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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]I should have known immediately Infinity Pool, the upcoming film by [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]’s son Brandon, wasn’t going to be a simple thriller. He’s directed the sci-fi horror flicks [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] and [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], so what seems at first to be a simple tale of a privileged white guy who travels to a foreign country, hits someone…
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How to Beat Daylight Savings Time and Have a Winter of the Sun
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]If you, too, hate the annual switch to 4:30pm sunsets; if you dread descending into months of darkness; if January is not a month to live, but simply survive, I’m here to tell you: refuse. For keyboard warriors, time zone is a choice.
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Wikipedia Founder Indirectly Tells Elon Musk the Site 'Is Not for Sale'
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales, is going head-to-head with Twitter CEO Elon Musk who has accused the encyclopedia site of having a left-leaning bias. The back and forth began following the overly dramatic release of the [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] which alleged the FBI pressured social media companies to suppress information…
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The Rock's Black Adam Box Office Damage Control Is Embarrassing
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Over Half the World's Energy Transition Minerals Are on Indigenous Lands
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]As the gears kick in for the world to shift to clean energy, it’s becoming increasingly clear that we’re going to need more of the minerals—like lithium, cobalt, and nickel—that help power our cars and form the backbone of our solar panels. And the mining industry is quickly catching on to how profitable this…
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Elon Is Thinking of Changing His Twitter Blue Sales Pitch for iPhone Users to ‘Pay $11’
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NASA'S ICON Space Weather Satellite Has Suddenly Gone Silent
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]A three-year-old NASA satellite lost touch with ground controllers two weeks ago and is now wandering through low Earth orbit without supervision. Sadly, the space agency fears the worst.
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Shadow and Bone Season 2 Will Premiere in March
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Google Releases Its Most Searched Terms for 2022
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Satechi Portable Power Bank Wirelessly Charges Two Devices at Same Time
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Indiana AG Sues TikTok Twice as Texas Joins the Call to Ban App From State-Issued Devices
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]TikTok is facing growing scrutiny from various U.S. political officials. Amidst an [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] to ban the app from state government devices, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has announced that the state has filed two lawsuits against the social media platform.

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Mike Flanagan to Adapt Stephen King's Dark Tower for Amazon
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Key SpaceX Launches Back on Track After Unexplained Delays
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Better late than never, but it appears that SpaceX is set to launch a batch of OneWeb internet satellites to Earth orbit and the private Japanese Hakuto-R mission to the Moon, along with a NASA water-hunting probe.
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San Francisco Investigates Twitter for Musk’s Ugly Motel-Style In-Office Bedrooms
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Twitter owner Elon Musk is clearly miffed at the idea that San Francisco city officials would dare question his efforts to somehow transform the company headquarters into a quasi-motel for all the employees he’s likely exhausting.
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Did the Army's Secret Radiation Experiments Sabotage a Housing Project?
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Updates From Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, and More
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Alexander Skarsgård and Mia Goth look haunting in the first look at David Cronenberg’s new horror movie, Infinity Pool. Tom Welling heads to Supernatural in new footage from The Winchesters. Plus, a new look at Syfy’s colony thriller The Ark. Spoilers, away!

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Amazon, FBI.gov, and 70,000 Other Sites Are Sending Your Data to Elon's Twitter, New Research Says
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]In October, Elon Musk purchased Twitter for a cool $44 billion dollars. Among a variety of other assets and headaches, the deal came with one resource that’s gone under-explored: a vast data collection network spanning the sites of more than 70,000 Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, non-profits, universities,…
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How To Undo iOS 16's Most Annoying Changes
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]The [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] update is now firmly established on a large chunk of iPhones, but you might not be completely happy with every tweak and modification that’s been made. The good news is that at least some of the changes can be reversed by delving into the iOS Settings screen, and we’ll cover some of the most important ones…
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Apple Cancels Its Plans to Scan iCloud Photos for Child Abuse Material
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Apple has officially killed one of its most controversial proposals ever: [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] to scan iCloud images for signs of child sexual abuse material (or, CSAM).
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This Week's Willow Has a Very Surprising Cameo—Here's How It Happened
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Dyson's Air Purifying Headphones Will Cost $949
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Earlier this year, Dyson revealed its [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], a pair of headphones that promised to not only block noise, but unwanted airborne particles as well, thanks to a built-in filtration system and mask. Today, the company revealed more details on the [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], including when you’ll be able to buy a pair and…
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Jack to Elon: Can We Just Get the Doxxing Over With?
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]As the saga of the “[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]” continues, the platform’s former CEO Jack Dorsey seems to be wondering why we can’t just hurry this up already and dump all of the company’s related dirt in one fell swoop.
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Judge Hands Theranos’ Other Fraudulent Exec ‘Sunny’ Balwani Near-13 Year Prison Sentence
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Despite his rather chipper name, there’s not a lot that ex-startup executive Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani can feel happy about during his long Wednesday spent in court. A federal judge sentenced Theranos’ other big executive to 155 months, or a little less than 13 years in prison.
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Shining Girls Author Lauren Beukes Reveals Bridge, Her New Multiverse Tale
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Author [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] ([Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]) has been an io9 favorite [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], and saw her profile raised earlier this year with [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], starring [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]. Next year, Beukes will release a new spec-fiction novel, Bridge, and io9 was excited to talk…
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Taylor Swift and FTX Had $100M Sponsorship Deal Talks
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Taylor Swift came close to finalizing a sponsorship deal with [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] earlier this year as the crypto company was in a downward spiral and burning through all the money it didn’t have. The deal would have brought [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] into the already-sizable FTX endorsement fold, reportedly for a price tag of $100…
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Everyone Will Be Able to Encrypt Their iCloud Backups Soon
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...][Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] is making new efforts to increase user security. While the company has previously touted its overall privacy prowess, the new features are specifically meant to to safeguard iCloud accounts and iMessage.

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Willow's Third Episode Has Everyone Chasing Elora Danan
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Elora Danan [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] by servants of the Crone, an unspeakable evil that threatens to destroy the world. They mean to banish Elora’s soul for all eternity, completing the task [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] in the original film. So it’s up to [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] to go after her. But first, how about a nice…
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NASA's Next Asteroid-Hunting Telescope Will Launch Later and Cost More Than Expected
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]NASA’s plan for an upcoming infrared asteroid-hunting telescope, called Near Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor, has officially changed. NEO Surveyor’s expected price tag has doubled from an estimated high of $600 million to a whopping $1.2 billion, while the launch has also been pushed from 2026 to June 2028.
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25 Spellbinding Photos of the Northern Lights
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]The Northern Lights (aurora borealis) are caused by energized particles from the Sun that collide with gases in Earth’s atmosphere. The collisions cause the dazzling light displays known as aurorae; in the southern hemisphere, they’re aurora australis.

