sexta-feira, 27 de agosto de 2021


11 Luke Skywalker Facts Revealed During Mandalorian Season 2's Finale Documentary

Posted: 27 Aug 2021 07:30 AM PDT

You have no idea how much went into that surprise you saw on December 18, 2020. That was the day the eighth and final episode of The Mandalorian season 2 was released and, with it, a reveal of epic proportions. None other than Jedi Master Luke Skywalker himself arrived to take Grogu from Din Djarin to train with the…

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How Do We Know How Old Fossils Are?

Posted: 27 Aug 2021 06:41 AM PDT

Paleolithic hunters built mammoth traps in what is now Mexico some 14,700 years ago. An unknown sea creature left footprints in sand some 550 million years ago, making them the oldest known footprints on Earth. The mysterious Denisovan humans reached southeast Asia 160,000 years ago, as evidenced by a jawbone found on…

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Big Oil Coined ‘Carbon Footprints’ to Blame Us for Their Greed. Keep Them on the Hook.

Posted: 27 Aug 2021 06:30 AM PDT

This story originally appeared in The Guardian and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story.

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The Old Guard 2 Has Found Itself a New Director

Posted: 27 Aug 2021 06:20 AM PDT

David F. Sandberg offers a Shazam: Fury of the Gods update. David Cronenberg chills in new footage from Shudder's Slasher: Flesh & Blood. Get a look at Disney's Up spinoff, Dug Days. Plus, what's to come in Walking Dead: World Beyond's final season. Spoilers now!

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Spigen’s AirPods Pro Case Straps an Apple AirTag Tracker to Your Buds So They’re Easier to Find

Posted: 27 Aug 2021 05:38 AM PDT

Spending $329 on a pair of wireless earbuds is no small investment, and as easily pocketable as Apple's AirPods Pro are, they're also very easy to lose. Instead of immediately dumping out bags and tearing apart your home in search of them, Spigen now offers a less panicked solution: a protective case for the AirPods…

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The Galaxy Watch 4 Is the First Good Android Smartwatch

Posted: 27 Aug 2021 05:30 AM PDT

I admit I've begun to give up hope that Android smartwatches would ever improve. Until recently, the market was messy and fragmented with so many issues that it seemed certain no one company could solve them. Over the years, Samsung's smartwatches tended to be the best of the lot, but its watches, which ran on…

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Here's Your Windows 11 Upgrade Guide

Posted: 27 Aug 2021 05:00 AM PDT

Windows 11 is on the way, and if you're curious, you can actually try it out right now. If you'd rather wait for polished public version of Microsoft's next operating system to be released, there are some things you need to check on your PC ahead of time to make sure there's a smooth and stress-free transition.

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Cuba to Legalize and Regulate Cryptocurrencies But Questions Remain

Posted: 27 Aug 2021 04:00 AM PDT

The Cuban government announced it will legalize and regulate cryptocurrencies for payments, according to a resolution published Thursday in Cuba's Official Gazette and a new report from the Associated Press. But the details are incredibly scarce at this point.

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How to Nominate Movies to the Library of Congress National Film Registry

Posted: 27 Aug 2021 03:00 AM PDT

Every year, the Library of Congress chooses 25 movies to single out for preservation as part of the National Film Registry. Last year the Library chose to recognize and preserve everything from classics like The Man With the Golden Arm (1955) and A Clockwork Orange (1971) to more recent films of the 21st century like

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Gasp, Wonder Woman 1984's Patty Jenkins Also Hates Seeing the Box Office Hit by Streaming

Posted: 26 Aug 2021 04:00 PM PDT

Patty Jenkins has joined the growing crowd of directors who immensely dislike your ability to watch their films on TV screens instead of movie screens during a global pandemic. She'll be in good Hollywood company, as Tenet's Christopher Nolan and Dune's Denis Villeneuve have also gone out of their way to decry their…

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The Best Android 12 Features We've Found So Far

Posted: 26 Aug 2021 03:41 PM PDT

The fourth build of the Android 12 Beta is out, and it gives us an even closer look at what's coming in the next update. We can see the new Material You theming engine in this latest release, and some new icons. The Privacy Dashboard is also available to try, plus a few new gestures. The updated Power Menu is starting…

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Celebrate 800 Episodes of Star Trek By Making Your Favorites Fight to the Death

Posted: 26 Aug 2021 03:10 PM PDT

Star Trek itself turns 55 in just a couple of weeks, but as of today's episode of Lower Decks, "We'll Always Have Tom Paris," the franchise hit another major milestone: 800 episodes of boldly going have now been released for our joy, horror, and occasional mockery. But it also means picking your all time favorite gets…

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TikTok Bans Milk Crate Challenge After Reports of, You Guessed It, Milk Crate-Induced Injuries

