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The Arrowverse Brings Back Diggle, But Not in the Way You’d Think

When we last saw John Diggle (David Ramsey), he had regained his family, and come across a mighty mysterious but also mighty familiar box with some sort of glowing green object inside (cough, Green Lantern ring, cough). We’ve known Diggle would be returning to take a tour of the CW’s other DC shows—except now there…

Books & Comics Rob Bricken

Now You Don’t Have to Worry About Losing Your Chromecast Remote

If you lose your Chromecast remote, there’s another way to control your TV. Google announced today that it’s it’s bundling a host of remote control features directly into Android. Once the new version of Android 12 rolls out, it should be as easy as dragging and tapping around your phone’s interface to change the channel.…

Tech News Florence Ion

Google Is Bringing Digital Car Keys to Android 12

Google wants to replace the humble car key and make it easier to pair all of your gadgets together. The company announced expanded support for Fast Pair during its Google I/O keynote today. Fast Pair is Google’s way to speed up the process of pairing other Bluetooth devices with your phone. Originally, Fast Pair was…

Tech News Sam Rutherford

The Collapse of Darwin’s Arch in the Galápagos Is Making Me Feel Very Existential Right Now

The steady march of time has caused Darwin’s Arch—an iconic rock formation in the Galápagos Islands—to collapse. Tibetan monks will devote dozens of hours to painstakingly create their colorful and elaborate mandalas, only to destroy them in a matter of seconds. Seems pointless, but this exercise is done for a reason. It teaches the key…

Earth Science George Dvorsky

Google Chrome Will Soon Fix Compromised Passwords for You With One Click

Google’s Chrome browser already has the ability to detect when your passwords have been compromised, but now Chrome will be able to fix those vulnerable passwords with a single click. Previously, anytime Chrome’s built-in password manager detected that your credentials may have been exposed in a leak or hack, you’d get a little notification warning…

Tech News Sam Rutherford

American Alligators’ Sex Ratios Could Go Haywire

Many of the effects of climate change are obvious, like bizarre weather patterns, rising sea levels, and species loss as a result of deforestation and habitat degradation. Some, though, are a little bit weird. One of those is that the sex ratios of certain reptile species, which might shift to be either entirely male or…

Climate Change Jess Thomson

Seance Offers a Reminder That Toxic Friends Are the Worst Kind of Evil

There are a lot of horror movies set at boarding schools—almost always all-girls’ boarding schools—and they tend to follow the same template: a new student realizes something is off about her surroundings. Seance starts down that same path… but it sprinkles in some unexpected elements once it gets going. Directed and written by Simon Barrett—who…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

Apple Is Reportedly Going to Replace the M1 With a Crapload of New Chips

Now that Apple’s begun rolling out its M1 product lineup, it’s now reportedly gearing up for the next wave of computers powered by the chip’s multiple successors. And readers, we’re talking about a lot of computers and chips here. According to Bloomberg, Apple is readying new MacBook Pros, a low-end MacBook Air, a larger iMac,…

Tech News Victoria Song

The First Monsters At Work Footage Shows a Life of Laughter for the Pixar Characters

While Monsters Inc. did have a second movie, the new Disney+ show Monsters at Work is the first full-fledged sequel. That’s because the first follow-up, Monsters University, was a prequel. So now Mike (Billy Crystal) and Sulley (John Goodman) will finally get to put into practice the revelation they discovered at the end of the…

Trailers Germain Lussier

A Landmark Report Calls for Stopping New Fossil Fuel Development Next Year

While oil and gas companies ramp up the PR around their net zero commitments and try to convince us that fossil fuels can coexist with climate action, the science has long been clear that we need to quit dirty fuels pretty much immediately. One of the world’s biggest energy arbiters now says it agrees. The…

Energy Molly Taft

Tesla’s Autopilot Mode Crashed a Car Right Into a Washington State Cop

Tesla’s infamous Autopilot mode faced its latest reckoning this past weekend after it caused a driver to careen straight into a Washington state deputy’s vehicle that was parked at the side of the road. In a statement posted to the Facebook page for the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office, the department said that the Tesla did…

Transportation Shoshana Wodinsky

The Latest Oculus Quest 2 Update Packs Some Big Upgrades for Work and Gaming

After launching the Quest 2 last fall, Oculus has returned to give its flagship VR headset some major upgrades for both work and gaming thanks to new support for 120Hz refresh rates, updates to Infinite Office, and wireless tethering for PCs. For both general use and gaming, the addition of support for 120Hz refresh rates…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford