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James Cameron Wrote 'Avatar 1.5' to Fill in the Gaps Between Films
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Although we’ll likely never get a movie that takes place between Avatar and [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], James Cameron apparently knows exactly how the main characters of his first film lived their lives during that time. In fact, [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...].
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Amazon Sued for Allegedly Stealing Driver's Tips, Launches New Gamified Tipping System
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]This holiday season, Amazon says it will [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] its delivery workers an extra $5 every time a customer tells their Alexa smart speaker to thank their driver. That sounds like a nice gesture until you realize Amazon’s allegedly spent years redirecting or stealing tips intended for many of those very same drivers.
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Renewable Energy Set to Overtake Coal Power Globally by 2025
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]On this fine Wednesday, may I present you with a rare bit of positive climate news: Sustainable energy is on the rise. Globally, the amount of renewable energy from sources like wind and solar is set to increase as much in the next five years as it did over the past 20, according to [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] from the International…
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A Book Detailing Elon Musk's Twitter Fiasco Is Already in the Works
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]A book detailing [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] is already in the works. Ben Mezrich, the author of “The Accidental Billionaires” which became the inspiration for the film “The Social Network,” announced he will be publishing his new book “Breaking Twitter” next year.
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The New Mayfair Witches Trailer Wants to Cast a Spell on You
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]AMC+ has released another trailer for Anne Rice’s [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], the second installment in [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]. Mayfair Witches arrives in January, following up the the wildly successful and critically acclaimed [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]. Watch the [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] below.
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Big Oil Is Once Again Throwing Money at Sucking Carbon From the Sky
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Big Oil has a fancy new piece of climate technology to sink money into. As Bloomberg [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] on Monday, both Shell and Norwegian oil giant Equinor have helped a new Israeli direct air capture startup, called RepAir, raise a cool $10 million in funding—despite the company only having a shoebox-size prototype for a…
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Jenna Ortega Had Covid While Filming Wednesday's Dance Scene
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Reviews of Netflix’s Addams Family spin-off [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] have been mixed, but there’s one thing everyone could agree on: [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]’s unapologetically goofy dance scene was amazing. Unfortunately, notice I said “could”—your enthusiasm might wane upon learning she filmed the scene while having the [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...].

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Telegram Is Selling Fake Telephone Numbers for Crypto
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Telegram is not yet done finding new ways to monetize access to its platform. On Tuesday, the encrypted messaging app announced users will be able to sign up for its services without needing access to a SIM card. How, you may ask? By buying up a phone number with crypto, of course.

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Sore Loser Bezos Is Hoping for a Second Chance to Build NASA's Lunar Lander
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Blue Origin is once again making a pitch to build a lunar lander for NASA’s Artemis program. The space company is partnering with Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Astrobotic Technology, Honeybee Robotics, and Draper in hopes of building a second lander, Blue Origin [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] on Tuesday.
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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Sigourney Weaver’s character in the first Avatar movie—Dr. Grace Augustine—is dead. During a press conference for [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] on Tuesday, both [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] and Weaver wanted to make that explicitly clear. But Weaver was such an integral part to [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] that he brought her back for the Avatar…
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What the Hell Is ‘Goblin Mode’?
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It Turns Out Meta Won’t Shut Down the News After All
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Meta and an assortment of public advocacy groups, normally at odds on just about everything, joined forces this week to oppose a major piece of legislation ostensibly aimed at giving news publications the power to collectively bargain with social media companies for more ad money. Flexing its muscle, Meta [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]…
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Check Your List Twice: Fandom Gift Ideas From Marvel, DC, Wednesday, Jurassic World, and More
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]If you’re still hunting for holiday presents, we’ve got you covered with the latest pop culture drops to add to your cart—but don’t delay; shipping cut-offs loom at various places online, like ShopDisney for its [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] and [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]goods. Some mall favorites, like Box Lunch, Target, and Hot Topic, may also offer “…
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Rising Temperatures Are Threatening America's Latest Fruit Craze
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A New M3GAN Trailer Is Here to Bring Pint-Sized Terror to Your Day
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]After achieving instant meme-ability in [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]—which kind of came out of nowhere, and elevated an “ugh, not another [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]” situation to “OMG WHEN CAN I SEE THIS” status—M3GAN’s overprotective, [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] has returned for another tease.

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NASA's Latest Artemis 1 Moon Images Are Truly Jaw-Dropping
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Orion’s most recent accomplishments include a new distance record, a close flyby of the Moon, and a trajectory correction maneuver that sent the uncrewed capsule on its journey back to Earth. Not surprisingly, these milestone events made for some excellent photo opportunities.
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San Francisco Reverses Vote to Let Police Use Killer Robots After Fierce Backlash
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]In a hasty retreat, San Francisco lawmakers [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] allowing local police to use remote-controlled robots equipped with lethal explosives in extreme situations. The move comes after a wave of backlash from the community and activist organizations.

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Germany Arrests Dozens in QAnon-Inspired Plot to Overthrow the Government
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]German authorities dismantled what’s being called a far-right terrorist group that was behind alleged plans to overthrow the government. Police arrested 25 suspected conspirators who had set up and communicated on several channels on the platform Telegram to plan the coup that authorities believe would have likely …
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This Privacy Ruling Against Facebook and Instagram Could Spell the End of Targeted Ads
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Privacy regulators in the European Union have ruled that Meta, parent company of Facebook and Instagram, can’t make giving up data for targeted ads a condition of joining the social networks, according to reports published Tuesday in the [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] and [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]. The decision threatens to upend the social…
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Uber Robotaxis Come to Las Vegas, but the Driverless Vehicles Still Have Drivers
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]For the first time, Uber customers will be able to hail a third-party autonomous vehicle in the company’s app—at least in Las Vegas. The rideshare service is partnering with autonomous vehicle company Motional to offer robotaxi rides in the Nevada city.

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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]TV shows getting canceled are never fun, particularly when they’re at [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]. The streamer puts out so much content that it’s hard to know what their metrics are for success—at least, until they vaguely allude to these supposed success stories—and it turns, it’s all the easier for shows to [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] out of nowhere.

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WB Had a Batman Beyond Movie in the Works, Now That's on Ice
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]The still fairly recent hiring of [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] to head up Warner Bros.’ DC Films arm has sent some ripples through the already turbulent air of DC movies. [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]third movie was put on ice ahead of Gunn and Safran’s pitch to WB for their overall plan, sequels for [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] and [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] may have…
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The Best Alarm Clock Apps To Keep You From Hitting the Snooze Button
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Let’s face it: bed is one of the best places to be. It’s somewhere we feel warm, and safe, and comfortable, so it’s perhaps no surprise that getting up in the morning can be such a chore. If you’re finding that you’re hitting the snooze button once too often after waking up, there are a selection of apps you can pick…
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Photos: Devastating Drought Upends Life in the Andes
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]A lagoon in the southern part of the Andes has [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] as the mountain region and the people living in it are struggling through a years-long drought.

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This Week's Toy News Will Not Go Back to the Shadow
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of all things wonderful and plastic. This week, Lego returns to[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] with some unlikely new sets, [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] goes ninja-mad, and our first look at [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] toys rolls in. Check it out!

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How The Last Airbender Inspired Lisette Olivera
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10 Unexpected Characters That Got A Christmas Carol-ed
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Andor's Funeral March Is the Kind of Spiritualism Star Wars Needs More Of
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...][Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] is the rare Star Wars property where the Jedi and the Force are wholly absent, literally and metaphysically. Even its chronological predecessor Rogue One was deeply enmeshed in the idea of the Force as a connective, religious entity. And yet, with nary a telekinetic wave or the snap-hiss of a laser sword, [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Twitter Will Tell You If You've Been Shadowbanned, Elon Says
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Twitter CEO [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] announced Friday that a new software update was in the works to inform users if their accounts has been “shadowbanned.” The new feature would explain why a user had been shadowbanned, meaning a profile is difficult to find or your posts are invisible to other Twitter users, even followers, and…
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NASA Wants Self-Care Products Designed Specifically for Astronauts
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Getting into space is only half the battle—the other half is keeping yourself clean. Colgate-Palmolive Company announced this week that the company has signed the Space Act Agreement with NASA to research new ways to keep astronauts clean in space.

