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Clearview AI Forced to Cease Data Scraping Operations in Australia
Clearview AI founder and CEO Hoan Ton-That has previously boasted that his now-notorious facial recognition software relies on a database of over 10 billion images. But now, thanks to a ruling from Australia’s national privacy regulator, the company that some have glibly warned could “end privacy as we know it” will…Read more...
Yes, Mark Zuckerberg Sites Are Down [UPDATE: All Better, Apparently]
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UK’s Most Durable Snow Patch Fully Melts Away, Just Hours From UN Climate Talks in Glasgow
The UK’s longest-lasting patch of snow, referred to as “The Sphinx,” has completely melted away for the third time in five years, according to the BBC. Pour one out for The Sphinx, another likely lose for the planet due to global warmingRead more...
Striking John Deere Workers Reject Second Contract Offer, Hold the Line
John Deere workers who have been striking in protest of the company’s contract offers since Oct. 14 will continue to do so after rejecting a second proposal on Tuesday. That means nearly 10,000 workers at plants in Iowa, Illinois, and Kansas will remain on the picket line, telling their employer they’re fed up and…Read more...
Amazon's Echo and Eero Will Play Nice With Other Smart Home Gadgets
Amazon has finally laid out its plans for adopting the new Matter smart home connectivity standard, which is launching sometime next year.
There’s One Tiny Problem With the World’s New Methane Pledge
At United Nations climate talks, the U.S. and EU rolled out a global pledge to address one of our most pressing climate problems: methane. Since the Tuesday announcement, more than 100 countries have now said they’re join the pledge. But a few key actors are sitting out of the pledge—and one, in particular, is…Read more...
Marvel's New Hulking & Wiccan Comic Would Warm the Scarlet Witch's Cold, Dead Heart
Since the moment they were first introduced together in the pages of Young Avengers back in 2005, Teddy Altman, the shapeshifting heir to the Kree and Skrull thrones, and Billy Kaplan, the Scarlet Witch and Vision’s reincarnated son, have been inseparable, and their love for each other been obvious to everyone who…Read more...
Signs of Water Seen in Massive Galaxy of the Early Universe
Scientists studying the most massive known galaxy in the early universe have found evidence of water in it, an intriguing observation that sheds light on how the universe has evolved.Read more...
Roku Effectively Bans Porn With Private Channel Crackdown
Taking action against the uncertified channels it has long ignored, Roku announced a policy shift last week that will see the company effectively ban private channels, including porn streaming services, on March 1, 2022.Read more...
Last Action Hero Is an Underappreciated Time Capsule of Meta-Movie-Magic
“Last Action Hero is a joyless, soulless machine of a movie. An $80 million-plus mishmash of fantasy, industry in-jokes, self-referential parody, film-buff gags, and too-big action set-pieces.” That’s what the Hollywood trade Variety wrote in late 1992 just before the Arnold Schwarzenegger-led, John…Read more...
Australia Plans to Kill Thousands of Feral Horses—But Scientists Say It Isn't Enough
A proposed plan to cull upwards of 10,000 feral horses, while still retaining a smaller population, won’t prevent ongoing damage to a sensitive Australian park, according to a concerned group of scientists.Read more...
Dungeons & Dragons & Novels: Revisiting Dragons of Winter Night
Upon finishing Dragons of Winter Night, the second book in Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman’s beloved first Dragonlance series, I realized I had a problem: I didn’t know what it was about. Or rather, I don’t know what it isn’t about. So many characters are added, so many new plots are begun, and giant detours are taken…Read more...
The World’s First iPhone With a Working USB-C Port Is Now Up for Auction
Last month, engineering student Ken Pillonel showed off the world’s first iPhone with a USB-C port, and now Pillonel has returned to reveal how he did it while also putting his custom USB-C iPhone up for auction.Read more...
Doctor Who's New Era Might Cost the BBC a Pretty Penny
A lot of things are about to change on Doctor Who, and not just in front of the camera, as Jodie Whittaker’s incarnation of the Time Lord prepares to end her run in explosive style as Flux begins. Behind the camera, the impending return of former showrunner Russell T. Davies is going to bring about an interesting…Read more...
Amazon Must Pay Thousands of Flex Drivers an Average of $422 After Tips Were Withheld
Starting today, the Federal Trade Commission will start doing something Amazon failed to do for around 140,000 of its Flex delivery drivers: pay them their tips.Read more...
Colonial Pipeline’s Year Just Got a Little Worse (Couldn’t Have Happened to Nicer Company)
More than a year after the discovery of what’s the largest gasoline spill in the U.S. in decades, the owners of a massive pipeline are being taken to court. The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the Colonial Pipeline, which owns the eponymous pipeline, alleging…Read more...
This Ultra-Light Glider Flies on Wings Made of Liquid Water
As a general rule, if you want to make a vehicle more fuel-efficient, you do everything you can to make it lighter. For planes, that usually involves using space-age composites to build the fuselage and wings, but one YouTuber has found a very unorthodox material for a simple glider’s wings: soap and water.Read more...
