segunda-feira, 18 de outubro de 2021


Amazon Misled Congress, U.S. Lawmakers Say While Teasing Potential Criminal Probe

Posted: 18 Oct 2021 08:10 AM PDT

The House Judiciary Antitrust subcommittee is giving Amazon one last chance to tell the whole truth about its use of third-party sellers' data. Fool me once, shame on me... maybe a bunch of other times, too, but this time, they're serious.

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Y: The Last Man Just Had Its Very Own Supervillain Origin Story

Posted: 18 Oct 2021 08:00 AM PDT

Takes a little energy out of our recap when you know the series wasn't picked up for season two but, well, here we are. No Yorick? No 355? No President? No problem. The eighth episode of Y: The Last Man, titled "Ready. Aim. Fire" focused solely on the large superstore called PriceMax, providing fascinating new…

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After Dune, You’ll Never Think About Water the Same Way Again

Posted: 18 Oct 2021 07:03 AM PDT

The latest iteration of Dune, set to hit theaters October 22, will serve as a potent reminder of our troubled relationship with water, particularly as we manage the catastrophic effects of climate change and increasingly venture out into space.

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Updates From Aquaman 2, Indiana Jones 5, and More

Posted: 18 Oct 2021 06:30 AM PDT

The Expanse adds another to Marcos Inaros' inner circle. Get another glimpse of Doctor Who's return. There's a fourth season of Jurrasic Park: Camp Cretaceous on the way. Plus, what's next for Legends of Tomorrow and 4400, and what if you watched the new The Batman trailer, but shorter? Spoilers away!

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Colin Powell Dies of Complications From Covid-19

Posted: 18 Oct 2021 06:14 AM PDT

Colin Powell, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a key figure in multiple Republican administrations, and the first Black person to serve as secretary of state, has died of complications from covid-19 at the age of 84.

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When Will Force Shields Be Real?

Posted: 18 Oct 2021 05:20 AM PDT

When the aliens come for our organs, the tides for our coastal cities, the supervillains for their own nihilist world-obliterating amusement, how exactly will we protect ourselves? From decades of sci-fi, the answer is clear: some kind of force shield arrangement. If you're trying to deflect bullets, impress small…

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How to Watch and What to Expect From Apple's October Event (Macs!)

Posted: 18 Oct 2021 05:11 AM PDT

Yes, friends, there's another Apple event ahead of us. It kicks off Oct. 18 at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET, to be exact. And while we saw new iPhones, the Apple Watch Series 7, and two iPads last month, there are still a few things Apple has in store for its next event, which offers the vague tagline: "Unleashed."

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This $40 Security Camera Is an Affordable Way to Keep an Eye on Your House

Posted: 18 Oct 2021 05:00 AM PDT

When all you need is an extra set of eyes to keep watch over your home, you don't really need to spend hundreds of dollars. I've been testing cheaper solutions like the $40 TP-Link Kasa Spot camera (or KC400), which offers around-the-clock recording with a microSD card and crisp 2K-resolution video. You can place it…

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Technology is Reinventing the Insurance Industry

Posted: 18 Oct 2021 03:40 AM PDT

When most people think about insurance companies, they don't immediately think of tech. Sudesh Kannan thought the same when he started at Allstate.

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China Secretly Tested New Hypersonic Missile in August: Report

Posted: 18 Oct 2021 02:51 AM PDT

China secretly tested a new hypersonic missile this past August, according to a new report from the Financial Times. And while the missile reportedly landed quite a distance from its intended target after circling the globe, the test suggests China is much further along in its development of hypersonic missiles than…

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Netflix’s Squid Game, Which Cost $21.4 Million to Make, Will Reportedly Generate $900 Million in Value

Posted: 17 Oct 2021 09:03 PM PDT

A look at Netflix's show data, which is normally held under lock and key and not available to the public, has provided a new information on what the success of South Korean drama Squid Game means to the company. In short, buckets and buckets of money and lots of people sticking around until the end.

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Russian Film Crew Returns to Earth Safely After 12 Days of Shooting on the ISS

Posted: 17 Oct 2021 06:55 PM PDT

The Russian film crew that traveled to the International Space Station to film scenes for the first movie shot partially in space returned to Earth safely on Sunday. The milestone will potentially give Russian film industry a small win over Hollywood, which also aims to shoot a movie on the ISS featuring Tom Cruise in…

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Facebook Pushes Back Against Report That Claims Its AI Sucks at Detecting Hate Speech

Posted: 17 Oct 2021 02:06 PM PDT

On Sunday, Facebook vice president of integrity Guy Rosen tooted the social media company's own horn for moderating toxic content, writing in a blog post that the prevalence of hate speech on the platform has fallen by nearly half since July 2020. The post appeared to be in response to a series of damning Wall Street…

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Halloween Kills It at the Box Office, Not So Much at Peacock

Posted: 17 Oct 2021 01:30 PM PDT

Looks like Michael Myers can't be stopped, in either Haddonfield or in real life. Halloween Kills released on Friday both in theaters and on Peacock, and absolutely dominated at the box office with a $55 million take. Most of it came from North America and its love for Jamie Lee Curtis and John Carpenter, and the $50…

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Y: The Last Man Canceled at FX as Its First Season Nearly Ends

Posted: 17 Oct 2021 01:15 PM PDT

FX's adaptation of Y: The Last Man, based on Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra's 2005 comic, has been canceled. The announcement was made today by showrunner Eliza Clark, who said that FX on Hulu wouldn't be going forward with a second season.

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Wonder Woman Finally Gets Her Own Event in Trial of the Amazons

Posted: 17 Oct 2021 11:20 AM PDT

As important as Wonder Woman has appeared to be to DC's brand, it's only recently that she's really been allowed to get the attention that her fellow Trinity members Batman and Superman have. Those two get their own big line wide crossover events every year, but Diana hasn't had one to herself since the early 1990s.…

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Spider-Man: No Way Home's Trailer is Pretty Good as a 1960s Cartoon

Posted: 17 Oct 2021 10:25 AM PDT

No doubt that you've seen the first trailer for Spider-Man: No Way Home a good number of times by now. Tom Holland's potentially final cinematic outing as the wallcrawler has a lot of fans buzzing about what all its universe hopping could lead to, be it remixes of old villains or some new allies and threats coming to…

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IATSE Reaches a Deal on Film and TV Contract, With Mixed Reception

Posted: 17 Oct 2021 09:35 AM PDT

Earlier this week, we reported that the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) were set to strike—just one of many going on recently, as it turns out— as conversations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) were coming to a standstill. The plan was for the trade union…

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The Guardians of the Galaxy Game Credits the Hell Out of Its In-Game Costumes

Posted: 17 Oct 2021 08:35 AM PDT

Next week, Square Enix is putting out another Marvel game, this one for the Guardians of the Galaxy. While it looks like a typical third-person action game where you control Star-Lord and command the other Guardians, there is one thing that warrants a special shoutout for how surprising it is.

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