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The Internet Has Crowned Marvel Star Tenoch Huerta 'Agua Papi'—Let Us Show You Why
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]If you log into Twitter and search “Agua Papi [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...],” you will see account after account thirsting after [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] star-antagonist [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]. For anyone who requires a translation, “Aqua Papi” means “Water Daddy”—which, well, let io9 show you why this nickname is so fitting.
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String of Child Deaths from Strep A Alarm Health Officials
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]A common bacterial infection known as Strep A has likely killed over a dozen children in the UK in recent months. On Friday, health officials reported yet another fatality linked to the bacteria, which can, in rare cases, cause a more invasive and life-threatening infection. There are likely several reasons why the…
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Oil Companies Are Doing Great, Thanks For Asking
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Several oil giants released their capital expenditure budgets for the year ahead this week, including Exxon Mobil and Chevron, the U.S.’s two biggest oil companies. The budgets are an interesting insight into how the industry is going to move forward with the spoils of their banner year—and as the clock increasingly…
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Satellite Image Shows Saudi Arabia's Sci-Fi Megacity 'The Line' Is Actually Being Built
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The Twitter Files, Part Two, Explained
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Late Thursday night, Substack journalist Bari Weiss tweeted a [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] detailing how Twitter limited the visibility of the accounts of several people popular among the online right.

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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Is a Darker, More Emotional Spin on the Classic Tale
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NASA Selects Collins Aerospace to Design New Spacesuits for the ISS
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) are overdue for some new threads, but NASA is hoping to upgrade its spacesuits soon. The space agency awarded Collins Aerospace a $97.2 million contract to develop a spacewalking system to use outside the space station, NASA [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] on Thursday.
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Take a Peek Inside Wing’s Autonomous Delivery Drone Command Center
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Which Endless Would Kirby Howell-Baptiste Be?
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The Best Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Trailers at the Game Awards
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Last night the [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] dumped a veritable bevy of [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] (and hastily announced winners, because who shows up to the Game Awards for those, apparently?) of what’s to come in the near future for video games—and there was a lot of cool sci-fi and fantasy storytelling on the cards. Here’s the genre highlights you…
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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]All good things come to an end, including NASA’s wildly successful Artemis 1 mission to the Moon and back. At least, it’s been successful so far, as Orion must still perform a harrowing reentry through Earth’s atmosphere. You can follow the action live right here.

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The Muppet Christmas Carol Extended Edition Is Now on Disney+
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Researchers Managed to Transfer Twice the Global Internet Traffic in a Single Second
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Photos: Mauna Loa Eruption Continues on Hawaii's Big Island
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, began erupting in Hawaii in late November for the first time since 1984. Eruptions have continued for nearly two weeks, creating spectacular, slow-moving lava flows that so far have not threatened any local communities.

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New Texas Bill Could Ban Social Media for Anyone Under 18
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...][Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]. A new bill proposed by Texas Representative Jared Patterson is interested in restricting social media access to those under 18 years of age.

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Christmas Bloody Christmas Unleashes Plenty of Ho-Ho-Horrors
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Sam Bankman-Fried Agrees to Testify Before Congress
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Former FTX CEO [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] agreed to testify before the House Financial Services Committee next week in an attempt to [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]. Bankman-Fried, who often goes by “SBF” [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] on Friday saying he is “willing” to testify but says he won’t bring much to the…
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An Oil Spill in Kansas Has Shut Down the Keystone Pipeline
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]An oil spill in northern Kansas has shut down a major pipeline that transports crude oil from Canada to Texas.

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Don't Worry, Human Drummers, Your Jobs Are Safe... For Now
Just a few months after its debut in August, Xiaomi is looking for ways to show off the unique capabilities of its humanoid robot, CyberOne. Instead of putting it to work on an assembly line, Xiaomi [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] and let it [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], but Ringo Starr, Dave Grohl, and Chad Smith don’t…
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Japanese Billionaire Taps DJ Steve Aoki and 7 Others for Trip Around the Moon
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has revealed the eight-person crew that will join him on a trip around the Moon.

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The Archie Gang Vs. Krampus? Yep, the Archie Gang Vs. Krampus
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FCC Orders Telecoms to Block Annoying Scammers Targeting Student Loan Forgiveness Seekers
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]U.S. telecom providers, under a new FCC [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], will have to take “all necessary steps” to block calls from a shady communication company engaged in a mass robocall scam praying on people seeking student loan forgiveness.
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Stephanie Hsu Put Everything Into Her Everything Everywhere Audition
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Here’s What Will Happen Once NASA’s Orion Splashes Down on Sunday
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Should all go as planned, NASA’s Orion spacecraft will splash down off the coast of Baja, California, on Sunday, December 11 at 12:40 p.m. ET. As the uncrewed capsule bobs up and down in the open ocean, a crack team will spring into action and attempt to pull off a carefully choreographed recovery operation. Here’s…
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You Can 3D-Print This Game Boy Blaster That Fires Foam Darts From Swappable Cartridges
The Game Boy was a groundbreaking device when it debuted over thirty years ago, and is still influencing the [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] even today. But while the Lame Boy [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] of the handheld, it’s actually a [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] that anyone with a 3D printer, and some basic…
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New Acolyte Set Pictures Tease the High Republic's Live-Action Debut
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]A party gathers to venture forth in the new Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves poster. Get a look at Syfy’s mysterious new space series The Ark. The Flash teases the beginning of the end. Plus, new footage from Puss in Boots: The Last Wish. Spoilers get!

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The Best, Most Clever Geeky Christmas Tree Ornaments
Decorating a Christmas tree can be a creative way to express your individuality: you can go the traditional route with shiny baubles and decades-old hand me downs, or express your fandom with sci-fi and pop culture-themed ornaments. You can also go full geek, and deck your halls with gadgets, gizmos, and ornaments…
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Wall Street’s Biggest Names Are Backing Off Their Climate Commitments
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NASA's Odd Flying Observatory, SOFIA, Will Go on Display at Arizona Museum
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]NASA’s flying observatory SOFIA is scheduled to make one last flight to its final resting place. The jumbo jet will be spending its retirement years at the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona, where it will be on display for its adoring fans.

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Forever 21 Took Cute 'Metaverse Fashion' and Made It Into Very Boring IRL Clothes
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]I’ve been hearing about how [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] is the future for a long time now. I’m not convinced, but I was intrigued when I received an email about Forever 21's first-ever “metaverse-inspired” IRL collection. I may not be willing to fork over my own money for virtual clothes yet, but real clothes inspired by…
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The Best Retro Gaming Handhelds and Gifts
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]The ‘80s was considered a golden era of marketing to kids, and several decades later, those kids who spent their childhoods with Saturday morning cartoons and 8-bit consoles are fully-grown adults with jobs and responsibilities, maybe looking to recapture some of the joy of their youth. Nostalgia is now a big…
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The DJI Mini 3 Sacrifices Crash Avoidance, Gets $260 Cheaper
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]The cost of everything from gas to groceries is endlessly rising, but DJI seems to be the only company tackling inflation head-on, by releasing more affordable versions of its most popular drones. First it was the [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]: a cheaper version lacking the [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], and now it’s the…
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2022's Greatest Hacks and Leaks, Ranked
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Well, it’s that time of year folks. Yes, as we inch into December and towards 2023, the time has finally come to tally up the greatest (read: worst, most unfortunate, most ridiculous) hacking episodes of the year. As far as cybersecurity disasters go, 2022 wasn’t quite as bad as [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]. There were [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]…
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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of hedge fund Alameda Research and crypto platform FTX, was a frequent guest on both mainstream financial news and more niche crypto podcasts. And while digging through his media appearances over the years, Gizmodo has stumbled upon a very weird analogy from SBF, as he was often known,…
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Mario Heads to the Mushroom Kingdom In the First Super Mario Bros. Movie Clip
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Star Wars Jedi: Survivor's New Trailer Tries to Ignite a Fire Across the Galaxy
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]The last time [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], he barely survived an encounter with the Dark Lord of the Sith, and decided to keep the Force-sensitive children of the galaxy safe from the Empire’s wrath rather than recruit them to build a new Jedi Order. Now, we’ve finally got a look at what he’s up to next.

