quinta-feira, 18 de novembro de 2021


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Posted: 18 Nov 2021 10:50 AM PST

The United Nations climate talks ended with a pretty mixed bag of results. The good? That there was a deal at all plus a number of commitments outside what is now the Glasgow Climate Pact. But the bad piled up, too. Many of the pledges are nonbinding and a last-minute gut punch to the pact watered down language around…

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15 Movies to Watch After Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 10:40 AM PST

Ghostbusters: Afterlife will be released to the masses very soon, and considering you probably rewatched at least the original Ghostbusters and maybe even Ghostbusters II as prep, now you need something to watch afterward. No, we don't have access to a time machine where we get another movie that continues the story…

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Dark Horse Will Make Star Wars Comics Again

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 10:00 AM PST

From 1991 to 2014, Dark Horse Comics churned out more than 100 different Star Wars titles. It adapted novels, helped define the Old Republic era, emblazoned much of the universe both before and after the movies, and helped define what used to be called the Expanded Universe. Now it's going to tackle series' canon,…

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Surreal Deep Sea Discoveries Include Glitter Worms and Upside-Down Lakes

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 09:35 AM PST

A deep-sea scientific expedition off the coast of Mexico has uncovered some weird stuff on the ocean floor, including six possibly newly discovered animal species of arrow worms, crustaceans, mollusks, and roundworms. The research crew also found striking hydrothermal vents fueled by geologic activity beneath the…

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Elon Musk Says First Orbital Launch of Starship Could Happen by January

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 09:24 AM PST

Speaking to scientists yesterday, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk offered an update on the Starship program and how the company plans to perform around a dozen launches of the gigantic rocket next year—the first of which could come as early as January.

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Star Trek: Discovery Is Back and Still Not Sure How Much of a Hero It Wants

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 09:10 AM PST

Star Trek's legacy is built on heroes doing the kinds of things that, really, they shouldn't: captains beaming down on missions that could get them killed, reckless, brave officers who dare first and ask questions later. It's always been an accepted part of the narrative; Star Trek's leads, commanders, engineers,…

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A Primary Organizer of #AppleToo Is Leaving Apple Following Settlement

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 09:04 AM PST

One of the principal organizers of the #AppleToo movement is reportedly set to depart the company on Friday after reaching a settlement with the iPhone-maker over a National Labor Relations Board complaint she filed in September.

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10,000 John Deere Union Workers Make Historic Gains, Ending Five-Week Strike

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 08:55 AM PST

Over 10,000 John Deere workers spread out across 14 locations have ended a nearly five-week-long strike after ratifying what the United Auto Workers Union is calling a "landmark agreement."

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Squished Monkey Balls Win 2021 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 08:45 AM PST

Animal comedy capitalizes on the usual grace of the natural world and the inherent humor of slapstick. Since animals can't do stand-up routines, we rely on their occasional anthropomorphics and blunders to get a laugh. Here are some of the winners of this year's Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards, which honor photographers…

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Starbucks Has Launched a Cafe in NYC That Uses Amazon's Cashierless Payment System

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 08:35 AM PST

As part of its plan to elbow its way into every corner of commerce, Amazon has now partnered with Starbucks to open a new cashierless cafe in New York City. With around 30,000 locations, the coffee franchise represents an opportunity for Amazon's camera-based payment system to see exponential growth if the pilot's a…

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Over a Million Americans May Have Permanently Lost Their Sense of Smell to Covid-19

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 08:05 AM PST

New research Thursday aims to quantify a life-altering aftereffect of covid-19: a lingering loss of smell, also known as anosmia. The study estimates that up to 1.6 million people in the U.S. have experienced chronic anosmia lasting at least six months following their coronavirus infection.

