Great, Now Murder Hornets Are Turning Up in New Places
Great, Now Murder Hornets Are Turning Up in New Places
The fucking murder hornets are spreading.Read more...
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HBO Max Is a Mess
HBO Max Is a Mess
HBO Max was supposed to launch as the new, jam-packed streaming service of our wildest dreams—an HBO Now revamped, essentially, with all of HBO’s library plus all of WarnerMedia’s vast catalog. But despite the fanfare, HBO Max launched this week as a muddled mix of confusing brand identities that neither honors HBO’s…Read more...
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit: An Oral History
Who Framed Roger Rabbit: An Oral History
Robert Zemeckis’ animated/live-action hybrid noir murder mystery broke boundaries of filmmaking technology and technique, and 32 years later it’s every bit as fresh, warm, and funny as it ever was. Starring Bob Hoskins as gumshoe PI Eddie Valiant on the trail of a sex scandal involving a Hollywood studio bigwig, Who…Read more...
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Geek out Your Desk With up to 50% off Funko Pops
Geek out Your Desk With up to 50% off Funko Pops
Up to 50% off Pop Vinyls | Amazon Read more...
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The Anti-5G USB Stick Is a Scam
The Anti-5G USB Stick Is a Scam
A lot of bullshit has been circulating about 5G lately, specifically as it relates to the novel coronavirus. To be very clear: There is no evidence that the rollout of 5G is at all connected to the origin or spread of covid-19. But that hasn’t stopped dozens of attacks on cell towers, the proliferation of cockamamie …Read more...
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Chinese State Media Introduces Animated Character Aimed at Americans, Terry-cotta
Chinese State Media Introduces Animated Character Aimed at Americans, Terry-cotta
Chinese state news outlet Xinhua has introduced a new social media character in an effort to counter criticism of China in English-language media during the coronavirus pandemic. The cartoon character is called Terry-cotta, who explains that using face masks during a pandemic is good, that China isn’t hoarding PPE,…Read more...
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The First Star Wars Game Show Is Coming and the Trailer Is Here
The First Star Wars Game Show Is Coming and the Trailer Is Here
Next week, every Star Wars fan will wish they were a kid again.Read more...
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Disney World Plans for a July Reopening, Despite the Still-Ongoing Pandemic
Disney World Plans for a July Reopening, Despite the Still-Ongoing Pandemic
What could possibly go wrong?Read more...
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U.S. Hits Grim Coronavirus Milestone, Passing 100,000 Confirmed Deaths
U.S. Hits Grim Coronavirus Milestone, Passing 100,000 Confirmed Deaths
The number of our fellow Americans lost to the novel coronavirus pandemic soared into the six figures on Wednesday afternoon, with the updated tally on the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine tracker now listing 100,396 confirmed deaths across the country.Read more...
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A Woman Hides From Something Evil in Ultra-Compact Terror Tale Beast of Prey
A Woman Hides From Something Evil in Ultra-Compact Terror Tale Beast of Prey
Beast of Prey, a new horror short from filmmaker Danny Donahue, runs just around three and a half minutes, and it’ll hook you in immediately. Amid a snowstorm, a woman barricades herself in a bathroom and frantically tries to figure out what she should do about the thing on the other side of the door.Read more...
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Today’s Best Android Phones, From Economical to Extravagant
Today’s Best Android Phones, From Economical to Extravagant
If you’re on the hunt for a new smartphone right now and you’re not inclined towards an iPhone, then that means you’re probably looking at an Android handset.Read more...
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General Electric Finally Manages to Jettison Its Historic Lighting Business
General Electric Finally Manages to Jettison Its Historic Lighting Business
General Electric is no longer in the light bulb business, the company announced on Wednesday.Read more...
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Save Big on Laptops, Desktops, and Printers with Today’s Best HP Deals
Save Big on Laptops, Desktops, and Printers with Today's Best HP Deals
Featured Deal: HP Laptop 15t | $530+Read more...
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX Space Suits Sure Are Something
Elon Musk's SpaceX Space Suits Sure Are Something
Elon Musk was set to launch humans (NASA astronauts) into space today, but the flight was delayed due to weather. The next potential windows are this Saturday and Sunday. We don’t know how that’s going to go. But look at this suit!Read more...
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Huawei Executive One Step Closer to U.S. Extradition After Major Loss in Court
Huawei Executive One Step Closer to U.S. Extradition After Major Loss in Court
The chief financial officer of Chinese tech giant Huawei, Meng Wanzhou, is much likelier to end up facing prison time in the United States after her legal strategy to avoid extradition from Canada suffered a massive blow on Wednesday.Read more...
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How Netflix’s Space Force Acts Like a Parallel Universe to Our Own
How Netflix’s Space Force Acts Like a Parallel Universe to Our Own
Fans looking to blame something or someone that the American version of The Office hasn’t returned need only look to the stars. In the seven years since that show’s end, its creator and executive producer Greg Daniels has been working almost solely on shows with space or sci-fi themes. His latest show, Netflix’s Space…Read more...
