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The return of The Munsters has been Rob Zombie’s passion, and the director known for his penchant for gritty horror (see: his Halloween) confirms that his big-screen take on the classic TV series is nothing short of a love letter to the original. Now, I’m not sure why a lot of people assumed based off his body of…Read more...

Microplastics continue to infiltrate even the most remote parts of Earth. New research has identified tiny bits of plastic in the continent’s snowfall, likely arriving there from local sources, according to the team. These particles could enter the Antarctic food chain, while dark-colored microplastics may even speed…Read more...

On Tuesday, the Justice Department announced that a group of darkweb domains, collectively known as the SSNDOB Marketplace, had been taken offline. The websites were reportedly used to sell data like individuals’ names, Social Security numbers, and birthdates—predominately targeting those in the U.S.Read more...

The dog has caught the car: After weeks of Elon Musk’s whinging about bots, Twitter is going to give him all the data he can handle, according to The Washington Post.

Jurassic World Dominion is being billed as the “Conclusion of the Jurassic Era” and that will undoubtedly be the case. Mostly because it proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that this once-beloved franchise should become extinct.Read more...

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Salesforce has finally made its first, limping foray into the non-fungible token space, advertising a new product that will supposedly make minting and selling NFTs easier for the uninitiated. Whether those uninitiated take the company up on the deal during the current crypto lull is another matter.Read more...

Alex Kipman, the executive in charge of leading Microsoft’s HoloLens mixed-reality platform, is leaving the company following allegations of verbal abuse and sexual harassment, according to Insider.

Investors wanting to get their hands on stocks of SpaceX’s satellite megaconstellation will have to wait a bit longer. CEO Elon Musk recently told employees that he’s not likely to make SpaceX’s Starlink public for another three to four years, CNBC reports.Read more...

Princess Leia has been captured. She’s aboard an impenetrable structure run by the Empire and our heroes must infiltrate it to rescue her. Wait, are we talking about Star Wars: A New Hope or the latest episode of Obi-Wan Kenobi? They’re both episode fours. Frankly, it could be either, which was one of the cooler…Read more...

One of the largest and most profitable electric utility companies in the U.S. knew about climate change for decades and yet continued to build fossil fuel facilities while funding groups that contribute to climate misinformation, a report released Wednesday has found.Read more...

Amazon’s burgeoning ad business is already raking in tens of billions of dollars for the company annually, and it looks like that number’s about to get bigger. The e-commerce giant has begun quietly hiring for roles in a newly created Local Ads team, a move that will likely rankle some of its biggest competitors…Read more...

Thor: Love and Thunder has released a new teaser trailer in anticipation of tickets going on sale Monday. The sneak peek Marvel has released is short, but shows a lot of quick glances at scenes and footage that haven’t been previously revealed. Besides giving Jane Foster her own superhero landing scene, there’s a lot…Read more...

Google has officially pulled the lid off the third Android 13 beta. The version is available now as an over-the-air update to anyone already using Android 13 as their daily driver on a respective Pixel device. You can also jump in fresh here, using a Pixel enrollment form.

Environmental organization Last Beach Cleanup is suing two retailers for selling un-recyclable plastic bags in California.Read more...

Ms. Marvel is here! The beloved fan favorite of millions has made her MCU debut to the excitement of fans everywhere. But how does the premiere stack up in presenting one of Marvel Comics’ brightest young heroes to a mass audience on this scale?Read more...

In a supposedly ideal world, kids would spend their childhoods running through fields collecting flowers instead of watching TV, listening to music, and playing video games. Back here in reality, occasional digital distractions can be a parent’s only source of sanity, so Belkin has created a set of wireless earbuds…Read more...

Multiple federal agencies issued a warning against flaws within network devices that may potentially be exploited by the Chinese government. The National Security Agency (NSA), Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a cybersecurity advisory…Read more...

Political disinformation and hate speech is going viral on TikTok in Kenya ahead of a critical national election, according to a new report from the Mozilla Foundation.

From day one, smartphones had the potential to be excellent handheld gaming devices, were it not for the limitations of touchscreens. Joysticks and buttons are still the best way to play, and while wireless controllers now easily connect to mobile devices, clamp-on gamepads are a better solution, and one of the best…Read more...

If you heard Netflix was losing customers and struggling, well... that’s absolutely true. But you wouldn’t know it from the streaming service’s weeklong announcement-a-palooza Geeked Week, which has been filled with trailers, news, and brand-new announcements of new movies and series determined to keep your eyeballs…Read more...

Taco Bell has apparently never heard the phrase “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” The company’s attempt to revolutionize the drive-thru opened this week as “Taco Bell Defy,” where you can order food in Taco Bell’s mobile app, and then immediately scarf down your five Spicy Potato Soft Tacos in the parking lot.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has changed the language of its advisory to travelers concerning monkeypox, days after another wording change. The agency’s warning no longer includes a recommendation for travelers to wear a mask (for monkeypox, at least—it still recommends masking for covid-19). They’ve…Read more...

Just how much did social media big wigs know about the Jan. 6 insurrection beforehand? For those investigating the storming of the Capitol, getting to the bottom of that question has been like trying to pull out rotten teeth with a pair of chopsticks. Now, a new report shows just how far investigators have gone to…Read more...

James Gunn teases that he’s got a few DC Comics projects on the way. Chris Evans’ Buzz Lightyear leads the way in a new Lightyear clip. Harley Quinn gets even closer to teasing a season 3 release date. Plus, what’s coming on The Orville and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. To me, my spoilers!

It’s been 15 years since Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson began talking about playing DC Comics character Black Adam, and it’s all been leading up to this. Today, finally, the Rock is a superhero—or at least a person with superpowers. Because in the first trailer for Black Adam, you’ll realize this is not your typical…Read more...