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Warner Bros.' MultiVersus Looks Like the IP Nightmare Lebron's Space Jam Warned You About

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 08:00 AM PST

MultiVersus, Warner Bros.' forthcoming free-to-play video game, is one of the many attempts that companies have made at recreating the madcap perfection of Nintendo's Super Smash Bros., a multiplayer fighter built on the premise of mashing up characters from different franchises as part of a wholly new, out-of-canon…

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Guillermo del Toro Wants You to Take a Walk Down Nightmare Alley

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 07:30 AM PST

The new trailer for Guillermo del Toro's next film has arrived, and boy... Nightmare Alley looks good. It also has a hell of a cast, but there's so much going on it's difficult to parse what's happening in the final trailer for the film other than it's set in the first half of the 20th century, Bradley Cooper appears…

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Fans Open Up About How Star Trek Reminds Them They’re Not Alone

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 07:00 AM PST

There's nothing quite like finding a piece of pop culture you connect with on a visceral level. This connection can manifest in different ways, whether it's relating to a fictional character on screen or a real-life person with whom you share your obsession. No matter what, being a fan can show you that you're a part…

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Microsoft's Phil Spencer Wants the Gaming Industry to Embrace Game Preservation Through Emulation

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 06:55 AM PST

Replaying the favorite video games of your youth isn't as easy as re-reading a loved book or re-watching a movie you've already seen 100 times. And Phil Spencer, Microsoft's Executive Vice President of Gaming, thinks that's a problem the games industry needs to address by embracing emulation with open arms.

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Updates From The Matrix Resurrections, Riverdale and More

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 06:40 AM PST

Get a look at Kate Bishop and her friends in some new Hawkeye character posters. Doctor Who teases a dire season finale. Legends of Tomorrow gets riveting. Plus, what's next on Yellowjackets and Batwoman. Spoilers now!

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The Alienware x15 Is a Sleeker (and Pricier) Way to Game in Style

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 05:30 AM PST

An Alienware executive once told me that Alienware would never make a thin and light gaming notebook, because the company preferred to deliver systems with good value and performance without compromising on thermals. But that exec doesn't work at Alienware anymore, and after years of waiting for a system I thought…

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How to Use Adaptive Battery to Make Your Android Phone Last as Long as Possible

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 05:00 AM PST

From dimming the screen brightness to switching on airplane mode to carrying around a portable charger, keeping a smartphone battery alive as long as possible between charges is a challenge that we've faced for as long as smartphones have been around. With the many upgrades we've seen from smartphones over the years,…

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Spotify Finally Adds Lyrics to Save You Some Embarrassment

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 04:00 AM PST

You'll no longer have an excuse to mess up the lyrics of every song. Spotify is finally adding a live lyrics feature, so all you have to do is play a song to finally find out if Taylor Swift is singing about "Starbucks lovers" (the answer, sadly, is no).

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AstraZeneca Scientist Defends Plan to Start Selling Covid-19 Vaccine For Profit

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 03:00 AM PST

A scientist who works on the AstraZeneca vaccine with Oxford University in the UK has come out to defend the decision to sell its covid-19 vaccine at a profit, according to a new report from the Financial Times. AstraZeneca was previously unique because it sold the covid-19 vaccine at cost, unlike most other vaccine…

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Beware of Flying Phones: Instagram Has Announced a New Feature Called 'Rage Shake'

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 07:15 PM PST

Whenever an app on my iPhone doesn't work, I tend to open it and close it over and over again to try to will it back to life. If that doesn't yield results, I tend to stare at my device and attempt to burn an imaginary hole through it with my annoyance. Yet, I have never been filled with "rage" about an app not…

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Robinhood Reveals Hackers Stole ‘Several Thousand’ Phone Numbers

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 05:58 PM PST

More than a week after popular investment and trading platform Robinhood revealed that hackers had obtained access to a "limited amount" of its customers' personal information, the company has now stated that some of the stolen information included thousands of phone numbers.

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Monstrous Mayhem Awaits in the Trailer for the Alien-Inspired Death Valley

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 04:30 PM PST

It's not that uncommon for a director or writer to also star in the movie they director or wrote. What's less common, by far, is when writer-director also plays the horrifying monster in their movie—but that's the case with Death Valley, Matthew Ninaber's new sci-fi horror movie coming to Shudder next month. The…

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