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Today, Spotify published its earnings report for the first quarter of 2022, and lo and behold, despite all the chatter you may have seen urging users to unsubscribe or switch platforms, the audio streaming service is doing just fine.

Want to hear about Batman’s new Batcycle, Black Adam fighting a helicopter, Aquaman’s latest ally, and Shazam dating Wonder Woman? Of course you do. All that and more was in the footage Warner Bros. showed at CinemaCon this week from their next four live-action DC movies: Black Adam, Shazam: Fury of the Gods, Aquaman…Read more...

Ethan Hawke gets creepy in a new look at The Black Phone. Netflix has scrapped Raising Dion after two seasons. Plus, what’s coming on Naomi and Superman & Lois, and another day, another Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness poster. Spoilers, away!Read more...

Robinhood’s band of merry men is rapidly shrinking, as the investment app’s CEO announced they were laying off 9% of the company in a notice posted to the company’s website.Read more...

For the past year, Twitter has censored tweets about a documentary exploring the origins of the QAnon movement.

DJI, the world’s largest hobby drone maker, will stop selling drones in Russia and Ukraine over concerns “about the reported military use of its products,” according to the company. The move will come as a surprise to many, if only because China, where DJI is based, is an ally of Russia.Read more...

Washington is filled with a revolving door of people who work in government and then go on to use that experience getting highly paid gigs in the private sector. And while we’re used to seeing that in areas like healthcare and defense, there’s a new game in town. Everyone wants to get hired to work on crypto.Read more...

New research finds evidence that per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS, can damage people’s livers over time. The study, a review of the evidence in both rodents and humans, might also show that PFAS exposure can contribute to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, a chronic metabolic condition that’s become…Read more...

The Batman is back, man. At CinemaCon 2022, Warner Bros. and director Matt Reeves just announced that this year’s hit DC adaptation will be getting a sequel. Reeves and star Robert Pattinson are confirmed to return but no other news was given. “I’m excited to jump back in for another chapter,” Reeves said, promising…Read more...

It’s a great time to be a Studio Ghibli fan if you currently reside in Japan. If not, read on and prepare to feel serious envy.Read more...

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy announced that the incandescent light bulb is officially dead, and producers and sellers must begin phasing them out before a widespread ban in July 2023.Read more...

Anyone whose life looks perfectly amazing online is probably faking it, and that’s certainly the case for the family in Hatching. We see the reality of living with a mother (Sophia Heikkilä) who films everything for her blog—“Lovely Everyday Life”—through the eyes of 12-year-old Tinja (Siiri Solalinna), and we don’t…Read more...

Cybercriminals have been sexually extorting children and women using data stolen from large tech companies, according to a new report.Read more...

If you didn’t think automation could get any more soul-crushing, a Canada-based health-food company is testing out if it can replace cashier workers with foreign call center employees, allowing them to pay them next to nothing in the process.Read more...

Environmental group Friends of the Earth filed a lawsuit against the White House this week after it did not respond to request for information about why the Department of Interior’s 2021 leasing program report downplayed climate urgency. The report failed to mention the environmental impacts of leasing public lands…Read more...

When it comes to spending (or losing) obscene amounts of money, it’s never a good idea to bet against the military. While normal people struggled to make ends meet and adapt to stressful economic uncertainties presented by the pandemic’s lockdowns and restrictions worldwide, global militaries were making a killing.Read more...

Is there anything better than sitting back to watch your favorite movie or TV show with a cold glass of beer, oversized glass of wine, or tasty cocktail in your hand? Opinions differ. But what if you could be drinking those very shows or movies? This golden age of nerd entertainment has begat a golden age of nerd…Read more...

The Biden administration is looking to expand its defenses against drones, urging Congress to pass a law that would allow law enforcement to access drone tracking systems. On Monday, the White House released its “Domestic Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems National Action Plan,” in which it referred to drones as “risks…Read more...

Roku doesn’t want you to forget about it for your streaming needs, so it’s been working on sweetening the deal. The company has announced that it recently closed a multi-year agreement with Lionsgate. If you have the Roku Channel, stock up on popcorn and snacks, because the movies are coming to you.

Another fortnight, another slew of new games and releases that have made their way onto my radar. In between PAX East, the Gayming Awards, and the first D&D Direct, a lot has happened. I’ve already covered Role’s new digital release Chrome, the Spelljammer announcement, and the new Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game,…Read more...

The prophecy is coming true. The moment is here. Heat pumps are taking over, at least in Washington State.Read more...

In 2020, Justine Haupt came up with a brilliant design for a mobile phone that was free of productivity-killing distractions. Even better, it was made to look like a 40-year-old rotary phone. Two years later, a promised purchasable DIY kit allowing anyone to build their own, complete with a working rotary dial, is …Read more...

CERN’s Large Hadron Collider came back online last week after a three-year break for maintenance and upgrades; yesterday, the collaboration announced that two proton beams had been accelerated to a record energy of 6.8 tera-electron volts (TeV) per beam.Read more...

This week, Final Fantasy architect Square-Enix went absolutely bananas and thought that it’d be a great idea to sell a “Masterline” 1/6 scale statue of Final Fantasy VI’s protagonist, Terra Branford. Based on Yoshitaka Amano’s iconic artwork from the game, it depicts Terra in her Magitek mech suit from the RPG’s…Read more...

The protoculture must flow... finally? The live-action Robotech movie, which has been in development since 2007 and has switched multiple writers, directors, and even studios over the years, took a step toward actually happening by hiring Hawkeye’s Rhys Thomas to direct the film.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s Twitter purchase yesterday has sent shockwaves throughout the world, with questions still lingering over how Musk might twist the social media platform and company in his image.Read more...