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How to Uncurse Your Dice Before Game Night
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Earlier this week, while preparing for a [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], I was perusing my dice, trying to pick out a set of polyhedral dice (which consist of seven dice: a D4, [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], D8, two D10s, D12, and a [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]) that would best fit my Dragonborn Monk, [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]. I found a set still in its packaging—my red-and-silver [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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James Cameron Reveals His True Feelings About Thanos
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The FTC's Effort to Block Microsoft's Activision Acquisition Will Test Biden's Antitrust Legacy
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]It’s official. After months of rumors, the Federal Trade Commission this week voted 3-1 in favor of suing to block Microsoft’s estimated [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] of video game giant Activision Blizzard.
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Los Angeles Votes to Ditch Styrofoam With Citywide Ban
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Los Angeles officials voted to ban styrofoam and other [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] on Thursday in a move to become a “zero waste” city. The 12 city council members who were present at the meeting voted unanimously in favor of the ban, prohibiting the distribution and sale of expanded polystyrene products, more commonly known…
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10 Horror Movies That Will Make You Rethink Attempting Any Winter Sports
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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...][Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] filed a lawsuit against the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission (TLC) on Friday to block a mandatory price hike for ride-share drivers in New York City. The TLC submitted the [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] in August and according to Uber, the law that passed last month will result in an increase in the per-minute rate for…
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The 20 Best Tabletop Roleplaying Games of 2022
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NASA Hid These Easter Eggs for Space Nerds on the Artemis 1 Orion Capsule
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Following its trip to the Moon and back, NASA’s Orion spacecraft [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] on Sunday. The inaugural flight for the Artemis program may have been uncrewed, but Orion carried five souvenirs to honor a legacy of lunar exploration.
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Scientists Capture the Spray From a Flushing Toilet in All Its Disgusting Glory
If “toilet plumes” aren’t already on your list of reasons to avoid public restrooms, well, scientists at University of Colorado Boulder are doing their best to change that. They used green lasers and basic cameras to reveal what sprays up when you flush a typical commercial toilet.

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Musk, the Anti-Censorship Crusader, Allegedly Shadowbanned an Account Tracking His Private Jet
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]The owner of a Twitter account that’s spent the past two years [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] billionaire Elon Musk’s flight location says his account is being “shadow banned.” That accusation comes despite recent public assurances from Musk that he wasn’t taking action against the account.
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See the Best Images from the Thrilling Artemis 1 Splashdown
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]A fully intact and toasty-hot Orion spacecraft [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] on Sunday from its trip around the Moon, splashing down off the coast of Baja, California. The historic mission ended as it began, with a fiery trip through Earth’s atmosphere, and with NASA pulling off one daring accomplishment after another.
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Look Into the Eyes of Star Wars Icons in Mondo's New Series
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Pop culture [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] have been patiently waiting for this moment—and now, io9 can reveal it’s finally here. [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] and Acme Archives are teaming up with artist Jason Edmiston for an ongoing series of Star Wars prints in the style of Edmiston’s [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]. The first two, from the recent [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...][Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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The Fisher-Price Toy Controller Now Actually Works, Thanks to Clever Hack
Every parent excitedly awaits the day when they can share their interests with their child, even gamers. But when that day arrives and your five-year-old is reaching for an expensive wireless controller with peanut butter-covered fingers, you can either let the idea of a pint-sized player two die, or [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Everything Everywhere All at Once Leads the Genre Charge at the Golden Globes
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]The nominees for the 2023 Golden Globes have been announced, and the Daniels’ multiversal story of [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] is leading the charge for genre entertainment at the show next year.

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Kit Harrington Says Jon Snow Is Having a Really Bad Time, Actually
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...][Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], the working title of the Jon Snow-centered Game of Thrones spin-off coming from HBO, is already getting a lot of attention. George R.R. Martin confirmed [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]that the series was happening in June 2022, saying that it was star [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] himself that brought the idea to him. Over the weekend, at the [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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On the Lam Terra Founder Do Kwon Reportedly Traced to Serbia
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]The once-famed and now notorious crypto founder Do Kwon’s “totally unprompted” world tour now has him holed up in Serbia, according to reports citing the South Korean prosecutor’s office tasked with arresting the 31-year-old.
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The Joker Returns in a New Folie à Deux Photo
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PG&E Lays Off Inspectors, Tree Trimmers Ahead of Winter Wildfire Maintenance
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Is This Product Actually Vegan?
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This E Ink 'Phone' Is Actually a Pocket-Sized Screen That Wirelessly Connects to Your Real Smartphone
Although E Ink’s electronic paper technology thrives on devices like e-readers and e-notes, it’s less ideal for devices designed for far more than just reading and note-taking. So while Dasung’s new Link might look like a phone, it’s actually a [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] that’s designed to [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] to a…
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AMD’s Radeon RX 7900 Series Punches Well Above Its Price Point
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]After a surprising [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] and [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], AMD’s long-awaited RDNA 3, Radeon RX 7900 series GPUs are here… starting tomorrow. While you might not be able to press a buy button today, we have our full review ready to share with you, including our results for thermal…
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Man Accused of 1988 Airplane Bombing That Killed 270 People Now in U.S. Custody
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]A Libyan man accused of building the bomb that exploded on a civilian plane over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988, killing 270 people, has been transferred to U.S. custody, according to a report from the [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...].

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Elon Musk Gets Viciously Booed by Stadium Crowd at Dave Chappelle Show
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Elon Musk, the billionaire who wants nothing more in life than to be adored by legions of fans, was loudly booed by a crowd in San Francisco on Sunday night after he was invited onstage by comedian Dave Chappelle. And the footage is pretty rough, even if you don’t particularly like Musk.

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Marvel Snap's Music Video is a Superhero Shipper's Delight
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Smile's Parker Finn Talks Marketing Campaign, Sequel Ideas
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Of the many movies that took over the world this year, [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]was one of the more pleasant surprises. After an initial showing at Fantastic Fest led to strong reviews and word of mouth, the film went on to fuel Paramount’s [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] of theatrical releases this year. For a film that was originally meant to…
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Dragon Age: Absolution Gives BioWare's Franchise a Vitality Boost
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Orion Splashes Down in Pacific, Ending NASA’s Historic Artemis 1 Moon Mission
The uncrewed Orion spacecraft performed a flawless splashdown in the Pacific Ocean earlier today, in what is a very promising and exciting start to the Artemis era of lunar missions.

