quinta-feira, 7 de outubro de 2021


Here's an Idea: Everyone Only Gets 100 Posts

Posted: 07 Oct 2021 09:30 AM PDT

Like an abusive partner, Facebook has convinced us that we have no options and we'll never be able to live without it. We had our chance with Ello, and we blew it, dumb fucks that we are. Now we've chained ourselves to harvesting content for Mark Zuckerberg until and after the day we die, to the extent that there's no…

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Wild Images Show Scientists Training Robots to Clean Up Chernobyl’s Waste

Posted: 07 Oct 2021 09:15 AM PDT

Robots could someday help dispose of nuclear waste. Scientists from the University of Bristol working on the problem recently paid a visit to some of the most contaminated places at the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear facility to further this goal. The researchers are helping develop new technologies, including using a…

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Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City's First Trailer Is a Bite of Zombie Camp

Posted: 07 Oct 2021 09:15 AM PDT

The original Resident Evil games are remembered as horror icons in gaming, and rightly so; their riffs on zombie tropes have created a franchise that has since exploded into one of the biggest names in the industry. That means it's easy to forget that those classics have more than a little bit of cheesy charm to them,…

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Lost in Space's Season 3 Teaser Reminds Us Danger Is Still Afoot for the Robinsons

Posted: 07 Oct 2021 09:00 AM PDT

If it feels like it's been ages since we last caught up with the Robinson family on Netflix, that's because it has! Season two started streaming way back in December 2019. Finally, we have our first tease at what the sci-fi revamp's third and final season has in store for us this December.

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Apple Is Reportedly Planning to Make CarPlay More Useful

Posted: 07 Oct 2021 08:30 AM PDT

Apple Car rumors may have cooled in the last few months, but that doesn't mean the company has given up on its automotive ambitions. A new Bloomberg report claims that Apple is in the early stages of expanding CarPlay to be more than just an infotainment system.

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140,000 U.S. Children Have Lost a Parent or Caregiver to Covid-19, CDC Finds

Posted: 07 Oct 2021 08:23 AM PDT

New research provides a grim toll of the number children who have lost a parent to covid-19. The study estimates that at least 120,000 kids have lost their primary caregiver to the pandemic, while another 20,000 have lost a secondary caregiver, as of the end of June 2021. These deaths were disproportionately more…

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Google's 'Quick Phrases' Will Let You Skip Saying 'Hey Google' for Way More Commands

Posted: 07 Oct 2021 08:20 AM PDT

As part of a new feature that's expected to get a wider release later this fall, Google's new "Quick Phrases" will soon allow people to perform a ton of voice commands without saying "OK, Google" or "Hey Google," first.

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WandaVision's Kathryn Hahn Is Getting Her Own Agatha Harkness Spinoff

Posted: 07 Oct 2021 08:05 AM PDT

A WandaVision spinoff with breakout evil witch of 2021, Agatha Harkness? Now this is chaos magic, Wanda.

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What If's First Season Almost Had More Gamora, and Led to a Star-Lord T'Challa Spinoff

Posted: 07 Oct 2021 08:00 AM PDT

While What If's season one finale finally brought into the fold one of its most promising characters, a variant of Gamora known for slaying Thanos, there was something rather curious about how the character arrived. As planned-out in advance as Marvel projects tend to be, there was no way that What If's creative team…

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The 9,090-Piece Titanic Is Now the Largest Lego Model Ever Released

Posted: 07 Oct 2021 07:20 AM PDT

It's been rumored for a while, but today Lego officially revealed the largest model it's ever released: a replica of the famed and ill-fated Titanic that measures over four-and-a-half feet long when fully assembled. It's a stunning replica—both inside and out—because it breaks into multiple sections to reveal its…

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Scott Snyder and Francis Manapul's Next Comic Is a Neon-Soaked Mystery Thriller

Posted: 07 Oct 2021 07:00 AM PDT

DC Comics superstar writer Scott Snyder feels like a man spinning a billion plates at once, but the last few weeks have proven monumentally busy. Having launched his own substack about comics writing and announced one of multiple new original series for Comixology Originals with long-time collaborator Greg Capullo,…

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Updates From Halloween Kills, Dune, and More

Posted: 07 Oct 2021 06:30 AM PDT

Marvel's She-Hulk writer's room adds a Robot Chicken alumni. Netflix kicks off its holiday programming push with A Boy Called Christmas. Plus Riverdale hypes its season six return by going somehow even more bonkers than usual. To me, my spoilers!

