quarta-feira, 13 de abril de 2022


Elon Musk Sued by Twitter Investor Over Illegal Stock Purchase Secrecy

Posted: 13 Apr 2022 03:00 AM PDT

An investor in Twitter has filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk over the billionaire's secret purchase of Twitter stock that sent the price soaring after it became public. Musk bought his enormous slice of Twitter shares on March 24, but the public didn't learn about it until April 4.

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Taiwan Releases Military Invasion Survival Guide for Its Citizens

Posted: 12 Apr 2022 05:15 PM PDT

It's easy to see why countries like Taiwan have military invasion on the mind. Now, Taiwan's Ministry of Defense has released its first handy 28-page guidebook in case another country (not saying who) decides to invade the territory it has long-claimed as its own.

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Riverdale's Next Lunacy Involves Time Travel, Because Why the Hell Not

Posted: 12 Apr 2022 05:00 PM PDT

Don't say Riverdale has gone off the rails. Don't you dare. Give the infamously bonkers show, starring increasingly and sinisterly absurd versions of the unquestionably wholesome Archie comics characters, the respect it deserves.

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Amazon Blasts Away Competition With 20% Growth in Workplace Injuries

Posted: 12 Apr 2022 04:50 PM PDT

Amazon's most recent example of double digit growth likely isn't one it's eager to tell shareholders.

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Look at This Stretch of Amazon Rainforest Cleared in a Year

Posted: 12 Apr 2022 04:22 PM PDT

The Amazon rainforest in Mato Grosso Brazil is shrinking. Brazil's space research agency, INPE, reported that the first quarter of 2022 set a new deforestation record for the rainforest—941 square kilometers were cleared from Janaury to the end of March. This is the largest area of deforestation that the agency…

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What's Your Favorite Gilbert Gottfried Performance?

Posted: 12 Apr 2022 04:00 PM PDT

Even if you didn't know who Gilbert Gottfried was, you knew his voice. The legendary comedian and actor's raspy, screechy voice was one of the most distinct, unique voices of all time. Sadly though, that voice was silenced this week as he passed away at the age of 67. Gottfried leaves a body of work that has inspired…

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Americans Gon' Wild: Gonorrhea and Syphilis at Record Highs in 2020

Posted: 12 Apr 2022 03:45 PM PDT

Despite widespread lockdowns and quarantine orders, the first year of the covid-19 pandemic did not stop Americans from spreading sexually transmitted diseases.

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Meta Wants You to Sell Virtual Stuff, but You Gotta Pay the Metaverse Tax

Posted: 12 Apr 2022 03:20 PM PDT

Meta's first attempt at virtual reality ads was a major flop. Now, the company is shifting to a different money-making strategy within its metaverse: The buying and selling of virtual "items and effects," as described in a Monday press release.

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Stranger Things Season 4's Big Bad Is a Dungeons & Dragons God

Posted: 12 Apr 2022 03:10 PM PDT

The Duffer Brothers have revealed that the antagonist of Stranger Things season four's first volume (and perhaps mastermind of the whole darn thing) is Vecna, an ancient god-like lich who hails from Dungeons & Dragons. We got a glimpse of him at the beginning and end of today's ripping trailer for the Netflix hit.

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Jeff Bezos Really, Really Wants to Hang Out With Pete Davidson

Posted: 12 Apr 2022 03:07 PM PDT

Imagine a vulture, a sparrow, a turkey, and a pigeon all decide to hang out on the same power line. It's odd, isn't it? Makes about as much sense as a Monday night outing that saw Amazon-founder Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sánchez, Kim Kardashian, and Pete Davidson sitting around the same table on a double date.

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DuckDuckGo’s Super Private Browser to the Rescue (For Mac)

Posted: 12 Apr 2022 02:41 PM PDT

Data privacy company DuckDuckGo has released its super secure web browser in beta for Mac—finally. The move comes years after the company released its browser for iOS and Android in 2018, and adds to their growing suite of digital privacy tools for everyday consumers.

