quarta-feira, 30 de março de 2022


Google Debuts New Chrome OS Launcher—and It Has Serious Windows Start Menu Vibes

Posted: 30 Mar 2022 09:00 AM PDT

Google is reinventing the Chrome OS launcher for the first time in years as it marks the one-hundredth update of its Chromebook operating system.

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Game of Thrones Prequel House of the Dragon Soars Onto HBO Max This August

Posted: 30 Mar 2022 08:05 AM PDT

It's been a few years since we last left Westeros in... well, it was certainly a state. But as we've waited to return to George R.R. Martin's fantasy world and go back even further into its past with the Targaryen-focused prequel series House of the Dragon, we now know that we don't have much longer to wait for that…

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Lions Got Super Mellow After Sniffing Oxytocin

Posted: 30 Mar 2022 08:00 AM PDT

Scientists in South Africa recently lured captive lions up to a fence with raw meat and then puffed the hormone oxytocin into their noses. The unusual experiment aimed to find out if the so-called love hormone could make the big cats friendlier to each other—and that's exactly what happened.

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Here’s What’s Going on Under the Hood of Intel’s New Arc Discrete GPUs

Posted: 30 Mar 2022 08:00 AM PDT

Intel's highly anticipated Arc discrete graphics have arrived, and they intend to disrupt a long-running two-horse race between Nvidia and AMD.

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Elliot Page Returns to Umbrella Academy as Viktor Hargreeves

Posted: 30 Mar 2022 07:30 AM PDT

As Season Three of Umbrella Academy wraps, the cast and production have revealed that Elliot Page, who uses both he and they pronouns, is returning to the show as Viktor Hargreeves. Previously playing a character named Vanya, the change comes in the wake of Page's own announcement of their transgender identity, and…

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Roli's Squishy-Keyed Seaboard Rise Keyboard Just Got an Important Upgrade Making it Easier to Play

Posted: 30 Mar 2022 07:00 AM PDT

Aside from going digital in the late '70s and then the rise of cheap electronic Casio keyboards in the '80s (blasting Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up in demo mode) the piano went mostly unchanged until 2013 when Roli first revealed its squishy-keyed Seaboard Rise. Nine years later, Roli is introducing version 2

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Updates on the Future of Sonic 2, The Mandalorian, and Star Trek: Picard

Posted: 30 Mar 2022 06:45 AM PDT

Rob Zombie shares more from behind the scenes on The Munsters. Joel Edgerton has boarded a new adaptation of Dark Matter. Plus, get a new sneak peek at what's coming on The Walking Dead, and a glimpse of tomorrow's episode of Star Trek: Picard. To me, my spoilers!

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Impossible Sausage Links Gave Me Some Uncanny Valley Vibes

Posted: 30 Mar 2022 06:35 AM PDT

I am weird about eating meat. I generally prefer not to eat it at all, but since I'm already such a picky eater about everything else, I try to incorporate it into my diet lest I disappear into nothingness.

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The Government Made This Fake News Broadcast About a Nuclear Attack

Posted: 30 Mar 2022 06:20 AM PDT

The Government Made This Fake News Broadcast About a Nuclear Attack on Indianapolis

Posted: 30 Mar 2022 06:10 AM PDT

In December of 1986, the Pentagon, the CIA, FBI, the Department of Energy, and just about every other federal agency you can think of came together in Indianapolis for an enormous training exercise code-named Mighty Derringer. The plan was to simulate a nuclear terrorist incident and explore how every agency would…

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Hackers Steal $625 Million From Ronin Network in Largest Ever Crypto Theft

Posted: 30 Mar 2022 04:00 AM PDT

Hackers stole roughly $625 million in cryptocurrency from the Ronin blockchain and the play-to-earn Axie Infinity video game network that operates on top of it, according to a disclosure from the Ronin Network late Tuesday. The hack is believed to be the biggest theft of cryptocurency in history.

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In the Zone: Dyson's First Wireless Headphones Pump Fresh Tunes to Your Ears and Fresh Air to Your Face

Posted: 29 Mar 2022 10:00 PM PDT

Dyson's expertise seems to be focused on moving air—vacuums, hair dryers, fans—so it was confusing at first to encounter wireless headphones from the company. But the Dyson Zone is unlike any pair of headphones on the market today. Built into each ear cup is a miniature air purifier that pumps fresh air to the wearer…

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The New Zealand Mint Sells Some of the Most Over-the-Top Pop Culture Inspired Collectible Coins

Posted: 29 Mar 2022 05:00 PM PDT

Currency has been a form of artistic expression as long as currency has been a thing. Countries use it to highlight their culture, significant historical figures, and important milestones—but why stop there? Capitalism and currency go hand in hand, and while many countries have found a lucrative revenue stream through…