Matrix Resurrections Funkos Are the Plastic Avatars of Your Dreams and/or Nightmares
What if, instead of going through life in the Matrix as the coolest version of you, you were a Funko Pop avatar instead? Probably a little less flexible for those bullet-time moves. Regardless, that’s the existence realized today as Funko has rolled out its first figures to celebrate the release of Lana Wachowski’s…Read more...
Are There More Nintendo Animated Movies Already in the Works?
Get to know the Eternals (again) as Marvel dumps a few more guides to its new heroes. The Book of Boba Fett confirms an intriguing new guest star. Geralt and Ciri trade swords in a new image from The Witcher season two. Plus, what’s next on La Brea and Stargirl. Spoilers, away!
Peloton Tread Is Back, and It's Very Good
Peloton’s new treadmill is finally available to buy, but you’d be forgiven for being confused. Wasn’t Peloton’s treadmill recalled due to safety issues? Isn’t it super expensive to be having so many problems? Yes and yes, but let’s back up a second to clarify.Read more...
10 Tips to Get the Most Out of Your Pixel 6
Now that you’ve snagged a shiny new Google Pixel 6 or Google Pixel 6 Pro, it’s time to figure out how to make the most of it. These new flagship phones come packed with new features from Google, especially in the AI and camera departments. Here are some tips and tricks that new Pixel 6 owners should start using ASAP.
Russia Reports Another Daily Record for Covid-19 Deaths as Vaccination Rates Remain Low
Russia reported another daily record for deaths from covid-19 on Wednesday, with 1,189 people succumbing to the disease, according to a new report from the Moscow Times. The country also saw 40,443 new covid-19 cases over the 24-hour reporting period, just shy of the daily record seen a few days ago when 40,993 new…Read more...
It Turns Out Exercise Isn't as Likely to Ruin Your Knees as You Think
For those interested in exercising more but worried about their knees, a new study from researchers in the UK this week might offer some reassurance. The research, a review of existing evidence, found no link between exercise and a greater risk of knee osteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis to plague the…Read more...
Zillow Quits Home-Flipping Business, Laying Off 25% of Its Staff in the Process
Zillow is getting out of the house-flipping business and will fire a large percentage of its staff, after admitting that it greatly overestimated its ability to wrangle “the unpredictability in forecasting home prices.”Read more...
Sofia Boutella Will Lead Zack Snyder's Not-Star Wars Sci-Fi Movie
Remember almost 10 years ago when there were rumblings that Zack Snyder was pitching a Star Wars movie? Obviously, that project never happened. But the general idea behind that film—minus the mythology of a galaxy far, far, away—is still happening, and it just added its first star.Read more...
RIP Pixel 3
Yesterday Google pushed out a November security patch for its Pixel phones, but notably the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL did not get the update.Read more...
A Common Bacteria Is Killing More Babies Than We Knew
Researchers in the UK and affiliated with the World Health Organization are sounding the alarm over a common bacteria that can seriously harm pregnant people and their babies. In a new report released this week, the group estimates that infections caused by group B streptococcus were linked to 46,000 stillbirths,…Read more...
Watch Candyman Bring Its Eerie Shadow Puppets to Life
Rather than cutting to multiple flashbacks or clips from the original Candyman in order to connect its new story to the old lore, Nia DaCosta’s recent horror feature instead told the story entirely through haunting shadow puppetry that introduced a whole host of ghoulish figures complicating the dark lore. io9 has an…Read more...
Republican Congressman Ignores All that Jan. 6 Stuff to Get in on Trump's New Tech Thing
A Republican representative from Indiana who blamed Donald Trump for inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol nonetheless bought somewhere between $1,001 and $15,000 in stock in Trump’s new media and tech venture, according to Insider.
Netflix Now Lets You Play Video Games for Some Reason
If you’re an Android user and a Netflix subscriber, your login credentials now officially double as a pass to access five new games the streaming platform began rolling out this week as part of its quest to find and keep new subscribers.Read more...
Good Omens Season 2 Reunites Its Cast, With a Twist
Good Omens has just entered production of its second season in Merry Olde Scotland, but that’s not the only news about the surprise return of the wildly popular Amazon Prime series. The first picture has also arrived of stars Michael Sheen and David Tennant as the angel Aziraphale and the demon Crowley, respectively.…Read more...
In Bizarre Decision, the FEC Says Foreign Donors Can Now Throw Money at U.S. Ballot Initiatives
In a move that can only signal good things to come, the Federal Election Commission has apparently ruled that it’s totally cool for foreign donors to financially contribute to U.S. ballot initiatives. The news, which was initially reported by Axios, could mean that America’s domestic policy is now basically up for…Read more...
Fired #AppleToo Activist Files Labor Charge Against Apple
One of the key leaders of the growing #AppleToo movement has filed a charge with the U.S. National Labor Relations Board, claiming Apple fired her in retaliation for organizing, according to documents seen by Reuters. The charge brought by former Apple Maps program manager Janneke Parrish swells the total count of…Read more...
Planetary Scientists Recreate Arrakis From Dune, and It Really Is a Hellhole
By modifying a well-known climate model and applying it to the fictional world of Arrakis, a group of scientists has shown that Frank Herbert’s depiction of a desert planet in the book series Dune was surprisingly apt, though with some surprising differences.
