sábado, 30 de outubro de 2021


Marvel's Next Game is Coming from Skydance and Uncharted's Amy Hennig

Posted: 30 Oct 2021 08:40 AM PDT

Since Insomniac Games showed up with Spider-Man in 2018 for the PS4, Marvel's been doing their best to build a resume of successful AAA games. They've mostly been good at it — Spider-Man: Miles Morales was pretty good, and Spider-Man 2 proper should be pretty good as well; the Guardians of the Galaxy game from this…

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The Venture Bros. Movie Gets an Exciting Update

Posted: 30 Oct 2021 07:35 AM PDT

When adult swim canceled The Venture Bros. after a solid seven-season run over a year ago, the reaction was pretty strong. Earlier this year, the network announced a TV movie for Blu-Ray and HBO Max, and now there's been a sizable update for the upcoming movie that's exciting despite how little it ultimately says.

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Somehow Adolf Hitler Has Received a Covid Vaccine Passport in the EU

Posted: 29 Oct 2021 05:39 PM PDT

The former supreme leader of 1940s Germany would appear to be alive and well, if the European Union's digital vaccination certificate program is to be believed. Actually, he's doing better than "well"—he's been vaccinated for covid-19.

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Daisy Ridley Will Deal a New Sci-Fi Drug in the Upcoming Mind Fall

Posted: 29 Oct 2021 04:35 PM PDT

Daisy Ridley's first foray into sci-fi? Pretty good. The next one? Not so much. Hopefully the third time will be the charm for the Star Wars actor as she's about to headline a few film called Mind Fall.

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Halloween Star P.J. Soles Looks Back at Her Totally Iconic Death Scene

Posted: 29 Oct 2021 03:10 PM PDT

Halloween Kills featured a lot of nods to the 1978 original Halloween, bringing back characters from that groundbreaking film to examine how the past 40 years have treated them. But one fan-favorite character didn't make the cut, for obvious reasons: Lynda, played by P.J. Soles, who meets her demise at the hands of…

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The Supreme Court May Screw Us Over On Climate, Too

Posted: 29 Oct 2021 03:03 PM PDT

Move over, Joe Manchin. There's a new climate villain of the month in Washington, DC.

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The Apple Polishing Cloth Is Everything Wrong With Society

Posted: 29 Oct 2021 02:40 PM PDT

I regret to inform you all that we have reached peak Polishing Cloth. I take full responsibility for my small part in getting us to this point.

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UK Smokers Could Soon Get Prescriptions for E-Cigarettes

Posted: 29 Oct 2021 02:30 PM PDT

In the not-too-distant future, doctors in the UK may be able to write prescriptions for vaping. This week, the government announced its intention to allow e-cigarette products to be prescribed as a cessation aid for smokers trying to quit traditional tobacco cigarettes. Though health officials acknowledge that these…

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LG TVs Will Now Automatically Disable the Dreaded Motion Smoothing for Prime Video

Posted: 29 Oct 2021 02:10 PM PDT

Beginning this week, LG's 2020 and 2021 4K and 8K smart TVs will roll out an update that will allow viewers to automatically watch their Amazon Prime Video content in Filmmaker Mode, "the way the content creators intended it." That's a slightly nicer way of saying that Prime Video users will soon be able to…

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This Week's Best Toys Are the Ultimate Fright... For Your Wallet

Posted: 29 Oct 2021 02:00 PM PDT

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular roundup of all the latest in wallet-crushing merchandise opportunities. This week, Hasbro ramps up another crowdfunder project for a G.I. Joe classic, Hot Toys asks the question of What If, and NECA's latest monster line comes with a turtle-y twist. Check it out!

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FDA Authorizes Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine for Kids Age 5 to 11

Posted: 29 Oct 2021 01:56 PM PDT

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has now authorized the first covid-19 vaccine for children between the ages of 5 and 11. The authorization will cover the Pfizer/BioNTech mRNA vaccine, though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will have to give their blessing next week before the vaccine can be widely…

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Award-Winning Ecology Photos Remind Us That Nature Is Awesome—and Complicated

Posted: 29 Oct 2021 01:10 PM PDT

The animals and plants of Earth are in a perpetual state of interaction, leading to all sorts of fascinating creatures and relationships. The winning photos of the Capturing Ecology 2021 competition exemplify our planet's penchant for diversity.