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ILM and Star Wars Sculptor Richard Miller Has Passed Away
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Richard Miller, a sculptor at Industrial Light & Magic, died earlier in the week at the age of 80, a handful of days after his birthday. Per the [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], he passed after an extended stay in hospice care. Fon H. Davis, one of Miller’s colleagues, later confirmed the news on [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], writing that he was “…
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Open Channel: Pitch a DC Movie/Show That'll Inevitably Get Canceled
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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Over the decades, animation featuring Batman has taken the Dark Knight down some interesting avenues. Beyond seeing him at [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] and [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], we’ve seen him get out of his relative comfort zone by [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] or becoming a [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]. For his next animated venture, he’ll be winding back the clock all the way back to the…
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Cameron Monaghan Teases Cal Kestis' Growth in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]During the late 2010s, when it seemed like Star Wars video games would become more notable for their controversies rather than the games themselves, Respawn Entertainment released [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]. That game resonated with audiences that it both let EA create [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] (and other studios take a…
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WB Had a Batman Beyond Movie in the Works, Now That's on Ice
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]The still fairly recent hiring of [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] to head up Warner Bros.’ DC Films arm has sent some ripples through the already turbulent air of DC movies. [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]third movie was put on ice ahead of Gunn and Safran’s pitch to WB for their overall plan, sequels for [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] and [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] may have…
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The Best Alarm Clock Apps To Keep You From Hitting the Snooze Button
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Let’s face it: bed is one of the best places to be. It’s somewhere we feel warm, and safe, and comfortable, so it’s perhaps no surprise that getting up in the morning can be such a chore. If you’re finding that you’re hitting the snooze button once too often after waking up, there are a selection of apps you can pick…
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Photos: Devastating Drought Upends Life in the Andes
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This Week's Toy News Will Not Go Back to the Shadow
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How The Last Airbender Inspired Lisette Olivera
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10 Unexpected Characters That Got A Christmas Carol-ed
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Andor's Funeral March Is the Kind of Spiritualism Star Wars Needs More Of
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Twitter Will Tell You If You've Been Shadowbanned, Elon Says
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Twitter CEO [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] announced Friday that a new software update was in the works to inform users if their accounts has been “shadowbanned.” The new feature would explain why a user had been shadowbanned, meaning a profile is difficult to find or your posts are invisible to other Twitter users, even followers, and…
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NASA Wants Self-Care Products Designed Specifically for Astronauts
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Getting into space is only half the battle—the other half is keeping yourself clean. Colgate-Palmolive Company announced this week that the company has signed the Space Act Agreement with NASA to research new ways to keep astronauts clean in space.

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The Internet Has Crowned Marvel Star Tenoch Huerta 'Agua Papi'—Let Us Show You Why
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]If you log into Twitter and search “Agua Papi [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...],” you will see account after account thirsting after [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] star-antagonist [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]. For anyone who requires a translation, “Aqua Papi” means “Water Daddy”—which, well, let io9 show you why this nickname is so fitting.
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String of Child Deaths from Strep A Alarm Health Officials
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]A common bacterial infection known as Strep A has likely killed over a dozen children in the UK in recent months. On Friday, health officials reported yet another fatality linked to the bacteria, which can, in rare cases, cause a more invasive and life-threatening infection. There are likely several reasons why the…
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Oil Companies Are Doing Great, Thanks For Asking
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Several oil giants released their capital expenditure budgets for the year ahead this week, including Exxon Mobil and Chevron, the U.S.’s two biggest oil companies. The budgets are an interesting insight into how the industry is going to move forward with the spoils of their banner year—and as the clock increasingly…
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Satellite Image Shows Saudi Arabia's Sci-Fi Megacity 'The Line' Is Actually Being Built
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Saudi Arabia’s bizarre new megacity, [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] is going full steam ahead. While construction began on the project in October, new satellite images have revealed how much ground the project has covered, the scale of the city’s length, and the layout of its construction site.

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The Twitter Files, Part Two, Explained
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Late Thursday night, Substack journalist Bari Weiss tweeted a [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] detailing how Twitter limited the visibility of the accounts of several people popular among the online right.

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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Is a Darker, More Emotional Spin on the Classic Tale
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NASA Selects Collins Aerospace to Design New Spacesuits for the ISS
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) are overdue for some new threads, but NASA is hoping to upgrade its spacesuits soon. The space agency awarded Collins Aerospace a $97.2 million contract to develop a spacewalking system to use outside the space station, NASA [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] on Thursday.
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Take a Peek Inside Wing’s Autonomous Delivery Drone Command Center
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Alphabet owned autonomous delivery drone company [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] on Friday released [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] of a first of its kind delivery drone command center. The space resembles a military war room but rather than monitor Predator drones dropping bombs over villages, Wing technicians will watch Uber like GPS routes to ensure flying Doritos…
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Which Endless Would Kirby Howell-Baptiste Be?
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The Muppet Christmas Carol Extended Edition Is Now on Disney+
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]It’s a big day for Muppet fans with a [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]. [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], the service has just added the “full-length version” of Brian Henson’s 1992 film, [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]. However, unlike some of the other new releases this weekend, it’s not that easy to find. So let us help out.
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Researchers Managed to Transfer Twice the Global Internet Traffic in a Single Second
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Photos: Mauna Loa Eruption Continues on Hawaii's Big Island
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, began erupting in Hawaii in late November for the first time since 1984. Eruptions have continued for nearly two weeks, creating spectacular, slow-moving lava flows that so far have not threatened any local communities.

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New Texas Bill Could Ban Social Media for Anyone Under 18
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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Gods will be killed on Prime Video. That’s where Kratos and Atreus, the stars of the popular [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...][Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], will soon hang their weapons as [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] have announced a live-action TV show based on the series is on the way. The news [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] but now it’s official.

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7 Things We Learned From NASA’s Wildly Successful Artemis 1 Mission
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]NASA’s Artemis 1 mission concluded with Orion’s immaculate [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday. Seemingly a billion years—and most assuredly a few billion dollars—in the making, the mission ended far too quickly for space junkies like me. But in those short few weeks, it managed to nail all its primary…
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There Were 15 Million Excess Deaths Worldwide in First 2 Years of Pandemic, WHO Estimates
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]The covid-19 pandemic caused far more death and destruction in its first two years than official numbers indicate, a new study from the World Health Organization has found. The authors estimate that there were about 15 million excess deaths linked to the pandemic in 2020 and 2021, with a likely majority of these…
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Russian Trolls Are Using Under-Moderated Right-Wing Sites Like Truth Social to Post Manipulating Content
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]New research finds Russian groups targeted former President Donald Trump’s social media platform [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] during the [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]. The [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], conducted by the Stanford Internet Observatory and Graphika, found that Russian groups have moved on from [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] and [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], where they are largely blocked, to…
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Why Google Isn’t Rushing Forward With AI Chatbots
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]The success this year of powerful new generative artificial intelligence models like Open AI’s [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] and Stability AI’s Stable Diffusion, have laid the groundwork for a new era of AI tech set to explode even further in 2023. Google, though equipped with its own powerful (but definitely [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]) [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]…
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Scream VI Heads to the Big City in Its First Teaser
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Fun fact: The [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] mask, best known as the headwear of whoever decided to kill people in the various [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] movies, was created [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] before the first Scream debuted in 1996. So it’s entirely plausible that a multitude of people on a subway car would be wearing Ghostface masks on what I have to assume is…
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YouTube Will Tell You if You're Being Too Mean in Comments
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]YouTube wants you to stop being mean. As YouTube comments continue to serve as a place to harbor negativity and bad tempers, the platform is rolling out a way to let you know if your comment is too rude.

