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Australian Open Tennis Players Struggle to Breathe as Climate Crisis Makes Air Hazardous

Australian Open Tennis Players Struggle to Breathe as Climate Crisis Makes Air Hazardous

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Australian Open Tennis Players Struggle to Breathe as Climate Crisis Makes Air Hazardous Tennis players at practice sessions for the Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia today struggled to breathe as smoke from nearby bushfires choked their lungs. Slovenian Dalila Jakupović even collapsed on the court in a coughing fit while simply trying to inhale the smoke-filled air, which had an Air Quality Index…Read more... Go to Source
Dungeons & Dragons Is Taking Critical Role to the Next Level

Dungeons & Dragons Is Taking Critical Role to the Next Level

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Dungeons & Dragons Is Taking Critical Role to the Next Level One of the things that’s made Critical Role such a smash hit with both diehard Dungeons & Dragons fans and newcomers alike is the way the series’ voice actors infuse their campaigns with the kind of vibrant energy that you usually have to use your imagination to conjure up while playing the game. Now, Wizards of the…Read more... Go to Source
Report: 51 Members of Congress and Their Spouses Collectively Own Millions in Defense Stocks

Report: 51 Members of Congress and Their Spouses Collectively Own Millions in Defense Stocks

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Report: 51 Members of Congress and Their Spouses Collectively Own Millions in Defense Stocks 51 members of Congress or their spouses own between $2.8 million to $5.3 million worth of stock in the top 30 defense contractors worldwide, Sludge reported on Monday, thus placing them in a position to potentially profit from the U.S. military contracting process or wars waged with the firms’ equipment.Read more... Go to Source
Alert Warning of ‘Emergency’ at Canadian Nuclear Plant Sent by Mistake, Officials Say

Alert Warning of ‘Emergency’ at Canadian Nuclear Plant Sent by Mistake, Officials Say

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Alert Warning of 'Emergency' at Canadian Nuclear Plant Sent by Mistake, Officials Say Canadian officials have demanded an explanation after an inaccurate alert was sent out to cell phones stating staff were responding to an incident at Pickering Nuclear Generating Station near Toronto on Sunday, the BBC reported.Read more... Go to Source
Luggage Startup CEO Accused of Creating Toxic Workplace Won’t Go Away After All

Luggage Startup CEO Accused of Creating Toxic Workplace Won’t Go Away After All

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Luggage Startup CEO Accused of Creating Toxic Workplace Won't Go Away After All After a controversial story last year exposed a toxic workplace atmosphere at luggage startup Away, the company’s chief executive Steph Korey was reported to be stepping down from the role while taking on a new title of executive chairman. But that decision evidently didn’t stick, and Korey will resume the CEO role…Read more... Go to Source
The Spider-Verse Connections in Morbius Are Confusing as Hell

The Spider-Verse Connections in Morbius Are Confusing as Hell

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The Spider-Verse Connections in Morbius Are Confusing as Hell Morbius’ first trailer has arrived, and while it mostly focuses on laying out the origin story of its titular vampire, it also suggests that the movie’s going to have some rather direct and significant ties to Spider-Man, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and...perhaps Sony’s excellent Spider-Man game. It’s all a little…Read more... Go to Source
Investigation Finds Widespread Rule-Breaking in Reporting of U.S. Clinical Trials

Investigation Finds Widespread Rule-Breaking in Reporting of U.S. Clinical Trials

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Investigation Finds Widespread Rule-Breaking in Reporting of U.S. Clinical Trials Universities, drug companies, and government agencies are breaking the law and not turning in their science homework, according to a new report out Monday. It shows that many of these entities aren’t reporting the results of their research to the government’s database of clinical trials as legally mandated, while the…Read more... Go to Source
Folding laptops are here… and we have some thoughts

Folding laptops are here… and we have some thoughts

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Morbius’ First Trailer Is Here and Jared Leto Is Out For Blood

Morbius’ First Trailer Is Here and Jared Leto Is Out For Blood

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Morbius' First Trailer Is Here and Jared Leto Is Out For Blood Wild as it is to believe, Sony really meant what it said when the studio announced its plans to move forward with a movie about Morbius, Marvel Comics’ most famous vampire who isn’t Blade. While Morbius might not have been the Spider-Man villain one would expect to make it to the big screen so quickly, it’s definitely…Read more... Go to Source
A Hotter Climate Will Kill Americans in Unexpected Ways, Study Finds

