quarta-feira, 26 de janeiro de 2022


Google May Have a Cheap Pixel 6 Coming This Spring

Posted: 25 Jan 2022 05:30 PM PST

Before the pandemic, Google would introduce a new version of its lower-cost A-series smartphone around the same time as its Google I/O developers conference. The company may return to that launch timeline with the Pixel 6a, and it could accompany the long-anticipated Pixel Watch, plus a wallet-friendly HD version of…

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Spider-Man: No Way Home's Script Is Now Online

Posted: 25 Jan 2022 04:30 PM PST

After over a month in theaters, Spider-Man: No Way Home is still number one at the box office. And while it's rumored to be coming home for digital download in late February, today you can bring a piece of it home yourself. The entire script is online.

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Speak No Evil Will Make You Squirm and Scream

Posted: 25 Jan 2022 04:00 PM PST

In his virtual introduction for Speak No Evil at the film's 2022 Sundance Film Festival premiere, director Christian Tafdrup (and co-writer, with his brother Mads Tafdrup) explained that he set out to make "the most unpleasant experience for an audience ever." With this grim exploration of social boundaries pushed to…

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Apple's New 'Personal Safety Guide' Helps You Deal With AirTag Stalkers

Posted: 25 Jan 2022 03:30 PM PST

Apple has historically reeled in a wide range of users with the promise of top-notch digital security and a safe, walled-off ecosystem. However, its new(ish) AirTags, which critics warn can be manipulated by creeps and criminals to track users, have drawn Apple directly into the privacy spotlight. Those growing…

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Ricoh's New 360-Degree Theta X Is Easier to Use As a Standalone Camera

Posted: 25 Jan 2022 03:20 PM PST

If you want to capture 3D photos or footage on a budget, Ricoh's Theta line continues to be a relatively affordable alternative to multi-camera rigs. It's a much easier solution now, too: The new Theta X is the company's first 360-degree camera with a touchscreen and other upgrades that make it easier to use as a…

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Peter Dinklage Criticized Disney's New Snow White, and the Mouse Answered

Posted: 25 Jan 2022 03:10 PM PST

As a site that regularly reaches out to movie studios to comment on things, we have to say this is a bit of a shocker. But a welcome one. A potentially controversial problem was pointed out to Disney and the world's biggest film studio has responded. Which, trust us, does not happen all that often.

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Samsung Is Revealing Something 'Epic' at Its Next Galaxy Unpacked Event on Feb. 9

Posted: 25 Jan 2022 03:04 PM PST

Samsung's next Galaxy Unpacked event is official: The company announced that it will be livestreaming something "epic" on Feb. 9 beginning at 10 a.m. ET/7 a.m. PT on Samsung's website.

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Astrophysicists May Have Found a Rare Species of Black Hole in the Andromeda Galaxy

Posted: 25 Jan 2022 02:30 PM PST

A team of astrophysicists believe that a glob of stars in our next-door galaxy is hiding an intermediate-mass black hole, a type predicted to exist but that has never been observed for certain.

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The UK’s History Is Disappearing With Its Peatlands

Posted: 25 Jan 2022 02:10 PM PST

Climate change is coming for the UK's history.

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Covid-19 Vaccines Don't Affect Chances of Getting Pregnant Through IVF, Fertility Clinic Study Finds

Posted: 25 Jan 2022 02:00 PM PST

New research continues to affirm the safety of the covid-19 vaccines for people planning or expecting to have children. The study found no evidence that vaccination affected the outcomes of patients getting in-vitro fertilization (IVF), either in their chances of becoming pregnant or experiencing complications like an…

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The Star Trek Lore Behind Picard's New Time Travel Adventure

Posted: 25 Jan 2022 01:50 PM PST

We've known since we got our first glimpses of it in action that Star Trek: Picard's second season was going to delve into some time travel shenanigans. But our recent, Guinan-laden look at the season gave us a few more specifics... and told us that Picard and his friends are being thrust nearly into our own timeline,…

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Don't Fall for This Instagram Hijacking Scam

Posted: 25 Jan 2022 01:11 PM PST

A new study shows cybercriminals have been hijacking the Instagram accounts of high-profile users, then extorting them in return for restored access.

