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Werner Herzog Will Produce and Lend His Trademark Narration to a New Doc on Space Colonization

Werner Herzog Will Produce and Lend His Trademark Narration to a New Doc on Space Colonization

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Werner Herzog Will Produce and Lend His Trademark Narration to a New Doc on Space Colonization We already know that Werner Herzog enjoys documentaries on adventurous and unusual topics—he’s directed several of them, including Grizzly Man and Into the Inferno. His newest project in that realm is a family affair (his son, Rudolph, will direct) that thematically ties into his other recent works focused on outer…Read more... Go to Source
Facebook Routinely ‘Ignored’ Efforts to Manipulate Elections Across the Globe: Whistleblower

Facebook Routinely ‘Ignored’ Efforts to Manipulate Elections Across the Globe: Whistleblower

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Facebook Routinely 'Ignored' Efforts to Manipulate Elections Across the Globe: Whistleblower Facebook has royally screwed up its response to political misinformation, conspiracy theories, and organized manipulation campaigns in the U.S.—where it’s based. Outside the West, the company has long been a sort of absentee landlord that ignores the spread of propaganda, state-backed armies of trolls, and incitement…Read more... Go to Source
What’s the Best Ergonomic Mouse?

What’s the Best Ergonomic Mouse?

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What's the Best Ergonomic Mouse? Between a dwindling list of distractions to keep me busy in the outside world and my work days ending hours before anyone else I know, I spend roughly two-thirds of most days with a mouse in my hand. Whether I’m toiling away here on The Inventory or putting Superman to shame in Spellbreak, it’s by far my most used…Read more... Go to Source
Your Weather App Is Selling You Out

Your Weather App Is Selling You Out

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Your Weather App Is Selling You Out While I think we can all agree that every app on our phone is probably an invasive little shit, I’d argue that weather apps deserve their own little corner in hell. We’ve seen weather apps sign folks up for services without their say-so, sneakily get location data from users who deliberately turned that function off,…Read more... Go to Source
Marvel’s Avengers Works Best Putting the Spotlight on Its Unlikeliest Stars

Marvel’s Avengers Works Best Putting the Spotlight on Its Unlikeliest Stars

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Marvel's Avengers Works Best Putting the Spotlight on Its Unlikeliest Stars The story of Crystal Dynamics and Square-Enix’s Marvel’s Avengers caught many off-guard heading into the grindy, loot-driven brawler, expecting a perfunctory tutorial to the game’s all-encompassing live-service mechanics. Instead, we got maybe one of the most sincerely intimate Avengers stories in years, and it works…Read more... Go to Source
Should a Covid-19 Vaccine Be Mandatory for Kids? Health Experts Are Trying to Decide

Should a Covid-19 Vaccine Be Mandatory for Kids? Health Experts Are Trying to Decide

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Should a Covid-19 Vaccine Be Mandatory for Kids? Health Experts Are Trying to Decide As the race to develop a vaccine for the coronavirus that causes covid-19 continues, a crucial question is on the horizon: Should a successful vaccine be made mandatory for children entering school? In a new paper out Monday, a group of experts argue that it’s still too early to answer the question definitively, but…Read more... Go to Source
Kang on, Marvel’s Ant-Man 3 Might Have Just Nabbed Lovecraft Country’s Jonathan Majors

Kang on, Marvel’s Ant-Man 3 Might Have Just Nabbed Lovecraft Country’s Jonathan Majors

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Kang on, Marvel's Ant-Man 3 Might Have Just Nabbed Lovecraft Country's Jonathan Majors Anyone who has watched The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Netflix’s Da 5 Bloods, or HBO’s current hit Lovecraft Country can tell Jonathan Majors is a star. Now, Majors might set off to the stars, as the villain in an upcoming Marvel Studios movie.Read more... Go to Source

How Can I Live a More Phone-Free Life?

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How Can I Live a More Phone-Free Life? It is the rare person who—logging off after a long day’s scrolling—thinks, “I need much more of that in my life.” Because the thing about the internet is, it’s awful. Even the good parts suck, because the good parts are swirled in with the bad—you can’t access one without wading through the other. Often, the good…Read more... Go to Source
Soon We Might Get to See Mars in 8K

Soon We Might Get to See Mars in 8K

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Soon We Might Get to See Mars in 8K The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and broadcaster NHK are teaming up to develop a space camera capable of filming in 4K and 8K resolutions to capture Mars like it’s never been seen before. Meanwhile, 8K video remains prohibitively expensive back down here on Earth, so if you’re going to get some ridiculously…Read more... Go to Source
While the West Coast Burns, NOAA Welcomes a Climate Change Denier Onboard

While the West Coast Burns, NOAA Welcomes a Climate Change Denier Onboard

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While the West Coast Burns, NOAA Welcomes a Climate Change Denier Onboard The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently hired David Legates, a climate change denier who’s previously maintained that the sun is to blame for global warming and that the ocean’s rising CO2 levels are fine because it means we get bigger crabs, for a top position at the agency. Meanwhile, millions…Read more... Go to Source
Warner Bros. Is Refusing to Share Detailed Tenet Box Office Numbers

Warner Bros. Is Refusing to Share Detailed Tenet Box Office Numbers

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Warner Bros. Is Refusing to Share Detailed Tenet Box Office Numbers Warner Bros. continues to make interesting decisions around the release and distribution of Christopher Nolan’s Tenet, this time breaking the generally agreed-upon norms of how box office profits are reported. Apparently, other studios in the business are not happy.Read more... Go to Source
Legends of Tomorrow’s Season 6 Has Found Its Guide to the Wide World of Aliens

Legends of Tomorrow’s Season 6 Has Found Its Guide to the Wide World of Aliens

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Legends of Tomorrow's Season 6 Has Found Its Guide to the Wide World of Aliens The Legends have fought time-displaced historical leaders, magical creatures, and the greatest villains of all time—maybe it’s time for them to face something a little more out of this world. Now season six of Legends of Tomorrow will see the worst time travelers in history facing off against an extraterrestrial foe.…Read more... Go to Source
No, You’re Not Seeing Things. Facebook Has Launched a Poll Worker Recruitment Drive

No, You’re Not Seeing Things. Facebook Has Launched a Poll Worker Recruitment Drive

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No, You’re Not Seeing Things. Facebook Has Launched a Poll Worker Recruitment Drive If you saw a new popup message when you opened Facebook recently, don’t worry: It’s not a hoax. In a bid to make up for, eh, letting the Russians run rampant on its platform before the last presidential election, Facebook has launched a poll worker recruitment drive this weekend.Read more... Go to Source
Facebook Finally Cracks Down on Bogus Propaganda About Oregon Wildfires

Facebook Finally Cracks Down on Bogus Propaganda About Oregon Wildfires

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Facebook Finally Cracks Down on Bogus Propaganda About Oregon Wildfires As emergency responders in Oregon struggle to contain a record 900,000 acres of wildfires across the state, local police have been fighting to contain a torrent of bogus rumors spreading online. Throughout Thursday and Friday, tens of thousands of users shared posts blaming extremists on both sides of the aisle (but…Read more... Go to Source