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- Mystery Group of Humans May Have Populated the Faroe Islands Before the Vikings
- Google Adds New Chrome Features to Help You Finish Your Holiday Shopping
- New York City Cops Suspected of Faking Vaxx Cards, Stripped of Badges
- Star Trek: Discovery Keeps on Riffing, as Shadows Loom
- This Week's Surreal Weather Nightmare, in Photos
- Intel Throws Cold Water on the Metaverse Happening Any Time Soon
- Newly Discovered Millipede Is First With More Than 1,000 Legs
- Warner Bros. Is Sticking to Theaters in 2022
- Hyundai Made a Highly Maneuverable, Drink-Serving, Baby-Carrying Robot
- Comcast Continues Its Smart Home Push With New Video Doorbell
- ‘Communication Issue’ Delays Much-Anticipated Launch of Webb Telescope
- James Cameron Still Has Most of One More Avatar Sequel to Film
- Stripe Wants Its Pebble of Carbon-Removal Investments to Ripple Across the Pond of Human Existence for Centuries
- Schwinn Electric Scooters Recalled Over Loose and Cracking Handlebars
- UK, Denmark, and Australia Report Highest Daily Covid-19 Cases of Pandemic
| Mystery Group of Humans May Have Populated the Faroe Islands Before the Vikings Posted: 16 Dec 2021 09:10 AM PST  Centuries-old DNA collected from the bottom of a lake on the Faroe Islands is turning back the clock on human occupation of the archipelago. Vikings arrived there around 850 CE, but a team of researchers has deduced that some unknown group of humans must have arrived at these North Atlantic islands several hundred… |
| Google Adds New Chrome Features to Help You Finish Your Holiday Shopping Posted: 16 Dec 2021 09:00 AM PST  'Tis the season to start your holiday shopping at the last possible second when you realize time is running out and not even an ongoing pandemic will get you out of buying a gift. Google Chrome is adding new features to help you get in and out unscathed. |
| New York City Cops Suspected of Faking Vaxx Cards, Stripped of Badges Posted: 16 Dec 2021 08:50 AM PST  Two NYPD officers allegedly faked vaxx documents and submitted them to…the NYPD. The police department reports that they have been stripped of their guns and badges and demoted to desk duty. They're the newest representatives of the unmasked, vaxx-resistant cop contingent, regularly sighted maskless on subways, some … |
| Star Trek: Discovery Keeps on Riffing, as Shadows Loom Posted: 16 Dec 2021 08:45 AM PST  Star Trek: Discovery has been a little emotionally all over the place in its most recent season—more than usual, as it's pushed and pulled its put-upon Starfleet heroes from one crisis to the next, while also occasionally stopping to let them vent their pent-up feelings. But this week was different. This week, for the… |
| This Week's Surreal Weather Nightmare, in Photos Posted: 16 Dec 2021 08:36 AM PST  Wednesday was easily one of the weirdest weather days the U.S. has had in a long time. Despite the calendar showing it's mid-December, historic warmth gripped the eastern half of the country. When a storm coming from the West met the hot zone, atmospheric sparks flew. |
| Intel Throws Cold Water on the Metaverse Happening Any Time Soon Posted: 16 Dec 2021 08:25 AM PST  Intel has released its first statement on the metaverse, and while the chipmaker is a believer in what some think will be the future of how the digital and physical worlds could one day coexist, the company warns of a major roadblock that could get in the way of this proposed platform. |
| Newly Discovered Millipede Is First With More Than 1,000 Legs Posted: 16 Dec 2021 08:00 AM PST  For the first time, scientists have found a millipede that actually has 1,000 legs. More than 1,000, actually: Plucked from deep in a mine in Western Australia, Eumillipes persephone has an eye-popping 1,306 legs along its 3.78-inch frame. |
| Warner Bros. Is Sticking to Theaters in 2022 Posted: 16 Dec 2021 07:45 AM PST  While filmmakers like Denis Villeneuve hated it, for those of us who spent 2021 not particularly keen on visiting the outside world, Warner Bros.' decision to release all of its 2021 cinematic offerings in theaters and on HBO Max simultaneously has been a delight. The operative words here are "has been," because at… |
| Hyundai Made a Highly Maneuverable, Drink-Serving, Baby-Carrying Robot Posted: 16 Dec 2021 07:10 AM PST The most common approach to designing robots capable of handling any terrain is to copy Mother Nature's designs, as Boston Dynamics did with its Spot quadruped. But humans have come up with some clever ideas for getting around too—like the wheel. So, Hyundai is using a hybrid approach for a new robot platform that… |
| Comcast Continues Its Smart Home Push With New Video Doorbell Posted: 16 Dec 2021 07:00 AM PST  Comcast wants to be both your internet provider and your smart home security system with a new device, Xfinity Video Doorbell. It has all the marquee features of competing video doorbells from Nest and Ring, including an HD camera with a 4:3 aspect ratio. There's also two-way audio, so you can chat with the delivery… |
| ‘Communication Issue’ Delays Much-Anticipated Launch of Webb Telescope Posted: 16 Dec 2021 06:49 AM PST  Another day, another problem with the Webb Space Telescope. The new delay has to do with a communications issue, which we can only hope is not serious. |
| James Cameron Still Has Most of One More Avatar Sequel to Film Posted: 16 Dec 2021 06:20 AM PST  The cast of Renfield continues to expand. Spiral writer Josh Stolberg is hard at work on Saw 10. Riverdale casts just a regular, normal person with no plans to do anything weird at all. Plus, a look behind the scenes on Superman & Lois season 2. Spoilers go! |
| Posted: 16 Dec 2021 05:40 AM PST  Digital payment process platform Stripe has been trying to help make seemingly science fiction a reality through its large-scale carbon purchasing program called Stripe Climate. Now, it's using another $6 million to pay four companies to capture carbon dioxide from the air and safely store it. |
| Schwinn Electric Scooters Recalled Over Loose and Cracking Handlebars Posted: 16 Dec 2021 04:00 AM PST  Schwinn's Tone model electric scooters are being recalled after consumers reported loosened and cracked handlebars, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. |
| UK, Denmark, and Australia Report Highest Daily Covid-19 Cases of Pandemic Posted: 16 Dec 2021 03:00 AM PST  The United Kingdom, Denmark, and Australia have all reported the highest daily covid-19 case counts of the entire pandemic on Wednesday, a troubling sign that the world's global health emergency is far from over. |
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