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How to Jailbreak Your iOS 13.5 Device
How to Jailbreak Your iOS 13.5 Device
Jailbreaking your iPhone was popular in the early days of iOS, but Apple got better at clamping down on the practice and the iOS jailbreaking scene went stagnant. Until now, that is. iOS 13.5 has been successfully jailbroken, meaning mods and customized themes can finally be installed on newer iPhones and iPads. We’ll…Read more...
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Bertha Is the First Tropical Storm to Make Landfall This Year, and Hurricane Season Hasn’t Even Started Yet
Bertha Is the First Tropical Storm to Make Landfall This Year, and Hurricane Season Hasn’t Even Started Yet
Well, that escalated quickly. In a bizarre turn of events, a tropical storm formed suddenly on Wednesday morning immediately prior to making landfall in South Carolina.Read more...
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Darkseid Is…Costing HBO Max a Lot
Darkseid Is...Costing HBO Max a Lot
The “Snyder Cut” is real? Well, sorta—the version of Zack Snyder’s vision for Justice League hitting HBO Max next year is not a fabled, long-awaited mythical cut fans believed sat untouched in a vault somewhere for years. The cut we’re getting has turned into an even grander project than even that, and it’s coming at…Read more...
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Watch SpaceX Launch NASA Astronauts to Space Live Right Here
Watch SpaceX Launch NASA Astronauts to Space Live Right Here
The day has finally arrived. This afternoon, NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley are scheduled to launch aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon and fly to the International Space Station. You can watch this historic launch live right here.Read more...
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Only Half of Americans Say They’ll Get Vaccinated For Covid-19 According to New Poll
Only Half of Americans Say They'll Get Vaccinated For Covid-19 According to New Poll
Only about half of Americans say that they’d like to get vaccinated for the new coronavirus if or when a vaccine becomes available, according to a new poll from the Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The poll, which was conducted between May 14-18, is a troubling sign that Americans may…Read more...
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Alberta Energy Minister Says the Pandemic Is a ‘Great Time’ to Build Pipeline Due to Limits on Protests
Alberta Energy Minister Says the Pandemic Is a 'Great Time' to Build Pipeline Due to Limits on Protests
The energy minister of the Canadian province of Alberta, Sonya Savage, told listeners to an oil trade association podcast that the coronavirus pandemic was the perfect time to move forward with the construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion due to bans on large protests, the Canadian Press reported.Read more...
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Tom Baker and David Tennant Will Team Up For a New Doctor Who Adventure
Tom Baker and David Tennant Will Team Up For a New Doctor Who Adventure
The crossover of a Doctor Who lifetime is finally, properly happening, thanks to our Time Lord’s enduring audio adventures.Read more...
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Twitter Adds Fact Check to Trump’s Conspiracy Theories on Voter Fraud
Twitter Adds Fact Check to Trump's Conspiracy Theories on Voter Fraud
Twitter, amid a controversy over its inaction on Donald Trump’s baseless tweets asserting that MSNBC host Joe Scarborough is a murderer, has for the first time begun attaching fact-checking links to some of the president’s posts.Read more...
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Wyden Pulls Support for Privacy Amendment After Rep. Adam Schiff Downplays Impact to NYTimes
Wyden Pulls Support for Privacy Amendment After Rep. Adam Schiff Downplays Impact to NYTimes
Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) late Tuesday withdrew his support for a House amendment aimed at curbing the FBI’s ability to collect the internet search and browsing records of Americans without a warrant. Read more...
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10 Nerdcore, Nerd-Folk, and Other Geeky Artists to Add to Your Playlist
10 Nerdcore, Nerd-Folk, and Other Geeky Artists to Add to Your Playlist
Alex Trebek may not understand what nerdcore is, but that doesn’t make it any less awesome. The music subgenre dedicated to everything geeky is just one of the many realms of music celebrating nerds. We’ve put together a list of some of our favorite nerdcore, nerd-folk, and otherwise genre-loving artists that you…Read more...
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What’s the Best VPN?
What's the Best VPN?
With House lawmakers voting this week on a “significant reform” to Section 215 of the Patriot Act prior to its reauthorization—which could give the FBI permission to review your browsing history without a warrant—now is as fitting a time as any to reinstate our own list of the best VPNs, according to The Inventory…Read more...
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There Are No Snakes in the Hospital
There Are No Snakes in the Hospital
An alleged snake-and-monkey duo has stirred up some controversy at a Trinidad and Tobago hospital. The Port-of-Spain General Hospital does not deny that a monkey broke into its operating room. But contrary to a video purporting to show a monkey and a “big snake” (with footage of said monkey) in the O.R., the North…Read more...
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Keep Your Mind and Hands Busy With the Best LEGO Deals
Keep Your Mind and Hands Busy With the Best LEGO Deals
Featured Deal: LEGO Marvel Avengers Iron Man Hall of Armor | $48Read more...
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Now’s the Time to Rewatch Black Mirror’s ‘Striking Vipers’
Now's the Time to Rewatch Black Mirror's 'Striking Vipers'
Charlie Brooker was quite right when he said that now really isn’t the time for new episodes of Black Mirror. But the fact that so many of us are self-isolating at home in the midst of a pandemic that’s made it so we can’t physically touch one another makes now a particularly excellent time to go back and (re)watch…Read more...
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