quarta-feira, 17 de novembro de 2021


Spider-Man: No Way Home's Hot Toys Figure Showcases Peter's Newest Look

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 03:20 PM PST

Still excited by last night's Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer? Well, you can prolong those Marvel Cinematic Universe endorphins by checking out Hot Toys' new figure of the upcoming movie's Spider-Man. Not only is it gorgeous (as usual) but it offers a great look at the new costume Peter Parker (Tom Holland) will be…

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Bill Gates-Backed TerraPower Picks Wyoming for First Advanced Nuclear Reactor

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 02:52 PM PST

TerraPower, an experimental nuclear power company backed by Bill Gates, could open its first site as early as 2028 in the coal mining town of Kemmerer, Wyoming. Adding a touch of symbolism for out with the old, in with the new, the company says their plant would be constructed near the premises of a pair of coal…

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Apple Is Reportedly Betting Big On Sports Streaming

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 02:30 PM PST

Apparently seeking to bring users more access to the wonderful world of sports, Apple is reportedly hard at work on a new framework that would potentially improve streaming coverage within its iOS and Apple TV apps.

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Riverdale Killed Off a Major Character (Kind of)

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 02:20 PM PST

Oh, Riverdale, please never change. Your ridiculousness is always a delight, and you somehow manage to keep getting more ridiculous. However, last night's season six premiere on the CW set a bar so high I honestly don't know how you'll top it. It was also the beginning of a five-part Riverdale "event" and it kicked…

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TikTok May Owe You a Chunk of Its $92 Million Data Breach Settlement

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 02:10 PM PST

TikTok just agreed to settle a massive $92 million class action lawsuit, and anyone who used the app prior to Sept. 30 of this year could be entitled to a payout.

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10 Companies That Think Following Facebook Into the Metaverse Is a Good Idea

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 02:00 PM PST

By this point, you are probably already sick of the metaverse, and it hasn't even arrived. Though the term has existed in science fiction for decades, it quickly became tech's hottest buzzword and greatest source of marketing material since Mark Zuckerberg announced Facebook (now Meta) would become a metaverse company…

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Paul Gosar First Congressman to Be Stripped of Powers Because of Anime

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 01:37 PM PST

Arizona Representative Paul Gosar, the far-right Republican conspiracy theorist who unsuccessfully tried to launch a white nationalist caucus with QAnon-loving Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene earlier this year, was censured in a full vote of the House on Wednesday. At issue was an anime video that Gosar shared…

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NASA Has a New Plan to Wake Up the Hubble Space Telescope

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 01:29 PM PST

Hubble Space Telescope, with all but one of its science instruments currently in safe mode, could soon be back in business, as mission team members prepare to roll out a recovery plan.

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Breaking Down Spider-Verse Shadows in the Spider-Man: No Way Home Trailer

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 01:00 PM PST

Our latest look at Marvel and Sony's Spider-Man: No Way Home is here, and Peter Parker's got new mentors, new foes, and a whole new multiverse of mess to deal with in his latest superhero movie. Let's break down the new trailer and see what secrets we can speculate about for our latest trip into the Spider-Verse.

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Farmers on Jet Skis Are Racing to Save Cows Trapped by British Columbia Floods

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 12:40 PM PST

Farmers in British Columbia are working overtime to save their livestock from devastating floods, including leading cattle through neck-deep water using jet skis and pulling calves onto motorboats. While the images of the cow rescue may seem a little ridiculous, it's a deadly serious sign of the destruction wrought by…

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Is the Crypto-Fueled Plan to Buy the U.S. Constitution a Scam?

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 12:30 PM PST

On Thursday, ConstitutionDAO might realize the blockchain's fullest democratic potential and purchase a copy of the United States Constitution at Sotheby's auction house. It's reminiscent of the group of collectors that bought the single-edition Wu-Tang album this past summer, except it's open to all, and it's…

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Riz Ahmed Is a Father Who Sees Aliens in the Intense Encounter Trailer

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 12:20 PM PST

In the dead of night, Malik Khan (Rogue One's Riz Ahmed) suddenly turns up at the home of his young sons Jay (Lucian-River Chauhan) and Bobby (Aditya Geddada). Though he hasn't seen them in years, he's intent on whisking them away on top-secret business. But is the mission—and the implied alien threat behind it—real,…

