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Two tornadoes touched down in Bell County, Texas Monday evening, injuring 23 people and hospitalizing 12, one with critical injuries. The more damaging of the tornadoes was on the ground for an eye-popping seven miles, striking Salado, Texas, a town about midway between Austin and Waco on Interstate 35.Read more...

Soccer fans are cheering after FIFA, the international governing body for the pro sport, launched its own streaming service for live games, match replays and original documentaries on Tuesday. FIFA+ is available for free now on the web and mobile devices, but it’s still not clear whether it will eventually charge for…Read more...

The last big hurdle to making virtual worlds (nope, not going to call it the other thing) a truly realistic experience is providing tangible feedback to other senses too, like touch. There’s been considerable research into creating VR controllers that let users touch and feel virtual objects as if they were real, but…Read more...

A comet with a nucleus larger than Rhode Island has been on a journey toward the Sun for more than a million years. In February, researchers found that the comet is 85 miles wide, and new observations from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope now confirm that this is in indeed the largest comet nucleus ever observed,…Read more...

DnDBeyond.com is one of the most widely used digital toolsets for the ubiquitous tabletop roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons, and up until a few days ago it was owned by Fandom. A breaking press release from Business Wire has confirmed that Hasbro, the parent company of Wizards of the Coast, which owns Dungeons &…Read more...

Users of ride hailing apps Uber and Lyft say they were fleeced after they tried to leave the Brooklyn area yesterday after a shooting left at least 23 people injured. Others found the price of a ride had increased several fold even in areas outside the immediate area of danger.

Rob Zombie’s Munsters remake just keeps adding to its cast. David Lynch throws cold water on rumors that he’s showing a new movie at Cannes. Another familiar face returns for National Treasure: The Series. Plus, get new looks at the return of Fear the Walking Dead, and the new anthology Tales of the Walking Dead.…Read more...

Have you seen a viral video from the BBC suggesting a rocket attack on a railway station in Kramatorsk, Ukraine that killed 50 people and injured at least 100 was actually a false flag by the Ukrainian military, and not the Russians? The video is fake. And despite using a BBC logo and style, it wasn’t made by the BBC.

A group of powerful companies on Monday announced a new venture to suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. Meta, Alphabet, Stripe, Shopify, and McKinsey are pledging together to buy $925 million worth of carbon removal over the next nine years, a move they say will create a market that will help develop needed…Read more...

You probably use your AirPods a lot, so you don’t want to misplace them. Apple has updated the AirPod tracking features available in the Find My app to enable you to track down missing earbuds or headphones even when they’re out of Bluetooth range—here’s how to make sure your Apple audio devices never get lost again.Read more...

An investor in Twitter has filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk over the billionaire’s secret purchase of Twitter stock that sent the price soaring after it became public. Musk bought his enormous slice of Twitter shares on March 24, but the public didn’t learn about it until April 4.

It’s easy to see why countries like Taiwan have military invasion on the mind. Now, Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense has released its first handy 28-page guidebook in case another country (not saying who) decides to invade the territory it has long-claimed as its own.Read more...

Don’t say Riverdale has gone off the rails. Don’t you dare. Give the infamously bonkers show, starring increasingly and sinisterly absurd versions of the unquestionably wholesome Archie comics characters, the respect it deserves.Read more...

Amazon’s most recent example of double digit growth likely isn’t one it’s eager to tell shareholders.Read more...

The Amazon rainforest in Mato Grosso Brazil is shrinking. Brazil’s space research agency, INPE, reported that the first quarter of 2022 set a new deforestation record for the rainforest—941 square kilometers were cleared from Janaury to the end of March. This is the largest area of deforestation that the agency…Read more...

Even if you didn’t know who Gilbert Gottfried was, you knew his voice. The legendary comedian and actor’s raspy, screechy voice was one of the most distinct, unique voices of all time. Sadly though, that voice was silenced this week as he passed away at the age of 67. Gottfried leaves a body of work that has inspired…Read more...

Despite widespread lockdowns and quarantine orders, the first year of the covid-19 pandemic did not stop Americans from spreading sexually transmitted diseases.Read more...

Meta’s first attempt at virtual reality ads was a major flop. Now, the company is shifting to a different money-making strategy within its metaverse: The buying and selling of virtual “items and effects,” as described in a Monday press release.Read more...

The Duffer Brothers have revealed that the antagonist of Stranger Things season four’s first volume (and perhaps mastermind of the whole darn thing) is Vecna, an ancient god-like lich who hails from Dungeons & Dragons. We got a glimpse of him at the beginning and end of today’s ripping trailer for the Netflix hit.Read more...

Imagine a vulture, a sparrow, a turkey, and a pigeon all decide to hang out on the same power line. It’s odd, isn’t it? Makes about as much sense as a Monday night outing that saw Amazon-founder Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sánchez, Kim Kardashian, and Pete Davidson sitting around the same table on a double date.Read more...

Data privacy company DuckDuckGo has released its super secure web browser in beta for Mac—finally. The move comes years after the company released its browser for iOS and Android in 2018, and adds to their growing suite of digital privacy tools for everyday consumers.

The New York Assembly wants to stop cryptocurrency mining operations from setting up shop in the state’s shuttered power plants. Assembly member Anna Kelles has drafted legislation meant to pause crypto mining in the state, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the power-intensive industry.Read more...

Tatooine was meant to be the furthest place from the bright center of the universe, according to Luke Skywalker in A New Hope. No one went there, important or otherwise. But Star Wars is Star Wars, so now it’s spent generations revisiting the world and making anything but unimportant.

The Sun just hurled debris from a dead sunspot toward Earth, and the superheated material is supposed to arrive at our planet on Thursday (don’t worry—you won’t feel it).Read more...

