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- Doximity, the LinkedIn for Doctors, Is Apparently Rampant With Vaccine Misinformation
- Even Google Thinks Sideloading Apps on Android Is a Horrible Experience
- The Best Toys of the Week Come Dressed for Success
- 10 Great Doctor Who Moments From Jodie Whittaker's 13th Doctor
- WhatsApp Says It Won't Be Scanning Your Photos for Child Abuse
- Facebook Killed Research Into Capitol Riot to Protect Itself—Not Users
- California Hydropower Plant Shuts Down as a Key Reservoir Drops to Record Low
- Jakob's Wife Offers Convincing Proof That Horror Is the Ultimate Glow-Up
- For About $1 Million a Week, You Can Rent Paul Allen’s Obscene Superyacht
- SpaceX Starship Stacking Produces the Tallest Rocket Ever Built
- It's Time to Clean Your Disgusting Mechanical Keyboard
- U.S. Has Worst Health Care, Highest Infant Mortality Rate Among Wealthy Countries, Report Finds
- The Suicide Squad Spoiler Discussion Zone Is Rampaging Your Way
- Perseverance Collects Its First Rock Sample on Mars [Update: Maybe Not]
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch Just Closed a Big Chapter in Star Wars History
- How Worried Should You Be About a Key Atlantic Current Collapsing?
- Jeffrey Wright Says What If's Watcher Is the Fan to End All Marvel Fans
- United Is the First Major Airline Requiring Vaccines for All Employees
- NASA’s Year-Long Simulated Mission to Mars Would Probably Kick Your Ass
- Exxon May Finally Release a Climate Plan That Only Sort of Sucks
- Yikes, Firefox Lost 46 Million Users in the Last Three Years
- Microsoft Is Experimenting With a 'Super Duper Secure Mode' for Edge
- It’s Never Been Easier to Call Your Senators and Demand Climate Action
- Chronicle 2? Producer John Davis Says a Sequel Is Coming [Updated]
| Doximity, the LinkedIn for Doctors, Is Apparently Rampant With Vaccine Misinformation Posted: 06 Aug 2021 10:03 PM PDT  Medical professionals have become some of the most important individuals in society during the pandemic, working countless hours to save the lives of covid-19 patients and encouraging the public to get vaccinated. However, it appears that even the medical community isn't immune to the vaccine misinformation plaguing… |
| Even Google Thinks Sideloading Apps on Android Is a Horrible Experience Posted: 06 Aug 2021 05:00 PM PDT  So much is revealed when court documents are officially unsealed, and in the case of Epic Games' antitrust complaint against Google, we now know that Google considered buying the Fortnite maker outright "squelch this threat." Google also apparently attempted to convince Epic Games not to limit Fortnite to sideloading… |
| The Best Toys of the Week Come Dressed for Success Posted: 06 Aug 2021 04:45 PM PDT  Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of the latest and greatest things in toys. We're still preparing for the holiday festivities even as we sweat our way through a scorching summer, but we've also got a perfect Power Rangers meets the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles crossover, some tempting 12-inch figures… |
| 10 Great Doctor Who Moments From Jodie Whittaker's 13th Doctor Posted: 06 Aug 2021 03:10 PM PDT  Last week brought the sad news that time's up for the TARDIS's latest owner: Jodie Whittaker is exiting Doctor Who at the end of 2022, leaving alongside showrunner Chris Chibnall. But in true Doctor Who manner, now that we've already wondered about the future, it's time to reflect on the past—with the moments we've… |
| WhatsApp Says It Won't Be Scanning Your Photos for Child Abuse Posted: 06 Aug 2021 02:40 PM PDT  Apple's new tool to suss out potential child abuse in iPhone photos is already sparking controversy. On Friday, just one day after it was announced, Will Cathcart, the head of Facebook's messaging app, WhatsApp, said that the company would decline to adopt the software on the grounds that it introduced a host of legal… |
| Facebook Killed Research Into Capitol Riot to Protect Itself—Not Users Posted: 06 Aug 2021 02:20 PM PDT  When the Federal Trade Commission fined Facebook $5 billion for deceiving its users on privacy, it celebrated the fine as "record-breaking and history-making." Two years and $200 billion in revenue later, Facebook has found a way to turn lemons into lemonade, deceiving its users once again and using a seemingly… |
| California Hydropower Plant Shuts Down as a Key Reservoir Drops to Record Low Posted: 06 Aug 2021 02:10 PM PDT  Lake Oroville is the latest reservoir across the West to sink to a new low. The reservoir is getting so empty that a major hydropower plant has had to shut down months ahead of what officials expected in late June, reflecting the worsening situation across the state. |
| Jakob's Wife Offers Convincing Proof That Horror Is the Ultimate Glow-Up Posted: 06 Aug 2021 02:00 PM PDT  The story of a woman coming into her power after getting a supernatural boost is hardly a new one—but much like more traditional makeover narratives, it's often rewarding enough to justify being so familiar. The most delicious version of this tale usually involves a frumpy lass becoming a glamorous villain, like Uma… |
| For About $1 Million a Week, You Can Rent Paul Allen’s Obscene Superyacht Posted: 06 Aug 2021 01:50 PM PDT  The late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's 414-foot superyacht has finally been sold to an unnamed mystery buyer for the low, low price of 235 million euros (about $276 million USD). The vessel, nicknamed "Octopus" before Allen's death in 2018, is slightly longer than the average football field, and considered one of… |
| SpaceX Starship Stacking Produces the Tallest Rocket Ever Built Posted: 06 Aug 2021 01:35 PM PDT  Earlier today, engineers with SpaceX ever-so-carefully placed a Starship second-stage rocket atop a Super Heavy booster, resulting in the tallest rocket ever built, albeit a rocket that has yet to leave Earth's surface. |
