quinta-feira, 2 de setembro de 2021


The Wheel of Time's First Trailer Brings Robert Jordan's Fantasy World to Life

Posted: 02 Sep 2021 08:30 AM PDT

Look what's rolled into town! Why, it's the first trailer (finally) for Amazon's much-anticipated fantasy television series The Wheel of Time. It's later than we expected, given the show is currently set to premiere on November 19, but was it worth the wait?

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Tension Builds Between Sisters in This Clip From the Ghostly Martyrs Lane

Posted: 02 Sep 2021 08:00 AM PDT

Horror movies, especially ghostly ones, often pull from the idea that restless spirits are drawn to people who are going through some kind of turmoil or trauma. That seems to be the case in Martyrs Lane, a spooky new film from writer-director Ruth Platt that's arriving on Shudder next week. We've got an exclusive clip…

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Apple Will Tweak App Store Rules for Apps Like Spotify, Netflix

Posted: 02 Sep 2021 07:50 AM PDT

As part of a settlement with the Japan Fair Trade Commission, Apple announced today that it would tweak its App Store rules to allow certain app developers to include a link to an external website to set up or manage accounts. This will be rolled out globally beginning in early 2022 and essentially allows developers…

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A Wild, New Pokémon Anime Is About to Appear

Posted: 02 Sep 2021 07:30 AM PDT

At any given point in time, the Pokémon Company is hard at work developing different kinds of projects meant to remind the world what an absolute chokehold the franchise has had on people's childhood nostalgia for almost three decades. This year's celebration of Pokémon's 25th anniversary has been marked by new games,…

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Daredevil's Charlie Cox Wants to Debunk Spider-Man: No Way Home's Weirdest Rumor

Posted: 02 Sep 2021 06:30 AM PDT

The Muppets recruit a familiar face for their Haunted Mansion special. HBO Max teases its upcoming animated Aquaman miniseries. Plus, new looks at Supergirl's next episode, and what's to come on American Horror Story and Riverdale. Spoilers now!

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Masks Work, Major Study Finds

Posted: 02 Sep 2021 06:28 AM PDT

An enormous randomized trial of communities in Bangladesh seems to provide the clearest evidence yet that regular mask-wearing can impede the spread of the covid-19 pandemic. The study found that villages where masks were highly promoted and became more popular experienced noticeably lower rates of covid-like symptoms…

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New York Grinds to a Halt as Record Rain Floods City, Kills At Least 9

Posted: 02 Sep 2021 06:10 AM PDT

Cities and towns across the northeast turned into lakes on Wednesday night as Tropical Depression Ida wrought a 1-in-200 year flood across an incredibly wide area.

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This Is the Best iPhone 12 MagSafe Battery

Posted: 02 Sep 2021 05:00 AM PDT

Apple added MagSafe charging to the iPhone 12 lineup last fall, and though the original MagSafe Apple used in its laptops was far more innovative, the iPhone version of magnetic charging has least one excellent use: letting you power up your smartphone on the go with a cord-free portable charger. But which one is…

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Joe Rogan Says He Tested Positive for Covid-19, Claims He's Taking Ivermectin

Posted: 02 Sep 2021 03:00 AM PDT

Podcaster Joe Rogan says he's tested positive for covid-19 and claims he's taking ivermectin to treat it, along with a host of other drugs. Ivermectin has become seen as a wonder drug against covid-19 for right wingers in the U.S., sometimes leading people to buy a livestock version of the drug for themselves, but the…

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The FTC Has Banned a Stalkerware Firm and Its CEO, Signaling a Crackdown on the Industry

Posted: 01 Sep 2021 05:10 PM PDT

For years, civil liberties advocates have criticized so-called "stalkerware" firms, an odious subset of the surveillance industry that sells products specifically designed to invade people's lives and spy on them. As multiple reports have shown, such products are frequently used by abusers and stalkers to commit gross…

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Oh No, It's Happening Again

Posted: 01 Sep 2021 05:00 PM PDT

Last year was obviously awful for everyone across the globe, and if you were a movie fan, there was also that added kick in the teeth of watching all these movies you wanted to see pushed off the release calendar. Some of those, like Black Widow and F9, were finally released this year, but with the rampant spread of…

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Billionaire OxyContin Pushers Granted Immunity; Half a Million People Still Dead

Posted: 01 Sep 2021 04:03 PM PDT

Members of the billionaire Sackler family, long accused of misleading the public about the addictiveness of the OxyContin sold by their privately owned pharmaceutical company, Purdue Pharma, were granted sweeping immunity from civil lawsuits by a federal judge on Wednesday.

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Creepshow Season 3 Has a Trailer, and It Looks Like a Scream

Posted: 01 Sep 2021 04:00 PM PDT

Creepshow, Shudder's anthology series inspired by the George A. Romero-Stephen King cult films, returns in just a few weeks—and the show, which is executive produced and showrun by Greg Nicotero (The Walking Dead), has just unleashed its first season three trailer. Feast your eyes!