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New Photoshop Elements Update Is Tailor-Made for Pet Pics

Posted: 07 Oct 2021 06:00 AM PDT

Got a rebellious pup that won't sit still for photos in highly Instagrammable locales without a collar and leash? The next version of Photoshop Elements will include intelligent tools that make it easy to erase unsightly elements on your pets with just a couple of simple brush strokes.

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I Think I've Found the Perfect E Ink Tablet

Posted: 07 Oct 2021 05:30 AM PDT

I've been on a quest to find the perfect E Ink device that combines all the best features and applications of electronic ink while still being small enough that I'll actually want to carry it around all day. For my needs, that device is the new Onyx Boox Nova Air, which packs enough flexibility to make it more than…

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The 12 Settings to Change First on Your iPhone 13

Posted: 07 Oct 2021 05:00 AM PDT

If you just bought a brand new iPhone 13, you might want to check out your options in Settings. If you restored your new phone from a backup of your old one, you may want to fine-tune it to better suit your needs. If you're setting up the iPhone 13 as a brand new phone, well, you'll have plenty to dive into. The iOS…

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Moderna Plans to Build $500 Million Vaccine Factory in Africa

Posted: 07 Oct 2021 03:00 AM PDT

Pharmaceutical firm Moderna plans to build a vaccine factory in Africa that will cost as much as $500 million, according to a press release from the company early Thursday. Moderna will soon start the process of site selection on the continent and it's already been narrowed down to about five unnamed countries,…

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Major Banks Hit by Infuriating Customer Service Phone Outage [Update]

Posted: 06 Oct 2021 07:36 PM PDT

A phone system glitch linked to Verizon made it impossible for countless customers to call their banks and other companies.

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The Justice Department Has a New Team of Crypto Cops

Posted: 06 Oct 2021 05:20 PM PDT

The U.S. Justice Department has announced the launch of a new investigative team focused on disrupting "criminal misuse" of cryptocurrency. Dubbed the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team, or NCET, for short, the team will target crooked crypto exchanges, money launderers, and other unsavory elements that occupy…

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Star Trek Looks Back on 55 Years of Boldly Going in a New Documentary Series

Posted: 06 Oct 2021 05:00 PM PDT

From the looks of this trailer, documentary series The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek will consist mostly of interviews with cast and crew members across the beloved, long-running franchise—providing sort of an oral history of the show. A spicy oral history of the show, if the intriguingly fun soundbites in its…

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Europe Wants to Ban Facial Recognition—Take Note, America

Posted: 06 Oct 2021 04:40 PM PDT

The European Parliament has called for EU lawmakers to institute a ban on law enforcement's use of facial recognition, as well as other surveillance tools commonly used in the course of algorithm-driven predictive policing.

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Legends of Tomorrow's 100th Episode Just Caught a Captain Cold

Posted: 06 Oct 2021 04:30 PM PDT

Though it's been some time since Legends of Tomorrow counted villain-turned-begrudging hero Captain Cold among its ranks following his death in the show's season one finale, it's never taken all that much for characters to be miraculously resurrected in the CW's universe of DC superhero shows.

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16th-Century English Mystic’s ‘Magical’ Mirror Confirmed to Be of Aztec Origin

Posted: 06 Oct 2021 04:01 PM PDT

Scientists have shown that an obsidian hand-mirror once owned by the Renaissance polymath John Dee has Aztec origins, thus confirming a longstanding mystery.

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Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin's New Trailer Is a Return to the Simpler Horrors of the Old Days

Posted: 06 Oct 2021 03:30 PM PDT

Though director William Eubank's Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin is meant to be a narrative reboot separate from the overarching tale established in the original films, the movie's latest trailer definitely makes it seem like the new story's going to have quite a few unsettling details in common with its…

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Apple Will Require Apps to Make It Easy to Delete Your Account

Posted: 06 Oct 2021 02:50 PM PDT

Deleting a third-party app on your Apple device isn't exactly rocket science—in fact, it's as easy as clicking a button. But just because you delete the app doesn't mean that the account you set up within that app is gone for good. Starting Jan. 31, 2022, Apple will be requiring third-party developers to streamline…

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Jabra Owner Is Buying SteelSeries Because Gaming Is $$$$

Posted: 06 Oct 2021 02:40 PM PDT

The past two years have seen a huge amount of buyouts and mergers in the gaming industry, and now GN—parent company of well-known audio brand Jabra—has agreed to purchase gaming peripheral maker SteelSeries.

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