Snapchat and Meta “knowingly and purposely” created harmful, addictive products that led to a 17-year-old boy’s tragic suicide, a new lawsuit alleges.Read more...

Android users got the flagship phones they demanded from Google with the launch of the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, but the wait for a more wallet-friendly value pick has stretched on for some time. Based on mysterious FCC filings, it appears the long-awaited device, the Pixel 6a, could arrive in the coming weeks

CNN’s streaming service, aptly dubbed CNN+, is reportedly giving Quibi a run for its money in the competition to become the biggest catastrophe of the streaming era.

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Now that the Marvel Cinematic Universe has dusted Thanos himself, everyone wants to know what’s next. Who is the next big bad? Where is it all going? Those answers are certainly coming but if Thanos was your in-universe Dad, the fallout is coming sooner rather than later.Read more...

NASA is planning to test an unconventional system for launching small objects to low Earth orbit. The system, which uses intense centrifugal force and a final propulsion stage, aims to make launches more affordable and environmentally friendly, but the concept remains unproven.

Welcome to the revived Gaming Shelf! We’re back with a bimonthly schedule, a new creator’s spotlight, and a whole lot of links that will be rounding up the gaming news, notable releases, and crowdfunding campaigns that have grabbed our attention recently.Read more...

In this edition of “What Gadget Should You Buy?” we recommend the best budget Chromebook for a school kid.

At long last, Microsoft looks set to update one of the few truly budget-friendly Windows laptops worth considering over a Chromebook.

TikTok—the short video app that serves you everything from strange crate-based challenges to faked videos of the war in Ukraine—is quickly becoming a cash cow, according to a new report.Read more...

Less than a year ago, Transformers fans’ mouths stood agape when Hasbro and Robosen Robotics revealed an absolutely amazing, fully programmable, 19-inch tall Optimus Prime figure that could transform from his robot form into his truck mode (and vice versa) with the touch of a button. But what’s Optimus Prime without…Read more...

President Joe Biden is taking a trip to the Corn Belt today, specifically Menlo, Iowa, where he’ll announce that E15 gasoline can be used all summer long. The administration says the aim is to help reduce rising gas prices, and mirrors a previous Trump Administration policy, which lasted from May 2019 to July 2021.…Read more...

Slow and steady is winning the race. NASA’s Perseverance Rover has broken the record for the longest distance driven by a rover on the Red Planet, according to a release from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab. Currently en route to its final destination of the Jezero Crater river delta—a 3-mile journey from its landing…Read more...

Would it surprise you to learn that even ancient civilizations liked to roll some D20s around back in the day? Twenty-sided dice, called icosahedrons, show up in architectural digs all across the Mediterranean, especially in Greece and Egypt. These surviving number rocks are estimated to be from the fourth through…Read more...

Generations have grown up with the loud engine sounds of approaching vehicles making the hazard obvious long before it’s seen. Electric vehicles are nearly silent, however, making them harder to spot, and since even scooters can be dangerous, Segway’s new accessory is a strap-on speaker making them sound like they’re…Read more...

After a one-week delay, NASA is set to resume its rehearsal of the Space Launch System, albeit with some very important steps left out. Ground controllers won’t be completing the test as planned, raising concerns about the status of the Artemis 1 mission and the potential need for yet another wet dress rehearsal.

A brand new series from Lucasfilm of animated micro shorts has launched, showcasing the cutest versions of all sorts of species across the galaxy in Star Wars: Galactic Pals. This preschool-level show is an adorable spin-off from the Star Wars Galaxy of Creatures animated micro-short series featured on the Star Wars …Read more...

People better be prepared for an all-electric future of car ownership. Though in terms of companies paving the road to get to widespread acceptance, some are planning bigger than others.

The Beats Studio Buds were the brand’s first compact true wireless earbuds and not only delivered a cheaper alternative to the Apple AirPods Pro with similar specs, but they were also Android-friendly. Almost a year after their debut, Beats is rolling out some new colorway options for the Studio Buds, as well as some…Read more...

Apple updated iMovie today with a pair of features designed to make it easier for beginners to create their first videos. Available starting today on iOS 15.2 or later and iPadOS 15.2 or later, iMovie 3.0 adds Storyboards and Magic Movie, two new video creation tools that do the heavy lifting for you.

Chris Chibnall’s public time on Doctor Who begins a slow end this coming weekend with the arrival of Legend of the Sea Devils, the first of three special episodes that form the final chapter of Chibnall and exiting-Time Lord Jodie Whittaker’s time on the show. But for the writer at least, he nearly left much, much…Read more...

About half of the world’s population suffers from headaches and migraines annually, new research this week has found, while roughly one in every seven people have a headache on any given day. The findings might suggest that migraines in particular have become more common over time, but the authors caution that the…Read more...

Juggling a new baby and working from home is incredibly challenging for many reasons, including the fact that even the smallest of noises can wake a napping infant—bringing an end to productivity. One coder’s solution was to take their keyboard out of the work equation entirely and replace it with a custom…Read more...

Space Perspective has revealed the cabin design for its upcoming Spaceship Neptune—a balloon-held capsule that, for the lofty price of $125,000, will take passengers to the edge of space.

Stranger Things returns in May—and a new season four trailer announces that secrets are about to be revealed. While our Hawkins heroes are spread out around the world, the mysteries that bind them together are brewing beneath the surface of the hit Netflix show.Read more...

Somehow, Spirit Halloween is becoming a movie. The cast of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie continues to get even weirder. David Lynch’s mysterious next project could get a Cannes debut. Plus, Robbie Amell talks returning to The Flash, and an original Ranger could return for Power Rangers’ 30th season. Spoilers now!