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New York May Crack Down on Crypto Mining

Posted: 12 Apr 2022 02:25 PM PDT

The New York Assembly wants to stop cryptocurrency mining operations from setting up shop in the state's shuttered power plants. Assembly member Anna Kelles has drafted legislation meant to pause crypto mining in the state, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the power-intensive industry.

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Places on Tatooine, Ranked

Posted: 12 Apr 2022 02:15 PM PDT

Tatooine was meant to be the furthest place from the bright center of the universe, according to Luke Skywalker in A New Hope. No one went there, important or otherwise. But Star Wars is Star Wars, so now it's spent generations revisiting the world and making anything but unimportant.

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Dead Sunspot Explosion Spits Plasma Toward Earth

Posted: 12 Apr 2022 02:15 PM PDT

The Sun just hurled debris from a dead sunspot toward Earth, and the superheated material is supposed to arrive at our planet on Thursday (don't worry—you won't feel it).

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Instagram and Snapchat Addiction Allegedly Led to 17-Year-Old Boy's Suicide

Posted: 12 Apr 2022 01:58 PM PDT

Snapchat and Meta "knowingly and purposely" created harmful, addictive products that led to a 17-year-old boy's tragic suicide, a new lawsuit alleges.

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Google Pixel 6a Spotted at FCC, Could Debut Next Month

Posted: 12 Apr 2022 01:55 PM PDT

Android users got the flagship phones they demanded from Google with the launch of the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, but the wait for a more wallet-friendly value pick has stretched on for some time. Based on mysterious FCC filings, it appears the long-awaited device, the Pixel 6a, could arrive in the coming weeks

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No One's Watching CNN+

Posted: 12 Apr 2022 01:45 PM PDT

CNN's streaming service, aptly dubbed CNN+, is reportedly giving Quibi a run for its money in the competition to become the biggest catastrophe of the streaming era.

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Cops Pull Over Self-Driving Car

Posted: 12 Apr 2022 01:35 PM PDT

Karen Gillan on How Avengers: Endgame Changed Nebula Going Into Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Posted: 12 Apr 2022 01:20 PM PDT

Now that the Marvel Cinematic Universe has dusted Thanos himself, everyone wants to know what's next. Who is the next big bad? Where is it all going? Those answers are certainly coming but if Thanos was your in-universe Dad, the fallout is coming sooner rather than later.

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NASA Will Test Gigantic Centrifuge for Hurling Objects Into Space

Posted: 12 Apr 2022 01:13 PM PDT

The Gaming Shelf Spotlights World Champ Game Co., New Releases, and More

Posted: 12 Apr 2022 12:40 PM PDT

Welcome to the revived Gaming Shelf! We're back with a bimonthly schedule, a new creator's spotlight, and a whole lot of links that will be rounding up the gaming news, notable releases, and crowdfunding campaigns that have grabbed our attention recently.

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I Need a Cheap, Reliable Chromebook for My Kid! What Gadget Should I Buy?

Posted: 12 Apr 2022 12:05 PM PDT

In this edition of "What Gadget Should You Buy?" we recommend the best budget Chromebook for a school kid.

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Microsoft's Surface Laptop Go 2 Could Launch in June

Posted: 12 Apr 2022 11:50 AM PDT

At long last, Microsoft looks set to update one of the few truly budget-friendly Windows laptops worth considering over a Chromebook.

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TikTok Will Rake in More Cash This Year Than Snap and Twitter Combined: Report

Posted: 12 Apr 2022 11:45 AM PDT

TikTok—the short video app that serves you everything from strange crate-based challenges to faked videos of the war in Ukraineis quickly becoming a cash cow, according to a new report.

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Check Out a Trailer for That Self-Transforming Optimus Prime Figure's Trailer

Posted: 12 Apr 2022 11:40 AM PDT

Less than a year ago, Transformers fans' mouths stood agape when Hasbro and Robosen Robotics revealed an absolutely amazing, fully programmable, 19-inch tall Optimus Prime figure that could transform from his robot form into his truck mode (and vice versa) with the touch of a button. But what's Optimus Prime without…

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