quinta-feira, 24 de junho de 2021


Google Is Teaming Up With Jio to Bring an 'Ultra-Affordable' 4G Android Phone to India

Posted: 24 Jun 2021 07:42 AM PDT

While carriers in the U.S. are racing to add 5G coverage to their networks, today India's largest wireless provider announced a new device designed to bring 4G service to potentially millions of users with the "ultra-affordable" Jio Phone Next.

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How to Watch Microsoft's Windows 11 Event—and What to Expect

Posted: 24 Jun 2021 07:36 AM PDT

It's about time Microsoft introduced something new, and we're pretty sure that what's on the way is a new version of Windows. Specifically, we expect to see Windows 11, because Windows 10X has all but kicked the bucket before it even had a chance. (RIP.)

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Marvel's SWORD Brought 2 Unexpected Guests to the X-Men's Hellfire Gala and Beyond

Posted: 24 Jun 2021 07:20 AM PDT

What was obvious the moment that Marvel's mutants began sending out invitations for the latest Hellfire Gala was that while the function was partially meant to introduce the rest of the world to Krakoa, it was also an elaborate stunt building up to some great statement about the future of mutantkind.

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TCL's New Smart Glasses Are Portable Movie Screens

Posted: 24 Jun 2021 07:00 AM PDT

It feels like every consumer electronics company is attempting to make a pair of smart glasses right now. For the most part, those efforts are focused on augmented reality. But TCL's NXTWEAR G Wearable Display Glasses aren't about giving context to the world around you. They're meant to help you stay immersed in your…

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Ingenuity Flies Again as Perseverance Rover Starts Looking for Life on Mars

Posted: 24 Jun 2021 06:45 AM PDT

After weeks of Earthlings fawning over Venus and the Perseverance rover stepping out of its shell to begin its scientific mission, one can imagine the Mars helicopter Ingenuity felt a little miffed that the spotlight has moved on. But on Tuesday morning, NASA announced that the helicopter had completed its eighth…

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Apple's Newest Store Is Over the Top, Even for Apple

Posted: 24 Jun 2021 06:35 AM PDT

In pre-covid times, I frequently traveled domestically and internationally for work and would invariably forget a key item—a wall plug adapter, a USB-C microSD card reader, you name it. The easiest way to track down those items was usually the Apple store in whatever city I was in, so needless to say I've seen many of…

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Disney Recruits Scarlett Johansson to Turn Another Park Ride Into a Movie

Posted: 24 Jun 2021 06:25 AM PDT

Nathan Pyle's Strange Planet is becoming an animated series at Apple. There's more casting for the Midwich Cuckoos adaptation. American Horror Stories' mysterious rubber-clad woman gets her own cryptic teaser. Plus, what's next on Rick and Morty and Tuca & Bertie. Spoilers, away!

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How to Work in Virtual Reality, and Why You'd Even Want To

Posted: 24 Jun 2021 05:00 AM PDT

Think of the Oculus Quest 2 and you naturally think gaming: flying through virtual reality worlds, shooting down virtual reality enemies, and so on. But Oculus has been updating its software recently and new features suggest it's keen to help you get some work done, too—even if we're still in the early stages of that…

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Canada to Make Online Hate Speech a Crime Punishable by $16,000 Fine

Posted: 24 Jun 2021 04:00 AM PDT

Canada's ruling Liberal government announced on Wednesday that it plans to make online hate speech a crime punishable by as much as $20,000 (roughly $16,250 US) for the first offense and $50,000 ($40,600 US) for the second. The proposal would punish social media users who broke the law but exempt social media…

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China Hopes to Put First Human on Mars in 2033: Report

Posted: 24 Jun 2021 03:00 AM PDT

China wants to put the first human on Mars in 2033, according to a new presentation made by Wang Xiaojun, the head of China's top rocket manufacturer. Wang's plans were outlined in a new report from Chinese state media outlet the Global Times and includes a Martian base, though nothing is a given when you're planning…

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Apple Says It Needs the App Store in Order to Protect Consumers From Scams

Posted: 23 Jun 2021 04:36 PM PDT

Apple continued its impassioned defense against a new crop of antitrust bills on Wednesday, advising lawmakers that the legislation's recommendation that the company open itself up to third-party app stores would spell disaster for consumers by exposing them to unvetted scams and violating their privacy.

