sexta-feira, 3 de junho de 2022


Dave Filoni Knows How Ahsoka Met Luke, But He’s Not Telling Yet

Posted: 03 Jun 2022 01:30 PM PDT

Arguably the most important meeting in Star Wars history has taken place, we just haven't seen it. After The Book of Boba Fett, we now know that Ahsoka Tano and Luke Skywalker were acquaintances in the time between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens. But how that meeting of the forever-linked Force wielders…

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Google Might Owe You Money for Your Face if You Live in Illinois

Posted: 03 Jun 2022 01:00 PM PDT

Google took another hit today. The tech company has settled for $100 million following a class action lawsuit in Illinois over data privacy concerns from users of the Google Photos app.

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Researchers Think They Found Crusades-Era Grenades in Jerusalem

Posted: 03 Jun 2022 12:56 PM PDT

When you think about the brutal weaponry of the Crusades, you probably think of swords, bows, maces, axes, and flails. But according to a study recently published in PLoS One, you should add hand grenades to that list.

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Kevin Feige Says Ms. Marvel's Avengers Convention Made Marvel Want to Do One for Real

Posted: 03 Jun 2022 12:45 PM PDT

At today's press conference for Ms. Marvel, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige confirmed that, inspired by scenes in the Disney+ series, the studio is actually considering hosting a real-life Marvel convention.

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Here's How to Turn Off Those Annoying Images In Your Windows Search Bar

Posted: 03 Jun 2022 12:20 PM PDT

Last night, I was cleaning out my C drive on my Windows 10 PC, as you do, and decided to restart when I was all done. After putting off a series of Windows updates for the past few weeks because I didn't want to go through the agonizing, 10 second long process of a restart, I thought this would be a great opportunity…

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TV Shows Are Rated by ‘Bingeability’ Now

Posted: 03 Jun 2022 12:09 PM PDT

Nielsen is launching a new product aimed at shoring up the accuracy of its TV ratings system: a series of datasets meant to quantify a program's "bingeability," along with a show's propensity to keep viewers coming back for more episodes down the line. The ratings giant explained in a statement Thursday that streaming…

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The Stranger Things Season 4 Finale Is Just 2 Movies

Posted: 03 Jun 2022 12:00 PM PDT

The first volume of Stranger Things season four was released last week, and now we know, once and for all, just how long volume two is going to be. Episode eight will clock in at just over an hour, while episode nine, the season finale episode, is two hours and 19 minutes long. So two episodes of television, about

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The Boys' Third Season Can't Live Up to Its Superhero Satire Ambitions

Posted: 03 Jun 2022 11:30 AM PDT

Here's the thing about The Boys: it may be entertaining, but it fundamentally fails because we already know the world sucks, and this show doesn't offer a perspective that's any different.

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The Real Reason Why Tron 3 Hasn't Happened (So Far)

Posted: 03 Jun 2022 10:30 AM PDT

Odds are a third Tron film will get made eventually. That's just how things work in Hollywood. Ideas get batted around for years, work is done, then stopped, but at a certain point someone runs out of recognizable IP and wonders, "What else do we have laying around?"

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Elon Musk’s Plan to Send a Million Colonists to Mars by 2050 Is Pure Delusion

Posted: 03 Jun 2022 10:30 AM PDT

In a recent interview, Elon Musk repeated his stated goal of wanting to transport one million people to Mars by 2050. The SpaceX founder says the future of humanity is at stake, which, okay, but the timeline he offers is ludicrous, and here's why.

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Microsoft Says It Won’t Fight Unions, Will Employees Call Their Bluff?

Posted: 03 Jun 2022 10:25 AM PDT

The big players at Microsoft say they'll hold back their foot from crushing the little guy if they decide to go the way of organized labor, though it seems the company would rather first exhaust any other avenue than sitting down for collective bargaining.

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Google Maps Contractors Get Return-to-Office Extension After Threatening to Strike

Posted: 03 Jun 2022 10:15 AM PDT

Contractors at Google have successfully pushed back their return to office mandate after threatening to go on strike. Google Maps contract workers secured a 90-day extension to return to the office after the company initially slated a return to work for June 6.

