terça-feira, 28 de setembro de 2021


The Witcher's Lauren Schmidt Hissrich Explains Why a Spinoff for Kids Can Work

Posted: 28 Sep 2021 08:40 AM PDT

Though we knew that the world of Netflix's The Witcher franchise would be expanding with Nightmare of the Wolf, an animated prequel about Geralt's mentor Vesemir, and Blood Origin, a live-action series detailing the origins of witchers as a whole, Netflix surprised everyone this past weekend with the announcement of…

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iPhone 13 Review: Just Get the Pro Instead

Posted: 28 Sep 2021 08:30 AM PDT

Last year's iPhone 12 was a meaningful upgrade from the iPhone 11 and felt more premium than its $799 price tag. I was less sold on the $699 iPhone 12 Mini, which was a perfectly sized phone for those of us with small hands, but it had tragic battery life made worse by 5G connectivity. With the iPhone 13, Apple has…

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Andy Serkis’ Long Road to Venom Began With Reading Comics and an Unexpected Journey Through the Shire

Posted: 28 Sep 2021 08:10 AM PDT

Venom: Let There Be Carnage may seem like nothing more than the expected, logical follow-up to the 2018 hit Venom, but in reality, its roots reside in Middle Earth. Andy Serkis, the actor best known for playing Gollum in the Lord of the Rings films (and Caesar in the recent Planet of the Apes films, Snoke in the

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Artificial Sweeteners May Be More Hunger-Inducing Than Sugar for Some People

Posted: 28 Sep 2021 08:00 AM PDT

New research this week may make diet soda lovers a bit less confident in their habit. The small experimental trial found that some groups of people seemed hungrier and consumed more calories after drinking something with artificial sweetener than they did after drinking a sugary beverage. In particular, those with…

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1Password Will Now Let You Hide Your Email for Logins

Posted: 28 Sep 2021 07:42 AM PDT

With iOS 15, Apple added an iCloud feature that allows users to create "burner" emails when signing up for services. Now, 1Password is partnering with Fastmail, a privacy-minded email service, to introduce a similar feature.

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Star Wars' Diego Luna Teases Familiar Returns in Andor

Posted: 28 Sep 2021 06:35 AM PDT

Carnage is born in a new clip from Venom: Let There Be Carnage. Jay Garrick returns in new pictures from Stargirl. Plus, what's coming on La Brea and Archer, and some very good footage of Cowboy Bebop's very good boy, Ein. To me, my spoilers!

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Logitech Shrunk Its Excellent MX Keys to Create a Mini Rival to Apple’s Magic Keyboard

Posted: 28 Sep 2021 06:25 AM PDT

Finding a compact keyboard that's as clean and minimalist as the Apple Magic Keyboard—but not so Apple-centric—isn't easy. There are lots of options featuring fancy switches and RGB lighting targeted at gamers, but for the rest of us, Logitech has lopped off the number pad from its excellent MX Keys keyboard and…

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Ikea and Sonos Are Back With a Less Ugly Lamp Speaker

Posted: 28 Sep 2021 06:00 AM PDT

Ikea and Sonos are back at it with another speaker that doubles as furniture. This time around, the companies are refreshing their Symfonisk table lamp speaker, and thank god it doesn't look as hideous as the last one. In addition to better aesthetics, the table lamp also has upgraded its hardware for better sound.

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Skullcandy's New Cheap Earbuds Have Their Own Voice Assistant

Posted: 28 Sep 2021 05:00 AM PDT

One of the best reasons to choose Apple or Google's wireless earbuds is that you can use either company's always-listening voice assistants to control your music playback, without ever having to touch anything. Other wireless earbuds require you to tap a button first to make Siri or Google Assistant pay attention,…

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China's Alibaba to Stop Selling Crypto Mining Machines

Posted: 28 Sep 2021 03:00 AM PDT

Alibaba, China's largest online retailer, will stop selling cryptocurrency mining machines, according to an announcement published online Monday. The ban comes after the Chinese government made its own sweeping announcement on Friday banning all cryptocurrency trading in the country.

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Ethereum Researcher Pleads Guilty to Advising North Korea on How to Use Crypto to Evade Sanctions

Posted: 27 Sep 2021 05:46 PM PDT

An American cryptocurrency researcher has admitted to violating U.S. law by attending a blockchain conference in North Korea in 2019, where he gave advice on how to elude U.S. sanctions.