Don’t Go Cheering Facebook for Killing Its Face Recognition Database Just Yet
On Tuesday, Facebook offered us a brief respite from the deluge of awful news stories on the company with a pretty pleasant-sounding announcement. According to a new blog post from the platform’s shiny new parent company, Meta, the big blue app will be shuttering its facial recognition systems “over the coming weeks.”Read more...
Marvel's Eternals Head to Bollywood in This New Clip
Eternals is getting mixed reviews, but I’m reasonably confident that comedian Kumail Nanjiani will be one of the movie’s biggest highlights as Kingo, the immortal superhero with the finger guns. Thanks to this new clip from the movie, in which Sersi, Ikaris, and Sprite visit the Bollywood star on the set of his newest…Read more...
Mark Zuckerberg Wants Robots to Wear His Skin
Each passing day is allegedly bringing us closer to the virtual reality cosmopolis known as the metaverse. The bad news is that prominent voices in tech are increasingly referencing the “virtual world created by an evil monopolist” in the Neal Stephenson novel Snow Crash in the same breath they’re using to talk about…Read more...
Incredible Mod Turns the Game Boy Advance Into a Mini Switch With Joy-Con and Dock Support
Modding the 18-year-old Nintendo Game Boy Advance SP with upgrades like a better screen and bigger battery is relatively painless. But modding the GBA SP so that it functions as a dedicated 16-bit Switch with Joy-Con and TV-out support? That’s a monumental challenge that Macho Nacho Productions somehow made look easy.Read more...
How to Set Up Private Relay in iCloud+
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Thrawn Plays a Deadly Game in This Look Inside Star Wars' Next Novel
Grand Admiral Thrawn may not yet be Grand Admiral in Timothy Zahn’s latest trilogy of novels featuring his most iconic Star Wars creation, but even before his time in the Empire, it’s clear that Thrawn has always had a knack for guiding himself through the most dangerous strategies to get what he wants—and his latest…Read more...
The Hubble Space Telescope Is in Safe Mode for the Third Time This Year
The Hubble Space Telescope has entered into a protective safe mode, in what is now an upsettingly regular occurrence. Mission team members have yet to identify the source of the latest issue.
The Chip Crunch Is Forcing Apple to Cannabilize iPad Production to Build More iPhones: Report
After Tim Cook told CNBC that the chip crunch likely cost Apple around $6 billion in lost sales, it appears Apple has started taking more drastic measures in order to maintain strong production of the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro.Read more...
One Weird Trick World Leaders Have to Stop Climate Change
Over the weekend, world leaders of the G20 tossed a coin into Rome’s Trevi Fountain to wish for good luck combatting climate change. By Monday, they were in Glasgow giving speeches as United Nations climate talks opened.Read more...
Tesla Forced to Recall 11,704 Vehicles Over Full Self-Driving Glitch
In possibly the biggest blow to Tesla’s Full Self-Driving beta rollout yet (and there have been several), the company has been forced to issue a recall affecting over 11,700 vehicles equipped with the software.Read more...
A Boy Called Christmas Is Netflix's Latest Attempt at a Holiday Classic
Halloween is over, which means it’s instantly time for Christmas—and not just in shopping malls. Netflix has also manifested a sudden case of the holiday spirit, evidenced by this new trailer for its latest original film, which looks like it’s angling to be a perennial holiday classic. It’s called A Boy Called…Read more...
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Merch Teases an Iconic Marvel Villain
Alejandro Jodorowsky’s The Incal could be coming to the big screen. Marvel’s Eternals director Chloé Zhao teases her take on Dracula. Get a look at Legends of Tomorrow’s Beebo themed holiday special. Plus, new Ghostbusters: Afterlife footage, and what’s next on Child’s Play. Spoilers now!Read more...
It Was 103 Degrees in the United Arab Emirates—In November
Meteorological winter is less than a month away, but you wouldn’t know it in the United Arab Emirates. The country hit 103 degrees Fahrenheit (39 degrees Celsius) to start the week, a November record. Qatar, Oman, and Iran also reportedly approached national records.
New Morbius Trailer Teases Jared Leto's Vampire Journey
Venom: Let There Be Carnage is in theaters now, Spider-Man: No Way Home is in theaters next month, and after that? It’s vampire time. Morbius is the next film in Sony’s Marvel Spider-Man universe and it hits theaters on January 28. Today, a brand new trailer has been released which dives deeper into the story with…Read more...
Tempo's New Smart Home Gym Is Actually Affordable
The pandemic was a major turning point for connected home fitness, and for good reason. However, one of the biggest hurdles for consumers was cost: There are $4,000 treadmills, $2,000 bikes, and $3,000 home gyms, not to mention monthly subscription costs and the amount of space these gadgets can take up in the home.…Read more...
The Big Pixel 6 Camera Shoot-Out
Google packed the Pixel 6 with a ton of new features, starting with a custom-built processor called Tensor, but perhaps an even bigger deal is its cameras. The Pixel lineup has always been known for Google’s AI-powered photography featured, and the Pixel 6 gets a serious upgrade.Read more...
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