terça-feira, 6 de julho de 2021


The Industry That Loved Richard Donner Celebrates Him

Posted: 06 Jul 2021 08:10 AM PDT

The filmmaker behind Superman, The Goonies, and other modern classics left behind a huge legacy following his passing. Now, several of the people who've continued bringing Richard Donner's stories to life are paying tribute.

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Nintendo's New OLED Switch Is Real and It Arrives on October 8

Posted: 06 Jul 2021 06:58 AM PDT

Today, in a surprise move from the house of Mario, Nintendo has just announced that the new Nintendo Switch (OLED model) will be arriving this fall on October 8.

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Updates From Black Widow, Batwoman, and More

Posted: 06 Jul 2021 06:20 AM PDT

A new clip from the next Fear Street teases bad things happening to the Shadyside kids. Tuca & Bertie is still clucking along. The CW teases what's to come in The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, Superman & Lois, and more. Spoilers, away!

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Fitbit's Fashionable New Fitness Tracker Is a Solid Alternative to a Smartwatch

Posted: 06 Jul 2021 05:30 AM PDT

The humble fitness tracker has long since been eclipsed by the smartwatch. It's easy to understand why, of course but it's left anyone looking for something simpler—and cheaper—with dinky wristbands to choose from that aren't much to look at. The Fitbit Luxe seems like the perfect solution, with an elegant…

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Your Older iPhone Won't Get These iOS 15 Features

Posted: 06 Jul 2021 05:00 AM PDT

The public beta of iOS 15 is out and available to install for anyone who wants to try it. Every handset that could run iOS 14 is eligible for the upgrade—that's everything back to the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus from September 2015. However, not every compatible iPhone will get every iOS 15 feature. Here's the small print…

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How One Wealthy Brit in 1930 Imagined the Home of 2030

Posted: 06 Jul 2021 03:30 AM PDT

What will homes of the year 2030 look like? They might feature revolutionary technology or humanity's sad best attempt at robotic pets. They might be blissfully dumb or they might be just too smart and terrifying. But those are all relatively new predictions, for the most part. What did people of 100 years ago imagine…

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3D Billboard of Giant Cat Looks Less Impressive From Other Side of the Street

Posted: 06 Jul 2021 03:00 AM PDT

Could that really be a 20-foot tall cat just hanging out in the vacant space of a Japanese retail center? Don't believe your lying eyes. It's actually a 4K billboard screen that only looks 3D. And while video of the cat billboard has gone viral, it's slightly less impressive when you look at the image from across the…

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Airbnb's Pandemic Party-Blocking Spree Rages On

Posted: 05 Jul 2021 06:06 PM PDT

Airbnb is still firmly insisting that you stop partying in its rentals, punctuating that request with swift action as it continues to cancel what it deems to be "suspicious" bookings across the U.S.

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GETTR, the Pro-Trump Social Media Platform, Gottrd Hacked on Its Launch Day

Posted: 05 Jul 2021 04:18 PM PDT

GETTR — the new "patriot-friendly" social media platform established by former Trump adviser Jason Miller — was hacked on July 4, the same day the network had its official launch.

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REvil Gang Takes Credit for Massive Kaseya Attack and Asks for $70 Million Ransom

Posted: 05 Jul 2021 04:16 PM PDT

The REvil ransomware gang has taken credit for the Kaseya attack that has affected more than 1,000 companies worldwide and prompted an investigation by U.S. intelligence agencies. The criminals are asking for a $70 million ransom in bitcoin to publish a public universal decryptor that will unlock all affected…

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That Time Spider-Man Went Back in Time for Plant Genocide

Posted: 05 Jul 2021 04:00 PM PDT

What makes a Worst Episode Ever? A total absence of fun? Anything resembling a coherent plot? An inability or perhaps unwillingness to honor its source material? Low-quality production? Should it be so bad it's good, or should it hurt you with its badness? The answer, I think, can be any of these—which is why choosing…

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The Many Lives of Spider-Woman

