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The heat wave centered on the Pacific Northwest has felled records across the region on both sides of the border. But those records barely lasted 24 hours in some cases. Even before the hottest part of the day, the mercury once again reached heights never before seen in the region more known for drizzle than sizzle.

A federal judge on Monday dismissed an antitrust complaint brought by the Federal Trade Commission against Facebook, claiming that the evidence presented by the agency had not sufficiently proven that the social media giant held monopoly power over other social media platforms.Read more...

Original content living exclusively on streaming services means it’s never really done. Decades ago, when a Stormtrooper hit his head on the set of Star Wars, the gaffe became a part of film history. But when a crew member was similarly spotted on the set of Disney+’s The Mandalorian, Disney quietly got rid of him,…Read more...

Shortly before E3, Microsoft announced plans to expand xCloud game streaming to browsers, and today that update went live, finally unlocking the ability to stream games on iPhones and iPads using Safari.Read more...

The arrival of the Delta variant—the recently emerged strain of the coronavirus thought to be the most transmissible yet—in the U.S. is understandably unnerving scientists and the public alike. But how worried should you exactly be about Delta, especially if you’re fully vaccinated already?Read more...

YouTube has rolled back a permanent suspension of Right Wing Watch (RWW), a nonprofit that tracks extremist individuals and groups, apparently backtracking from its stance that documenting those extremists’ actions is the same as promoting them.

Major phone companies and other voice providers have only a matter of days to implement a new caller ID verification system designed to rid Americans of that dreaded auditory plague, the robocall.

Old crumbling stone buildings. Spidery webs of light. Bright faces that morph between animal and human and back again. All imagery you might see if you’re in the middle of a mushroom trip, but also what you might see if you check out the “Ganzflicker”—an intense, red and black flickering screen that anyone can access…Read more...

In Loki’s third episode, “Lamentis”, the prodigal Asgardian trickster and his new interdimensional travel companion accidentally wound up smack dab in the middle of an apocalypse from which there was only one clear route of escape. As luck would have it, neither of Loki’s heroes were exactly prepared to partake in…Read more...

Logan’s Run may have been a box office disappointment when it first came out, but that hasn’t stopped Warner Bros. from trying and failing to restart the race. It’s now been 21 years since reports of a remake surfaced, and still with nothing to show for it. Here’s the long and convoluted history behind trying to make…Read more...

The China National Space Administration (CNSA) has released new footage of the ongoing Tianwen-1 mission, which includes sounds of the rover in action.

Jaws is the original “stay the hell out of the water” summer flick, but you really can’t count the Piranha series out in terms of cautionary tales about never going swimming again. Piranhas may be much smaller than great whites, but they’re fast, they travel in packs, they have tremendous teeth, and they love …Read more...

YouTube TV has announced its long-awaited 4K Plus streaming option is now available as an add-on to existing subscriptions. The new tier adds streaming 4K content where it’s available, plus offline downloads and unlimited simultaneous streams on your home network.

Law enforcement doesn’t have much trouble getting access to data from social media companies. In fact, over the first half of last year, authorities in the US made close to 118,000 requests for user information from tech companies—a number that’s more than twice the number of requests thrown at these companies since…Read more...

Power cables are melting. School districts are closing. Asphalt is too hot to touch. The heat wave roasting the Pacific Northwest is putting infrastructure at risk, and temperatures are expected to continue to rise on Monday. The failures show the staggering toll the climate crisis is already taking—and they’re a…Read more...

Researchers in Canada have created an easily accessible tool for people worried about the possibility of cognitive decline as they grow older. The online calculator is supposed to estimate the general risk of dementia for the average person 55 and older and is based on research published this month.

The head of the “Cyber Ninjas,” the group commissioned to carry out an ultra-partisan, comically inept “audit” of 2020 votes in Maricopa County, Arizona, is also starring in a documentary claiming the CIA helped rig the elections for Joe Biden, according to Arizona reporters who attended a screening.Read more...

Though a lot of movie theaters are once again back to full function, the safer option for entertainment remains streaming, and fans who choose to stay home and take advantage are constantly rewarded with tons of new content. At the start of each month, most streamers—Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, Disney+, and HBO Max—do a…Read more...

While much of the country worried about the dangerous and dramatic heat wave hitting the West, Detroit faced rising floodwaters. Nearly 7 inches (17.8 centimeters) of rain fell in some areas of metro Detroit on Friday night, wreaking havoc on infrastructure and flooding businesses and major highways. It’s a case study…Read more...

Microsoft just took the wraps off Windows 11, its long-awaited visual overhaul of the PC operating system used by more than a billion people. But now that we know what Windows 11 looks like, how can you start using it?Read more...

Google and Samsung recently announced they were teaming up to create a new smartwatch platform, but we haven’t seen what those watches will look like—until now. Samsung just previewed the unified Wear OS, with its own unique twist, of course.Read more...

Confirming once more that it cannot be trusted, the metal known as fool’s gold, aka pyrite, can contain bits of the real thing, according to an Australian-Chinese research team. Getting at the trapped gold, however, is likely to be more trouble than it’s worth.

Venus is now the hottest planet in the solar system in more ways than one, as scientists buzz over three newly announced missions to explore it, while debate continues over whether a biosignature exists within its clouds. But as new research today shows, Venus has an atmosphere that’s way too dry to support even the…Read more...

When Netflix introduced offline downloads back in 2016, it was a much welcome addition for commuters, frequent travelers, and anyone with a spotty internet connection. The feature hasn’t changed much since then, but starting today, Netflix is now letting Android users watch partially downloaded content.