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Space Man Adam Driver Fights Dinosaurs—That's It, That's the Movie
I have never been more quickly sold on anything in my life than [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] pick up a sci-fi assault rifle, pointing it at a T.Rex, and opening fire.

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Jack Dorsey Takes the Blame for Even Building Twitter's Moderation Tools
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Twitter co-founder and ex-CEO Jack Dorsey has not had it easy the past few weeks. After being hounded on the internet by mobs of Elon Musk fans wanting his blood for what’s been presented in the so-called “Twitter Files,” Dorsey finally came out late Tuesday not to apologize for banning former President Donald Trump,…
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Updates From Deadpool 3, The Flash's Final Season, and More
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania producer Stephen Broussard teases the stakes of the film. Warrior Nun is no more at Netflix. Plus, you’ll be waiting a while for Marvel to return to Echo. Spoilers get!

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Super Nintendo World Opens This February at Universal Studios Hollywood
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Prepare to level up at [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] in 2023 with the opening of Super Nintendo World on February 17. The video game-inspired land finally makes its United States debut after the opening of the first Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Japan back in 2021, and in advance of the release of[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Free Speech Warrior Elon Musk Bans Twitter Account That Tracked His Private Jet
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Twitter has permanently banned [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], the popular bot account that tracked CEO Elon Musk’s plane, days after the account’s owner accused the social media platform of [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] it.
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ChatGPT Wrote a Terrible Gizmodo Article
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...][Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], the machine-learning fueled chatbot, has been widely acclaimed for its ability to interact with users and generate “human-like” text. Since its launch by [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] on Nov. 30, more than a million people have signed up to use the program, marveling at its talent for spinning up short stories, rap lyrics,…
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Smucker's Goes After Small Business Making Crustless Sandwiches for Trademark Infringement
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]J.M. Smucker Co. has issued a warning against a small business in Minnesota that’s selling peanut butter and jelly sandwiches without a crust, according to a new report from the Star Tribune. The food giant alleges a crustless sandwich called Gallant Tiger infringes on the trademark protections of its Uncrustables…
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Patty Jenkins Clears Up Wonder Woman 3 and Rogue Squadron Rumors
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Patty Jenkins has been in the news a lot over the last few months. First with the [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], Rogue Squadron, from Disney’s schedule, and then the even more shocking news that Wonder Woman 3 [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Mega-Popular Board Game Gloomhaven Polymorphs Into an RPG
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]If you’re one of the nearly 5,000 backers of the 2017 smash-hit board game [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]—or one of the more than 83,000 backers of its sequel, Frosthaven—you should probably be aware that the tabletop board game is moving to, uh, a different table, I guess. Game designer Isaac Childres has announced Gloomhaven will soon…
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Bugs Bunny Finally Wins His First Emmy
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]The legendary figurehead of [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], the one and only [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], just celebrated 80 years—and he’s just received his first Emmy. Bugs’ current voice performer, Filipino Canadian and proud animation fanboy Eric Bauza, won the Children’s and Family Emmy Award for “Outstanding Voice Performance in an Animated…
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More Spider-People Revealed in Across the Spider-Verse Concept Art
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]The latest trailer for [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]is jam-packed with Spider-People—but don’t worry, there are more. In addition to the awesome, emotional trailer for the highly anticipated sequel, Sony released a few concept images of [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] who are not in the trailer, and…
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Massive Winter Storm Sweeps Across the U.S.
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]A large winter storm hit the western U.S. this weekend and is expected to continue its icy tirade across the rest of the nation, bringing blizzards, tornadoes, and flooding along with it.

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This Oddly Polite Chatbot Will Fight With Comcast Support So You Don't Have To
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]If odd [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] of classic movie posters and strangely sexual selfie [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] on Instagram still haven’t convinced you of generative artificial intelligence’s merits, maybe saving a few bucks will. That’s part of the idea behind a new ChatGPT chatbot from the company DoNotPay, which it says can…
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From Liftoff to Splashdown: NASA Releases Supercut Video of Artemis 1 Highlights
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]After traveling more than 1.4 million miles (2.2 million kilometers) on a historic journey to the Moon and back, NASA’s Orion capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday following its near-perfect test flight.
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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Researchers working with a microphone aboard the Perseverance rover have managed to record sounds of a passing dust devil. The audio data was enough for them to determine the physical characteristics of the Martian whirlwind, which crossed right over the NASA rover.
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We Finally Have an Update on The Nevers and It's Not Great News
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]If you watched The Nevers, HBO’s 2021 drama about [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], there’s likely part of you still wondering if we’d ever get the promised second half of the season—with, like, some follow-through [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]. The answer is here, and…
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14 Must Have Items From Twitter's Office Supply Fire Sale
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]“Does this spark joy?” So asked the famed Japanese organizing consultant Marie Kondo as a way of thinking about decluttering crowded living spaces. The best way to know what “sparks joy,” Kondo said, is to feel the item in your hand, and then know whether you feel uplifted just by that simple act.
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Apple Update Day: What to Expect With iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Apple Watch and iPhone users, it’s update day. The [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] update is currently rolling out to the iPhone 14 and all other compatible devices. The update includes Advanced Data Protection for iCloud data like Notes and Photos, just as Apple teased at WWDC earlier in the year. Apple says the encryption applies to 23…
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Exclusive Clip: NYC-set Folk-Horror Tale Nanny
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Airbnb Removes 4,000 Accounts for Violating Its Non-Discrimination Policy
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...][Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] announced on Tuesday it has removed nearly 4,000 accounts globally from its platform this year, after finding those users had violated its non-discrimination policy. [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] was published by Project Lighthouse, an initiative Airbnb launched in 2020, and found that the number of accounts removed [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]…
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Breaking Down the Multiversal Madness of the Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Trailer
The new [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], and Miles Morales’ multiverse is about to get so [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]. But what secrets can we find alongside many, many, many Spider-People in this trailer? Let’s take a closer look.
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U.S. Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Ban TikTok Nationwide
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]As [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] and [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] across the country pile on to ban TikTok from state-owned devices, Republican Senator Marco Rubio from Florida along with Republican Representative Mike Gallagher from Wisconsin and Democrat Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi from Illinois have taken the move to the next level by proposing a…
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How To Fix Your Phone's Broken Charger Port
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Our phones are now pretty essential when it comes to getting through everyday life—so it can be disconcerting when one of these ever-present pocket companions refuses to charge up as normal. It’s a common problem, and it’s one that needs to be fixed as soon as possible. But before you turn your handset over to the…
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New mRNA Cancer Vaccine Passes Important Human Trial
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]An experimental mRNA cancer-fighting vaccine jointly developed by Moderna and Merck has reportedly succeeded in a Phase II trial. According to the companies, melanoma survivors who received the vaccine in combination with immunotherapy were 44% less likely to have their cancer return or to die than those who only took…
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Meta Shares Tool to Detect Terrorist Content Online
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...][Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] is introducing a new counter-terrorism tool. The news comes as the company will become chair of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT)’s Operating Board next month. The GIFCT was founded by Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, and YouTube in 2017 and has since become a non-governmental organization (NGO)…
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Back to the Future and Jurassic World Come to Life at Universal Orlando's Great Movie Escape
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Experience your own [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] cinematic adventure at the Great Movie Escape at Universal Orlando Resort. io9 was invited to try out the new interactive escape rooms inspired by [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]and [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]at CityWalk and chat with Universal Creative about its collaboration with two of Universal Pictures’…
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Elon Promises Twitter Blue Subscribers Will See Half the Ads Normies Do
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Twitter may be the one place online where you might be seeing fewer ads in the future—assuming you cough up $8 a month. Elon Musk [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] late Monday that Twitter Blue subscribers “will have half the number of ads,” and said the company will offer an even more expensive tier for the site that’s totally ad-free in…
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Get Santa a Raincoat: The New Arctic Is Wetter and Warmer
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Climate change is rapidly transforming the Arctic into an almost unrecognizable new region, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s annual Arctic Report Card has found.