I knew something was missing from that standing desk I purchased during the pandemic. It turns out it just needed some built-in RGB bling.Read more...

People in India continue to sweat under a blistering heatwave, with temperatures forecasted to max out at 118 degrees Fahrenheit (48 degrees Celsius) over the coming days, the India Meteorological Department said in a press release today.

Russian courts might have banned Facebook and Instagram access across the country just a month ago, but that’s not going to stop those same courts from fining them anyway.Read more...

You might be resigned to wearing a pair of headphones all day to block out the sounds of noisy neighbors or other distractions, but researchers at MIT have developed a paper-thin speaker that can be applied to almost any surface like wallpaper, turning objects like walls into giant noise-cancelling speakers.Read more...

Google is right on the mark with its first public-facing Android 13 beta, launching today. The beta is the third version of the operating system preview, and the first version you can download and try out even if you’re not a developer. If you’re curious, you can get it on your Pixel smartphone. But take heed that…Read more...

The messy Marvel Cinematic Multiverse is about to come under some new management... or rather, new managers are about to be revealed in the upcoming Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Because as this newest teaser for the film has revealed, the erstwhile Sorcerer Supreme is about to be hauled in front of the …Read more...

Ren Hutchings’ debut novel, Under Fortunate Stars, is a time-twisting homage to classic space opera and science fiction, taking well-beloved tropes and twisting them on their head. It’s a paradoxical puzzle-box of a novel that reveals its secrets in bits and pieces, spread out over four different points of view that…Read more...

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The Google Play Data Safety section has started to roll out in the Play Store. The new area of the Play Store will show you the kind of data an Android app is accessing and whether it’s sharing it with third parties. It’ll also help you determine an app’s security practices and whether it’s safe enough for your kid…Read more...

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Members of NASA’s Crew-4 mission are preparing to launch to the ISS for a four-and-a-half-month stay on board the orbiting laboratory. The launch is currently slated for no earlier than 3:52 a.m. EDT on Wednesday April 27, and you can catch the action live right here.Read more...

Asus’ newest portable monitor looks as if someone accidentally sat on it and squished it down into an awkwardly wide shape. It’s called the Asus ProArt Display PA147CDV, and it has a 14-inch panel in a 32:9 aspect ratio, giving it a similar appearance to the second screen on the laptop maker’s Zenbook Pro Duo laptops.

It’s fitting that one of the first large-scale tabletop role-playing games built to be played exclusively within a digital environment is described as “cyber-noir.” Chrome is an original TTRPG based off Mothership’s D100-based Panic Engine, coded and created entirely within its native online application, Role. With…Read more...

Tricky Tucker is at it again, telling viewers about how the big tech boogeyman is silencing the right for not expressing approved “narratives.” Except in this case, he’s laying praise at Elon Musk for his acquisition of Twitter despite the fact that his return to Twitter after a month-long ban wasn’t because Twitter’s…Read more...

We’ve had e-readers and e-note devices featuring color electronic paper screens for a few years now, but E Ink is finally addressing some of the biggest drawbacks of the technology with Kaleido 3, announced earlier this month, and E Ink Gallery 3, announced yesterday. In particular, we’re looking at boosts both to …Read more...

In a late Friday news dump this month, the Biden administration announced that it would restart oil and gas drilling on federal lands, offering leases for sale to fossil fuel producers later this year. The new leases would open some 144,000 acres of federal land, scattered across nine states, to oil and gas drilling.…Read more...

Just a week after revealing its heartbeat-silencing Sport True Wireless earbuds, Sennheiser yesterday revealed an update to its flagship Momentum True Wireless 2 earbuds from 2020, debuting a new version that introduces an easier way for users to tune the sound to their own personal preference, among other…Read more...

CinemaCon, a three-day event in Las Vegas, is one of those trade conventions that inevitably turns into a pop culture press event, as big studios take the opportunity to get on center stage and share their plans for the next few years. And boy howdy, did Sony ever take advantage of the moment. According to our own man…Read more...

In a blog post on Monday, Reddit expanded its Community Funds pilot with a $1 million budget, guaranteeing that we’ll see more ideas generated in subreddits brought from the social network to the wider world in the near future.Read more...

Already available in models with up to 2TB of capacity and options featuring a built-in fingerprint reader to further protect and encrypt the data inside, Samsung is expanding its T7 SSD line with the new T7 Shield, a portable SSD which includes extra protection against a world that’s often hostile to electronics.Read more...

Could Batgirl head to theaters after all? Blumhouse teases its next horror movie with a very creepy doll. Kaley Cuoco hints at some surprise guests coming to Harley Quinn’s third season. Plus, Riverdale does The Mist, because of course it does. Spoilers now!Read more...

When it’s time to upgrade your phone, you can substantially cut down on the cost of a new handset by either trading in or selling your old one. Before you part ways with your older smartphone, though, you need to run through some quick and simple checks to make sure you’re taking all of your data with you and not…Read more...

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey fully endorsed Elon Musk’s planned purchase of the social media company in a hostile takeover on Monday. Musk and Twitter’s board reached a deal that will see the billionaire SpaceX founder pay $44 billion to take the company private. And while Dorsey is no longer the CEO and ultimately…Read more...

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse won’t be in theaters until next summer but you can now read about its first 15 minutes. Producers and writers Phil Lord and Chris Miller showed up to CinemaCon 2022 in Las Vegas this week to give theater owners a little taste of what’s in store for Miles Morales, Gwen Stacy, Miguel…Read more...