sexta-feira, 1 de julho de 2022


TikTok CEO Tries to Placate Republicans, Claims App Keeps User Data From Beijing

Posted: 01 Jul 2022 10:15 AM PDT

TikTok executives are attempting to assuage Republican officials that U.S. data is safe and sound in company hands, but their best attempts are unlikely to make any of these GOP lawmakers stray from the warpath against the popular social app.

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The Way Sigourney Weaver Is Back for Avatar 2 Is Absolutely Unhinged

Posted: 01 Jul 2022 09:56 AM PDT

Ever since we first heard, approximately 17 billion years ago, that Sigourney Weaver would return for James Cameron's Avatar sequels, we were all perplexed (even more so than with the idea of there being multiple Avatar sequels). But now we actually know how Weaver is coming back, we're... somehow even more perplexed.

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Apple Jacks up iPhone and iPad Prices in Japan

Posted: 01 Jul 2022 09:41 AM PDT

Apple products in Japan are becoming more expensive. The iPhone 13, for example, was found to be as much priced 19% higher than it . Prices of the smartphone have been rising with the launch of new models, but this price hike in Japan seems to have affected even older generations of iPhones as the value of the Yen has…

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Biden Awards Steve Jobs With Posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom

Posted: 01 Jul 2022 09:40 AM PDT

It's been a busy week at the White House. Following the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade, a trip overseas, and calls to change the filibuster, President Biden today announced the recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. And Steve Jobs has posthumously made the cut.

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What It Really Takes to Get Food to Your Plate

Posted: 01 Jul 2022 09:19 AM PDT

Getting food from a field to our markets or even our plates creates more emissions than previously estimated. A study published in Nature Food found that the mileage on food (or "food miles") is responsible for about 6% of all greenhouse gas emissions, making the associated emissions 3.5 to 7.5 times higher than prior…

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Apple’s Former Top Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading

Posted: 01 Jul 2022 08:52 AM PDT

The man who once in charge of making sure Apple's employees stayed on the straight and narrow is going to jail for doing the thing he told them never to do with stock trades: game the system.

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Yeehaw, the EU Agreed on Laws to Reign in the Crypto 'Wild West'

Posted: 01 Jul 2022 08:25 AM PDT

The European Union is planning to temper the volatility of cryptocurrency with a regulatory framework that would establish consumer protection against crypto scams and forces crypto companies to disclose their environmental impact.

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Run Up That Hill to Your Stranger Things Season 4 Finale Spoiler Zone

Posted: 01 Jul 2022 08:20 AM PDT

You might be wondering to yourself, "Who the hell has already watched the last two episodes of Stranger Things season four? It's four hours long!" You'd be surprised (as was I)—so many people tuned into Netflix at 3:00 a.m. ET, the moment the two episodes went live, the streaming service actually crashed. That's…

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Meta Feels the Downturn Burn, Slashes Hiring by 30%

Posted: 01 Jul 2022 07:56 AM PDT

Big tech is going through a hard time. Meta, the parent of Facebook and Instagram, has become the canary in the coal mine after its stock plummeted in February, months before other tech giants. Now, in an ominous turn, the company is slashing its hiring of engineers by 30%, from about 10,000 to between 6,000 and 7,000…

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We Can’t Wait for These Futuristic Rockets to Finally Blast Off

Posted: 01 Jul 2022 06:55 AM PDT

Rockets remain the best way to escape our planet's gravity well, and our firm handle on this technology means we're now tossing more things into space than ever before. The public and private sectors are working feverishly to build launch vehicles that are powerful, affordable, and—very importantly—reliable. Indeed,…

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Christian Bale Teases Thor: Love and Thunder's Deleted Scenes

Posted: 01 Jul 2022 06:40 AM PDT

The Boys' viral marketing addresses last week's explosive episode. Sony's Horizon: Zero Dawn TV show could start filming very soon. Somehow, La Brea will return. Plus, what's coming on Riverdale, and a new look at the return of American Horror Stories. To me, my spoilers!

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Greg Abbott Sued for Claiming He Had Zero Contact With NRA After Uvalde

Posted: 01 Jul 2022 06:23 AM PDT

A legal watchdog group has filed a lawsuit in Texas accusing the state's governor, Greg Abbott, and its embattled attorney general, Ken Paxton, of trying to conceal records of any discussions their offices may have had with gun advocacy groups, including the National Rifle Association, in the wake of Uvalde shooting.

