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Brazilian authorities seized a Starlink terminal on Tuesday following a series of internet use by criminals in illegal mining areas. Starlink terminals are being used to help carry out these activities in Brazil’s Amazon, prompting numerous investigations by local authorities who seek to remove crime from the area.

Update: March 15 at 9:31 a.m. ET: The Falcon 9 lifted off at 8:30 p.m. ET on March 14, carrying 6,200 pounds of cargo to the ISS. The Dragon is expected to dock at the orbital outpost on March 16 at 7:52 a.m. ET.Read more...

It’s been over 50 years since the final Apollo mission, but NASA’s ambitious Artemis program seeks to return humans to the lunar surface after that long absence. For that to happen, however, the space agency needs an updated Moon suit, the prototype of which will be revealed today.

Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank failed with enormous speed – so quickly that they could be textbook cases of classic bank runs, in which too many depositors withdraw their funds from a bank at the same time. The failures at SVB and Signature were two of the three biggest in U.S. banking history, following the…Read more...

In Tim Burton’s original Batman movie, as the caped crusader makes a dramatic rescue of Vicki Vale and escapes using his grapnel gun, the Joker wonders aloud, “where does he get those wonderful toys?” A question we finally have an answer to as Spin Master debuts several of its toys for the upcoming DC Comics movie The FlashRead more...

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“And I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. And I saw…” —Revelations 6:1-2Read more...

You’re walking down the block in the middle of the day when suddenly you notice something creeping behind you. It has prominent front teeth, staring eyes, and isn’t wearing a stitch of clothing. What to do when it makes a move toward you? As Ding demonstrates, you must be ready to fight back! Viciously!Read more...

What’s the point of buying a Blu-ray for a streaming series? Two big reasons: even for a hit HBO show like The Last of Us, there’s no guarantee it’ll always be easily accessible (see: Westworld). And once you get a load of all the extras included in the home release, you’ll have a lot of trouble resisting the purchase.

New research has found a possible link between having high levels of caffeine in your blood and a reduced risk of high body fat and type 2 diabetes. The authors say that clinical trials should be done to confirm whether calorie-free caffeinated drinks can help prevent these conditions.Read more...

When John Wick: Chapter 4 comes out on March 23, you might want to savor it. Stuntman-turned-director Chad Stahelski says he and star Keanu Reeves are “done for the moment” bringing the trigger-happy misadventures of the assassin to movie theaters.

If the Valve Steam Deck, the Nintendo Switch, and the many devices from Ayaneo are pushing the limits of handheld gaming, the Anbernic RG35XX retreats to a more comfortable and familiar time. Looking about as close to the original Game Boy as a device can get before Nintendo’s lawyers step in, the handheld focuses on…Read more...

Almost 200 people are dead and tens of thousands affected in Southern Africa after a tropical cyclone, which at 34 days could be the longest-lasting tropical cyclone on record, hit a second time in the course of a few weeks, following a first landfall in February. It’s officially the most energetic storm on record.

Since the date for Google I/O 2023 was announced last week, the rumor mill has been churning out leak after supposed leak with anticipation over what the company will tease at the developer conference. We have already seen a purported leak of the Pixel 7a. And now, we’re looking at what are claimed to be renders of…Read more...

The Webb Space Telescope has produced a stupendous view of a Wolf-Rayet star, an extraordinarily bright object in the sky that (you may want to sit down) will soon die.Read more...

Online fraud scams are becoming more prevalent with each passing year as Americans lose billions of dollars, which in many cases, can’t be regained. A new FBI crime report (IC3) shows the increase in ransomware attacks and spam calls, texts, and emails continues to skyrocket, resulting in more than $10 billion lost in…Read more...

Netflix’s new film Chupa has a bit of an E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ring to it: a kid discovers a fantastical creature, bonds with it, then enlists his friends to help protect it from sinister grown-ups. But Chupa has some distinctive qualities, too—not only is it set in Mexico, but the titular monster is freaking …Read more...

