terça-feira, 9 de novembro de 2021


You.com Launches in Beta As a Privacy-Focused Search Alternative to Google

Posted: 09 Nov 2021 09:00 AM PST

It's not every day a new search engine comes online, but You.com is betting its AI-driven and privacy-focused approach can convince people that it's better than Google.

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RIP Dean Stockwell, Quantum Leap's Beloved Al

Posted: 09 Nov 2021 08:20 AM PST

Dean Stockwell, Scott Bakula's stalwart co-star in Quantum Leap and an actor with over 70 years of work across film, television, and stage to his name, has passed away at the age of 85.

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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Is Getting Absolutely Clobbered by Dust

Posted: 09 Nov 2021 08:05 AM PST

NASA's historic mission to "touch the Sun" has encountered a heavy bombardment of dust, surprising mission scientists and resulting in some fascinating new data about the Parker Solar Probe's increasingly hostile environment.

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Vegan Haggises of Glasgow, Ranked

Posted: 09 Nov 2021 07:45 AM PST

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND — Covering United Nations climate talks requires walking. Lots of it. Enough to work up a major appetite.

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How the American Oil and Gas Industry Funds the Fulbright Program

Posted: 09 Nov 2021 07:35 AM PST

When Carina Spiro first decided to apply to the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Program in 2016 as a senior in college, a particular phrase caught her eye. "In the description of Malaysia, the program said applicants must have 'a sense of adventure,'" she said. "I thought, that's me, sign me up."

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GE Breaking Up Into Three Separate Public Business

Posted: 09 Nov 2021 07:25 AM PST

General Electric, one of the oldest vanguards of US manufacturing, will split into three separate public companies focused on aviation, healthcare, and energy.

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8 Ways to Justify Spending $800 on Lego's Massive New Star Wars AT-AT Set

Posted: 09 Nov 2021 07:15 AM PST

Just as the Empire decimated planet after planet with its intimidating fleet of space weapons, Lego continues to decimate responsibly planned budgets with its Ultimate Collector Series Star Wars sets. The latest Lucasfilm creation to lay waste and stomp all over your wallet is the new UCS AT-AT that costs a hefty $800.

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This Aesthetic Keyboard Is Cute for TikTok, Hard for Typing

Posted: 09 Nov 2021 07:00 AM PST

It's the best time to start finding yourself a colorful mechanical keyboard. There are already a variety of build-it-yourself kits, and you can pair them with artisan keycaps from indie makers and mass manufacturers alike. Big brands are also exploring this incredibly niche world, with companies like Razer making…

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Updates From Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Supergirl, and More

Posted: 09 Nov 2021 06:30 AM PST

Producer Hiram Garcia teases Black Adam's edge. David Gordon Green draws Stephen King parallels for his Halloween Ends script. Star Trek: Prodigy gets a season two renewal and a very confusing season one rollout. Plus, more looks at the return of Scream. Spoilers away!

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The Fast Fashion Industry Could Drown Itself

Posted: 09 Nov 2021 06:15 AM PST

Fast fashion is a growing source of carbon emissions. But those emissions could well be its undoing; carbon pollution is worsening climate change, including impacts in the heart of fast fashion garment hubs around the world.

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Now Qualcomm Wants to Help Build the Metaverse

Posted: 09 Nov 2021 06:00 AM PST

Like it or not, everyone is talking about the metaverse, and now Qualcomm is trying to get into the mix with a new AR development platform called Qualcomm Spaces.

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Intel's Alder Lake CPUs Are a Future-Proofed Leap Forward, but the Competition Is Fierce

Posted: 09 Nov 2021 05:30 AM PST

Intel's newest processors might not be the future, but they're definitely future-ready.

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Peloton Made a Camera That’ll Guide You While You Lift Weights

Posted: 09 Nov 2021 05:00 AM PST

Peloton has long been rumored to be working on a strength-training product, and after the company teased an upcoming launch during its earnings call last week, it seemed like the new machine's arrival was imminent. Now the $495 Peloton Guide is here, but it's probably not what you thought it would be.

