PDT

Hey. Have you heard about resistance? Word on the street is that it's futile, so you might as well go ahead and order this fun Star Trek advent calendar from Hero Collector, which is shaped like the iconic Cube ship of the Borg, but contains 24 fun bits of Trek merch instead of violent assimilation.

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Official Stadia Support Finally Comes to Chromecast With Google TV and Other Android TV Boxes

Posted: 08 Jun 2021 07:58 AM PDT

Stadia always seemed like a perfect fit for Google's homegrown smart TV OS, and now, more than 18 months after Stadia's initial debut, Google is finally adding native support for Stadia to a range of Android TV and Google TV devices on June 23.

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You Can Now Listen to Dolby Atmos and Lossless Audio in Apple Music

Posted: 08 Jun 2021 07:45 AM PDT

Following yesterday's WWDC keynote, Apple has begun rolling out Lossless Audio and Dolby Atmos for Apple Music subscribers. So long as you have the latest software (and compatible devices), you should be able to stream certain tracks at CD quality resolution or higher.

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New Star Wars Toys From Hasbro Turn Baby Yoda Into a Lightsaber, and More

Posted: 08 Jun 2021 07:00 AM PDT

Hey, did you know Hasbro makes Star Wars toys for children, too? Of course you did, but if you're an adult collector it can sometimes be hard to remember that not every kid has the ability to pay $300 for the newest Hot Toys figure. Enter the cool and affordable "Mission Fleet" series, whose new wave io9 is delighted…

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It Took Lego 8,660 Hours to Build This Life-Size Lamborghini Sián From Over 400,000 Pieces

Posted: 08 Jun 2021 06:45 AM PDT

As incredibly elaborate as Lego's larger sets can be, the builds can often feel more like a part-time job than a fun pastime. It took our own Germain Lussier 34 hours to build Lego's 7,500-piece Millennium Falcon, but that's nothing compared to the 8,660 hours needed to assemble this life-size Lamborghini.

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Updates From Indiana Jones 5, Dungeons & Dragons, and More

Posted: 08 Jun 2021 06:38 AM PDT

James Gunn's full steam ahead on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Get a glimpse of a Cisco-Less Team Flash on The Flash. More Loki clips tease time weirdness and Owen Wilson's Mobius. Plus, Space Jam: A New Legacy gets the ESPN treatment in the silliest way possible. Spoilers now!

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Encrypted Messaging App Run by the FBI Leads to Arrest of Over 100 Organized Crime Members

Posted: 08 Jun 2021 06:37 AM PDT

For close to two years, the FBI clandestinely operated an encrypted communications platform called "Anom" that was used almost exclusively by drug traffickers and organized crime, a recently unsealed federal affidavit claims.

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The New Echo Show 8's Camera Is So Good I Almost Forgot How Unsettling Sidewalk Is

Posted: 08 Jun 2021 06:00 AM PDT

Everyone's relationship with their parents is complicated. But since I had a kid, I decided I liked the idea of my daughter having an open line to call her grandparents, even if I didn't necessarily want one for myself. Granted, my daughter is only 16 months, but she knows there's someone in the box talking to her.…

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Huge Chunk of the Internet Goes Offline Thanks to One Company

Posted: 08 Jun 2021 04:10 AM PDT

Large chunks of the internet were offline starting shortly before 6:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday, including everything from CNN to the British government, in an outage being blamed on Fastly, a content distribution network used by hundreds of high-profile websites. Gizmodo was also down during this morning's outage.

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Elon Musk Paid $0 in Federal Income Tax in 2018: Report

Posted: 08 Jun 2021 03:00 AM PDT

Elon Musk, the second richest person in the world, paid precisely $0 in federal income tax in 2018, according to an explosive new report from ProPublica. And Musk isn't the only one.

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Weed Shops Offer Free Joint to Anyone Who Gets Vaccinated in Washington State

Posted: 08 Jun 2021 12:10 AM PDT

Cannabis retailers in Washington state have received local government approval to offer a free joint to anyone who gets vaccinated for covid-19, according to the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board. The offer is only available to people 21 years of age and older and state approval has only been granted through…

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