segunda-feira, 10 de janeiro de 2022


Bronx Apartment Fire Disaster Shows Why Energy Efficiency Isn’t Just a Climate Issue

Posted: 10 Jan 2022 10:25 AM PST

An apartment fire broke out on Sunday in the Bronx and killed 19 people, including nine children younger than 16. It was the deadliest New York fire in more than three decades. Initial reports indicate that the fire was caused by a malfunctioning space heater—which demonstrates how energy efficiency upgrades to…

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The Batman Villains: Our Best Looks Yet at Riddler, Penguin, Catwoman

Posted: 10 Jan 2022 10:15 AM PST

You don't have to be a comic book or movie fan to know the names Riddler, Penguin, or Catwoman. Villains in the Batman universe are as famous, if not more so, than the Caped Crusader himself. And so someone who hasn't been following every morsel of information about Matt Reeves' new film, The Batman, might assume they…

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Halloween Kills Made Sure Michael Myers' 1978 Mask Was Deadly Accurate

Posted: 10 Jan 2022 09:15 AM PST

Halloween Kills arrives on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD tomorrow—and we've got a peek at one of the bonus features. All told, the release includes the original theatrical version of the film as well as an extended cut with an alternate ending—plus extended and deleted scenes, a gag reel, and behind-the-scenes footage.

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Joe Biden Is Losing the War Against Inefficient Appliances

Posted: 10 Jan 2022 09:00 AM PST

Patriots, rejoice. While President Joe Biden may be trying to do things like "make the government slightly more functional," there is one area where his radical socialist agenda is failing: Appliance efficiency.

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Webb Space Telescope Deploys Primary Mirror Without a Hitch

Posted: 10 Jan 2022 08:50 AM PST

The left wing of Webb's primary mirror unfolded and locked into position on Saturday, in what was the final step of the major deployments phase. The space telescope finally looks like a telescope, but the commissioning phase is far from over.

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Dolphins Have a Fully Functional Clitoris, Study Finds

Posted: 10 Jan 2022 08:23 AM PST

Humans and dolphins have even more in common than we might have thought, new research suggests. Biologists say they've found clear anatomical evidence that female dolphins have a fully functional clitoris that helps them experience pleasure during sex—just as it does for humans. The findings may one day help…

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Tesla's 'Assertive' Mode Brings 'Rolling Stops' to Self-Driving Options

Posted: 10 Jan 2022 08:20 AM PST

Tesla has brought back its Full Self-Driving (FSD) profiles around three months after pulling the feature from an October update. The three driving profiles, labeled "Chill" "Average" and "Assertive," dictate the ways FSD equipped Tesla's behave in certain scenarios and the amount of risk the vehicles may take when…

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It Looks Like Microsoft's Surface Go 3 Is About to Get a Sleek New Paint Job and LTE

Posted: 10 Jan 2022 08:10 AM PST

Microsoft's Surface Laptop Studio and Surface Pro 8 stole the spotlight from the Surface Go 3 when the company revamped its PC portfolio last year, but now there is another reason to check out the diminutive convertible tablet.

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It's Time to Vote for Another (Impossibly Minor) X-Men Member Again

Posted: 10 Jan 2022 07:45 AM PST

While the real world goes to hell, there's a comfort—a very small, cold comfort—in knowing that democracy is still holding strong somewhere, namely over at Marvel Comics. Well, not really Marvel Comics, just the X-Men... and even then, that's kind of overselling it. Look, you just get to elect the team's new…

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Report: Apple Won't Join the Metaverse Hype With Its Headset

Posted: 10 Jan 2022 07:30 AM PST

Apple apparently doesn't want anything to do with tech's most obnoxious buzzword—I'm referring, of course, to metaverse (a pass for guessing NFT).

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Updates From Ant-Man 3, Jurassic World: Dominion, and More

Posted: 10 Jan 2022 06:25 AM PST

Disney offers a tiny glimpse of the return of Hocus Pocus. Kung Fu's sophomore season adds a trio of new stars. The returning stars of Scream discuss the new movie. Plus, a look at the returns of Resident Alien and Batwoman, and what to expect from the debut of Naomi. Spoilers away!

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Panasonic to Offer Four-Day Workweek in Japan

Posted: 10 Jan 2022 03:00 AM PST

Panasonic has announced plans to offer a four-day workweek to employees in Japan in an effort to improve productivity and attract better workers, according to a new report from Nikkei Asia. The move comes after the Japanese government made official recommendations to private employers in 2021 that included a shorter…

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The House of Mouse Could Be Headed for the Metaverse

Posted: 09 Jan 2022 03:59 PM PST

The metaverse may be headed to a Disney theme park near you.

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Turkmenistan Plans to Close Its Blazing 'Gateway to Hell'

Posted: 09 Jan 2022 02:13 PM PST

These past few years have felt like a trial run of living through the end times. Thankfully, 2022 seems like it's off to a promising start: Turkmenistan plans to close the blazing natural gas crater known as the "Gateway to Hell," presumably to keep the other three horsemen of the apocalypse from following their buddy…

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5 Superhero Movies with Delays as Bad as Morbius

Posted: 09 Jan 2022 12:45 PM PST

The movie community wept when news broke earlier this week that Jared Leto's Morbius was delayed to April. Marvel's vampiric antihero is meant to be the next addition to Spider-Man's cinematic world, which has expanded in some interesting ways recently, but it just hasn't come to fruition for the frontman of 30…

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The Bob's Burgers Movie Has Quite the Delightful Premise

Posted: 09 Jan 2022 12:00 PM PST

For Bob's Burgers fans, the wait for the theatrical movie has been quite a lengthy one. The movie was originally announced in 2017 with a planned release for 2020, but the merger between Disney and Fox has meant the latter company's movies have been in a strange state of limbo. There would be few or no updates at all…

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Spider-Man: No Way Home's VFX Team on Recreating Its Vintage Villains

Posted: 09 Jan 2022 09:30 AM PST

Visual effects make up a lot of the MCU movies, but Spider-Man: No Way Home had its work cut out for it. Bringing back five villains from previous movies, plus two of the former Spider-Men was quite an undertaking, and VFX supervisor Kelly Port recently spoke about the process of bringing these characters back for the…

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