terça-feira, 31 de agosto de 2021


Google and Apple’s App Store Payment Dominance Is About to Be Challenged for the First Time

Posted: 31 Aug 2021 08:02 AM PDT

A new South Korean law is set to challenge Apple and Google's dominance over app store payments for the first time, putting the hefty 30 percent cut the companies collect through their systems in jeopardy.

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The Caldor Fire Is on South Lake Tahoe's Doorstep as 50,000 Evacuate

Posted: 31 Aug 2021 07:35 AM PDT

The Caldor Fire has gone from bad to worse. The flames have raced into the Lake Tahoe Basin, forcing more than 50,000 residents under mandatory evacuation orders in both California and Nevada to flee.

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More Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Rumors Tease a Potential Villain

Posted: 31 Aug 2021 07:00 AM PDT

Get another brief glimpse of Eternals. The new Salem's Lot rounds out more of its cast, and Peacock adds more to its Vampire Academy series. The CW has set its sights on a Nancy Drew spinoff. Plus, what's next on What We Do In The Shadows, and another tease for Y: The Last Man. Spoilers!

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The Final No Time To Die Trailer Suggests It’s Actually Time to Die, Mr. Bond [Update: Or Maybe Not]

Posted: 31 Aug 2021 06:30 AM PDT

No Time to Die was one of the earliest films to get pulled from the release schedule in the early days of the covid-19 pandemic, being pushed back further and further as the state of the world continued to unfurl over the last 18 months. And that wasn't even its first delay! But now, Mister Bond has set his sights on…

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Bose Is Refreshing Its Iconic Noise-Canceling Headphones

Posted: 31 Aug 2021 06:15 AM PDT

Bose's QuietComfort 35 and 35 II were some of the most recognizable ANC headphones of the past decade, but they're getting a little long in the tooth. Bose just announced the QuietComfort 45, and while the upgrades aren't too flashy, they're solid improvements to make the QC line more competitive with rival headphones.

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Windows 11 Launches Oct. 5: Here Are the PCs That Will Get It First

Posted: 31 Aug 2021 06:00 AM PDT

We're getting closer to a Windows 11 launch date: Microsoft announced that the next generation of its operating system for PCs will begin rolling out as a free upgrade beginning Oct. 5.

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Strava Is Making Its Most Popular Safety Feature Free for Everyone

Posted: 31 Aug 2021 06:00 AM PDT

Running safety is no joke, and while most companies lock advanced features behind paywalls, Strava announced today it'll make its live location-sharing feature Beacon free for everyone.

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New Spotify Feature Will Make You and Your BFF a Playlist of Songs You'll Both Like

Posted: 31 Aug 2021 06:00 AM PDT

Capitalizing off of the success of personalized music features like the year-end Wrapped playlists and more recent Only You listening hub, Spotify is officially rolling out Blend, a personalized playlist that will allow friends to discover the ways their tastes in music overlap.

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Jabra Overhauls Elite Earbud Lineup With Options for Everyone

Posted: 31 Aug 2021 06:00 AM PDT

In the past, Jabra has made some of our favorite noise-canceling wireless earbuds on the market, but the competition is getting fierce, with rivals now offering more premium features or lower prices. So Jabra is expanding its lineup with three new Elite options, and it looks like there's something for everyone. Let's…

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Polaroid's New Camera Is Great for Pros, Bad for Idiots (Like Me)

Posted: 31 Aug 2021 05:00 AM PDT

The beauty of shooting on a Polaroid is that it's idiot-proof: You point, you shoot, you wait a few minutes for your film to develop, you realize the photo came out blurry and weird because the lighting was bad, you take another photo. It's an old-school ritual that's stood the test of time for a reason, and more than…

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PayPal Wants to Develop Stock Trading Platform: Report

Posted: 31 Aug 2021 03:00 AM PDT

PayPal is interested in developing a stock trading platform, according to a report from CNBC that cites anonymous sources at the company. The move would make PayPal a direct competitor of Robinhood, a stock trading app that's helped create a surge in retail investing but is coming under increased scrutiny from the…

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Poison Ivy Is Coming to the CW's Batwoman

Posted: 30 Aug 2021 04:30 PM PDT

The seemingly never-ending roster of DC characters coming to the CW just added a classic one. Poison Ivy, the iconic villain who has been known to make Batman's life a living hell, is coming to Gotham City on the small screen. Actress Bridget Regan will play the role on the upcoming third season of Batwoman, which is…

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The Rocketeer Will Return in a New Disney+ Movie

Posted: 30 Aug 2021 04:00 PM PDT

Fans of Joe Johnston's 1991 Disney film The Rocketeer have been waiting 30 years for this news: a new, live-action Rocketeer film is officially in the works. It's called The Return of the Rockeeter and it's being developed for Disney+.