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The Rock Reunites With Jumanji Director Jake Kasdan for Holiday Movie Red One

Posted: 29 Oct 2021 01:00 PM PDT

We only know three things about Amazon's Red One, a Christmas movie the company touts will be "a globe-trotting, four-quadrant action-adventure comedy, imagining a whole new universe to explore within the holiday genre." We know the star and the writer—and now that we also know the director, we're really, really…

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The Nerd's Watch: Best Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Streaming in November 2021

Posted: 29 Oct 2021 12:20 PM PDT

The Nerd's Watch just got an upgrade. After years of customizing the most enjoyable titles in sci-fi, fantasy, and horror movies and TV from the "original" streamers, io9 has decided to kick things up a notch. Folks, there may be too many streaming services.

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Pixel 6 Code Hints Google Is Already Working on a New Tensor Chip

Posted: 29 Oct 2021 12:00 PM PDT

The Pixel 6 and 6 Pro are just now arriving on buyers' doorsteps, and we're already talking about what's next for Google's flagship Android lineup.

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Edgar Wright on the Supernatural of Last Night in Soho, and What Little He Knows About Attack the Block 2

Posted: 29 Oct 2021 11:30 AM PDT

When Edgar Wright makes a movie, you know it's going to be interesting. His first big film was a zombie romantic comedy. He followed that up with a suburban-set love letter to action films. He's made movies about alien invasion bar crawls, baby driving, and defeating seven evil exes. His latest film though is unlike…

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Show Me Your Nerd: The Horror Collector

Posted: 29 Oct 2021 11:10 AM PDT

One of the World's Most Iconic Salt Lakes Has Dried Up

Posted: 29 Oct 2021 10:58 AM PDT

One of Turkey's most famous lakes has completely receded this year. The transformation of an entire lake into a few puddles is based on satellite data shows, and experts say it's driven by both climate change and human overuse.

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Architect Says Billionaire's Dystopian Dorm Design Is a Dangerous Social and Psychological Experiment

Posted: 29 Oct 2021 10:40 AM PDT

Incoming University of Santa Barbara students will soon get to inhabit a 97-year-old billionaire's twisted mindspace: a 1.68-million-square-foot windowless death trap which UCSB is describing as a "dorm," designed by Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman and evidently-rising-architect Charlie Munger.

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Netflix's 3-Body Problem Announces 12 Bodies of Its Stars

Posted: 29 Oct 2021 10:30 AM PDT

We don't know how much money Netflix paid to buy the adaptation rights to Liu Cixin's best-selling sci-fi series Remembrance of Earth's Past, but we did hear rumors Amazon tried to snag them for $1 billion. Then Netflix reportedly paid Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss $200 million for services…

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Bat Sneaks Into New Zealand Bird of the Year Competition, Our Hearts

Posted: 29 Oct 2021 10:15 AM PDT

New Zealanders are up in arms over a bat's inclusion in this year's Bird of the Year competition, a contest that ostensibly exists to crown a bird. Alas, it seems a bat has stolen the hearts of locals this time around.

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Rep. Katie Porter Used Her Costco Haul to Embarrass Big Oil

Posted: 29 Oct 2021 10:05 AM PDT

Whenever a smart, powerful woman starts using literal grains of rice to illustrate her point, you know you done goofed. Big Oil companies found that out the hard way when, during a House Oversight Committee hearing on Thursday, Rep. Katie Porter whipped out 479 pounds (212 kilograms) of uncooked rice to illustrate how…

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A Non-Exhaustive List of World Leaders Too Cowardly to Show Up to UN Climate Talks

Posted: 29 Oct 2021 09:55 AM PDT

The entire world is set to huddle in Glasgow next week and hash out how to protect the climate. In years past, world leaders have attended the tail end of United Nations climate talks.

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The X-Men Comics That Might Be Teasing Captain Krakoa's True Identity

Posted: 29 Oct 2021 09:45 AM PDT

While the developments of this week's Inferno #2—from writer Jonathan Hickman, artist Stefano Caselli, colorist David Curiel, and letterer Joe Sabino—are the big, flashy pearl-clutching sort, a certain someone being resurrected (or not) isn't the only major twist Marvel's been teasing for its Krakoan mutants.

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A Vaccine Trial for the Most Aggressive Form of Breast Cancer Just Started

Posted: 29 Oct 2021 09:17 AM PDT

Scientists at the Cleveland Clinic are now testing out something that could become a huge milestone in cancer research: a vaccine for the most aggressive and deadly form of breast cancer. The small Phase I trial, which began this week, will give the vaccine to cancer survivors in order to gauge its safety and optimal…

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