Posted: 26 Aug 2021 03:00 PM PDT

It's a tale as old as time: Humans goading themselves into serious, preventable injury and then getting banned. This time, it's something called the "Milk Crate Challenge," which involves building a tall pyramid out of milk crates and filming oneself walking over before inevitably careening off of it, and hashtags…

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Greta Thunberg ‘Urgently’ Seeks Help to Evacuate Afghan Youth Climate Activists

Posted: 26 Aug 2021 02:50 PM PDT

Fridays For Future—the global climate strike organization that was founded three years ago by Greta Thunberg—is in trouble. On Thursday, the Twitter account repping the group's activists working in the "Most Affected Peoples and Areas" (MAPA) put out a desperate plea begging for anyone with resources to help evacuate…

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Denmark and Costa Rica Want to Make a No Fossil Fuels Allowed Club

Posted: 26 Aug 2021 02:10 PM PDT

Denmark and Costa Rica want to make extra sure the world quits fossil fuels as soon as possible. The two countries are reportedly launching an alliance of nations that are committed to setting a date to phase out both fossil fuel production and use.

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Police Use iOS App to Track Suspect After ‘Accidentally’ Dropping a Phone in His Truck

Posted: 26 Aug 2021 02:06 PM PDT

Sheriff's deputies in Colorado tracked down and arrested a man using Apple's Find My iOS app, claiming that an officer had "lost" his work phone in the bed of the man's truck after the suspect fled the scene. The unique case could serve as a constitutional test of warrantless location tracking.

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The Gulf Coast Could Face a Serious Hurricane Early Next Week

Posted: 26 Aug 2021 01:40 PM PDT

We're heading into the peak of Atlantic hurricane season with a storm on the horizon. And unfortunately, it could be a very serious one.

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Get Ready to Pay More for the iPhone 13

Posted: 26 Aug 2021 01:30 PM PDT

As we enter the last (hopefully) stretch of iPhone 13 rumors before Apple's September event, it appears that upgrading might cost more than usual.

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The Infamous Comic Book Moment Behind Spider-Man: No Way Home's Multiversal Twist

Posted: 26 Aug 2021 01:20 PM PDT

At the center of Spider-Man: No Way Home's explosive trailer is a simple request from Peter Parker that seemingly turns the Marvel universe upside down: can magic make the world forget he's Spider-Man? It's a desperate act—and a road that Peter has gone down before in his comic book journey, as part of one of the

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Peloton Just Made Its Bike Cheaper

Posted: 26 Aug 2021 01:10 PM PDT

If you're still on the fence about buying a Peloton Bike, the company is doing everything in its power to talk you into it. After dropping the price of the original Bike last year, Peloton is permanently knocking off another $400, from $1,895 to $1,495, for customers in the U.S., UK, Canada, Germany, and Australia.

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New Study Confirms It's Much Safer to Get Vaccinated Than to Catch Covid-19

Posted: 26 Aug 2021 12:55 PM PDT

New research from Israel offers some unsurprising but reassuring news on the safety of covid-19 vaccines. The study found that the Pfizer/BioNTech mRNA vaccine was not associated with a higher risk of most potential adverse events. And for rare suspected complications such as myocarditis, the risk was still…

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U.S. Government Is Using an Algorithm to Flag American Citizens for Denaturalization: Report

Posted: 26 Aug 2021 12:45 PM PDT

U.S. citizens can be kicked out of the country based on the findings of a secret algorithm. The Department of Homeland Security is using an Amazon-hosted system called ATLAS that analyzes millions of records and can be used to automatically flag naturalized Americans for the revocation of their citizenship, the

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Star Trek: Prodigy Beams Up Some Bad Guys

Posted: 26 Aug 2021 12:30 PM PDT

Star Trek's big new break into kid-focused animation with Prodigy has already given us a motley crew of alien teens, a Starfleet legend to guide them, and even a glimpse of their slick new ship. But now we know what they're going to be up against, and it's already sounding very good.

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MLK Is Coming to Battle Royale Video Game Fortnite

Posted: 26 Aug 2021 12:10 PM PDT

When you think of the online video game Fortnite, what's the first thing that pops into your head? If you answered "the late Civil Rights activist Martin Luther King Jr.," then there's good news for you: a new virtual in-game exhibit will pay tribute to the slain leader by exposing players to his speeches and crusade…

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Mission: Impossible 7 Will Have Maybe the Biggest Stunt in Movie History

Posted: 26 Aug 2021 11:45 AM PDT

Much like the Fast and Furious movies, the Mission: Impossible movies are always raising the bar. First Tom Cruise climbs up the Burj Khalifa, then hangs off the side of an airplane, then dives out of an airplane higher than should be humanly possible. And that trend will continue with Mission: Impossible 7, currently…

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