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What to Know About Kessler Syndrome, the Ultimate Space Disaster

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 12:14 PM PST

The world got a stark reminder this week that Earth's orbit is increasingly a crowded and potentially dangerous place. After the Russian military destroyed one of its defunct satellites in a weapons test early Monday morning, the crew of the International Space Station was forced to take shelter as high-speed debris…

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Experimental Anti-Tick Vaccine Aims to Stop Bites That Could Spread Lyme

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 12:01 PM PST

In the not-so-distant future, campers and hikers may be able to get a shot that not only protects them from Lyme disease but also from the bloodsucking ticks that spread it—at least if Yale-led research into an anti-tick vaccine continues to show promise. In a new study involving guinea pigs, an experimental…

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Tidal Is Finally Doing the Spotify Thing With a Free Subscription Tier

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 11:51 AM PST

Tidal, the premium streaming music service geared toward audio enthusiasts with artist backers like Jay-Z, is making some significant changes to its subscription plans to bring in more listeners.

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Don't Look Up Is a Climate Change Movie in Disguise

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 11:22 AM PST

I don't have to see more than the two-and-a-half-minute trailer for Don't Look Up to feel confident in saying that it will almost surely be the best climate film made to date.

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DC's Jason Todd Is Looking Like a Snack in This Preview for Task Force Z #2

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 11:10 AM PST

It's standard procedure for comic book heroes and villains to come back from the dead. But sometimes they come back but stay dead, and that's the case in DC Comics' new series Task Force Z. io9 has your exclusive preview today.

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QAnon Shaman Sentenced to More Than Three Years in Prison

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 10:41 AM PST

Jacob Chansley, the "QAnon shaman" who became one of the leading faces of the January 6 Capitol Hill Riots, was sentenced to 41 months in prison after pleading guilty to civil disorder, obstruction of an official proceeding, and disorderly conduct in a restricted building, according to The Daily Beast.

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The Wheel of Time's Daniel Henney Can See the Future

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 10:20 AM PST

The 14 books that comprise Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time fantasy series were released over 23 years. Amazon Prime Video's upcoming TV adaptation can't possibly last half that long, but if the show is successful, it's still going to be a massive time investment for every actor on board. When io9 asked star Daniel…

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Nintendo's New Game & Watch Is a Zelda Fan's Must-Have

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 09:51 AM PST

My biggest takeaway from last year's Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. was that Nintendo could have, and should have, included more games. It was a complaint the company has more or less addressed with the new Game & Watch: The Legend of Zelda, resulting in a better handheld for casual play. It's arguably a must-have…

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The 11 Scariest Monsters in Christmas Movies

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 09:30 AM PST

Everybody loves a Christmas horror movie—and there are more than enough to fill up every night of December. For this list, we're celebrating 11 of our all-time favorite holiday monsters as featured in some of those bone-chilling Yuletide classics: killer toys, killer treats, killer trees, monsters, and jolly demons…

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The 200 Worst Passwords of 2021 Are Here and Oh My God

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 09:10 AM PST

After a year filled with massive hacks and lord-knows how many exploits, you'd think we would all learn to be a bit—just a bit!—more cyber-savvy as 2021 comes to a close. But if this year's list of the 200 most popular passwords is any indication, we're just as dumb as we've ever been. Perhaps even dumber.

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The Making of Spider-Man: No Way Home Sounds Like Chaos

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 09:00 AM PST

Sony and Marvel's Spider-Man: No Way Home certainly looks exciting, but it sounds like things were equally exciting on the other side of the camera, too—especially in terms of the movie's casting, which may hold a clue to some of the surprise cameos that may be in the film.

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Biden Administration Celebrates COP26 by Offering Largest Fossil Fuel Sale in U.S. History

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 08:43 AM PST

Addressing world leaders at the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow earlier this month, President Joe Biden declared this to be a "decisive decade in which we have an opportunity to prove ourselves" on climate. Less than a week after the end of that UN meeting, the Biden administration will hold the largest…

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Big Tech's Biggest Lobbying Arm Loses Microsoft and Uber as Priorities Splinter

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 08:25 AM PST

The trade organization once central to Big Tech's intensive lobbying efforts appears to be slowly fading into the background as companies increasingly opt for a go-it-alone approach. That decline escalated this week with a new report from Axios revealing Microsoft and Uber, among two of the group's largest members,…

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