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Far-Right Congressman Tweets Edited Anime Video of Himself Killing AOC

Posted: 09 Nov 2021 03:15 AM PST

Republican Paul Gosar shared an edited video Monday that depicts the congressman as an anime hero violently taking on Democrats. The animated video even shows Gosar killing fellow member of Congress, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, which is eerily similar to some of former President Donald Trump's edited videos. And that's…

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Singapore to Stop Paying Medical Bills for Unvaccinated Covid-19 Patients

Posted: 09 Nov 2021 02:00 AM PST

The government of Singapore will stop paying the medical bills of those covid-19 patients who are "unvaccinated by choice," according to a report from the Strait Times. Singapore previously paid for all covid-19 treatments for citizens, permanent residents, and long-term visa holders.

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Elon Musk Changed His Twitter Name to ‘Lorde Edge’ and Inspired a New Memecoin

Posted: 08 Nov 2021 09:10 PM PST

These days, I'm not so sure which is more outlandish: the stuff tech magnate Elon Musk does or the stuff his fans do. In recent days, it seems pretty clear that Musk and his fans have come to a digital tie in this area.

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Google's New 'Pet Portraits' Feature Helped Me Find My Cat's Historical Doppelganger

Posted: 08 Nov 2021 06:06 PM PST

Google has finally come up with a new feature that has allowed me to fulfil a lifelong goal: Getting my baby, Leia, on the blog. My goal aside, the company's new "Pet Portraits" feature is sure to bring some you some joy and help you learn something new on this lazy Monday.

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Vulcan's Hammer, Philip K. Dick's 1960 Tale of AI Gone Wild, Is Heading to the Big Screen

Posted: 08 Nov 2021 05:00 PM PST

Published shortly before Philip K. Dick's breakout novel The Man in the High Castle, Vulcan's Hammer might not be one of the celebrated author's best-known titles. But its pulpy story is—like so many of Dick's works—eerily prescient, and director Francis Lawrence, who's roamed some dystopian landscapes in the past…

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Robinhood Hack Compromises Millions of Customer Email Addresses and Names

Posted: 08 Nov 2021 04:30 PM PST

Someone recently hacked and attempted to extort Robinhood, the popular investment and trading platform, gaining access to millions of customers' email addresses and full names in the process.

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A Rare Copy of Jodorowsky's Dune Book Is Up for Auction

Posted: 08 Nov 2021 04:00 PM PST

Anyone who has seen the documentary Jodorowsky's Dune has probably done the same Google search immediately after: "Jodorowsky's Dune book." That's because in the film, director Alejandro Jodorowsky speaks at length not just about how he planned on adapting Frank Herbert's Dune for the big screen, but the incredible…

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Andrew Garfield Talks Spider-Man: 'Money Is the Thing That Has Corrupted All of Us and Led to the Terrible Ecological Collapse That We Are All About to Die Under'

Posted: 08 Nov 2021 03:00 PM PST

Honestly, this is about as good a response you should get out of a man very tired of being asked if he's going to be in a Spider-Man movie next month.

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Palantir Co-Founder Starts Anti-Woke University With Clown Car of Intellectual Dark Web Dweebs

Posted: 08 Nov 2021 02:43 PM PST

A sampling of the nation's most intolerable contrarian columnists, right-wing pundits, and other stuffed shirts is launching their own university in a bid to challenge the supposedly woke academic status quo—courtesy of funding from an obscure libertarian nonprofit linked to Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale.

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The Witcher's New Franchise Universe Is Kind of Making It Up as It Goes Along

Posted: 08 Nov 2021 02:10 PM PST

If you've read more than a couple of Andrzej Sapkowski's Witcher novels, you know the Polish writer has created a rich and complex fantasy world for his monster-slaying hero Geralt, sorceress Yennefer, and Witcher-in-training Ciri to inhabit. But the masterminds behind Netflix's Witcher TV series, the recent anime…

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This Hand Gesture Popularized on TikTok Led to the Rescue of Abducted Girl, Police Say

Posted: 08 Nov 2021 01:55 PM PST

A distress signal made popular on TikTok may have led to the ultimate rescue of a 16-year-old girl being held in a man's car on a Kentucky highway, according to local authorities.

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Sea Lions Are Reclaiming Their Territory in New Zealand, Humans Be Damned

Posted: 08 Nov 2021 01:42 PM PST

In New Zealand, a growing sea lion population is getting comfortable in unexpected places, including along hiking trails and in at least one public swimming pool. The comeback of this endangered species has meant more dangerous interactions between sea lions and humans, conservationists say.

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