Ohio has filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern demanding that the company clean up and pay for the damage caused by the early February derailment in East Palestine, the state attorney general announced today.Read more...

OpenAI, the folks behind the ludicrously popular ChatGPT and DALL-E, has near-single handedly strangled the entire tech world in the grip of AI. Now the company has a new version of its AI language generator that, at least on paper, seems purpose built to upend multiple industries even beyond the tech space.Read more...

A high-speed photo of lightning rods at work during an electrical storm in São José dos Campos, Brazil, is helping scientists understand how the devices compete to attract strikes and keep buildings safe from damage.Read more...

Reddit users started complaining about major outages at around 3 p.m. ET on Tuesday. The complaints first started rolling in at about 2:45 p.m. with only 11 people reporting outages, but by 3:30 p.m., that number rose to more than 49,000.Read more...

I’m not a sports fan, but I know the necessity of keeping up with more than one game at a time, particularly during playoffs. I have seen friends juggle a smartphone, a TV screen, and a tablet in pursuit of tuning into multiple streams at once. They’ll be relieved to hear YouTube TV is making this easier with a new …Read more...

If you somehow haven’t heard of Mickey7 yet, you will soon: Edward Ashton’s 2022 novel will be a 2024 Bong Joon-ho movie (retitled Mickey17) starring Robert Pattinson, Steven Yeun, Naomi Ackie, Toni Collette, and Mark Ruffalo. Ashton’s sequel, Antimatter Blues, arrives in stores today, and io9 has the first chapter…Read more...

Turns out you don’t have to travel to Derry, Maine, to feel the wrath of Pennywise the Dancing Clown. Las Vegas is now home to “Escape IT,” a new It-themed escape room from Warner Bros. Discovery Global Themed Entertainment and Egan Escape Productions. How scary can it be? Pictures suggest VERY VERY SCARY.

The ransomware gang known as ALPHV has claimed a successful attack on Amazon-owned home security company Ring. A cybercriminal group known for its despicable tactics, the gang is now threatening to publish the company’s sensitive data if its financial demands are not met. Ring is denying the gang’s claims.Read more...

In a paper out this week, scientists argue that a common industrial chemical is contributing to Parkinson’s disease. The chemical is called trichloroethylene, or TCE. And while some states have recently banned its use, TCE remains widely present throughout the U.S.Read more...

A Russian Su-27 aircraft struck part of an unmanned, U.S. drone over the Black Sea, causing the MQ-9 aircraft to crash into the water, the U.S. military claimed in a statement published Tuesday afternoon.

Amazon has finally unveiled the customer terminals for Project Kuiper, the company’s attempt to bring a satellite broadband connection to anyone who can’t otherwise access high speed internet. The terminals are essentially flat dishes that look incredibly similar to those from Project Kuiper’s main competitor,…Read more...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposal that would limit the amount of forever chemicals allowed in the nation’s drinking water to the lowest levels that can be detected on tests. The move will address rising concerns about how widespread PFAS exposure contributes to health concerns like liver…Read more...

Peacock is sure feeling lonely now that Poker Face’s delightful first season is over, but Mrs. Davis will soon fill that “quirky dramedy hinging on a premise so out-there you can’t help but go with it” hole in the streamer’s heart. Behold the full trailer, which is full of nuns, AI weirdness, a holy quest, and... Bon…Read more...

Amazon is thinking about releasing a web browser, a boring-sounding project that could have massive implications. The company has sent a survey to users asking detailed questions, including which features would “convince you to download and try” a “new desktop/laptop browser from Amazon.”Read more...

Humans have been launching rockets to space for nearly 80 years, yet it feels as though we’ve only hit the tip of the iceberg in terms of what’s possible. These upcoming rockets provide a promising glimpse of what we can expect during the next era of spaceflight.