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Space Startup Wants to Build a Manufacturing Platform in Low Earth Orbit
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]ThinkOrbital has big plans for low Earth orbit, designing an orbital platform that could be used to manufacture products in space, as well as remove and recycle space debris.
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An Invisible Layer of Gold Could Be the Secret to Glasses That Never Fog Up
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Although foggy lenses have been plaguing glasses wearers for as long as glasses have existed, they happen more frequently to those still masking. Researchers from [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] may have finally come up with a [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] that works whether someone’s wearing a mask, or even if they’ve…
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'Plain Old-Fashioned Embezzlement:' Searing House Testimony Paints Picture of FTX’s Collapse
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] The House Financial Services Committee began one of its most dramatic hearings in recent memory Tuesday, while its main subject, disgraced crypto exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried, sat behind bars in a cell nearly 1,000 miles away.
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The Best Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror io9 Rewatched in 2022
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]io9 added “best rewatches” to [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]—a time when [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] and TV felt mighty scarce. With Hollywood back in full swing, there’s now plenty of new content to consume, but that doesn’t mean we don’t find ourselves sneaking back into the past on occasion.

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Midwest Soil Is Eroding Faster Than Ever. Modern Farming Could Be to Blame
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What to Know About the DOE's Big Nuclear Fusion Announcement
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]The U.S. Department of Energy announced Tuesday morning that scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory achieved net energy gain in a fusion reaction, a vaunted goal in humankind’s quest for a reliable, zero-carbon energy source.

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The New Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Trailer Will Blow Your Mind
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Avatar: The Way Of Water Is Overwhelming But Wonderful
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Twitter Disbands Its Trust and Safety Council
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A Nightmare Comes to Life in This Eerie Clip From Nanny
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11 Science Gifts for Your Favorite Kid or Kid-at-Heart
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Looking for a wholesome gift for a science-loving kid (or nerdy adult) in your life? We’ve got you covered with educational kits, desktop toys, books, and fun projects. Prices here range from $10 to $227, so there are options for every budget. Enjoy!
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The Best Holiday Gifts for Dungeons & Dragons Players
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Holiday Gift Ideas for the Doomsday Preppers in Your Life
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It never hurts to be prepared. And with climate disasters only becoming more common, it’s wise to stock up on emergency gadgets and tools, like solar-powered phone chargers and first aid kits. These may not be the most jolly gifts you give this holiday, but they’ll definitely be useful—and they might even end up…
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Hayao Miyazaki's Potentially Final Film Will Release in 2023
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Update: Feds Charge FTX's Bankman-Fried With Letting Alameda Run Away With Customers' Funds
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HTC Gives First Look At Its Lightweight Meta Quest Pro Competitor
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An Audacious Plan to Study a 'Pristine' Comet Is Taking Shape
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]The European Space Agency announced yesterday that it had signed a contract with private space company OHB to build the Comet Interceptor, a spacecraft to study a yet-to-be identified pristine comet from the Oort cloud, due for launch in 2029.
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Across the Spider-Verse's Spider-Woman Doesn't Need Defending
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Elon Bans Mastodon Links as Twitter Purge Continues
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Texas Republicans Want Even More Fossil Fuels on the Grid
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A Lot of Influencer PR Packages Are Extremely Wasteful
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The Burning Questions We Have After Avatar: The Way of Water
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...][Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]is the rare film where we know, without a doubt, there will be at least one sequel. We know this because director James Cameron has already filmed Avatar part three, [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]. So at the end of this movie, while the main story has almost certainly been completed, there are…
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Strike From a Space Rock May Have Caused Soyuz Coolant Leak at the ISS
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Ground teams are investigating the cause of an upsetting coolant leak that erupted yesterday on the Russian Soyuz Ms-22 spacecraft docked to the International Space Station (ISS). Experts are now saying that a micrometeorite may have been responsible.
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Bad Bunny Asked to Perform Free Concert in Mexico After Ticketmaster Bungles Sales
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...][Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has asked popular reggaeton singer Bad Bunny, whose legal name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, to perform a free concert in Mexico City after hundreds of [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] on [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...].
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This 27-Inch Digital Art Frame Is Actually an LG Air Conditioner
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The Best Photos From Mars in 2022
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]The Red Planet is desolate, freezing, and has an atmosphere 1% as dense as our own. Its winds blow in great gusts that kick up global dust storms that make and break Mars missions that rely on solar energy for power.

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Pokémon Will End Ash and Pikachu's Journey Next Year
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]The end of an era is upon us. The Pokémon Company has announced that January will see the beginning of the end for its [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] as we know it, with the legendary hero and perpetual 10-year-old Satoshi, better known across the world as Ash Ketchum, bowing out as the protagonist of the series.

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Amazon’s Plastic Waste Soared in 2021, Report Finds
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Company That Was Supposed to Tell Us if Binance Is Stable Calls It Quits
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]After over a week of repeatedly trying to dampen concerns over the crypto exchange Binance’s financial viability, CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao now has his work cut out for him as the company conducting a targeted audit of his company exploded with hardly a word to anyone.
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Call James Cameron: Two Distant Planets Could Be Filled With Water
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have observed two exoplanets that may be examples of a long-hypothesized planetary classification: a [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...].
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James Gunn Teases His DC and Marvel Plans
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Patrick Stewart talks about Picard and Crusher in the final season of Star Trek: Picard. A Mythic Quest spinoff is on the way. The Twister sequel has found its director. Plus, a new Fear Street is coming, and get a look at the return of Superman & Lois. Spoilers now!

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Republicans Want to Make Tech Censorship and Biden 'Collusion' Top Priorities in 2023
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] Senior Republican leadership gave the public a sneak peek into their priorities and plans for tech legislation in the coming year, and it essentially all revolves around two words: conservative censorship. Yeah, [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...].
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World's Largest Free-Standing Aquarium Bursts, Dumps 1,500 Fish and 264,000 Gallons of Water
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]The AquaDom, the world’s largest cylindrical aquarium, burst on Friday morning in Berlin, releasing more than 264,000 gallons of water (a million liters) onto the premises, which also house a hotel, museum, and cafes. On Twitter, the [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] that there had been “unbelievable maritime damage.”
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The Barbie Trailer Goes Full Kubrick and We're Here For It
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2022 Was A Great Year for Lego Collectors (and a Bad One for Their Wallets)
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]One of the world’s most popular toys has actually been entertaining kids for [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], putting Lego in a unique position to not only cater to new generations, but also those who grew up with the building toy and never stopped loving it. But as 2022 demonstrated, it’s getting harder and harder to be a…
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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]From long-awaited rocket launches to an unprecedented asteroid encounter, the past 12 months in spaceflight have been a doozy. The events of 2022 will be shaping space exploration and commercialization for years to come.
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Elon Musk Kills Twitter Audio Feature After Bizarre Talk With Journalists
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Twitter Spaces, the audio feature that allows people to participate in group chats using the social media platform, has been disabled and it’s not clear whether it will ever return. The move comes after Elon Musk joined a group chat hosted by BuzzFeed reporter Katie Notopoulos on Thursday night, where the Twitter CEO…
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Elon Musk Bans Several Journalists From Twitter After Reinstating Literal Nazis [Updated]
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Elon Musk banned at least nine journalists from Twitter on Thursday night in a mass purge by arguably the pettiest man on the planet. And while the journalists haven’t been told what caused the bans, many had tweeted about the Twitter account that tracked Elon’s private jet using publicly available information.

