terça-feira, 17 de agosto de 2021


Google Pixel 5a Review: The New King of Mid-Range

Posted: 17 Aug 2021 09:00 AM PDT

Ever since Google got into the mid-range phone game with the Pixel 3a, Google's most affordable handsets have just been getting better and better. And when you combine all of Google's Pixel-only software features with an even bigger screen, improved durability, and new support for water resistance on the new Pixel 5a,…

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T-Mobile Lied to Get Its Sprint Merger Approved, California Overseer Says

Posted: 17 Aug 2021 08:50 AM PDT

T-Mobile lied, at the expense of low-income prepaid phone subscribers, in order to get its $26.5 billion acquisition of Sprint approved, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has alleged. Last Friday, in a ruling reported by Ars Technica, the CPUC ruled that T-Mobile may face sanctions for misleadingly…

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Space Company Owned by Hypocritical Billionaire Sues NASA Over Lunar Lander Contract

Posted: 17 Aug 2021 08:40 AM PDT

Blue Origin has filed a suit with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims over NASA's decision to award a lucrative lunar lander contract to SpaceX. The move is raising eyebrows, given Jeff Bezos's past remarks about how such lawsuits hinder progress in space.

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Asus Just Made Its Blazing Fast Gamer Phone Even More Extreme

Posted: 17 Aug 2021 08:25 AM PDT

Asus's ROG Phone 5 was already one of the most powerful phones on the market, but it seems that wasn't enough because less than five months after its release, Asus has just announced an even faster and more extreme version of its splashy gaming phone.

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Marvel's What If Characters' 'Ripple Effects' Shape the World

Posted: 17 Aug 2021 08:15 AM PDT

In each of What If's self-contained stories from different parts of Marvel's multiverse, specific characters emerge as people whose actions have an outsized impact on the arc of history. While the universal consequences of people's actions may be obvious to viewers (and the Watcher), the big flashy differences in…

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U.S. to Encourage Covid-19 Booster Shots for All: Report

Posted: 17 Aug 2021 08:06 AM PDT

The U.S. government looks set to tell most everyone to get a booster shot against covid-19 sooner rather than later. Late Monday, the New York Times reported that officials will issue a blanket recommendation as early as this week for people who received either the Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna vaccine to get a third…

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Here Are the 10 Ugliest Gaming Chairs

Posted: 17 Aug 2021 07:30 AM PDT

I get it, really. If you're going to hunker down for a long gaming sesh, you need a comfy chair. You need lumbar support. Maybe even a headrest.

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Updates From Shang-Chi, The Walking Dead, and More

Posted: 17 Aug 2021 07:10 AM PDT

The Pet Sematary prequel has found a few more stars. Denis Villeneuve is excited to get back to the world of Dune. Nia DaCosta delves into the history of Candyman in a new BTS short. Plus, delight pictures of What We Do in the Shadows' season three return. Spoilers, away!

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Scuf's Next-Gen Xbox Controllers Are Better Than Microsoft's

Posted: 17 Aug 2021 07:00 AM PDT

There was a time when third-party controllers were a cheap alternative to the gamepads included with consoles, and saved for visiting friends during multiplayer battles. Thanks to companies like Scuf, that's no longer the case. Its controllers not only match the quality of OEM offerings, they're also highly…

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The Water-Shortage Era Has Officially Begun

Posted: 17 Aug 2021 06:49 AM PDT

The West's biggest water supply system is in crisis, with the federal government declaring the first-ever shortage for the Colorado River on Monday. That declaration will trigger cuts for users who rely on Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the U.S., hitting farmers in Arizona particularly hard.

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Star Wars: Visions' Spectacular New Trailer Is a Force to Be Reckoned With

Posted: 17 Aug 2021 06:21 AM PDT

We've gotten glimpses of Star Wars: Visions—the upcoming Disney+ series where various Japanese anime studios have produced their own take on that galaxy far, far away—before, but never anything like this. This...this simply looks phenomenal.

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Catholic Leader Placed on Ventilator for Covid-19 After Saying Vaccines Could Have Microchips

Posted: 17 Aug 2021 04:00 AM PDT

Cardinal Raymond Burke, a leader in the Catholic church, has been placed on a ventilator after contracting covid-19, according to the cardinal's Twitter account. Burke has repeatedly made bizarre comments about the pandemic since it began last year, including claims that governments might try to place microchips in…

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New Zealand Goes Into Lockdown After First Mystery Case of Covid-19 Since February

Posted: 17 Aug 2021 02:30 AM PDT

The government of New Zealand announced Tuesday the entire country will go into lockdown after the first mystery case of covid-19 since February was detected in the city of Auckland. The whole country will go into lockdown for at least three days, with the cities of Auckland and Coromandel locking down for seven days.

