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Oh no—some of New York City’s, uhh, finest may be forced to join their rage-quitting compatriots over in Washington state and stop being cops rather than get the coronavirus vaccine, as on Wednesday a Staten Island judge ruled against the New York Police Department union’s effort to stop a mandate for municipal…Read more...

There’s a big new presence slurping up power from the U.S. grid, and it’s growing: bitcoin miners. New research shows that the U.S. has overtaken China as the top global destination for bitcoin mining and energy use is skyrocketing as a result.Read more...

While all of Disney+ and Marvel’s character-specific shows have felt like studies of their interior selves, the vibe radiating from the trailers for the MCU’s upcoming Hawkeye series has been a little bit different—less “what makes Clint Barton, the original Hawkeye, tick” and more “of all the original Avengers, what…Read more...

What goes best with fun-sized Hershey bars? Horror movies! And while everybody knows the classics (Beetlejuice, Hocus Pocus, The Craft, the original Halloween, etc.), sometimes you want a less immediately familiar movie that won’t just entertain you—it’ll scare the daylights out of you, too. Here are 12 movie picks…Read more...

A cheap and widely available drug used as an antidepressant now also appears to be a lifesaving covid-19 treatment. In a newly published, large-scale clinical trial, the drug fluvoxamine was shown to reduce the risk of prolonged hospitalization as well as death in high-risk patients treated at an emergency room.…Read more...

For everyone who has been waiting for a true full-frame mirrorless camera from Nikon, today is the day as Nikon has just announced its new flagship cam: the Nikon Z9.Read more...

If there’s something strange in the neighborhood... then you should probably call 911 rather than spend $400 on this life-sized replica of Egon Spengler’s proton pack from Ghostbusters. But if your neighborhood seems reasonably normal and you have cash to spare, this is your chance to own a nigh-perfect recreation of…Read more...

When Star Trek: Prodigy was first revealed as a “kid-friendly” show, certain fans decried that they did not need a “dumbed-down” entry to get into Star Trek when they were young. A blessing then, that this next generation doesn’t have that either: instead, they’re offered something smart, fun, and perfect for them,…Read more...

Once a respected brand when it came to DSLR alternatives, Canon is now slapping the PowerShot label on all sorts of gimmicky experimental cameras, including the new PowerShot PX: a sort of security camera-meets-AI-powered photographer that promises to automatically capture the best possible photos and videos of an…Read more...

Big Oil has had a reckoning with the public. It’s had a reckoning in court. And on Thursday, it will have a reckoning in front of Congress’ most powerful committee.Read more...

Ghostface strikes in a new look at Scream’s return. The latest Stephen King adaptation rounds out its cast. Get a tiny glimpse of the new Paranormal Activity. Plus, new looks at what’s next on Legends of Tomorrow, Batwoman, and Creepshow. Spoilers away!

Papua New Guinea’s government finance office has been hit with a ransomware cyberattack and the hackers are demanding bitcoin, according to Bloomberg News. And while many of the specifics surrounding the attack are still unclear, it’s becoming obvious that hackers won’t just target the wealthiest countries and richest…Read more...

The National Rifle Association has reportedly been hacked. A cybercriminal gang claims to have stolen the much maligned gun lobby’s data and has been posting samples of it to the internet.Read more...

On March 15, 2019, a heavily armed white supremacist named Brenton Tarrant walked into two separate mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, and opened fire, killing 51 Muslim worshipers and wounding countless others. Close to 20 minutes of the carnage from one of the attacks was livestreamed on Facebook—and when the…Read more...

Let’s face facts. The 1999 South Park movie, Bigger, Longer, and Uncut, is one of the best movie musicals ever. And in the 22 years since its release, while its creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have made plenty of South Park, they haven’t made another movie. But that changes later this year, in a weird sort of way.Read more...

The phrase “shooting blanks” has passed into colloquialism. But, literally speaking, what does it mean to shoot blanks? And why can people who get shot with blank ammunition still die? We’ll explain what blanks are, why they’re used, and why they can still kill you.Read more...