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Warhammer+ Is Already the Best Streaming Service, Because None of the Other Pluses Come With a Free Orc

Posted: 23 Jun 2021 04:00 PM PDT

It's a big plus, you might say.

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Q-Force's First Trailer Wants in on All the Corporate Gay Pandering

Posted: 23 Jun 2021 03:15 PM PDT

When Netflix first announced Q-Force back in 2019, the animated series sounded like a queer sendup of the James Bond franchise and other stories about hypermasculine superspies that have been fixtures in the genre space for decades. But Q-Force's first trailer makes it pretty clear that the energy it's going for is…

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A Woman Developed Life-Threatening Sepsis 14 Months After She Got Cosmetic Butt Fillers

Posted: 23 Jun 2021 03:00 PM PDT

A woman's attempt to augment her buttocks led to an unusually delayed and life-threatening infection that started to rot away her skin, doctors in Ireland say. In a new report, they describe how the 29-year-old contracted a rare infection in the same part of her buttocks where she had gotten dermal fillers injected…

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Warren Buffett Resigns From the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, No Reason

Posted: 23 Jun 2021 02:55 PM PDT

Warren Buffett, the billionaire chairman and CEO of investment firm Berkshire Hathaway, is resigning from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for probably no particular reason at all, why do you ask?

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iPhone 14 Will Reportedly Bring Back Touch ID—Under the Screen

Posted: 23 Jun 2021 02:10 PM PDT

We haven't even seen the iPhone 13 lineup yet—which is expected to launch this September—but now we have a hint at what to expect from the iPhone 14 in 2022. Noted Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo in a note to investors predicts next year's iPhones will bring back Touch ID in the form of an in-screen fingerprint sensor.

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Amazon Studios' The Boys Adds 3 More Boys

Posted: 23 Jun 2021 02:00 PM PDT

Amazon Studios' The Boys continues to grow its cast of heroes, villains, and everyone in between. Actors Sean Patrick Flanery, Nick Wechsler, and Gaston Villanueva are three of the newest Supes to join the squad. But who are they going to play?

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Birds Use Quantum Mechanics to See Magnetic Fields, New Research Suggests

Posted: 23 Jun 2021 01:53 PM PDT

Many birds have a sixth sense. No, not seeing dead people: They detect Earth's magnetic field, an ability that allows them to return to the same sites, year after year, during seasonal migration. Now, scientists have come closer to identifying the mechanism that our feathery friends use to feel Earth's magnetic…

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A Google Drive Update Might Break All Your Links

Posted: 23 Jun 2021 01:40 PM PDT

Now that Google has opened up its business-focused Workspace suite to everyone, there are some new Google Drive features. But as with every move, sometimes things get busted along the way.

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AI Helps Restore the Missing Pieces of a Chopped-Up Rembrandt

Posted: 23 Jun 2021 01:30 PM PDT

A mammoth 1642 Rembrandt is now complete after centuries of disfigurement, thanks in part to artificial intelligence.

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Warren Ellis' Accusers Respond to His Image Comics Return With Ben Templesmith

Posted: 23 Jun 2021 01:20 PM PDT

Last year, comics writer Warren Ellis—known for his work at Marvel and DC on series like Nextwave, The Batman's Grave, Transmetropolitan, and more, as well as his work on Netflix's Castlevania series—was the subject of accusations from a group of over 60 people who claim years of grooming and sexually predatory…

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John McAfee Has Died of Suspected Suicide

Posted: 23 Jun 2021 12:49 PM PDT

John McAfee was found dead in his prison cell in Barcelona on Wednesday, officials have confirmed.

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Martian Dust Could End NASA’s InSight Mission in a Matter of Months

Posted: 23 Jun 2021 12:45 PM PDT

Dwindling access to power, the result of dust settling onto solar panels, is threatening to end NASA's InSight Mars mission by April of next year.

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Pilot Reveals Walk-Through Server Room Underneath Airbus 350 Cockpit

Posted: 23 Jun 2021 12:15 PM PDT

It's no secret that pilots on long-haul flights have access to private sleeping quarters that passengers never see, but it turns out there are more surprises hidden away inside a modern airliner, including an entire server room full of rack mounted computers and electronics located beneath the cockpit.

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