sexta-feira, 13 de agosto de 2021


Good Luck to the Judge Who Sealed a Ballot Machine Vulnerability Report in Georgia

Posted: 13 Aug 2021 08:30 AM PDT

Facing a quintessential damned-if-I-do-damned-if-I-don't scenario, a federal judge in Georgia has moved to seal a 25,000-word report said to outline vulnerabilities in the state's ballot-marking machines. The decision was seemingly made out of fear that the contents would add fuel to rampant conspiracy theories…

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Pacific Northwest Bakes Under More Searing Heat

Posted: 13 Aug 2021 08:17 AM PDT

The Pacific Northwest is enduring searing heat at the end of this week, a little over a month after multiple days of record-breaking temperatures killed hundreds of people in the region.

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Marvel's Dr. Strange TV Movie Was Too Wild, Sexy, and Ridiculous for its Own Good

Posted: 13 Aug 2021 07:45 AM PDT

Marvel heroes like Spider-Man and The Incredible Hulk enjoyed new levels of popularity during the late 70s as they became the stars of successful, live-action television series that aired on CBS. Though the characters were already comics mainstays at that point, there was something wild for audiences about the heroes'…

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Google's Nest Hubs Will Start Showing Air Quality Metrics as Wildfire Season Rages

Posted: 13 Aug 2021 07:15 AM PDT

With wildfires continuing to rage throughout the summer, Google is adding support for a new Air Quality Index badge to its line of Nest Hub smart displays to help you keep better tabs on smoke and other pollutants.

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Updates From Shang-Chi, Titans, and More

Posted: 13 Aug 2021 06:15 AM PDT

Robert Rodriguez has signed a big new deal with HBO Max. Get a look at Tom Hanks' cute dog in the post-apocalyptic drama Finch. The My Little Ponys are here for a whole new show. Plus, what's in store for Supergirl, Riverdale, Stargirl and more, and new teases for The Walking Dead's final return.

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LG's $100,000 Rollable TV Is So Slick, It Hurts

Posted: 13 Aug 2021 05:00 AM PDT

Some of the most expensive TVs these days are huge microLED TVs designed to span entire walls. But the LG OLED R's signature feature is being able to disappear (and reappear) on command. That'll cost you $100,000.

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Fire Exit Locks Recalled After Failing to Open at Least 56 Times

Posted: 13 Aug 2021 04:15 AM PDT

Roughly 2,400 fire exit locks have been recalled in the U.S. because they fail to open, even after being pressed for 15 seconds, potentially trapping people inside during an emergency, according to a press release from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on Thursday.

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New Orleans to Require Vaccination or Negative Covid-19 Test to Enter Bars, Stadiums, and More

Posted: 13 Aug 2021 03:30 AM PDT

The city of New Orleans, Louisiana will require all customers at bars, restaurants, stadiums, concerts, and other indoor venues to show their proof of vaccination or a negative covid-19 test taken within 72 hours in order to gain admittance, according to Mayor LaToya Cantrell who made the announcement at a press…

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New York Times Lawyer Mistakenly Sends Private Email on How to Deal With the Union to… the Union

Posted: 12 Aug 2021 11:15 PM PDT

Anyone who's sent a private and important email to multiple recipients knows it can be complicated. You have to check the order of the recipients, cc assistants that remind the higher-ups to read and respond to said message, and, most importantly, make sure you don't send the email to someone you're not supposed to. I…

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Warner Bros. Lets Anyone Be in Its Reminiscence Trailer With a Cool New Deepfake Generator

Posted: 12 Aug 2021 09:20 PM PDT

In general, I am wary of deepfakes, primarily because they can be used for evil and be kind of creepy. There are exceptions, such as the YouTuber that made a way better deepfake version of a young Luke Skywalker in The Mandalorian than Lucasfilm's CG division did. Recently, Warner Bros. debuted an impressive deepfake…

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MyPillow CEO’s Cyber Symposium Goes Down in Flames After His ‘Cyber Guy’ Admits It’s a Sham

Posted: 12 Aug 2021 05:00 PM PDT

The so-called "cyber symposium" put on by MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell in Sioux Falls, S.D. caught fire and crash-landed on Thursday, bringing three days of sheer boredom and weirdness to a predictably unsatisfying close.