Neon Genesis Evangelion no longer has the monopoly on shows about divine angels being sent to destroy humanity for its sins. The anime now shares this honor with Hellbound, an upcoming Netflix series from Yeon Sang-ho, director of the international hit horror movies Train to Busan and its sequel Peninsula.Read more...

The Android tablet will soon get good, or at least it seems like Google is hoping it will with Android 12L. This new version of Android is designed for tablet-sized screens and anything above 600dp, and is available for developers today.

A prominent Chinese tech firm that sells hardware to companies throughout the world is currently under investigation after being accused of facilitating cyberattacks on various American and European targets.Read more...

An outbreak of hepatitis A has sickened at least 50 people in Virginia, with one person dying and another needing a liver transplant. The cases have been tied to a restaurant employee who worked at several locations of a local chain. Though the spread of the outbreak is now thought to be largely contained, more cases…Read more...

Just five companies have spent $96.3 million over the past two years in a fight over a transmission line in northern Maine that will face a reckoning at the ballot box next week. A remote transmission line running through miles of sparsely populated woods may not seem like such a big deal, but the issue has…Read more...

Apple Music subscribers who also own a PlayStation 5 can now stream to their heart’s content after the gaming console quietly rolled out a new integration for the subscription music service this week.

When the Charmed reboot’s Madeleine Mantock recently announced that she would be leaving the show after its third season, it was impossible not to notice the parallels between the ongoing CW series and its WB predecessor from the mid-‘90s starring Shannen Doherty, Holly Marie Combs, and Alyssa Milano. Coincidentally…Read more...

The people can now repair and tinker with their own devices under copyright law. The US Copyright Office (USCO) submitted recommendations, approved today by the Librarian of Congress, to add exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)’s rules governing access to devices and software. (This section.) The…Read more...

There is no anime more responsible for a love of space bounty hunters (and an ill-advised love of jazz) than Cowboy Bebop. The seminal series has been beloved for so long, and with the Netflix adaptation on the way now’s as good a time as any to dive in and see if Bebop is a jam session you can jive with. Here are our…Read more...

Hundreds of naturally mummified human remains in the Tarim Basin, part of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, have long perplexed archaeologists. The remains, which date from 2,000 BCE to around 200 CE, are confounding for their remarkable state of preservation, luxurious clothing, and their burial in boat coffins…Read more...

Intel has officially announced details on its much-anticipated 12th-gen Alder Lake processors, including pricing and performance details for three new chips.Read more...

No matter who Nintendo and Universal announced as the voice of Mario for their upcoming animated movie based on the video game franchise, people were certain to have rather strong feelings if the role didn’t go to Charles Martinet, the actor who’s been lending his voice to the character for 30 years.Read more...

Despite what the company’s stock prices might tell you, Facebook is a company with an image problem. At best, critics warily regard Facebook as a company that ruthlessly strips users for their data so it can curbstomp competitors in increasingly hostile ways. At worst, people call the company a threat to democracy…Read more...

The Brazilian Senate committee that produced a draft report accusing fascist gut flora gravy-boat President Jair Bolsonaro of 11 crimes against humanity including mass homicide, genocide, and charlatanism crimes in his handling of the covid-19 pandemic has voted to recommend charges.Read more...

A snazzy new trailer for Amazon Prime Video’s upcoming adaptation of Robert Jordan’s fantasy epic The Wheel of Time is here, and it gives us our best look yet at the magical world inhabited by forces both good—like Rosamund Pike’s Moiraine—and evil, led by the aptly named Dark One.Read more...

Every year Adobe uses its Max conference to share sneak peeks at the technologies created up by the company’s R&D departments that may one day find their way into apps like Photoshop and Premiere. For 2021 that includes Project In-Between which can turn a pair of similar photos into a short animation.Read more...

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It’s rare that trailers are as spoiler-filled as this new video for the second half of Netflix’s Masters of the Universe: Revelation, Kevin Smith’s “continuation” of the classic ‘80s He-Man cartoon. I assume it’s in hopes of winning back some of those grumbling fans who disliked the first half of the series. I hope it…Read more...