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Acer's Swift 5 is a Great Portable Laptop That's Missing a Modern Edge

Posted: 01 Jul 2022 06:00 AM PDT

Acer's Swift 5 laptop has stood for years as a compelling value pick in the premium ultraportable laptop segment. You could generally find one with better specs at the same or a lower price than other flagships like the XPS 13 or Lenovo Yoga 9i. The newest Swift 5, now with an updated design and faster components,…

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12 Award-Winning Nature Photos to Remind You That Outside Exists

Posted: 01 Jul 2022 04:00 AM PDT

As a kid, I spent most of my time entranced by the natural world. There were the anthills I'd find on miniature backyard safaris and the newts I'd scoop up from the stream behind my elementary school. There were the fish at the aquarium, and the hours-upon-hours of Discovery Channel and Animal Planet content I…

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The Feds Don't Know How Often They're Using Facial Recognition

Posted: 01 Jul 2022 04:00 AM PDT

A group of House lawmakers charged with investigating the implications of biometric surveillance empaneled three experts Wednesday to testify about the future of facial recognition and other tools widely employed by the U.S. government with little regard for citizens' privacy.

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Watch Ant-Man Try to Explain Why He Didn't Go Up Thanos' Butt

Posted: 30 Jun 2022 05:15 PM PDT

Guests aboard Disney Cruise's newest ship The Wish will be the first to experience Avengers: Quantum Encounter, a Marvel Studios dinner theater show. In it, actors from the films virtually reprise their roles for an in-universe dining experience where cruisers get a curated, themed meal—and some banter over a key…

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Everything We Know About The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

Posted: 30 Jun 2022 03:23 PM PDT

  • Inspired by the events detailed in J.R.R. Tolkien's history of Middle-earth beyond The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, Rings of Power explores what happened long before the events of those novels, dubbed the Second Age of Middle-earth.

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Apple's Godzilla and the Titans Series Casts Anna Sawai and Kiersey Clemons

Posted: 30 Jun 2022 02:45 PM PDT

Bring on the Titans in this Godzilla spin-off from Legendary Television and Apple. Variety announced the ensemble for the untitled series will be led by The Flash's Kiersey Clemons and Pachinko's Anna Sawai, and will also feature Ren Watabe, Joe Tippett, and Elisa Lasowski.

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'Cryptoqueen' Lands a Spot On the FBI's Most Wanted List

Posted: 30 Jun 2022 02:00 PM PDT

Ruja Ignatova, who in the past dubbed herself the "Cryptoqueen," is now sitting with a fancy crown in a new royal court: the FBI's top 10 most wanted.

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Is the Marvel Cinematic Universe Trying Too Hard to Play Catch Up?

Posted: 30 Jun 2022 01:50 PM PDT

Does it feel like we're getting too much Marvel? It feels like we're getting too much Marvel.

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General Motors Is Training First Responders on Electric Car Crashes

Posted: 30 Jun 2022 01:23 PM PDT

More firefighters and EMTs will soon be able to pry you out of your burning Prius and maybe even save the car. General Motors announced Thursday it was expanding its training program on rescues involving electric vehicle crashes.

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The Daring LightSail 2 Spacecraft Is Being Sucked Into Fiery Doom

Posted: 30 Jun 2022 01:15 PM PDT

For the past three years, a tiny loaf-of-bread-sized spacecraft with gigantic wings has been sailing on sunbeams in low Earth orbit. LightSail 2 has far exceeded its life expectancy and proven that solar sails can indeed be used to fly spacecraft. But its journey around our planet is sadly coming to an end, as Earth's…

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Crypto Nonsense: Why Keanu? Why?

Posted: 30 Jun 2022 01:10 PM PDT

Evan Rachel Wood on Her Perplexing New Westworld Character

Posted: 30 Jun 2022 01:00 PM PDT

The marketing for Westworld season four made it clear that Evan Rachel Wood—whose formidable Host character, Dolores, was obliterated at the end of season three—would return. Now that the first episode has aired, we've met Wood in her new role: Christina, a shy single gal in the big city. Westworld is known for…

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We Should Be Banking Our Poop for Future Use, Scientists Argue

Posted: 30 Jun 2022 12:46 PM PDT

Experts at Harvard and elsewhere are proposing a new type of bank be set up nationwide: a poop bank. In a paper this week, they argue that it should be possible for people to deposit a fecal sample relatively early on in life, which can then be stored indefinitely and later used to restore their unbalanced gut…

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