IBM is laying off its entire staff in Russia after suspending operations there in March, according to an internal memo made public on Tuesday. IBM CEO Arvind Krishna says the tech company is leaving the country after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade neighboring Ukraine on Feb. 24, a war that’s…Read more...

A new study on bitcoin calls into question whether the digital currency is truly as decentralized and anonymous as its biggest devotees would have you believe.Read more...

When you put a protective flea collar on your dog or cat, the last thing you expect is for that product to hurt your pet. Or kill them. Enter Seresto Flea and Tick Collars, which did just that. At least 2,340 pets are believed to have been killed by Seresto collars.Read more...

Not everyone is split into either Windows or macOS camps—for some people, using both of these operating systems is part of their computing experience. If you’re a long-term user of one of these platforms and about to start to get acquainted with the other one too, you might need a little bit of help along the way, and…Read more...

Todd Phillips’ 2019 film Joker grossed over $1 billion and landed its star, Joaquin Phoenix, an Oscar for Best Actor. Those are the kind of accolades movie studios dream of, so there was lots of talk about a potential sequel. But was Joker really a movie that needed a sequel? Wouldn’t that go against its whole…Read more...

Spider-Man has been through more costume changes and alternative suits over the years than most Marvel heroes, rivaling Iron Man for a wardrobe that could fill out several floors of Avengers Tower. But his prominence in Marvel’s upcoming Zero War crossover with Fortnite is giving him yet another—and it’s not half bad.

It’s almost unfair to add “so far” to that headline as a disclaimer, because looking at what’s to come, it’s hard to think of something that could top the Daniels’ maximalist sci-fi action/relatable familial trauma generator epic Everything Everywhere All at Once as the best sci-fi film of 2022. But if you’re not sure …Read more...

Uber and Waymo have put the past aside, and are now in it for the long haul. On Tuesday, the two companies, previously legal foes, announced a new partnership. Together, they’re planning to combine Waymo’s self-driving technology with Uber Freight’s shipping network to help automate long-distance trucking.

In the continuing saga of compounding privacy implications for social media companies down under, an Australian judge ordered that Twitter must hand over the personal details of one of its users to a far-right figurehead for defamation purposes.Read more...

Stranger Things season four volume one helped set up what’ll hopefully be a thrilling conclusion for Netflix’s powerhouse series—and its creators are well aware of the expectations. In an interview with TVLine, Matt and Ross Duffer provided an update on where they stand with setting the final season into motion.Read more...

NASA is drumming up excitement for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope with a super-retro 8-bit inspired video game, and it’s honestly really fun. In the game, players are Roman Space Telescope operators that have to collect different celestial objects ranging from exoplanets to dark matter.

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The obnoxiously affluent Saudi Arabia is trying to prove that maybe money can buy everything after all, pouring $1 billion a year into researching ways to slow down the effects of aging. The gulf state’s royal family started a non-profit organization that would grant funds to scientists to understand the underlying…Read more...

Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference, better known as WWDC, kicked off on June 6 with a keynote hosted by CEO Tim Cook. The event is meant for developers, but the rest of the world tuned in to the main event as Apple revealed the latest on iOS, macOS, and iPadOS while debuting a few new products.

New preliminary research this week points to long term benefits from bariatric, or weight loss, surgery. The study found that people who underwent surgery were noticeably less likely to develop certain cancers over a ten-year period compared to similarly matched people with obesity who did not receive surgery. Those…Read more...

A bill that would have substantially increased renewable power generation for the state of New York was killed at the 11th hour by politicians with deep financial relationships to corporate interests. It’s a classic political story—but this one involves factions of Democrats, and some of those corporate interests…Read more...

Somehow, it’s been 25 years since crusty Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) recruited wide-eyed Agent J (Will Smith) into a top-secret government agency dealing with Earth-alien relations. To celebrate, Barry Sonnenfeld’s original Men in Black is getting a brief theatrical return, in a slick new 4K version to boot.Read more...

Russia’s space agency has announced its intention to unilaterally seize control of a German telescope mounted to a Russian-built spacecraft. It’s a terrible, irresponsible idea, as even Russian scientists will admit.

Google and Sonos have been fighting for quite some time in patent court, and now, Google is blaming Sonos for several smart home gadget activation errors that have recently befallen Pixel users, even those outside of the Sonos ecosystem. Sonos, in turn, says this is all Google’s fault for infringing its patents.Read more...

Notably absent from the WWDC keynote this year was any overt mention of augmented or virtual reality. There were subtle hints sprinkled throughout the keynote—virtual maps, live text, and Visual Look Up are new features asking to be integrated into a mixed reality headset—but Apple chose not to use the big event as a…Read more...

The year is 2100. Society as we know it has collapsed, taking fiat currency with it. The blockchain imploded long ago, fraught with theft and scams and limited by energy shortages and the creative ineptitude of most NFT designers. There’s no more precious metals. We put them all into our phone microchips and then sent…Read more...

As we careen into summer, it seems like the entire tabletop world is recovering from PAX only to prepare for GenCon. But games are still coming out, and this week we’ve got a fantastically introspective collaborative meditation, some incredibly exciting subway-inspired layouts, and even an RPG source book that doubles…Read more...

What is crypto? Is it something that’s bought and sold like stock in a publicly traded company, or is it a commodity, something that itself can interact with futures agreements? It’s a question at the heart of new legislation that would grant oversight of digital assets to a relatively small regulatory body. This…Read more...

Ever since their major debut in Hollywood with Bad Boys for Life, Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah have become a directing duo to watch. These days, they’re not only working with Marvel Studios on Ms. Marvel but also helming DC Comics’ Batgirl for HBO Max. We recently caught up with them before the premiere of their…Read more...