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The Batman's Take on the Batmobile and Batcave Sounds Rad

Posted: 25 Jan 2022 01:00 PM PST

For a movie about a millionaire who dresses up like a bat to combat a riddle-loving serial killer, it's still obvious that Matt Reeves's The Batman is supposed the most "realistic" (you know, comparatively) cinematic take on the Dark Knight so far. That begins by setting the movie at the start of Bruce Wayne's…

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Oh, Right! A Percy Jackson Streaming Series! We Totally Forgot!

Posted: 25 Jan 2022 12:10 PM PST

The first Percy Jackson book was released in 2005. The first Percy Jackson movie was released in 2010. And now, 22 months after news broke of a Percy Jackson streaming show, that's officially happening too.

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New Image Shows Webb Space Telescope Parked in its Final Orbit

Posted: 25 Jan 2022 11:40 AM PST

A robotic telescope in Italy has caught a faint glimpse of the Webb Space Telescope at its final location some 1 million miles from Earth.

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Trump's Truth Social to Roll Out the Censorbots

Posted: 25 Jan 2022 11:28 AM PST

Donald Trump's vision for a hellhole social media site free of liberal censorship, the yet-to-be-launched Truth Social, will rely on the same auto-moderation tools as its competitors—you know, the liberal censorship bots.

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Kate Mulgrew Faces Kate Mulgrew in Star Trek Online's Next Adventure

Posted: 25 Jan 2022 10:45 AM PST

What's better than Kate Mulgrew finally reprising her role as Kathryn Janeway for Star Trek Online? Being so good she gets to do it twice in one go.

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Teen Hacker Explains How He Gained Remote Access to Teslas Around the World

Posted: 25 Jan 2022 10:45 AM PST

The 19-year-old German security researcher who somehow managed to gain remote access to dozens of Teslas spread out around the world has spilled the beans on how he did it.

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Google's New Plan for Tracking Users Is Still All About Your Browsing History

Posted: 25 Jan 2022 10:34 AM PST

Google is planning to banish third-party cookies, and last year the company proposed an alternative to user tracking called FLoC ("Federated Learning of Cohorts"). This week, Google said FLoC had officially flown the coop. In its place, the company announced on Tuesday that it would be trying out another cookie…

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After Yang Offers A Serene Sci-Fi Rumination on Loss

Posted: 25 Jan 2022 09:30 AM PST

We often think of sci-fi films as bombastic, grand canvases for spaceships, lasers, and robots. But After Yang, the new film by South Korean-born filmmaker Kogonada, uses a handful of those elements to be grand in a whole other way. It's an emotionally fulfilling story of family and loss set in a fascinating world…

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How Life in the 'Deep Biosphere' Thrives Despite Temperatures That Would Fry Humans

Posted: 25 Jan 2022 08:48 AM PST

A science expedition in 2016 revealed a subsurface habitat in which microbes were found living at temperatures approaching 250 degrees Fahrenheit. Now, a follow-up study reveals how this remarkable microbial community manages to beat the heat.

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Nvidia's Blockbuster Takeover of Arm Is Reportedly On the Brink of Collapse

Posted: 25 Jan 2022 08:40 AM PST

The biggest semiconductor acquisition in history is apparently on the brink of collapse. Nvidia is reportedly preparing to declare defeat in its attempted $40 billion purchase of Arm from SoftBank, according to a Bloomberg report.

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Rare and Beautiful Snow Blankets the Mediterranean Coast

Posted: 25 Jan 2022 08:30 AM PST

It's a winter wonderland in parts of the Mediterranean—a rare sight in a region of the world known for its azure seas and beautiful beaches. A major snowstorm blanketed parts of Greece and Turkey this weekend, causing havoc in an area not accustomed to winter weather.

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Gizmodo's Degrees of the Future

Posted: 25 Jan 2022 08:05 AM PST

In the 1950s, a visionary college student might have pursued a degree in computer science, and helped create our modern digital world. In the 1990s, that same student might have studied biotechnology, and developed genetic engineering techniques that are solving today's health crises. But what and where should a…

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Lucasfilm and EA Announce New Star Wars Games, Including More Jedi: Fallen Order

Posted: 25 Jan 2022 08:00 AM PST

In the last year Lucasfilm has announced its intent to bring Star Wars to a broader range of gaming developers, ahead of a decade-long exclusivity deal with EA Games that ends in 2023. But just because Lucasfilm has altered the deal doesn't mean it's not working with the developer on more Star Wars adventures.

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