quarta-feira, 23 de junho de 2021


On Loki, What Makes a Loki a Loki Is Anything But Low Key

Posted: 23 Jun 2021 08:45 AM PDT

After Marvel and Disney+'s Loki presented its audience with a twist on a twist last week, the time-bending series put the breaks on (albeit only figuratively) to turn once more to a question the show's premiere was fascinated with: what makes Loki—what makes a Loki—Loki? The answer, give or take an explosive…

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Supreme Court Rules Cheerleader’s ‘F*ck School’ Snapchat Post Was Protected Speech

Posted: 23 Jun 2021 08:33 AM PDT

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a Pennsylvania high school violated the First Amendment rights of a former cheerleader by punishing her for saying "fuck school" on Snapchat. The decision potentially restricts schools' ability to regulate students' off-campus speech.

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Aliens From 1,715 Stars Could’ve Seen Earth Over the Past 5,000 Years, Study Suggests

Posted: 23 Jun 2021 08:22 AM PDT

Astronomers on Earth have spotted thousands of exoplanets since the 1990s, so it's not unreasonable to assume that aliens, should they exist, would be capable of the same feat. Working under this assumption, astronomers have identified a surprising number of nearby stars from which alien astronomers could've detected…

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Netflix's Latest Dating Series Puts Monster Kink at the Forefront

Posted: 23 Jun 2021 08:10 AM PDT

I was going about my morning routine, just another normal Wednesday, when lo, the world's most cursed tweet blessed my timeline from the @NetflixUK account. Behold.

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Summer Camp Island's A Quiet Place Spoof Broke All the Rules for Good Reason

Posted: 23 Jun 2021 08:00 AM PDT

Julia Pott's aggressively charming series Summer Camp Island has returned to HBO Max for its fourth season just in time for the beginning of our actual summer. While the animated series is still every bit as adorable as it used to be, the latest batch of episodes all bring a sharper, quicker sense of humor to Oscar…

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Why It’s Taking so Long for Lego to Make Bricks From Recycled Plastic

Posted: 23 Jun 2021 07:51 AM PDT

Recycling isn't the end-all solution to our over-consumption of the planet's resources, and the process comes with its own challenges and drawbacks, but generally, re-using discarded materials and turning them into something useful again is a step in the right direction. Today, Lego revealed its first brick made from…

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George R.R. Martin Is Also Bummed Game of Thrones Went Beyond the Books

Posted: 23 Jun 2021 07:15 AM PDT

When Game of Thrones debuted on HBO in 2011, fans were stoked to see how the story and world of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire would play out on the small screen. But as the showrunners moved past the books, things went a bit off the rails. Now, the author is looking back with one thing on his mind:…

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Updates From Borderlands, Superman and Lois, and More

Posted: 23 Jun 2021 06:25 AM PDT

Peter Capaldi re-teams with Doctor Who's Steven Moffat for a haunting new Amazon venture. Kaley Cuoco and Pete Davidson are getting time-bending with trauma for Alex Lehmann's sci-fi rom-com. Plus, Godspeed's back at it again on The Flash, and good news for Solar Opposites. To me, my spoilers!

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Lenovo's Revamped ThinkPad X1 Extreme Is Now Slimmer and Way More Powerful

Posted: 23 Jun 2021 03:00 AM PDT

The ThinkPad X1 Extreme was already a great system for people who needed a powerful and sturdy mobile workhorse, but for this year's refresh, Lenovo has made pretty much everything better while still cutting down on thickness and giving the laptop a big boost in performance.

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DOJ Seizes Middle East News Sites for Allegedly Spreading Disinformation

Posted: 23 Jun 2021 12:00 AM PDT

The U.S. Department of Justice seized 36 domains associated with news outlets in Iran, Yemen, and Palestine on Tuesday, according to a press release from the DOJ. The websites were taken for allegedly promoting disinformation campaigns and for violating U.S. sanctions against the Islamic Revolutionary Guard and…

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Big Tech CEOs Apparently Not Loving New Bills Seeking to Trust Bust Big Tech

Posted: 22 Jun 2021 06:18 PM PDT

Lawmakers in the House of Representatives introduced legislation aimed at reigning in the powers of big tech companies last Friday, and... hang on... I'm getting word that the CEOs of those companies think that antitrust bills are actually a bad thing? And that their companies should just be left alone, with their…

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Microsoft Just Became the Second Company to Reach a $2 Trillion Market Value

Posted: 22 Jun 2021 05:23 PM PDT

Microsoft has officially joined the $2 trillion club.