Wildlife officials in Texas recently documented a peculiar natural horror: a fish with its tongue replaced by a parasitic crustacean known as an isopod. These isopods aren’t dangerous to humans and are usually not deadly to their hosts, but their unique way of life is another example of the terrors created through…Read more...

One of the Pixel lineup’s best features is Call Screen, which seamlessly roots out spam and other unwanted calls. Previously only available in U.S., Canada and Japan, the feature is now being quietly deployed in seven new markets—meaning that the global crusade against spam calls will soon gain some key allies.Read more...

After spending several lifetimes playing foil to Peter Pan, Captain Hook finally finds a way out of Neverland and into the real world—where unfortunately life doesn’t get much easier. A.C. Wise, author of Wendy, Darling, explores the villainous pirate’s strange twists of fate in Hooked, a new fantasy novel arriving…Read more...

There are thousands of games that can be played with a simple deck of cards, but Rob Halifax has found a way to make 52 cards even more versatile with a redesign that lets you play games like chess, checkers, and even dominoes with the same deck that entertains you for hours on end with Solitaire.

Bill Murray is an unpredictable man. He shows up in weird places to hang with random people, like that time in 2009 when he read poetry to construction workers. He’s certainly not above a bit of trolling, so take a grain of salt—or should I say salz—at Murray’s announcement he’s in Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man and the Wasp…Read more...

An upcoming launch to deliver four astronauts to the International Space Station is ready for 3, 2, 1, blast off—oh, aside from NASA still having to approve a last-minute adjustment made to SpaceX’s leaky toilet.

Eternals might be the first Marvel Studios movie that doesn’t benefit from being a Marvel Studios movie. After over a decade of interconnected films, the company has carefully crafted audience expectations. To us, a Marvel movie has a certain undeniable energy; a blend of action, humor, and heart that’s aimed to…Read more...

Instagram’s arbitrary rules for who gets to post links have always been frustrating. But now, the social media platform will allow anyone to post links in their Stories. Yes, anyone.Read more...

Last year, Olympus announced it was getting out of the camera business. And today, the company taking over Olympus’ camera division has announced a new brand name for the business going forward: OM System.

It doesn’t matter how many hundreds of thousands of dollars you shell out for an audiophile-grade home stereo, a recorded piano performance will never sound as good as a live one on an actual piano, so Steinway is finally introducing a feature that allows live performances to be streamed and performed, in real-time,…Read more...

The idea of Pixar returning to the world of Toy Story in order to dig deeper into the lives of flesh and blood humans might not sound like the most promising premise on its face, but the first teaser trailer for director Angus McClain’s Lightyear makes it seems like the studio’s figured out a way to pull the concept…Read more...

Digital real estate marketplace Zillow has been hemorrhaging cash in the home-buying arms race in certain markets, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, after the company tweaked its algorithm to jack up the bids it offered on real estate.Read more...

Robbie Amell talks about stepping into Chris Redfield’s zombie-stomping shoes for Resident Evil. Doctor Who teases a historical scrap with the Sontarans. Plus, a new look at Last Night in Soho, and what’s to come on Stargirl, Star Trek: Prodigy, and more. To me, my spoilers!

It’s tough to pack a lot of features into today’s tiny actions cams. But with DJI’s new Action 2, the company has come up with a novel twist that makes customizing your mobile video rig for your needs a whole lot easier.Read more...

The MacBook lineup has just expanded with brand new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros available to buy. But there’s also the existing MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro, and they all run on custom-made Apple Silicon chips, all with various configurations available when you buy them direct from Apple. So which of these…Read more...

Elon Musk, the wealthiest person in the world who happened to make $36 billion on Monday alone, could save 42 million people around the world from starvation with just 2% of his wealth, according to a global hunger expert at the United Nations. But Musk doesn’t even need to pony up a full 2% if he gets America’s other…Read more...