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Venom 2's Marketing Really Wants You to Remember Eddie and Venom Are a Couple Now

Posted: 27 Sep 2021 05:30 PM PDT

Hell, it's not like the first film kept it subtle anyway, but ever since we've had a glimpse into it, Venom: Let There Be Carnage has not stopped leaning into Tom Hardy's dual role as Eddie Brock and the Venom Symbiote, to the point of the pair being described as a couple, odd or otherwise.

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The Boys' College-Focused Spin-Off Is a Go at Amazon

Posted: 27 Sep 2021 04:30 PM PDT

We knew it was in the works, and now it's confirmed: Amazon Studios' subversive superhero hit The Boys will be getting its (perhaps inevitable, given the towering popularity of The Boys) first spin-off. It'll take place in a college setting and star Jaz Sinclair of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, among others.

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Who's Who in Netflix's Cowboy Bebop

Posted: 27 Sep 2021 03:30 PM PDT

We're just a few months away from the arrival of the live-action Cowboy Bebop adaptation on Netflix, but while we wait for November 19, the streaming service gave us a glimpse of the show's faithful take on the anime's opening title sequence. It also happened to be our first look at a veritable who's who of characters…

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TikTok's Takeover Is Going Great

Posted: 27 Sep 2021 02:50 PM PDT

TikTok is joining the ol' 1 billion user club, with the ByteDance-owned video platform reporting on Monday that it now officially has as many active monthly users.

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Bitcoin Bros and Nuclear Bros Have Found Common Cause

Posted: 27 Sep 2021 02:40 PM PDT

Cryptocurrency mining is a wildly energy-intensive endeavor that doesn't only pump out more carbon emissions than some small countries, but is quickly racking up a small mountain range's worth of electronic waste.

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Dungeons & Dragons' 5th Edition to Get a Revision, Then an Evolution

Posted: 27 Sep 2021 02:30 PM PDT

Your regular sessions playing Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition leaving you bored? Get ready to shake things up a little, and a lot. Not only will the game's rules get expanded next year, but the RPG will have a bigger—and more mysterious—transformation in two years.

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So Much Ice Has Melted, That the Earth’s Crust Is Shifting in Weird, New Ways

Posted: 27 Sep 2021 02:00 PM PDT

Both the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets—the world's two largest bodies of ice—are melting at an alarming rate, causing major problems for local ecosystems and coastal communities alike. Now, in yet more evidence that the climate crisis is changing everything in bizarre and profound ways, new research suggests that…

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All Hail Mr. Goxx, the Crypto Trading Hamster Who's Killing It

Posted: 27 Sep 2021 01:51 PM PDT

Meet the social media sensation that is taking the world of crypto trading by storm: his name is "Mr. Goxx" and he is a hamster from Germany. You can stream his trades on Twitch.

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Famous Viking Map of North America Is Totally Fake

Posted: 27 Sep 2021 01:31 PM PDT

An exhaustive analysis of the controversial Vinland Map has shown it to be a 20th-century forgery.

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The Oath Keepers Reportedly Get Their Emails Dumped for the World to See

Posted: 27 Sep 2021 01:10 PM PDT

Just weeks after releasing a 180-gigabyte treasure trove of data from the far-right's preferred domain registrar and web host, the non-profit journalist collective Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets) has uploaded a cache of data that was allegedly pilfered from the far-right, anti-government Oath Keepers group.

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Droids Should Be Jedi, Too

Posted: 27 Sep 2021 01:00 PM PDT

The droids of Star Wars have always been weird. While many are subservient robots that do nothing but perform their programmed functions, some, like R2-D2 and Solo's L3-37, clearly have free will. They, along with many other droids including C-3PO and BB-8, also have emotions—they feel fear, loss, happiness, and more.…

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Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Is Spinning Faster

Posted: 27 Sep 2021 12:58 PM PDT

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope keeps an eye on Jupiter's Great Red Spot, a 10,000-mile-wide storm system that has been swirling for at least 190 years and possibly much longer. Recent data from the telescope indicates that the spot's outer winds have picked up speed in the past decade.

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Google Stadia Will Let Casual Gamers Use Their Phone as a Controller

Posted: 27 Sep 2021 12:45 PM PDT

No one can deny that Google Stadia has had an incredibly rocky start, and Google's cloud gaming service is still struggling to find its footing. But a new feature will give users more options when it comes to how they can play, which might make casual gamers give Stadia a chance. Maybe.

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The Discontinued Oculus Go Will Get New Life As an Unlocked Headset

Posted: 27 Sep 2021 12:20 PM PDT

One of the worst things about modern gadgets is you don't always get to decide what happens to a device you own when the company discontinues it. But there's good news for Oculus Go owners, at least—Facebook is unlocking the bootloader for the device and giving users full root access.

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