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Disney's Live-Action Snow White Has Found Its Lead

Posted: 22 Jun 2021 05:00 PM PDT

If it wasn't for Snow White, Disney wouldn't be what it is today. It was director Walt Disney's first feature length animated film and its success way back in 1937 is what got the ball rolling on the entire company. Mickey Mouse may be the star, but Snow White is right up there with him, and now there's a new one.

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The OnePlus Merger With Oppo Might Be the End of Android Enthusiast Phones

Posted: 22 Jun 2021 04:33 PM PDT

One over-used description of Android is the "platform of choice," but what happens when those choices all become...exactly the same? The recent news that OnePlus is headed for "deeper integration" with its overseas parent company, Oppo, could cause a shakeup in the Android smartphone landscape.

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Google Is Exploring Post-Pandemic Remote Work Options for Employees

Posted: 22 Jun 2021 03:33 PM PDT

Google unveiled a new tool on Tuesday that will allow its employees to make specific requests about where they go to work — specifically, which of the company's regional offices they work from, or whether they're fully remote.

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Ancient Elephants Quickly Shrank Into Dwarfs on the Island of Sicily, DNA Suggests

Posted: 22 Jun 2021 03:25 PM PDT

Tens of thousands of years ago, so-called dwarf elephants inhabited the island of Sicily off the coast of Italy. Apparently, it didn't take long for these elephants to shrink after their arrival on the island. New research suggests that the 10-ton behemoths that originally came to Sicily slimmed down quickly, losing…

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Netflix Captures Two of Our Big Interests With a New Animated Series Titled Dogs in Space

Posted: 22 Jun 2021 03:15 PM PDT

Netflix has just added to its ever-growing animated slate with a trio of new shows aimed at kids, and one of them has already captured our imagination. Thank the title—Dogs in Space—which not only represents two of our big interests, but also conveniently evokes "Pigs in Space," the classic Muppet Show skit starring…

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Teamsters Announce Huge New Plan to Unionize U.S. Amazon Workers

Posted: 22 Jun 2021 03:05 PM PDT

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, one of America's most prominent labor organizations, is expected to launch a nationwide effort to organize Amazon workers.

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Court Says Damon Dash Can’t Sell NFT of Jay-Z’s First Album... For Now

Posted: 22 Jun 2021 02:46 PM PDT

Jay-Z's debut studio album can't be sold as an NFT, TMZ reported on Tuesday, with a court issuing a temporary ruling that Roc-A-Fella co-founder Damon Dash must call off the sale and halt any planned auctions in the future. And...

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Verification Is Dead. It’s All About Super Followers on Twitter, Now.

Posted: 22 Jun 2021 02:27 PM PDT

As part of Twitter's long-term vision to emulate the worst parts of every other major platform, the company announced on Tuesday that it would start rolling out applications for its long-rumored "Ticketed Spaces" and "Super Follows" features.

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The Annette Trailer Takes Adam Driver on a Surreal Journey Into Fatherhood

Posted: 22 Jun 2021 02:15 PM PDT

One of the world's most perfect couples has a daughter who may outshine them both—and they sing through it. That's the idea behind the first trailer for Adam Driver's Annette, a strange and surreal new film from the director of Holy Motors.

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Coal Miners Go on Strike and Fox News Goes Silent

Posted: 22 Jun 2021 01:50 PM PDT

Early Tuesday morning, dozens of mineworkers from Alabama's Warrior Met Coal Mine headed to New York City's financial district. There, they protested outside the Wall Street firms that own controlling shares of their employer, including BlackRock, the world's largest asset management firm.

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Airlines to DOJ: Please, Start Putting Passengers From Hell in Prison

Posted: 22 Jun 2021 01:38 PM PDT

Airline trade associations and unions are calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to do something about the inundation of soulless passengers raising drunken hell in the lawless skies. Specifically, they want them put in prison.

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Conservation Project Goes Awry as Tasmanian Devils Start Killing Penguins

Posted: 22 Jun 2021 01:25 PM PDT

A project established to conserve Tasmanian devils has backfired, as the carnivorous marsupials have been a little too successful in their new habitat. They've killed scores of seabirds since their arrival nearly a decade ago, according to the local branch of the Birdlife conservation organization.

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For the Love of Star Wars, Someone at Lucasfilm Take Emilia Clarke's Notes and Do Something

Posted: 22 Jun 2021 01:15 PM PDT

She, unlike some of her previous associates, has pages.

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