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Marvel’s Shang-Chi Won't Move to Simultaneous Disney+ Release

Posted: 12 Aug 2021 04:00 PM PDT

In recent days, many fans have wondered if Disney and Marvel would decide to change the release strategy in regards to Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. The new Marvel film has long been set to be the studio's first theatrical-only release since early 2020, but with rising concerns about the delta variant of…

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Amazon's Lord of the Rings Series Just Dropped a Surprising Bit of Season 2 News

Posted: 12 Aug 2021 03:00 PM PDT

We've still got over a year to wait for Amazon's as-yet untitled, verifiably expensive Lord of the Rings series chronicling the Second Age of Middle-earth, which won't grace our screens until September 2, 2022. But on the heels of news that season one just wrapped principal photography in New Zealand—a country whose…

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Star Trek Creator Gene Roddenberry's Archives Are Being Digitized (for NFTs and More)

Posted: 12 Aug 2021 03:00 PM PDT

Gene Roddenberry's personal archives are a treasure trove of insight into the early eras of making a science fiction legend in Star Trek. Now, those archives are being comprehensively digitized on an unprecedented scale—with the hopes of doing some interesting things with the material.

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Indian Rocket Carrying Earth-Monitoring Satellite Fails to Reach Orbit

Posted: 12 Aug 2021 01:29 PM PDT

India's space agency says an unknown technical glitch prevented the upper stage of its GSLV-F10 rocket from igniting, in what is a frustrating setback for the burgeoning space power.

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Large Landslide Hits Highway in India, Leaves at Least 13 Dead

Posted: 12 Aug 2021 01:20 PM PDT

At least 13 people are dead, 14 are injured and more than 40 could still be trapped in the debris after a landslide slammed into a highway in northern India Wednesday.

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Just Two Robots Hanging Out on Mars

Posted: 12 Aug 2021 01:10 PM PDT

The Ingenuity helicopter was imaging a dune-covered region of Jezero Crater on its 11th flight on Mars when the Perseverance rover was caught in the frame of its camera. Depending on how you see the craft, it either looks like an errant rock formation trying to fit in amid the Martian landscape or a deer in the…

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Your Dune Collection Is About to Get So Much More Zendaya

Posted: 12 Aug 2021 12:30 PM PDT

Denis Villeneuve's Dune is finally, finally heading to theaters and HBO Max on October 22. But you'll have to wait a little bit longer to get your hands on these collectible figures from Dark Horse and Legendary Entertainment, since they're not releasing until spring 2022. However, good news! io9 has the exclusive…

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Venom: Let There Be Carnage Has Been Delayed a Few Weeks

Posted: 12 Aug 2021 11:50 AM PDT

Let there be carnage, indeed. Sony has decided to delay the release of its upcoming Marvel sequel, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, by three weeks, from September 24 to October 15. It's not a long delay but the fact there's a delay at all is giving us, and probably you, flashbacks to early last year when movies began to…

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It Sounds Like Google's Find My Network for Android Will Work Just Like Apple's

Posted: 12 Aug 2021 11:31 AM PDT

People clearly need a way to find their stuff, which is why we're seeing a sudden spate of Bluetooth tracking devices. But behind the scenes, companies are building out robust networks for tracking your devices—including your cars. Apple's Find My network uses Find My-enabled devices like iPhones to help you find your…

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Big Oil’s New 'Clean' Fuel Is Dirtier Than They Say

Posted: 12 Aug 2021 11:20 AM PDT

New research finds that blue hydrogen, touted by fossil fuel producers as a climate solution, actually has a 20% larger greenhouse gas footprint than just using natural gas. The study, published Thursday in Energy Science & Engineering, gives some important context on a much-hyped new fuel, one that happens to be the

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Verizon Is Giving Away AMC+ Before The Walking Dead Premiere—With a Catch

Posted: 12 Aug 2021 11:10 AM PDT

If you're a new Verizon FiOS customer who loves gratuitous violence and heartbreak, you just might be in luck: Starting Thursday, Verizon is offering select customers up to 12 free months of AMC+, which will grant them early access to the premiere of The Walking Dead's final season.

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Unprecedented Study of a Woolly Mammoth Shows Where It Roamed From Birth to Death

Posted: 12 Aug 2021 11:00 AM PDT

We might not be able to study a walking, breathing woolly mammoth in real life, but what if we could track its movements and get a sense of where it traveled, from its birth to its death? For the first time ever, scientists have done just that.

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Star Trek: Lower Decks Returns to Ask a Simple Question of Trust

Posted: 12 Aug 2021 10:50 AM PDT

When we last left Star Trek: Lower Decks, its excellent debut season ended with an explosive sea change. Our beloved goofball ensigns had started big new chapters in their lives in Starfleet and relationships with each other—and so by the end of its second season premiere, you might find it a little odd that some of…

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Dune's Making of Book Is So Massive, Hans Zimmer Wrote It a Score

Posted: 12 Aug 2021 10:00 AM PDT

Denis Villeneuve's Dune is going to be a movie with a massive scale, but it seems that even our wildest imaginations of just how big it could be might be selling it short. It turns out this movie is going to be so epic, so sweeping, so regal, even its making of book will have its very own Hans Zimmer score. For real.

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