Mark Zuckerberg needs to hand over the keys, a team of researchers argues. In a new paper published in the peer-reviewed journal PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America), a diverse group makes the case that the social media problem rises to the level of urgency that…Read more...

Paramount’s live-action Transformers franchise immediately became interesting again with the announcement of the upcoming seventh film, Rise of the Beasts, and the title’s promise of Beast Wars being brought to the big screen. In the same way that there is no Transformers without Optimus Prime, there is no real Beast…Read more...

Nvidia’s Shield TVs are some of the best streaming video boxes on the market, but following a recent update to Android TV, Shield TV users are starting to see ads on their home screen and they aren’t happy about it.Read more...

In each installment of Netflix’s upcoming Fear Street trilogy, different groups of teenagers from various points in time all discover how the town of Shadyside, Ohio has always been a place steeped in evil and darkness that eventually manifest in horrific ways. But despite—or perhaps because of—the things that happen…Read more...

What would you do if your civilization was about to come to an end? In the latest trailer for AppleTV+’s Foundation, a whole lot of people are about to find out. And it doesn’t look pretty.Read more...

Gareth Edward’s next sci-fi movie rounds out its cast further. The Boys addes another super to its roster. Get a glimpse at the final episodes of Attack on Titan. Plus, what’s next on Flash and Legends of Tomorrow, and a smidgen more Black Widow footage. Spoilers, away!

Every morning, I am stirred awake by one of the dumbest creatures in existence: a once-abandoned, now adopted 3-year-old orange tabby cat named Cheddar. In exchange for this wake up service, Cheddar gets free meals, pricy vet trips, and plenty of scritches, as do tens of millions of other pets in the U.S. alone. The…Read more...

Given how new and expensive WiFi 6E routers are right now, is it even remotely reasonable for you to buy one? You’ll have to search your own heart for the answer to that question, but you’re here, so I’m going to help you figure out which one is best. Over the last couple of months, I’ve looked at four different WiFi…Read more...

As a tourist destination, the Moon doesn’t have a lot to offer: no beaches, no museums, no oxygen. On the other hand, it does have the virtue of being the Moon. The fucking Moon! That’s reason enough, really, to justify a trip, but try booking a flight and you’ll quickly run into obstacles. You’ll be told that NASA…Read more...

Government regulators in the UK have started to crack down on Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency platform by volume, with some news outlets like the BBC going so far as to call it a “ban.” But Binance says it’s not a ban and won’t affect anything the company does in the UK. How can that be the case? Binance…Read more...

Maine is creating a 99-year time capsule to mark the state’s bicentennial celebrations. And organizers are looking for ideas from the public on what to include inside the capsule for people of the year 2120.Read more...

For anyone asking themselves about who is still making Android tablets look no further than Lenovo. The company introduced various new Android tablets, one of which features the famed HDMI port that was rumored a while back. The tablet lineup includes the Lenovo Yoga Tab 13, Yoga Tab 11, and Tab P11 Plus. Lenovo also…Read more...

Apple has expanded its guidance on the potential magnetic interference of its gadgets with medical devices. In recent days, it released a long and detailed list of products that it says should be kept a “safe distance away” from medical devices.

The day that Telegram gets into group video calling has finally arrived. In case you forgot, that’s OK. It has been more than a year since the company announced it was working on the feature. But hey, better late than never, right?Read more...

Soon you won’t have to set up a separate profile just to sell stuff through Venmo, though you’ll still be on the hook for the same transaction fee that business profiles already pay. The new policy will take effect on July 20, according to a Sunday email to users announcing the app’s updated terms of service.Read more...

Volkswagen will say goodbye to combustion engine vehicles in Europe between 2033 and 2035, one of the company’s board members said. It plans to do the same in the U.S. and China a little later and in South America and Africa further down the line.Read more...

The first film to revitalize box office sales this year was A Quiet Place II which debuted at $48 million during the Memorial Day weekend.Read more...

Halo showrunner Steven Kane stepped down after the show’s first season for Paramount Plus.

Record-breaking temperatures are scorching America’s West Coast and parts of Canada amid what the National Weather Service is calling a “historic and unprecedented heat wave”—and the summer sizzle hasn’t even reached its peak yet, AccuWeather reports.

As you know Quentin Tarantino has thrown around rumors of retirement for years, and he still wants to. However, he has one more film to make before he considers his film career to be complete.

Voice actress Tara Strong and her legendary voice are in our households once again. This time she’s starring in the Disney+ original series Loki as Miss Minutes. However, despite having nearly 600 voice roles on her resume, she still had to audition for the part.

If, unlike me, you don’t spend an embarrassing number of hours scrolling through TikTok each week, you may be wondering why the campy disco hit “Rasputin” is climbing the charts more than four decades after its original release. Boney M.’s ‘70s ode to “Russia’s greatest love machine” is having one hell of a moment,…Read more...

Unfortunately, riding the wave of Scream and subsequent teen horror film successes’ doomed The Faculty to failure. With a poorly timed Christmas release, the film became an unexpected flop.

Google said Friday it will notify people when they look up breaking news or other “rapidly evolving” issues that their search results may be unreliable. It’s one of several fact-checking measures the tech giant has incorporated in recent years to curb the spread of misinformation and provide important context to…Read more...

Ann Dowd is one of the best, underrated actresses working right now. She has experience with every genre but is often cast as cold and stoic characters—much like her role as Aunt Lydia in Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale.Read more...

Tesla has already chalked up plenty of bad press in China this year, with officials scrutinizing its handling of customer data and protests claiming that Chinese customer complaints are going ignored. The electric car manufacturer added another controversy to the list this weekend: China’s market regulator says Tesla…Read more...