sábado, 26 de junho de 2021


'Rasputin' Played by Electric Toothbrushes, a PS2 Controller, and Other Gadgets Is My New Jam

Posted: 26 Jun 2021 03:47 PM PDT

If, unlike me, you don't spend an embarrassing number of hours scrolling through TikTok each week, you may be wondering why the campy disco hit "Rasputin" is climbing the charts more than four decades after its original release. Boney M.'s '70s ode to "Russia's greatest love machine" is having one hell of a moment,…

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F9 Actress Jordana Brewster Reflects on the Failures of The Faculty Film

Posted: 26 Jun 2021 02:30 PM PDT

Unfortunately, riding the wave of Scream and subsequent teen horror film successes' doomed The Faculty to failure. With a poorly timed Christmas release, the film became an unexpected flop.

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Google's Search Engine Will Now Warn You When It Doesn't Have a Reliable Answer

Posted: 26 Jun 2021 01:54 PM PDT

Google said Friday it will notify people when they look up breaking news or other "rapidly evolving" issues that their search results may be unreliable. It's one of several fact-checking measures the tech giant has incorporated in recent years to curb the spread of misinformation and provide important context to…

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The Handmaid's Tale Sequel, The Testaments Has Big Plans for Aunt Lydia

Posted: 26 Jun 2021 01:00 PM PDT

Ann Dowd is one of the best, underrated actresses working right now. She has experience with every genre but is often cast as cold and stoic characters—much like her role as Aunt Lydia in Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale.

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Tesla Recalls Nearly 300,000 Cars in China Over Cruise Control Safety Issues

Posted: 26 Jun 2021 12:02 PM PDT

Tesla has already chalked up plenty of bad press in China this year, with officials scrutinizing its handling of customer data and protests claiming that Chinese customer complaints are going ignored. The electric car manufacturer added another controversy to the list this weekend: China's market regulator says Tesla…

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Lego Returns to The Mandalorian With 3 New Vehicle Sets

Posted: 26 Jun 2021 11:00 AM PDT

The Mandalorian's second season gave us plenty of big moments, and plenty of iconic Star Wars vehicles to boot. The latest round of Lego sets based on the show celebrate that with vehicles big and small that let you recreate the return of Boba Fett, the fall of Moff Gideon, and more in bricky form.

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Anya Taylor Joy Thought She Would Never Work Again After The Witch

Posted: 26 Jun 2021 09:30 AM PDT

Many celebrities despise watching themselves on the big screen, and actress Anya Taylor Joy is one of those celebrities.

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Ron Desantis Signs a Bill That Mandates Cities Keep Using Fossil Fuels

Posted: 26 Jun 2021 08:00 AM PDT

Florida just took a huge step backward in the clean energy revolution. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a piece of legislation into law earlier this week that requires Florida cities and towns to keep using fossil fuels and could strangle their ability to set clean energy goals and mandates.

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Doctor Who's Jodie Whittaker Is a Pro at Keeping On-Set Secrets

Posted: 26 Jun 2021 08:00 AM PDT

The rumor mill is spinning, and word on the street is Jodie Whitaker exiting her role as the 13th Doctor on Doctor Who. Either way, the actress is keeping quiet on the subject.

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New Shazam for Birds Will Identify That Chirping for You

Posted: 26 Jun 2021 06:00 AM PDT

I was recently creeping through a clearing of downed trees in a wooded Brooklyn park with my iPhone in hand. Birds were singing everywhere, but through the din, I was recording a peculiar song: It was almost certainly the slurred, metallic whistle of a Bicknell's thrush. Though a plain-looking, brown-speckled bird,…

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Florida’s Oceanfront Cities Are Not Prepared for Sea Level Rise

Posted: 26 Jun 2021 06:00 AM PDT

On Thursday, a 12-story beachside condo building just north of Miami Beach collapsed, killing at least four people with almost 160 still missing. It could be a scary sign for the future, particularly as sea level rise undermines the very foundation that South Florida sits on.

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Microsoft Says SolarWinds Hackers Exploited Its Own Customer Support Tools

Posted: 25 Jun 2021 07:56 PM PDT

Microsoft says the cybercriminals behind the SolarWinds attack compromised a Microsoft customer service agent's device to launch hacking attempts against its customers.

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Rally, Mozilla's New 'Privacy-First' Platform, Shares Your Data With Researchers Rather Than Advertisers

Posted: 25 Jun 2021 05:20 PM PDT

It's no secret that companies are quietly siphoning your data whenever you go online. Mozilla believes that people should have more control over their data. That's why it's launching Rally, a "privacy-first" data sharing platform designed to provide users with more agency over how their data is collected, used, and…

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Holy Merchandising, Batman, It's the Best Toys of the Week!

Posted: 25 Jun 2021 04:30 PM PDT

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round-up of the newest and greatest plastic-based news. This week: Loki brings its latest mystery to the toy shelf, McFarlane goes retro with the Bright Knight, and Donald Duck (and his nephews) get some adorably animated figures. Check it out!

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DC's Madame Xanadu Is Getting a TV Series From Angela Robinson

Posted: 25 Jun 2021 03:20 PM PDT

We might not be getting a Gambit movie anytime soon, but at least we've got another card-wielding superhuman on the way: DC Comics' Madame Xanadu. True Blood writer and executive producer Angela Robinson is heading to HBO Max with a new TV series based on the immortal clairvoyant, with J.J. Abrams serving as producer.

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Here's What's in the Six Antitrust Bills That Could Finally Break Up Big Tech

Posted: 25 Jun 2021 02:50 PM PDT

After two years of investigations and a 30-hour debating session on the House floor, the US House Judiciary Committee voted on Thursday to pass a sweeping six-bill package collectively meant to reign in Big Tech's massive market power.

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Pirate These PC Games and Get Free Bonus Malware Now!

Posted: 25 Jun 2021 02:40 PM PDT

Someone is using cracked copies of top video game titles to install crypto-mining malware on PCs belonging to hundreds of thousands of unsuspecting victims—a ploy that's netted the criminals a hefty $2 million so far.

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Star Wars: Rogue Squadron Adds a Key Member to Its Crew

Posted: 25 Jun 2021 02:30 PM PDT

Six months have passed since news of the next Star Wars movie broke and now we finally have another piece of the puzzle. We already knew that Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins will be making Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, and that the film is aimed at a December 22, 2023 release. Now we know it'll reportedly be written…

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The Cow Uprising Has Begun

Posted: 25 Jun 2021 02:15 PM PDT

Perhaps weary of America's gruesome mass-murder ritual, cows across the country have decided to do something else and go somewhere. We can't know why or where because we can't talk to them, but the thought process was probably along the lines of: There's somethin' happenin' somewhere. Baby, I just know that there is.

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Covid-19 Vaccine Boosters May Be Needed for Some People Sooner Than Others

Posted: 25 Jun 2021 02:00 PM PDT

Covid-19 booster vaccines could eventually be needed for everyone, though some faster than others—at least, those are the apparent expectations coming from the World Health Organization. On Thursday, Reuters reported on WHO internal documents laying out their scenarios for the near future of the pandemic, including…

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Read the Pentagon's Big Declassified UFO Report Right Here

Posted: 25 Jun 2021 01:54 PM PDT

The truth is finally out here. On Friday, the Pentagon released its highly anticipated report summarizing previously classified information about the military's research into UFOs—or as it prefers to call them, Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP). What bombshell revelations does the report contain? Well, it's only…

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