sábado, 9 de outubro de 2021


Dune's Denis Villeneuve Thought Blade Runner 2049 Would End His Filmmaking Career

Posted: 09 Oct 2021 08:40 AM PDT

In a few weeks, Dune will finally hit theaters (and also HBO Max) in North America. Director-writer Denis Villeneuve knows how lucky he is to adapt Frank Herbert's sci-fi epic, mostly because he didn't think he'd still be directing at all after Blade Runner 2049. 

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Stunning Inland Mangrove Forest Is a ‘Lost World’

Posted: 09 Oct 2021 08:05 AM PDT

If you're wondering what the most magical place on Earth is (no, not that one), look no further. A team of researchers across the University of California system have focused on an ancient and unusual mangrove forest in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula that they say has been "trapped in time."

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For Critical Role's Voice Cast, Adapting Their Own Work Was a Dream Come True

Posted: 09 Oct 2021 07:30 AM PDT

At New York Comic-Con 2021, the first footage of Critical Role: The Legend of Vox Machina got its grand animated debut. Based on the web series where voice actors play Dungeons & Dragons, the cartoon quickly took shape after a record-breaking Kickstarter, and Amazon later picked it up for two seasons. As with…

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It Looks Like Apple Is Hoping to Postpone Opening Up the App Store to Third-Party Payment Portals

Posted: 08 Oct 2021 09:56 PM PDT

While Apple declared the outcome of its legal battle with Epic Games a "resounding victory," it was not a complete one. The federal judge in the case ordered Apple to allow developers to link to third-party payment portals in the App Store by Dec. 9, a deadline the company seems to want to push back for a long time.

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Sorry, Your Old Apple Watch Charger Isn't Compatible With the Series 7’s Fast Charging System

Posted: 08 Oct 2021 07:43 PM PDT

If you've got a few old Apple Watch chargers lying around and are thinking of getting in line for the new Series 7—which is available for order starting today—you better mark them with a tag or something before you bring your new watch home.

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A Notorious Spyware Firm Claims It Won't Help Hack UK Phones Anymore

Posted: 08 Oct 2021 06:10 PM PDT

NSO Group, the notorious Israeli spyware vendor, will no longer allow its clients to hack citizens of the United Kingdom, sources close to the company told The Guardian this week. The changes have been "hard-coded" into NSO's infamous malware, Pegasus, and will make future targeting of UK-based phone numbers…

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I Know What You Did Last Summer's First Clip Reminds You to Watch the Road

Posted: 08 Oct 2021 05:30 PM PDT

During New York Comic Con 2021, the cast of Amazon's upcoming adaptation of I Know What You Did Last Summer sat down to discuss their excitement about making the 1990s slasher film franchise, adapted from Lois Duncan's novel of the same name, into a streaming series. While the cast might have expected to spend the…

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James Bond Spoiler Zone: What Did You Think of No Time to Die?

Posted: 08 Oct 2021 04:30 PM PDT

If you're like us, you probably can't believe that today has actually arrived. No Time to Die, the final Daniel Craig James Bond film, is finally in theaters in North America. It was originally supposed to come out last April but due to the covid-19 pandemic, suffered multiple delays. There was even talk of it maybe…

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This Week's Toy News Is a Frightfully Femme Festival

Posted: 08 Oct 2021 03:30 PM PDT

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of the latest toy news on the internet. This week: NECA gets into the spirit of the season with the Mistress of the Dark herself and its next Gargoyles figure, Peggy Carter sneaks into Hasbro's Marvel Legends, and Scrooge McDuck has us going ducking crazy. Check it out!

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Muppets Haunted Mansion Is a Perfect Puppet Balancing Act

Posted: 08 Oct 2021 02:40 PM PDT

Today, The Muppets Haunted Mansion hits Disney+, and while not exactly as frightful for us as it is for Pepe and Gonzo, it certainly is delightful. For the first time in a while, it feels like the sort of collaboration Disney and the Henson Company have been looking for to make the Muppets really feel at home at the…

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Facebook Will No Longer Let You Monsters Sell Protected Amazon Land on Marketplace

Posted: 08 Oct 2021 02:15 PM PDT

In a fitting end to Facebook's pretty, um, "eventful" week, the company owned up to another little whoopsie on Friday morning: Apparently, people have been using Marketplace tool to sell off chunks of the Amazon rainforest, which is under heavy threat from cattle grazing, illegal logging, and mining. Facebook would…

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New Tick Virus Shows Nature Is Still Inventing Ways to Mess With Humans

Posted: 08 Oct 2021 02:05 PM PDT

Another day, another germ to worry about. Scientists in Japan say they've shown that a previously undiscovered virus spread by ticks has been making people in the country sick since at least 2014. The Yezo virus, as it has been christened by its discoverers, is thought to cause low white blood cell and platelet…

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Star Wars: Visions' Imaginative New Lightsabers, Ranked

Posted: 08 Oct 2021 02:00 PM PDT

Disney+'s Star Wars: Visions gets at the heart of what makes the franchise magical by stripping away most of the narrative trappings of the live-action movies, series, and other animated projects, and instead focusing on the most quintessential elements of Star Wars myths. Visions' shorts wouldn't be proper Star Wars

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Chrome Attempts to Resurrect RSS With Its New Follow Feature Rolling Out on Android

Posted: 08 Oct 2021 01:40 PM PDT

It has not been an easy time for Android users who prefer to read and consume instead of doing anything else. But if you're a Google Chrome user, there's a feature you should know about that can help you track your favorite sites within the browser without bothering with a third-party service like Feedly.