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Coinbase Is Rescinding Job Offers Via Email as Crypto Spirals

Posted: 03 Jun 2022 09:55 AM PDT

Late Thursday, the once-mighty cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, which reported a 4,900% increase in profits in 2021, announced that it was pausing hiring "for the foreseeable future" because of the current market conditions. And while pausing hiring may be one thing, the company then decided to be the biggest of…

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The Sega Genesis Mini Gets a Major Update With Sega CD Games and (For Now) Japan Exclusivity

Posted: 03 Jun 2022 09:45 AM PDT

Demonstrating once again that it's always just one step behind the rest of the games industry, Sega didn't get the memo that PC and emulation gaming handhelds are in and miniature game-filled replica consoles are out. Today, Sega Japan announced an updated version of its Mega Drive revival that now includes Sega CD…

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You've Seen Jurassic Park More Times Than Its Star Sam Neill

Posted: 03 Jun 2022 09:25 AM PDT

Sam Neill might be the face of Jurassic Park, but he's not particularly obsessed with it. Speaking to the actor on the occasion of the latest film, Jurassic World Dominion, he reveals that he's only seen the original film maybe four times, all of which were when it came out in 1993. In fact, he was walking around a…

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California’s Drought Is So Bad, It’s Going to Slash Hydropower

Posted: 03 Jun 2022 09:20 AM PDT

California's ongoing megadrought—which has already led to water restrictions—is also going to start affecting the state's ability to generate hydropower. This could raise energy costs for residents and increase emissions, CNN reports.

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This Smart Sleep-Tracking Pillow is Powered By Your Own Tossing and Turning

Posted: 03 Jun 2022 09:00 AM PDT

How your body performs when your head hits the pillow can have just as much of an effect on your health as regular exercise routines. Smartwatches and fitness trackers can be leveraged to track sleep quality, but researchers from China have developed a more comfortable device for tracking sleep metrics: a smart pillow…

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Japan’s New Law Says Stablecoins Can Only Be Issued By Registered Financiers

Posted: 03 Jun 2022 08:30 AM PDT

The Japanese are stepping out in front of the international crowd of hungry crypto-curtailing regulators, becoming the first nation to truly clarify the legal status of stablecoins and setting a precedent for more regulations on the largely-unregulated crypto industry.

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Tesla Reportedly Hired a Firm to Monitor Its Employees Online During Union Push

Posted: 03 Jun 2022 08:25 AM PDT

Tesla has reportedly been monitoring its employees' social media activity, keeping tabs on discussions related to unfair labor practices and a sexual harassment lawsuit on Facebook and other platforms. Elon Musk's electric vehicle company allegedly paid a public relations firm to creep on their employees as they tried…

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NASA’s Robotic Mission to Explore Enigmatic Lunar Domes Takes Shape

Posted: 03 Jun 2022 08:21 AM PDT

NASA's Artemis program seeks to return humans to the Moon later this decade, but a pair of related side projects promises to deliver some fascinating new science that could expand our understanding of lunar geology and human biology.

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Anakin Skywalker, You Dramatic Son of a Gun

Posted: 03 Jun 2022 08:00 AM PDT

Darth Vader is Star Wars' ultimate villain. We've always known that, but the revived era of the franchise has dug deep into Vader as a character beyond his iconography to re-establish why we're fascinated with him, why we're so scared of him, and why we ultimately invest in him. Obi-Wan Kenobi understands this in…

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Updates From Netflix's Resident Evil, Black Adam, and More

Posted: 03 Jun 2022 07:00 AM PDT

Arachnophobia lives again with a new remake. Chris Evans talks joining Space Command in a new behind-the-scenes look at Lightyear. Indira Varma teases what could've been for her Obi-Wan Kenobi character. Plus, a new clip from Ms. Marvel. Spoilers, away!

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12 of Google's Most Embarrassing Product Failures

Posted: 03 Jun 2022 05:00 AM PDT

We're all familiar with Google's successes. Most folks reading this probably use one of the company's services every day, be it Google Maps, Search, Android Auto, or Chrome OS. But for every megahit, there is a lengthy list of duds—apps, social platforms, or hardware that, for one reason or another, never reached the…

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There's No Place for Sheryl Sandberg in the Metaverse

Posted: 03 Jun 2022 03:30 AM PDT

Sheryl Sandberg, Meta's second-in-command for 14 years, is leaving amid perhaps the most tumultuous and uncertain period in the company's history. Meta is fundamentally pivoting its business, and that change will occur without the original architect of that business in the picture.

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Tesla to Cut Staff by 10% as Musk Says He Has 'Super Bad Feeling' About Economy: Report

Posted: 03 Jun 2022 03:00 AM PDT

Tesla will cut its workforce by about 10% because CEO Elon Musk has a "super bad feeling" about the future of the economy, according to a new report from Reuters. The news agency cites an internal memo that was reportedly sent to Tesla executives and noted the electric car company would be pausing all hiring across…

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