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The Not-So-Surprising Story Behind Free Guy's Massive Cameos

Posted: 16 Aug 2021 05:30 PM PDT

Even without a slew of fun surprises, the new Ryan Reynolds movie Free Guy probably would've been a hit. The story of a video game character who becomes self-aware and has to save his world is one of those perfect, marketable ideas, Hollywood loves. And, of course, a movie set in a video game world is going to have…

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Carol and Daryl's Walking Dead Spin-off Will Be Different (Somehow)

Posted: 16 Aug 2021 04:00 PM PDT

This week may mark the beginning of the end for The Walking Dead, but like the zombies on the show itself, it's pretty damn hard to kill. The final season is broken into three eight-episode arcs that will air into next year. Fear the Walking Dead is still on. A new season of World Beyond is coming. There's also a Rick…

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Tinder to Start Offering ID Verification Just in Time for Your Next Hookup

Posted: 16 Aug 2021 03:10 PM PDT

Tinder will start rolling out an ID Verification feature in its popular hookup app. ID Verification relies on a government-issued piece of paper, like a passport or driver's license, for proof of identity. The feature has been in use on Tinder in Japan since 2019, and it's now rolling out globally, though it's not yet…

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Smoke Blots Out the Sun as Canada’s Wildfires Worsen

Posted: 16 Aug 2021 03:00 PM PDT

The Canadian province of British Columbia is on fire. Hundreds of fires are burning out of control across the region, and smoke from the blazes is turning the skies black in the middle of the day.

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Disney's New Halloween Pet Costumes, Ranked

Posted: 16 Aug 2021 02:50 PM PDT

Halloween is only a couple of months and change away, so you know what that means: io9's annual round-up of the worst and weirdest costumes 2021 has to offer. But that's for some other day, because right now we're taking a look at Disney's new line of pet costumes! If you and/or your dog like to play dress-up, here…

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California Takes a Massive Step Toward All-Electric Homes

Posted: 16 Aug 2021 02:30 PM PDT

The race to electrify every house in the U.S. just got a jolt courtesy of California. The most populous state in the country has passed new energy codes that incentivize electric appliances and efficient heating and cooling systems, a move that could wind down the use of fossil fuels in buildings.

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NASA’s Dragonfly Mission to Explore Saturn’s Moon Titan Comes Into Sharper Focus

Posted: 16 Aug 2021 02:15 PM PDT

The scientific objectives of the upcoming Dragonfly mission to explore Saturn's moon Titan are described in a new research paper, along with the instruments required to fulfill these goals.

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The 'Anonymous' Chat App Yik Yak is Back

Posted: 16 Aug 2021 02:04 PM PDT

Good news, fellow millennials. Yik Yak—the anonymous messaging app once popular with college students across the country—is back. Roughly four years after the company's co-founders announced the app's shutdown, the company's Twitter account sprang back to life on Monday to announce the app was back for a new…

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A Field of Dreams TV Show Is Coming From The Good Place Creator

Posted: 16 Aug 2021 01:50 PM PDT

"If you build it, he will come" just got a whole new meaning. A week after Major League Baseball unveiled a newly constructed baseball stadium inspired by 1989's Field of Dreams, a new TV show based on that sports fantasy movie has been announced from Good Place and Office writer Michael Schur. The series "will…

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Dallas Police Dept Loses 8 Terabytes of Crime Data, Throwing Court Cases Into Chaos

Posted: 16 Aug 2021 01:00 PM PDT

The Dallas Police Department has announced that a city employee accidentally deleted eight terabytes of its data—a fuck-up that has now endangered an unknown amount of court cases that relied upon the data as evidence.

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A Brief History of Peggy Carter as Captain America

Posted: 16 Aug 2021 12:50 PM PDT

The arrival of What If on Disney+ has brought with it a new shieldbearer that Marvel Studios seems pretty keen on making the face of a multiverse of superheroics: Hayley Atwell's Peggy Carter. No longer just an Agent of SHIELD, as we best know her, but the latest holder of the Captain mantle. As Sam Wilson's new reign…

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PG&E Planning Potential Power Shutoffs in California Amid Raging Dixie Fire

Posted: 16 Aug 2021 12:40 PM PDT

As the Dixie Fire continues to spread unabated in California, Pacific Gas & Electric—the largest utility company in the state—said that it was mulling potential power cuts in the areas closest to the blaze in an effort to proactively control its spread.

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