Middle-earth is about to join the multiversal planes of Magic: The Gathering. While the next set in Wizards of the Coast’s Universes Beyond crossover sub-theme is still a few months away, we’re already getting a look at some of the icons of Tolkien’s fantasy world coming to the set.

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Laptop design has evolved beyond its clamshell origins in the past few years, with the introduction of dual screens, convertibles, and foldable displays, but its the laptops that failed along the way that gave us some of the most fascinating features. From Compaq and IBM in the ‘90s to Lenovo and Asus in more recent…Read more...

Although it will probably disappoint Netgear fans who’ve grown fond of the very prominent wing antennas on the company’s other routers, Netgear’s new RS700 brings wifi 7 support to a more traditional tower design, even though the wifi 7 standard still hasn’t been completely finalized.Read more...

A Netherlands museum is facing criticism for selecting an AI-generated piece of art to temporarily take the place of the renowned Girl with a Pearl Earring painting. The artwork was created by Johannes Vermeer in 1665 and is usually located at the Mauritshuis Museum but is on loan at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam until…Read more...

Ash Ketchum has been such an important part of the Pokémon franchise that the news of his retiring from the popular anime felt like a sucker punch. But if there’s been one constant in Ash’s journey (other than Pikachu, obviously), it’s Team Rocket: Jesse, James, and Meowth have been around since the start harassing…Read more...

Hideaki Anno’s last few film projects, whether it was for the Neon Genesis Evangelion Rebuild movies or his collaborations with Shinji Higuchi on Shin Godzilla and Shin Ultraman, have had marketing campaigns defined by mystery. Shin Kamen Rider looks no different, as we’ve got no idea as to what to expect—other than…Read more...

Microsoft is currently in the process of shoehorning text-generating artificial intelligence into every single product that it can. And starting this month, the company will be continuing on its AI rampage without a team dedicated to internally ensuring those AI features meet Microsoft’s ethical standards, according…Read more...

NASA is staying focused on the Artemis lunar program, its Moon to Mars objectives, and maintaining a presence in low Earth orbit as part of the agency’s proposed budget for 2024. The space agency also has a new item on its annual wishlist: a space tug to deorbit the International Space Station (ISS) at the end of its…Read more...

Meta is moving on from non-fungible tokens (NFTs) after less than a year of experimenting with them on Facebook and Instagram. Users will stop having the ability to share, mint, or sell their NFTs on Meta’s platforms, though it’s unclear exactly when.Read more...

The newest season of Shadow and Bone drops tomorrow, and the audience is going to meet a whole slew of new characters from the books—many of them fan favorites. One character is Sturmhond, an infamous Ravkan privateer who is secretly prince Nikolai Lantsov of Ravka in disguise. Patrick Gibson, who plays Sturmhond/…Read more...

Google announced it’s finally unleashing its generative AI tools Tuesday, bringing a set of features to Gmail and Google Docs that will automatically create drafts based on simple prompts. Google will also add new AI capabilities to its business products, including Google Cloud and a new API for developersRead more...

When the demands of sitting upright in a chair at a desk become too burdensome, the Grab Shell promises a more comfortable way to stay productive. It’s a mechanical wireless keyboard with a pair of wings that fold back so the whole thing can be held in two hands while still allowing full access to all of its keys.Read more...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his company needs to run like a well oiled machine during this ongoing “Year of Efficiency.” Making sure that machine runs as “efficiently” as possible will require employees to expect the machine will chew them up and spit them out onto the curb.Read more...

Eternals’ Chloe Zhao is still writing a Dracula adaptation, which makes my heart happier than you can imagine. There’s another trailer for the spy-fi film Citadel, which remains as baffling as the Chloe Zhao doing a Dracula movie, but no less intriguing. And, for those of you who are into Blade Runner, the series may…Read more...

In the wake of the second largest bank failure in U.S. history, the failure in question, Silicon Valley Bank, has some comforting words amongst the turmoil. Clients of the bank received an email last night from SVB’s new CEO Tim Mayopoulos stating that everything is fine.Read more...