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Missing Ski Found Trapped in 1,300-Year-Old Ice

Posted: 08 Oct 2021 01:28 PM PDT

Seven years ago, archaeologists found an exquisitely preserved prehistoric ski on a Norwegian mountaintop, and the team has been searching for the missing counterpart ever since. Incredibly, they are now claiming to have found the missing relic.

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Facebook Banned the Creator of 'Unfollow Everything' and Sent Him a Cease and Desist Letter

Posted: 08 Oct 2021 01:20 PM PDT

A developer who created a browser extension designed to help Facebook users reduce their time spent on the platform says that the company responded by banning him and threatening to take legal action.

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The Spine of Night Looks Like Trippy, Animated Fantasy at Its Finest

Posted: 08 Oct 2021 01:10 PM PDT

Earlier this year, we reviewed the animated fantasy flick The Spine of Night, and found it to be spectacular. The film received acclaim when it debuted at the 2021 South by Southwest film festival for its stylized animation and impressive voice cast. (Being pretty dang violent also didn't hurt.) Thankfully, it's got a…

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Netflix Argues Tragic 13 Reasons Why Lawsuit Is a Danger to Free Speech

Posted: 08 Oct 2021 12:54 PM PDT

In response to a lawsuit brought by the grieving family of a teenage girl whose suicide was reportedly inspired by the hit show 13 Reasons Why, Netflix is flexing its First Amendment rights to argue that were the complaint to proceed, it would be dangerous to the free speech of artists and Netflix itself.

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Facebook and Instagram Are Down for Some Users, Again

Posted: 08 Oct 2021 12:26 PM PDT

In what appears to be another major outage for Facebook, thousands of its users are reporting problems on Friday afternoon. This would be the second time in a week that the world's biggest social network hasn't been able to keep its shit together.

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Wheel of Time's Moraine Makes a Mysterious and Memorable Entrance in a New Clip

Posted: 08 Oct 2021 11:50 AM PDT

Amazon's much-anticipated adaptation of Robert Jordan's epic fantasy novel series arrives next month. To stir up even more excitement for The Wheel of Time, the streamer has released a new clip as part of its New York Comic Con 2021 panel. Also announced: a trio of new cast members who'll be joining Rosamund Pike and…

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Net Zero Pledges Are So Worthless, a Country Almost Entirely Reliant on Oil Just Made One

Posted: 08 Oct 2021 11:40 AM PDT

The United Arab Emirates, a country that's economy is dominated by oil and gas production, announced on Thursday that it was committing to net zero emissions by 2050. It's the first country to make a net-zero commitment in the Persian Gulf, and adds to a growing list of countries across the world that have announced a…

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The Walking Dead Reveals an Ominous Teaser and a Return Date

Posted: 08 Oct 2021 11:30 AM PDT

AMC's The Walking Dead has revealed the start date for its midseason return. The zombie series will begin its end (again) with eight episodes on February 20, 2022—and a new teaser reveals it'll be all about the eventual war our heroes will have to face against both the Reapers and the seemingly idyllic, but secretly…

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Android Begs Apple for an Invite to the Texting Party

Posted: 08 Oct 2021 11:14 AM PDT

Google has been doing a ton to make RCS, or Rich Communication Services, the standard messaging protocol across all mobile platforms. It worked with all the U.S. carriers, including AT&T and Verizon, to make Messages by Google the default app, where RCS is supported. It's pruned its list of extraneous messaging apps…

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The ABCs of Big Oil: How the 'Father of Forestry' Inspired Big Oil

Posted: 08 Oct 2021 11:00 AM PDT

On the ABCs of Big Oil, a new podcast miniseries from Earther and Drilled, climate journalist Amy Westervelt and I have spent two episodes looking into the oil and gas industry's century-long assault on American education; how it has shaped school curricula to limit how Americans think about the climate crisis and how…

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The Expanse Season 6 Gets a Tense, Action-Packed First Look

Posted: 08 Oct 2021 10:20 AM PDT

Everyone brace! The sixth and final season of The Expanse will be arriving in just a few short months, and Amazon threw in a teaser as part of its New York Comic Con 2021 panel for good measure.

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