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Henry Cavill's New Dream Gig Is a Warhammer 40K Series at Amazon [Updated]
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Side Quest to Lost Spirits, a Literary-Themed Distillery in Las Vegas
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It's Been 25 Years Since Pokémon Accidentally Gave Hundreds of People Seizures
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]December 16, 1997 saw the broadcast of the 38th episode of the [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] in Japan—and the last time it was ever broadcast at all, thanks to a scene that changed broadcast TV in the country for a generation.

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Trump’s Badly Photoshopped NFTs Appear to Use Photos From Small Clothing Brands
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Over the last 24 hours, fans of ex-President Donald Trump have sat huddled in their chairs, waiting with bated breath for a supposed announcement the once tweeter-in-chief promised would blow their socks off. He posted [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] to his Truth Social page showing an image of him in a kind of superhero garb, sporting pecs…
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Night of the Living Dead Is Getting a New Sequel Because Zombies Never Die
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...][Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]’s 1968 Night of the Living Dead is one of the most influential movies ever, though these days its reverberations are most often felt in unrelated works that continue to explore the [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] it popularized. A new project from an exciting new director, however, will have a more direct link…
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Pioneering Methane-Fueled Rocket Fails to Reach Orbit After Launch From China
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]The Zhuque-2 rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert on Wednesday, leaving behind an unusual purplish trail—a product of its unique methane fuel. The rocket managed to take flight, but it failed to reach orbit and deliver the 14 satellites that were on board.
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M3GAN Is Terrifying Even While Delivering a Movie Theater PSA
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]There’s nothing more annoying than a moviegoer who can’t stay off their phone—and there’s nothing more terrifying than M3GAN, title star of next year’s [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], which is already at the top of our must-see list for 2023. What happens when these two antagonists meet? Imminent bloodbath!
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Here Are the 128 Songs That Reached Spotify's 'Billions Club' This Year
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...][Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] is one of the premiere music services of the 21st century, and modern music consumption favors streaming over nearly all formats. In 2021, Spotify unveiled the Billions Club, which consists of every song that has accrued at least one billion streams on the platform since their respective date of upload. So…
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Dell's Concept Luna Modular Laptop Comes Apart in Seconds
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Jupiter's Moon Io Is Glowing With Volcanoes in New Image From NASA Probe
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]The latest image from NASA’s Juno mission reveals Jupiter’s moon Io in infrared, showing the volcanic hotspots that pepper its surface and fuel Jupiter’s auroras.

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Things to Remember Before Seeing Avatar: The Way of Water
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A Bite From a Kitten Led to a Man's Death Four Years Later, Family Says
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]An unlucky kitten bite appears to have led to a Danish man’s death four years later. He reportedly contracted a serious infection following the bite that hospitalized him for a month, caused the amputation of his finger, and left him in ever-declining health. The man’s family disclosed his recent death in hopes of…
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Weird-Ass Video Game Death Stranding to Become Presumably Weird-Ass Movie
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]In a world where cinematic adaptations of video games are still having a tough time, the announcement that [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]s ambitious, bizarre 2019 game [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] will be turned into a movie from [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] executive producer Alex Lebovici is baffling. Unless you think audiences are ready for a post-apocalyptic…
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Big Tech Companies Join Linux in Effort to Kill Google Maps
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Some of Google’s biggest rivals are coming together in a kind of rogues gallery with the hopes of creating new open source services to knock Google Maps from its mapping throne.
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History of the Occult Investigates a Conspiracy of Doom
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]History recalls 1980s Argentina as a time of unease and tragedy exacerbated by power-mad leaders. [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]’s unsettling indie History of the Occult revisits that tumultuous time and asks: what if the government was doing it all in the name of [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]?

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FTX's Own Executive Tipped Off Bahamian Regulators to Possible Fraud
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]As the [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] keeps rolling in, the twists keep coming. We’re now learning that one of the once wildly popular cryptocurrency exchange’s executives—Ryan Salame—turned on the company by tipping off Bahamian regulators about the potential of fraud according to recently unsealed court documents.
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Astronauts Need a Better Diet, Scientists Say
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Long stints on the International Space Station take a toll on the human body, and it doesn’t help that the food up there is limited by what can be reasonably sent and stored in space. To improve conditions for astronauts, a team of scientists devised and tested a food plan specific to the space environment, resulting…
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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]A team of [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] in Canterbury, England, have used a protein called talin, which functions as “the cell’s natural shock absorber,” to create a [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] capable of stopping projectiles traveling at supersonic speeds without destroying them in the process.
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Henry Cavill's Superman Exit Won't Change The Witcher's Recast Plans
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DOJ Seizes Dozens of Websites as Part of Global Cyberattack-for-Hire Scheme
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]The Department of Justice [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] on Wednesday it took down 48 internet domains and charged six people who allegedly offered cyberattack-for-hire services. The defendants are each charged with allegedly offering booter services and operating at least one website that offered [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] (DDoS)…
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Photos: Deadly Tornadoes Pummel Louisiana
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]A powerful storm system that charged through the Western and Southern United States this week has left a particularly aggressive trail of destruction in Louisiana and Mississippi. At least three people are dead as the storm makes its way towards the East Coast. More than 50 tornadoes were [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] across Oklahoma,…
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Colorado Wants More EVs on the Road, Without a Gas Car Ban
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Colorado wants to phase out gas-powered cars by 2050, but unlike [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], which announced that no new gas-powered car be sold there by 2035, Colorado wants more EVs on the road without a similar ban.
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MacBook Air or MacBook Pro: Which Was 2022’s Best Laptop? | TechModo
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Antimatter Could Travel Through Our Galaxy With Ease, Physicists Say
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]A team of physicists determined that enigmatic ‘antinuclei’ can travel across the universe without being absorbed by the interstellar medium. The finding suggests we may be able to identify antimatter that is produced by dark matter in deep space.
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The Characters That Got Us Through 2022
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Another year’s end is nearly upon us—we’ve almost made it to the next 12 months of trials and tribulations! But for now, the io9 staff is rejoicing at mostly getting through the last 12 months in one piece, thanks to a few of [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]. Here’s who we want to thank for getting us through…
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James Cameron Thinks Terminator: Dark Fate Didn't Work Because Old People
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]Although the latest film in the [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] franchise, 2019's [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], appears to have recouped its $185 million budget, it didn’t exactly light the world on fire. Producer [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], who originated the franchise and was heavily involved with the film, believes he knows why the movie bombed, and it’s because it…
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