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Judge Orders Hospital to Give Severely Ill Covid-19 Patient Ivermectin

Posted: 30 Aug 2021 03:20 PM PDT

A judge in Ohio has issued an emergency order telling a hospital to treat a coronavirus patient with ivermectin, an antiparasitic drug being promoted widely by right-wing personalities as a covid-19 treatment and prophylactic. Though it's being studied for that purpose, ivermectin currently doesn't have good data to…

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Here's Why Instagram Is Now Demanding to Know Your Birthday

Posted: 30 Aug 2021 03:10 PM PDT

As part of a broader effort to make its platform safer for young users, Instagram will now require everybody to share their birthday. If you don't want to give that data to Instagram, you eventually won't be able to use the app at all.

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Finally, Evangelion Blu-rays You Can Actually Buy

Posted: 30 Aug 2021 03:00 PM PDT

The announcement of the Neon Genesis Evangelion: Ultimate Edition Blu-ray set a couple of weeks ago was a bit of a mixed blessing. It was wonderful to finally have Hideaki Anno's seminal TV series come to HD, and the extras it came loaded with managed to justify its $275 pre-order price tag. But it was also limited to…

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Strava Is Leaving Older Android Smartwatches in the Dust

Posted: 30 Aug 2021 02:48 PM PDT

Samsung and Google's upgraded smartwatch platform, Wear OS 3, is an exciting release for Android users. It's the first time in years the wearables platform has felt like a cohesive ecosystem, helped in part by the launch of Samsung's Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 4 Classic, which are the first watches to run Wear OS…

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Apple Is Launching an App Dedicated Entirely to Classical Music

Posted: 30 Aug 2021 02:33 PM PDT

In apparent recognition of the fact that the world is a blazing inferno of disease and suffering that needs urgent soothing, Apple officially closed on a deal to acquire beloved classical music streaming service Primephonic on Monday, with plans reportedly already underway to launch a standalone app dedicated to the…

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Halloween Kills Is Surprisingly Timely, Says Jamie Lee Curtis

Posted: 30 Aug 2021 02:00 PM PDT

In slasher movies, it tends to be one killer versus one victim at a time. Rarely does the horror spill out into the streets in a significant enough manner that the victim can recruit other people to help them fight back. In Halloween Kills, though, that's exactly what happens, and Jamie Lee Curtis thinks that's what…

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Surreal Photos Show the Fierce Battle Against Caldor Fire at a Tahoe Ski Resort

Posted: 30 Aug 2021 01:10 PM PDT

The Caldor Fire forced the evacuation of basically the entirety of South Lake Tahoe, a resort community of 22,000, on Monday. Firefighters are waging an all-out battle to keep the fire from reaching the town and wreaking havoc in the Lake Tahoe Basin.

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From Spider-Man to The Matrix, the Best Things We Saw at CinemaCon 2021

Posted: 30 Aug 2021 12:50 PM PDT

Last week, io9 was on the ground in Las Vegas for CinemaCon 2021, a convention for movie theater owners. Basically, it's a week for movie studios and technology companies to get those folks excited for what's to come, both on the screen and around it. Each year, studios bring exclusive footage and presentations and…

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Tennessee Faces Dangerous Floods for the Second Time in a Week as Ida Moves North

Posted: 30 Aug 2021 12:00 PM PDT

Skies are clearing in the Gulf Coast as now-Tropical Storm Ida moves inland, but the danger from the storm is far from over. All eyes are rightfully on Louisiana and Mississippi, where more than 1 million are without power and the impacts of Ida are still becoming clear. (Here are some suggestions to help those in need

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Don't Expect Netflix's Live-Action Cowboy Bebop to Be a Straight Remake

Posted: 30 Aug 2021 11:50 AM PDT

The original Cowboy Bebop is pretty much perfect. There's a reason it has amassed legions of fans since it debuted back in 1997—well, several reasons: it's got instantly likable, compelling characters; it's action-packed, but also incredibly accessible sci-fi; it absolutely oozes coolness, thanks to the greatest score…

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Microsoft's Windows 11 Workaround for Unsupported PCs Means You Won't Get Software Updates

Posted: 30 Aug 2021 11:40 AM PDT

Microsoft is cautioning that those who take an alternative road to installing Windows 11 on unsupported hardware won't receive software updates.

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Forecast: 100,000 More Americans Will Die From Covid-19 by December Without Major Behavior Changes

Posted: 30 Aug 2021 11:30 AM PDT

An influential forecast from researchers at the University of Washington predicts that many more Americans will die from covid-19 in the months ahead. They forecast that around 100,000 people in the U.S. will die from the pandemic between now and the start of December 2021. Yet they also argue that widespread mask use…

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