terça-feira, 30 de novembro de 2021


A Bot Stole Your PS5 and Lawmakers Have Heard Your Cries of Anguish

Posted: 30 Nov 2021 01:10 PM PST

Democratic lawmakers want to get serious about a particularly frustrating scourge of the holiday season: the "Grinch" bot.

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Online Shopping Is Turning the High Seas Into a Super-Polluting Highway

Posted: 30 Nov 2021 12:40 PM PST

Mega retailers Amazon, Walmart, Target, and IKEA have made a mint during the pandemic as millions of consumers flocked to online shopping. Those companies have seen record profits as a result, but those profits will come at a steep environmental cost.

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Why the Answers on Omicron Are Still Weeks Away

Posted: 30 Nov 2021 12:36 PM PST

Over the Thanksgiving holiday, the coronavirus threw us yet another spiky curve ball. Scientists in South Africa identified a new, worrying variant of the virus, since dubbed Omicron. This variant's wide range of mutations may help it evade existing immunity, though that's not yet clear. There are many other unknowns,…

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Game of Thrones Prequel Dunk and Egg Sounds Like a Go at HBO

Posted: 30 Nov 2021 12:20 PM PST

We know HBO has been working on several Game of Thrones-related spinoffs for years. The first to get the go-ahead was House of the Dragon—based on author George R.R. Martin's extensive history of the Targaryen civil war that erupted some 300 years before the events of Game of Thrones. That history was published as

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The Matrix Resurrections Will Demand You Look Deeper

Posted: 30 Nov 2021 11:40 AM PST

Movies that connect with audiences in different ways are always the biggest hits and The Matrix is the perfect example. On the surface, it's got plenty of action, romance, and sci-fi mythology, as well as a dense, entertaining story. For most movies, that would would be enough—but The Matrix goes deeper. A lot deeper.…

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Twitter Bans Sharing Photos of Private Individuals Without Their Consent

Posted: 30 Nov 2021 11:20 AM PST

As part of Twitter's never-ending attempt to thwart the doxxers and trolls that seem to lurk in every corner of its platform, the company overhauled its private information policies on Monday to explicitly ban sharing pictures or videos of private individuals without their consent.

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Nvidia's Rumored Next-Gen Gaming GPUs Sound Incredible, but Good Luck Buying One

Posted: 30 Nov 2021 11:10 AM PST

Graphics cards are practically impossible to purchase these days due to the ongoing chip shortage, but that's not stopping Nvidia. The company reportedly plans to announce its GeForce RTX 40-series GPUs sometime next year.

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Google’s ‘Don’t Be Evil’ Motto Goes to Court

Posted: 30 Nov 2021 11:10 AM PST

For the better part of two decades, Google has required nearly all of its employees to sign agreements with the instructions "don't be evil," without ever really bothering to elaborate on what evil actually means. Now, three former software engineers are suing the company to see just how seriously it takes this…

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

Posted: 30 Nov 2021 11:00 AM PST

Welcome back to io9's the Nerd's Watch, where we pare down the enormous lists of new films and television shows arriving on all your favorite streaming services into the sci-fi, fantasy, and horror titles we think you'll like most.

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This Map Shows the Pacific Northwest's Nightmare November Rain Totals

Posted: 30 Nov 2021 10:50 AM PST

The calendar can't turn to December fast enough for the Pacific Northwest—but even that offers little promise of respite. Residents there have been blitzed by a series of November storms that have driven widespread flooding and destruction.

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5 Ways to Help the Climate That Will Make a Real Difference

Posted: 30 Nov 2021 10:40 AM PST

An analysis by Carbon Switch released on Giving Tuesday shows that donations to environmental groups is concentrated mostly at just a couple of big nonprofits, most of which work in land conservation. It's understandable: climate has often been pigeonholed as an environmental issue. And what are known as the "big…

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Astronomers Spot Two Supermassive Black Holes on a Collision Course

Posted: 30 Nov 2021 10:29 AM PST

Through a standard telescope, the nearby galaxy NGC 7727 looks like a gossamer tumbleweed drifting in the night sky. But within it are two supermassive black holes beginning a dance that will end with their violent merger. As a team of astronomers recently found, these objects are closer to Earth than any other…

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HBO Follows Netflix Into Free Phone Games

Posted: 30 Nov 2021 10:10 AM PST

Continuing the bizarre streaming-platforms-now-do-free-mobile-gaming tradition recently pioneered by Netflix, HBO announced on Monday that it is partnering with Glow Up Games, a company founded by women of color, to produce a free mobile offering based on the original hit series Insecure.

