quarta-feira, 11 de maio de 2022


Video Shows Houses Collapsing Into the Ocean as North Carolina's Coastline Erodes

Posted: 11 May 2022 12:56 PM PDT

On Tuesday, amid high tides and heavy winds brought on by a storm, two unoccupied houses in the Outer Banks, North Carolina fell into the ocean. One collapsed in the early hours of the morning. The other, which fell in the afternoon, was caught on video. The houses were on the same stretch of beach and both were…

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Hold Your Horses Future Flying Car Pilots, The FAA Says It's Modifying Its Regulations

Posted: 11 May 2022 12:40 PM PDT

Beleaguered rush hour commuters desperately looking to future flying taxis to deliver their traffic salvation are in for some potentially bad news.

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What You Actually Need to Remember About Obi-Wan Kenobi Before His Show Starts

Posted: 11 May 2022 12:32 PM PDT

For a man who spent a few decades hanging out in a small house in the desert, Obi-Wan Kenobi actually had a pretty busy life in the Star Wars canon even before A New Hope—and even before his upcoming, self-titled Disney+ series. Here's a few tidbits from Obi-Wan's life on Tatooine that are fun to know about in the run…

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Google Just Teased a Pixel Tablet, and It Runs Android

Posted: 11 May 2022 11:55 AM PDT

Google seems to be taking the "try, try again" proverb to heart when it comes to tablets, given that it just teased plans to release another tablet during Google I/O. But that doesn't mean it's not shaking things up. Whereas the company's short-lived Pixel Slate ran Chrome OS, the mysterious tablet just teased at the…

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Google's Pixel Watch is Real, and It's Coming Later This Year

Posted: 11 May 2022 11:55 AM PDT

After so many leaks and waves of copious speculation, Google has finally announced the existence of the Pixel Watch. The company teased it during its Google I/O 2022 keynote, though you won't be able to get your hands on it yet. The Pixel Watch will launch alongside the rest of the renewed Pixel lineup later this year.

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Google Pixel 6a Coming This Summer, 7/7 Pro Likely to Follow This Fall

Posted: 11 May 2022 11:55 AM PDT

On the Google I/O 2022 keynote stage, Google has officially confirmed what we've been suspecting: new Pixel smartphones are on the horizon, and they are imminent. The mid-tier Google Pixel 6a will be the first one to hit shelves, coming this summer. Later this year, you can also expect the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro.…

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Every Google Pixel Device Revealed at Google I/O 2022

Posted: 11 May 2022 11:55 AM PDT

Google used its I/O Developer Conference this year to introduce the world to the latest family of Pixel products, including a new member in the Pixel Watch. Yes, the long-awaited smartwatch has finally been announced, giving hope to Android users awaiting a true rival to the Apple Watch. While the Pixel Watch won't…

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Google's Pixel Buds Pro Finally Bring Active Noise Cancellation to the Wireless Earbud Googleverse

Posted: 11 May 2022 11:55 AM PDT

Google stumbled out of the gate with its first attempt at wireless earbuds (which still came with a wire), but since 2017, Pixel Buds have been slowly improving. Now, for the first time, they're getting a pro model with active noise cancellation, although it pushes Pixel Buds to their highest price point yet.

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This Year's Weird Flu Season Just Got Even Weirder

Posted: 11 May 2022 11:54 AM PDT

Even as covid-19 continues to dominate the public health spotlight, our old friend the flu is showing up with some new surprises. This year's flu season is not following the usual bell curve pattern, as an NBC graphic illustrates, where cases peak around January and February and then fall toward the end of April.…

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Google to Introduce 'Scene Exploration' to Lens

Posted: 11 May 2022 11:54 AM PDT

Google I/O, the tech giant's annual developer conference is happening this week. Among many new features and reveals came the Tuesday announcement of "scene exploration," and search tool that combines panoramic photos and text. 

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Google Will Start Paying News Sites in Europe For Displaying Their Articles

Posted: 11 May 2022 11:50 AM PDT

Google announced it is finally fully capitulating to demands from both the European Union and news media companies that tech giants should pay to display snippets of reporters' work on sites or search results.

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The Free Speech Billionaire™ Sues Tesla Critics in China

Posted: 11 May 2022 11:42 AM PDT

Tesla is reportedly suing a telecom CEO for weighing in on the electric car company's ongoing feud with one of its customers.

