segunda-feira, 14 de junho de 2021


It's Going to Be Way Too Hot in the West This Week

Posted: 14 Jun 2021 09:10 AM PDT

Record heat is searing the West for the second time this month. A massive heat dome is building over the region and is set to intensify for the latter half of this week. The heat wave could cause some all-time records to fall while worsening the region's already catastrophic drought.

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Mamoru Hosoda's Belle Will Come to the West This Winter

Posted: 14 Jun 2021 09:00 AM PDT

The wait for Mamoru Hosoda's next animated adventure may be coming to a close in Japan next month, but international audiences will have to wait until later this year to get the chance to see his new virtual fantasy, Belle. Thankfully, there's a new gorgeous teaser to tide us over.

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In Centaurworld's First Trailer, a War Horse Swaps Battles for Ballads

Posted: 14 Jun 2021 08:20 AM PDT

Even the most hardened soldiers can't resist a little song and dance. Netflix has released the first trailer for Megan Nicole Dong's (How To Train Your Dragon 2) animated spectacle Centaurworld, about a war horse who embraces her inner diva to save a world filled with strange magical centaurs.

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Blood Glucose Monitoring Isn't Likely for the Apple Watch Series 7

Posted: 14 Jun 2021 08:10 AM PDT

One of the most popular rumors for the forthcoming Apple Watch Series 7 was the inclusion of non-invasive blood glucose monitoring. Well, a recent Bloomberg report puts the kibosh on that, citing anonymous Apple sources as saying that feature is unlikely to be ready for consumers for "several more years."

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Beats Studio Buds Are an Android-Friendly Alternative to AirPods Pro

Posted: 14 Jun 2021 08:00 AM PDT

I have some issues with Apple's AirPods Pro. I dislike the design with its awkwardly short stem—at least the regular AirPods fully lean into it—and having to squeeze said stem to control audio playback is damn near impossible to do while working out. I've also never been able to find a comfortable fit, so the things…

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Mothra’s Massive Mondo Statue Will Let You Bow Down to the Queen

Posted: 14 Jun 2021 07:30 AM PDT

One of Godzilla's most dynamic adversaries is about to fly into your home and while it's not quite life-size, it's probably closer than you'd imagine. io9 is excited to exclusively debut a few new pieces from Mondo that are all about Mothra. That includes a massive, limited-edition statue based on Godzilla: Tokyo SOS

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Your Brain Will Have a Hard Time Processing This Self-Balancing Electric Bicycle in Action

Posted: 14 Jun 2021 07:07 AM PDT

Bikes have long been a greener (and cheaper) alternative to cars, assuming you actually know how to ride one, but a talented Chinese engineer is taking that requirement out of the equation with a self-balancing electric bike that's smart enough to get around a city all by itself.

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The Book of Boba Fett Wants to Dive Back Into Star Wars' Past

Posted: 14 Jun 2021 06:22 AM PDT

Mindy Kaling's Velma animated series is taking some surprising turns. Gugu Mbatha-Raw teases her Loki role. Plus, what's next on Charmed and Batwoman, and there are some suitably mysterious set pictures from Obi-Wan Kenobi. Spoilers get!

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Will We Ever Be Able to Clean Up All Our Trash?

Posted: 14 Jun 2021 05:00 AM PDT

We die and decompose, but a growing portion of our garbage lives on. Your great-grandfather's bones have become organic matter in the soil, but the same cannot be said for the Mr. Goodbar wrapper he discarded 80 years ago today. Our landfills are poorly organized museums, robustly endowed and expanding by the second.…

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Elon Musk Juices Bitcoin Price Yet Again With His Stupid Tweets

Posted: 14 Jun 2021 04:00 AM PDT

Elon Musk sent the price of bitcoin soaring Sunday night after a positive tweet about the cryptocurrency, which has tracked closely with Musk's tweets over the past six months. The SpaceX founder also revealed his electric car company Tesla has sold roughly 10% of its bitcoin holdings.