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Rick and Morty Ventures to 'Arrickis' in a Trio of Comic Book Spoofs

Posted: 30 Nov 2021 10:00 AM PST

The spice must flow, Morty, for he is Padishah Rick now.

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HP Printer Flaw Puts 150 Models at Risk—Install this Patch Right Now

Posted: 30 Nov 2021 09:20 AM PST

HP printer owners should download the latest firmware to protect their devices from critical security flaws.

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George R.R. Martin Has the Same Game of Thrones Regrets You Do

Posted: 30 Nov 2021 09:10 AM PST

We all have a lot in common with best-selling A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin. We're all carbon-based lifeforms. None of us have published a book titled The Winds of Winter, although all of us would like it to be out ASAP. And it turns out all of us are bummed out about how HBO's TV adaptation of…

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How Matrix: Resurrections Could Be Shaped By Video Game Lore

Posted: 30 Nov 2021 08:10 AM PST

When the third Matrix film, Revolutions, released in 2003, the series' time flourishing at the box office was ostensibly done. As you well know, nothing's ever really gone in the age of blockbuster franchise cinema, and now, we're a month away from a fourth Matrix movie. But the latest sequel was never actually the…

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Asus Made a Kitchen Gadget That Tells You When Fruits and Veggies Are Actually Clean

Posted: 30 Nov 2021 07:41 AM PST

Best known for laptops and PC gear, Asus' latest creation takes the company in a completely different direction. The PureGo PD100 is a kitchen accessory that dives into a sink full of water and produce to intelligently determine when pesticides have been adequately cleaned off and fruits and veggies, making them safe…

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People Are Giving Money to the Wrong Climate Charities

Posted: 30 Nov 2021 06:50 AM PST

The majority of money given to environmental charities goes to just a handful of organizations, according to a new report. And, the analysis finds, the nonprofits and issues they champion raking in the biggest donor dollars aren't necessarily focused on some of the most crucial ways to lower carbon emissions.

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Updates From Shazam: Fury of the Gods, Spider-Man: No Way Home, and More

Posted: 30 Nov 2021 06:20 AM PST

A new look at Hocus Pocus 2 teases the Sanderson sisters' return. There could be more to come from the world of Malignant. Jessica Henwick hypes up Carrie Anne-Moss' return to Matrix Resurrections. Plus, what's coming on 4400, and Kathryn Hahn reacts to her Wandavision spinoff. Spoilers now!

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Mark Zuckerberg Is a BBQ Sauce-Obsessed Killer in New Meta Parody Video

Posted: 30 Nov 2021 03:00 AM PST

Mark Zuckeberg's metaverse is still just a dream inside his head. But one animator took the liberty of creating a version of Facebook's metaverse that probably wouldn't be approved by the social media giant.

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Chucky Gets a Season 2, Lives to Slay Another Day

Posted: 29 Nov 2021 05:00 PM PST

The Chucky TV series is a hit—and the diabolical doll will return for a second season to continue his overall-clad reign of terror.

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Charlie Brown and the Peanuts Gang Are on a Mission in Their New Holiday Special

Posted: 29 Nov 2021 03:40 PM PST

Heartwarming as Peanuts stories tend to be, Apple TV+'s upcoming For Auld Lang Syne animated special tells a story about just how stressful and emotionally exhausting the holiday season often ends up being. Though Lucy Van Pelt prides herself on doling out mental health advice to her friends, Auld Lang Syne finds her…

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Amazon's Alabama Workers Are Getting a Second Chance to Unionize

Posted: 29 Nov 2021 02:50 PM PST

Bessemer, Alabama warehouse workers will get a second shot at a union election, the National Labor Relations Board has decided. It found that Amazon shot itself in the foot by interfering with the election, even beyond its considerable leverage to influence workers.

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The U.S. Really Doesn't Want to Admit It Spied on Julian Assange

Posted: 29 Nov 2021 02:40 PM PST

A new report from Yahoo's Michael Isikoff alleges that the US hasn't been super helpful to Spain as it attempts to investigate whether a local security firm spied on Julian Assange at the behest of the CIA.

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