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The Feds Want to Know What the McHell Is Going On With the McFlurry Machines

Posted: 01 Sep 2021 03:54 PM PDT

You might be familiar with the McFlurry machine as "the way you get a milkshake at McDonald's" or, more typically, "the machine that's always broken, preventing you from getting a milkshake at McDonald's." But according to a new report, the Federal Trade Commission is familiar with the McFlurry machine as "potentially…

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Director Nia DaCosta Says Landing Captain Marvel 2 Didn't Magically Erase Her Student Loan Debt

Posted: 01 Sep 2021 03:15 PM PDT

A few months after Nia DaCosta officially signed on to direct the new Candymanwhich has gone on to become the first movie directed by a Black woman to premiere at the top of the box office—the director happened to bump into New York Times columnist and illustrator Julia Rothman, who was randomly interviewing people…

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Sweetgreen CEO Says We Need Salads More Than a Vaccine Mandate

Posted: 01 Sep 2021 03:00 PM PDT

In states like Florida and Georgia, hospitals and morgues are buckling under the weight of a new sudden surge in COVID cases with no end in sight. You might be thinking that people should focus on wearing masks and getting vaccinated to flatten the curve, but Sweetgreen CEO Jonathan Neman thinks we should be taking a…

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'Re-Energized' Ida Wreaks Widespread Havoc Across the East Coast

Posted: 01 Sep 2021 02:40 PM PDT

Even when a hurricane is all but a zombie, it can still do serious damage. The remnants of Hurricane Ida, now a tropical depression, unleashed hours of heavy rains and threatened thousands of people on the East Coast on Wednesday just two days after the storm made landfall and caused widespread destruction in Louisiana

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Cartoon Network's New 'Acme Night' Will Be Packed With DC Heroes, Gremlins, and More

Posted: 01 Sep 2021 02:30 PM PDT

Sunday evenings aren't for sitting around in existential dread of the week to come anymore! Instead, they're for families, both kids and adults, to come together and watch Warner Bros.-produced content. Specifically, families should come together starting at 6:00 pm ET on September 19, because that's when Cartoon…

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NASA Flight Tests of Futuristic ‘Air Taxi’ Are Finally Underway

Posted: 01 Sep 2021 02:10 PM PDT

The first official tests of Joby Aviation's all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicle have begun. NASA is leading these tests, which it's doing to foster the development of similarly advanced aircraft.

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Watch 2 Terminators Transform in Front of Your Eyes

Posted: 01 Sep 2021 01:50 PM PDT

When is a piece of art better than another piece of art? When it's two pieces in one. That's the theme of "Transitions," the latest show by pop culture artist Cuyler Smith. Smith is best known for turning sports movies into trading cards, but in recent months he's become interested in lenticular prints and has been…

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Google Confirms New Nest Doorbell Cam Gets Too Hot to Record All the Time

Posted: 01 Sep 2021 01:35 PM PDT

The second-generation Nest Doorbell is the first battery-powered version of the device from Google, equipped with various battery-saving features by default. But even though you can plug in the new Nest Doorbell via power wire, it won't support around-the-clock video recording.

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Here’s How You Can Help Shut Down the Vile Website for Snitching on People Who Get Abortions in Texas

Posted: 01 Sep 2021 01:23 PM PDT

Even if you don't live in Texas, you've likely heard about the state's draconian abortion restrictions that officially went into effect on Wednesday. The so-called "Heartbeat Bill," aka Senate Bill 8, makes it fully illegal for anyone—friends, family, doctors—across Texas to help women access an abortion in the state…

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NYC Considers Surveillance Law That Would Fine Drivers With Loud Cars

Posted: 01 Sep 2021 01:10 PM PDT

A New York City legislator has introduced a bill that would let the police department use radar and artificial intelligence to surveil noise levels related to traffic in the city. If you got caught making a ruckus in violation of city code under the new law, the NYPD could use the tech to identify your car and send…

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Disney Writers Seeking Royalties Throw Their Support Behind Scarlett Johansson

Posted: 01 Sep 2021 12:50 PM PDT

Earlier this year, a group of people working with the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and other writing guilds formed the "Disney Must Pay Task Force." This was the result of a public disagreement between the studio and Star Wars and Alien tie-in novelist Alan Dean Foster over Disney holding back on…

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Traces of Beer Discovered in 9,000-Year-Old Chinese Pots

Posted: 01 Sep 2021 12:40 PM PDT

Archaeologists in southeastern China found evidence of ancient beer consumption tucked away in some of the ceramic vessels at the site. Because the excavation also turned up two human skeletons, the research team believes the beer was ritually consumed, perhaps to honor the dead.

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