Posted: 05 Jul 2021 02:30 PM PDT

Jessica Drew has lived a long, strange life in the pages of Marvel Comics. From unlikely origins to parenthood struggles—with a secret invasion in between—Jessica's tale as the Spider-Woman will make her an important part of Sony's webslinging follow up to Into the Spider-Verse, where she'll be played by Issa Rae. But…

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Don’t Let Your iPhone Even Get Near This Cursed Wifi Network

Posted: 05 Jul 2021 02:00 PM PDT

A security researcher and his iPhone's wifi have gotten strangely familiar with Murphy's law in the past few weeks. Based on his experience, we now know about yet another cursed wifi network that we must avoid. But this time, your iPhone doesn't even have to connect to the network to mess up.

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Custom Magic 8-Ball Answers Just One Morbid Question: How You're Going to Die

Posted: 05 Jul 2021 01:30 PM PDT

Since 1946, the indecisive have been relying on Abe Bookman's Magic 8-Ball to help guide their most critical life decisions, but there's one question the toy hasn't been able to answer: how someone will die. So Stuart Gorman created the Tragic 8-Ball which instead reveals a person's morbid demise.

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Richard Donner, the Legend That Brought Superman to Cinematic Life, Has Died

Posted: 05 Jul 2021 01:00 PM PDT

Superman director Richard Donner, the beloved filmmaker whose hits behind the camera also include The Goonies, Lethal Weapon, and his work as a producer on X-Men and and X-Men Origins: Wolverine, has passed away at the age of 91.

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51,000-Year-Old Bone Carving Suggests Neanderthals Were True Artists

Posted: 05 Jul 2021 12:00 PM PDT

Patterns deliberately etched onto a bone belonging to a giant deer is further evidence that Neanderthals possessed the capacity for symbolic thought.

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Craig of the Creek's Special Ending Theme Was Summertime Sadness Personified

Posted: 05 Jul 2021 11:30 AM PDT

For the past week, the kids of Cartoon Network's Craig of the Creek have been building up to and teetering on the brink of war with one another as part of the third season's "Capture the Flag" arc. Despite all the obvious warning signs, there was little Craig to do to stop his fellow Creek Kids from being won over by…

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A Sunscreen for Pavement Could Help Keep Cities Cool

Posted: 05 Jul 2021 11:00 AM PDT

The heat dome baking vast swaths of the U.S. and Canada has put the dangers of extreme heat on display. It points to the need for urgent adaptation so that cities don't overheat, and that means reducing the urban heat island. Absent planting more trees, there may be other solutions to help keep cities cooler as the…

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It Took Over 900 Hours to Design and 3D Print This Self-Launching Miniature Roller Coaster

Posted: 05 Jul 2021 10:00 AM PDT

Tired of spending endless hours waiting in line to ride the latest and greatest roller coaster at your local amusement park? Why not invest all that time designing and 3D printing a roller coaster of your very own like YouTube's 3d_coasters has?

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Transformers War for Cybertron: Kingdom's Trailer Unleashes the Beasts

Posted: 05 Jul 2021 10:00 AM PDT

From the toylines to the movies, to the TV shows, everyone's getting a bit feral in the world of Transformers—and the final chapter of Rooster Teeth's animated take on the conflict between the Autobots and the Decepticons over their home world is no exception.

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Montana and Idaho Have Legalized Killing Wolves on a Massive Scale

Posted: 05 Jul 2021 09:00 AM PDT

Gray wolves (Canis lupus) have been persecuted in the U.S. since the arrival of Europeans. By the 20th century, they had been driven to near-extinction. Narrowly pulled back from the brink by endangered species protections and reintroductions in Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho in the 1990s, they are one of…

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Independence Day Has Aged Beautifully After 25 Years

Posted: 05 Jul 2021 08:30 AM PDT

It's been 25 years since the first time I ever bought advanced tickets to see a movie. I know this because that movie was Independence Day, and it opened 25 years ago this week. After seeing its unforgettable Super Bowl commercial, I immediately became obsessed with the movie and knew I had to see it as soon as…

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