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Dear Lucasfilm: Ask Bryce Dallas Howard to Make a Star Wars Movie

Posted: 11 May 2022 11:10 AM PDT

There's an argument to be made that Bryce Dallas Howard has been the best, most consistent live-action Star Wars director... maybe ever. Directing not one, not two, but three of the best pieces of Star Wars in recent memory, it's very clear that Howard is no longer simply a formidable actress, she has full command on…

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Coinbase Works to Calm User’s Bankruptcy Fears as Its Stock Price Plummets

Posted: 11 May 2022 11:05 AM PDT

If you're used to riding the cyrpo rollercoaster, then you know the admission to ride comes with the promise of both ups and downs.

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Google Adds Virtual Credit Cards for Google Pay

Posted: 11 May 2022 11:00 AM PDT

Google will roll out virtual credit cards for Pay on Chrome and Android later this year, in an effort to better protect users' financial information during online transactions.

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Google to Let You Delete Yourself From Searches, Customize Ads

Posted: 11 May 2022 11:00 AM PDT

At this year's Google I/O conference, Google announced a host of new privacy and security features designed to keep the massive amounts of digital information they have on you secure. These include a custom ad experience and the ability to more easily delete your personal information from its search engine results.…

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Climate Change May Be Giving the World’s Oceans Amnesia

Posted: 11 May 2022 10:05 AM PDT

Climate change is making the world's oceans lose their "memory," according to new research.

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27 Rights Groups Demand Zoom Abandon 'Invasive,' and 'Inherently Biased' Emotion Recognition Software

Posted: 11 May 2022 10:00 AM PDT

More than two dozen rights groups are calling on Zoom to scrap its efforts to explore controversial emotion recognition technology. The pushback from 27 separate groups represents some of the most forceful resistance to the emerging tech yet, which critics fear remains inaccurate and under tested.

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Detroit Zoo Officials Think Their Missing Wallaby Was Snatched by a Raptor

Posted: 11 May 2022 09:55 AM PDT

The Detroit Zoo's 5-month-old wallaby joey went missing over the weekend, and yesterday zoo officials suggested a haunting possible explanation: that the young marsupial may have been plucked out of its enclosure by a bird of prey.

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Ms. Marvel Co-Creator Sana Amanat on How the Show Keeps the Core of Kamala's Powers

Posted: 11 May 2022 09:45 AM PDT

Sana Amanat has been with Ms. Marvel from the beginning. Back in 2014, she was the Marvel comics editor who collaborated with writer G. Willow Wilson, artist Adrian Alphona, and fellow editor Steve Wacker in order to help bring the teenaged superhero from Jersey City to life. When the trailer for the upcoming Disney+…

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Trump Really Wanted to Know if China Has a 'Hurricane Gun'

Posted: 11 May 2022 09:35 AM PDT

Can you nuke a storm out of existence? Can you redirect a swirling cyclone of wind and rain with a Sharpie? Can you shoot a hurricane out of a gun and across the planet? These are the questions of our time, and thank god we have Donald Trump to ask them.

Former President Trump has a history with hurricanes.…

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Passenger Lands Plane After Pilot Gets Sick

Posted: 11 May 2022 09:15 AM PDT

In a scene that's reminiscent of the 1980 cult comedy Airplane!, a flight pulling into West Palm Beach this week managed to avoid certain calamity when a passenger with no flying experience took over the controls from the pilot, who was suffering a "medical emergency."

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2022 Summer Movie Preview: All the Biggest Horror, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy Films Coming Soon

Posted: 11 May 2022 09:00 AM PDT

Are summer movies back? For the past few years, the summer movie season has been super weird. In 2020, there wasn't one due to the pandemic. In 2021, it was an odd mix of theatrical and streaming releases with some of the biggest films having both. But now, in 2022, summer movies are back! Almost.

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Oil Majors Have Found a Sneaky Way to Look Greener on Paper

Posted: 11 May 2022 08:33 AM PDT

Big oil and gas companies under pressure to clean up their act on climate have a new "solution": Ditching responsibility for polluting assets by selling them off to no-name companies.

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Carvana Tells Employees to Hit the Road as Company Growth Swerves

Posted: 11 May 2022 08:25 AM PDT

Carvana, the online car retailer, has reportedly laid off over 2,500 employees, some over Zoom, this past Tuesday according to Protocol.

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