| It's Time to Clean Your Disgusting Mechanical Keyboard Posted: 06 Aug 2021 01:30 PM PDT  I learned from a young age how dirty computers could get after enough time in a common area bordering the kitchen and the living room—especially the keyboard. Dust, grease, food crumbs, and everything in between get caught in the crevices of the keys, in places you'd never even thought possible. And now that I'm into… |
| U.S. Has Worst Health Care, Highest Infant Mortality Rate Among Wealthy Countries, Report Finds Posted: 06 Aug 2021 01:19 PM PDT  A new report from the Commonwealth Fund provides a sobering if unsurprising assessment of the health care system in America. Compared to similarly wealthy countries, the U.S. scored dead last in most measures of decent health care, which included having the highest infant and maternal mortality rate. |
| The Suicide Squad Spoiler Discussion Zone Is Rampaging Your Way Posted: 06 Aug 2021 12:50 PM PDT  The latest superhero epic from filmmaker James Gunn is here. No, not Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. That's coming later. Instead, Gunn becomes the first director to have his name on films in both the Marvel and DC Universe's with today's release of Warner Bros.'s The Suicide Squad. And though you can go to… |
| Perseverance Collects Its First Rock Sample on Mars [Update: Maybe Not] Posted: 06 Aug 2021 11:40 AM PDT  Update 6:45pm EDT: Uh-oh. Bad news from NASA—the agency said later on Friday that Perseverance's caching system doesn't appear to be holding a rock sample after all. Though initial telemetry from the rover indicated a sample was processed, it appears that a probe tasked with measuring the sample in the tube didn't… |
| Star Wars: The Bad Batch Just Closed a Big Chapter in Star Wars History Posted: 06 Aug 2021 11:30 AM PDT  When last we left Star Wars: The Bad Batch—which was just renewed for a second season—Hunter was trapped. The group's villainous former friend Crosshair captured the leader after the events on Daro and the question became: would the rest of Clone Force 99 go back to save Hunter? Well, despite the main Disney+ menu… |
| How Worried Should You Be About a Key Atlantic Current Collapsing? Posted: 06 Aug 2021 11:10 AM PDT  The Day After Tomorrow gets invoked often in climate discourse, but then, we keep having extreme events that seem to mimic the movie. The latest example is a new study, published Thursday in Nature Climate Change, that sounds the alarm about "early-warning signals" the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation could… |
| Jeffrey Wright Says What If's Watcher Is the Fan to End All Marvel Fans Posted: 06 Aug 2021 10:15 AM PDT  While each episode of Marvel's What If is set in a different time and space within the MCU's larger multiverse, the series as a whole is told from the perspective of the Watcher—an all-seeing, all-knowing being sworn to observe, but never engage with the things he witnesses. io9 recently had the chance to chat with… |
| United Is the First Major Airline Requiring Vaccines for All Employees Posted: 06 Aug 2021 09:40 AM PDT  United Airlines will be the first major US airline to require its US-based employees—all 67,000 of them—to get vaccinated against COVID-19. In a memo sent to employees on Friday describing the new mandate, United CEO Scott Kirby and President Brett Hart explained that while some employees "will disagree with this… |
| NASA’s Year-Long Simulated Mission to Mars Would Probably Kick Your Ass Posted: 06 Aug 2021 09:20 AM PDT  NASA is preparing to run long-duration, ground-based simulations that will closely approximate an actual mission to the Red Planet. The space agency is now accepting applications for participation—but have you got the right stuff? |
| Exxon May Finally Release a Climate Plan That Only Sort of Sucks Posted: 06 Aug 2021 09:10 AM PDT  Well, well, well, look who finally decided to join the Big Oil climate pledge party. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that Exxon, the company that for decades pushed climate denial on the world, is "considering" making a pledge to get its carbon emissions to net zero by 2050. |
| Yikes, Firefox Lost 46 Million Users in the Last Three Years Posted: 06 Aug 2021 09:00 AM PDT  Mozilla Firefox hemorrhaged nearly 46 million users in the last three years, the company's own Public Data Report shows a steady and troubling decline in popularity for a browser that serves as one of the last serious competitors to Apple's Safari and Google's Chrome. |
| Microsoft Is Experimenting With a 'Super Duper Secure Mode' for Edge Posted: 06 Aug 2021 08:50 AM PDT  Privacy and security on the internet are hot-button topics these days, with every tech company introducing new features to safeguard your data. But Microsoft is approaching the issue with a bit of levity. The company's browser vulnerability research team is experimenting with a new feature in Microsoft Edge called… |
| It’s Never Been Easier to Call Your Senators and Demand Climate Action Posted: 06 Aug 2021 08:40 AM PDT  This weekend, the Senate will vote on the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, which officials unveiled this week. The bill includes new spending for climate measures like electric vehicle charging stations and public transit. But compared to what's needed to take on the climate crisis, it's a drop in the… |
| Chronicle 2? Producer John Davis Says a Sequel Is Coming [Updated] Posted: 06 Aug 2021 08:30 AM PDT  The superhero movie landscape was markedly different back in 2012. The MCU's Avengers teaming up on the big screen was a fresh, exciting idea at the time, and the world had not yet gotten its first taste of the DCEU. But while the major studio franchises that dominate the box office were still ramping up somewhat,… |
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