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That Viral Ad for Dan Crenshaw's Fourth of July Party is Slightly Fake

Posted: 14 Jun 2021 03:00 AM PDT

Have you seen that screenshot from an ad by Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw? The Republican congressman is throwing a party for Independence Day and an image from the ad has been making the rounds on social media sites like Twitter. But the graphic has actually been photoshopped, however slightly.

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Microsoft Makes the Xbox Series X Mini Fridge Meme a Reality, Will Sell It This Holiday Season

Posted: 13 Jun 2021 04:00 PM PDT

Once a meme that delighted the internet, the Xbox Series X-shaped mini fridge is becoming a reality. At the end of its E3 2021 showcase on Sunday, Microsoft announced that it would be selling "the world's most powerful mini fridge" this upcoming holiday season.

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Bars With Vaccine Requirements Are Being Flooded With Negative Reviews: Report

Posted: 13 Jun 2021 03:29 PM PDT

With the weather heating up, hot vax summer is in full swing. Unfortunately, that also means anti-vaxxers are back on their faux-self-righteous bullshit, and they've reportedly been review-bombing bars that attempt to isolate vaccinated customers from unvaccinated ones.

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Is Censor the Future of Giallo Horror?

Posted: 13 Jun 2021 02:06 PM PDT

Censor is a 2021 Giallo film written and directed by Prano-Bailey Bond, and co-written with Anthony Fletcher. The story follows Enid Baines (Niamh Algar), a woman who works at the British film censor board. She is part of a team that decides which movies make it into theaters and which films will never see the light…

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Is Loki's Judge Revonna Renslayer Friend or Foe?

Posted: 13 Jun 2021 12:30 PM PDT

Gugu Mbatha-Raw is now an official member of the Marvel gang as she stars in Disney+ newest show, Loki as Revonna Renslayer.

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Amazon Unveils Fleet of Cutesy-Named Robots to Make Its Warehouses Less of a Hazardous Hellscape

Posted: 13 Jun 2021 12:14 PM PDT

Amazon warehouse employees may soon get a couple of new co-workers: Ernie and Bert.

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A Mysterious Bidder Just Paid $28 Million to Fly to Space With Jeff Bezos on July 20

Posted: 13 Jun 2021 11:46 AM PDT

Someone with deep pockets just shelled out $28 million to fly to space with Jeff Bezos, the richest man on Earth, on Blue Origin's first crewed flight of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle. Unfortunately, we don't yet know who the mystery bidder is, although Blue Origin promises we'll find out in a few weeks.

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Invincible's Showrunner Discusses the Challenges of Creating Season Finale

Posted: 13 Jun 2021 10:30 AM PDT

The finale of Invincible showcased the true destruction that can happen when a city is turned into a battlefield by two overpowered people. Robert Kirkman and the team behind Amazons' animated series Invincible went balls to the wall with death and chaos, showing how people caught in the middle of personal vendettas…

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The Matrix 4's Jessica Henwick Is Fulfilling Her Dreams Starring in Film

Posted: 13 Jun 2021 08:01 AM PDT

Jessica Henwick has already tackled some iconic sci-fi and fantasy roles, with her most notable being Nymeria Sand in Game of Thrones and Colleen Wing Netflix show Iron Fist. Next up on her resume is an undisclosed role in Lana Wachowski's fourth Matrix movie.

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Apple Channels Its Inner Little Mermaid to Try to Sell You the New iPad Pro

Posted: 12 Jun 2021 05:53 PM PDT

Although it's been proven that Apple absolutely does not need any help selling its devices, the company was apparently feeling creative and in the mood for song when it created a parody ad based on The Little Mermaid for its new M1 iPad Pro. For unknown reasons, Apple hasn't publicly premiered the ad, but it looks…

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Like Google Chrome, Chrome OS Will Transition to a Four-Week Update Release Cycle

Posted: 12 Jun 2021 03:33 PM PDT

Google is speeding up the update release schedule for Chrome OS to a four-week cycle in the third quarter of this year, the company announced Friday.

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