A Hotter Climate Will Kill Americans in Unexpected Ways, Study Finds

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A Hotter Climate Will Kill Americans in Unexpected Ways, Study Finds The world is gonna get a lot warmer. The unusually warm winter weekend that just ended for those of us in the Northeast is a reminder of what that’ll look like. Sure, it was kinda nice to spend some time outside in a t-shirt in January. But a new study has found that warmer days could be more deadly, even in winter.Read more... Go to Source
Coke Energy Made Me Realize Other Energy Drinks Taste Like Ass

Coke Energy Made Me Realize Other Energy Drinks Taste Like Ass

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Coke Energy Made Me Realize Other Energy Drinks Taste Like Ass I’ll admit I’m a sucker when it comes to weird and wild junk food flavors. When I’m traveling and stumble into a new flavor of Doritos, KitKats or other trash I can’t get at home, I just have to try it. So a couple of months ago when I was in Japan and saw a can with a familiar logo and the words Coke Energy written…Read more... Go to Source
White House Tweets ‘First Snow of the Year’ On Same Day It Hits 70 Degrees in Washington D.C.

White House Tweets ‘First Snow of the Year’ On Same Day It Hits 70 Degrees in Washington D.C.

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White House Tweets 'First Snow of the Year' On Same Day It Hits 70 Degrees in Washington D.C. The White House tweeted out this photo last night, declaring “First snow of the year!” The tweet confused a lot of people to say the least, largely because it didn’t snow at all in Washington, D.C. yesterday. In fact, it reached 70 degrees on Sunday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.Read more... Go to Source
Faux-Pork, Feral Camels, Police Dogs, and Sex Tech: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week

Faux-Pork, Feral Camels, Police Dogs, and Sex Tech: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week

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Faux-Pork, Feral Camels, Police Dogs, and Sex Tech: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week This week saw the comings and goings of another Consumer Electronics Show along with every oddity and wonder we’ve grown to expect therein. Amid checking out the event’s scores of other gadgets, Gizmodo’s folks on the floor got to build a vibrator, munch on some I-Can’t-Believe-It’s-Not-Pork, and scratch their heads…Read more... Go to Source
Be Careful What You Click On: This Texas School District Lost $2.3 Million in a Phishing Scam

Be Careful What You Click On: This Texas School District Lost $2.3 Million in a Phishing Scam

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Be Careful What You Click On: This Texas School District Lost $2.3 Million in a Phishing Scam Given that it’s the beginning of a new year, it’s important to remember to be careful what you click on. A school district in Texas learned this the hard way when it lost approximately $2.3 million due to a phishing email scam. Read more... Go to Source
U.S. Sanctions Are the Reason You’re Not Seeing Pro-Soleimani Posts on Instagram

U.S. Sanctions Are the Reason You’re Not Seeing Pro-Soleimani Posts on Instagram

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U.S. Sanctions Are the Reason You’re Not Seeing Pro-Soleimani Posts on Instagram Instagram is removing posts on its platform that support the slain Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani because of U.S. sanctions on the country. In the days after Soleimani was killed, Instagram and Twitter had been flooded with posts supporting him, which some considered a coordinated propaganda campaign, and calling for…Read more... Go to Source
This Featurette Explains Why Gretel & Hansel Is Returning to the Classic Fairy Tale

This Featurette Explains Why Gretel & Hansel Is Returning to the Classic Fairy Tale

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This Featurette Explains Why Gretel & Hansel Is Returning to the Classic Fairy Tale Gretel & Hansel is a stylish upcoming horror movie that bases its premise on a fairy tale we all know and have heard so often that there’s nothing left in it even remotely frightening. So why go back to that well? There are a lot of creepy houses in the woods—why pick that one?Read more... Go to Source
Syfy’s Chucky Series Is Officially on the Way

Syfy’s Chucky Series Is Officially on the Way

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Syfy's Chucky Series Is Officially on the Way Last year, we got news that, aside from the Child’s Play reboot, another updated take on the Chucky mythos might be on the way. And this weekend, at the Television Critics’ Association winter press tour, it was confirmed. Make room in your heart for more haunted puppet shenanigans, ‘cause Chucky’s back. Read more... Go to Source