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Elisabeth Moss Tracks a Mysterious Menace in Apple TV+ Thriller Shining Girls

Posted: 29 Mar 2022 04:00 PM PDT

Serial killers are tricky enough to track—but what if the fiend you're seeking has supernatural powers? And even worse, what if they have you on their list of targets? That's the terror weighing upon Shining Girls protagonist Kirby (Elisabeth Moss) in what looks like a very twisty and twisted new series from Apple TV+

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Pennywise's Origin Might Be Told in It Prequel Series

Posted: 29 Mar 2022 03:15 PM PDT

The deep, disturbing mythology of Stephen King's creepy creation Pennywise the Clown might be getting its very own streaming series. Currently being referred to as Welcome to Derry, the show, which is currently in the early stages of development, would tell a 1960s-set story in the same timeline as the recent It

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Hackers Are Impersonating Police to Subpoena People’s Data

Posted: 29 Mar 2022 03:00 PM PDT

In recent years, it's become alarmingly routine for law enforcement agencies to subpoena tech platforms for user data—a practice that some critics see as an invasive privacy violation. Criminals are taking note, and now they're doing it, too.

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Sharon Stone Returns to Comic Book Villainy for Blue Beetle

Posted: 29 Mar 2022 02:35 PM PDT

Sharon Stone is in talks to play Victoria Kord, the main villain in DC Comics' forthcoming film Blue Beetle, reports The Wrap. She joins a stacked cast that includes Cobra Kai's Xolo Maridueña as Jaime Reyes/Blue Beetle, the also-just-announced Raoul Max Trujillo (Mayans M.C., Apocalypto) as Carapax the Indestructible…

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None of These 14 Doppelgangers Are Actual Twins

Posted: 29 Mar 2022 02:30 PM PDT

A glance at François Brunelle's photography is often disorienting. For years, the Canadian photographer has dedicated himself to creating portraits of pairs of people that look so remarkably similar that you would think they're siblings, or at least part of the same family. However, the pairs featured in his photos…

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Why NASA Will Be Keeping Many Details of This Weekend’s Megarocket Test Secret

Posted: 29 Mar 2022 02:13 PM PDT

A critical test of NASA's upcoming Space Launch System rocket starts this Friday, but the live broadcast of the wet dress rehearsal promises to be a dull and silent affair owing to security concerns. We live in uncertain times, no question, but some experts say this muzzling is over the top and unhelpful.

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Trump: ‘I Have No Idea What a Burner Phone Is’

Posted: 29 Mar 2022 02:10 PM PDT

Former President Donald Trump seems to want you to believe he took a phone detox during the most tumultuous hours of his presidency.

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Amazon Rainforest NFTs Put Greenwashing on the Blockchain

Posted: 29 Mar 2022 02:00 PM PDT

Good news for crypto buffs: You can now buy NFTs that are linked to specific tracts of land in the Brazilian rainforest. While the company claims that it's a bold new vision for conservation, it's in reality a harbinger of a wave of problematic crypto-driven greenwashing.

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Choose Or Die Looks Like an 8-Bit Horror Version of Jumanji

Posted: 29 Mar 2022 01:45 PM PDT

If the idea of Jumanji got combined with the violence from Saw, then filtered through a stand-up arcade machine, you'd have the new Netflix film Choose or Die. From director Toby Meakins and writer Simon Allen, Choose or Die stars Iola Evans (The 100) and Asa Butterfield (Ender's Game) as two people who stumble upon…

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YouTube TV Is Finally Bringing Surround Sound to More Devices

Posted: 29 Mar 2022 01:01 PM PDT

No home theater is complete without music and effects booming at you from every direction, which is why it's relieving to hear that YouTube TV is finally testing its long-awaited 5.1 surround sound ability on more devices.

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A Common Arthritis Drug Can Help Alopecia Patients Regrow Hair, Large Trials Find

Posted: 29 Mar 2022 12:55 PM PDT

An experimental treatment for a condition that can cause widespread hair loss is close to the finish line. Recently published data from two Phase III trials has shown that baricitinib can help substantially regrow the hair of some patients with alopecia areata. The findings will likely pave the way for the Food and…

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On Being Trans and Watching Everything Everywhere All at Once

Posted: 29 Mar 2022 12:45 PM PDT

"Wait," Everything Everywhere All at Once's Jobu Tupaki (an interdimensional being of unrivaled cosmic power and chaos, covered in blood and glitter, having just killed three men) says to her mother. "In this universe, you're still hung up on the fact that I like girls?"

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