Extinct Australian Crocodile Likely Ate 1,400-Pound Birds

A re-examination of fossils from central Australia has led to the discovery of a previously unknown species of crocodile. Now extinct, the giant reptile likely preyed on animals of equally formidable size. The 8-million-year-old bones of multiple crocodiles, including an impressive skull, were found over 10 years ago at the Alcoota fossil site in central…

Biology George Dvorsky

Children of Shell Employees Sure Seem to Be Embarrassed by Their Parents

At Shell’s annual general meeting on Tuesday, a company executive told a heartwarming story. Shortly before taking the role six years ago, the fossil fuel giant’s outgoing chairman, Charles Holliday, said he had a conversation with one of the company’s employees. “I asked him the very simple question: ‘In three weeks I’ll become chair of…

Earther Dharna Noor

Apple’s TV Calibration Feature Might Bork Your Picture Quality, Actually

Last month, Apple introduced the new Apple TV and with it, a new color calibration feature in tvOS 14.5 for its streaming boxes. The way it works is you hold a compatible iPhone against the screen as it flashes through a series of colors and then voila—you’re supposed to get a properly balanced TV in…

Tech News Victoria Song

A Quiet Place Part II Is a Super Solid, Edge-of-Your-Seat Sequel

A Quiet Place Part II is a quintessential great sequel. Everything that worked about the first movie remains intact: high tension, gross monsters, great characters, strong relationships, it’s all there. This time though, everything is bigger—the number of settings and characters, and the scale of the action set pieces. However, the larger landscape doesn’t quite…

Movies Germain Lussier

Ragnarok’s Season 2 Trailer Screams Loudly and Carries a Small Hammer

Though the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s take on Norwegian gods like Loki has shaped the way many people think of them, the first season of Netflix’sRagnarok brought its own spins on the deities to the small screen meant to put more emphasis on the original myths and legends that first brought them to life. The season two…

Trailers Charles Pulliam-Moore

With an RC Mower and Video Goggles You Can Remotely Cut the Grass From Anywhere

Like Sisyphus eternally rolling a boulder uphill, mowing the lawn is a chore that’s never really complete because grass always grows back. To make the task less of a slog, the next best thing to paving your lawn is to build a remote control lawnmower with a live-streaming camera that lets you cut the grass…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

A New 3D Printer Can Produce On-Demand Batteries

The Sakuu Corporation, a California-based company backed by Musashi Seimitsu, has announced a new 3D printing system that can print large electric vehicle batteries on demand. The system uses new techniques to create solid-state batteries that are lighter and smaller than traditional lithium-ion batteries. The system uses two types of printing to get the job…

Gadgets John Biggs

Game of Thrones’ House of the Dragon Picks Up a Mysterious New Player

Rick and Morty’s Dan Harmon reveals a new series with a ridiculous twist. Tomb Raider 2 is closer to fruition. Great news for fans of Disney’s The Owl House. Plus updates from Ant-Man & the Wasp: Quantumania, Black Lightning’s swan song, and more. Spoilers away! Pet Sematary 2 Deadline reports Lindsey Beer (Sierra Burgess Is…

Television James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson

The Arrowverse Brings Back Diggle, But Not in the Way You’d Think

Now You Don’t Have to Worry About Losing Your Chromecast Remote

Google Is Bringing Digital Car Keys to Android 12

The Collapse of Darwin’s Arch in the Galápagos Is Making Me Feel Very Existential Right Now

Google Chrome Will Soon Fix Compromised Passwords for You With One Click

American Alligators’ Sex Ratios Could Go Haywire

Seance Offers a Reminder That Toxic Friends Are the Worst Kind of Evil

Apple Is Reportedly Going to Replace the M1 With a Crapload of New Chips

The First Monsters At Work Footage Shows a Life of Laughter for the Pixar Characters

A Landmark Report Calls for Stopping New Fossil Fuel Development Next Year

Tesla’s Autopilot Mode Crashed a Car Right Into a Washington State Cop

The Latest Oculus Quest 2 Update Packs Some Big Upgrades for Work and Gaming

Extinct Australian Crocodile Likely Ate 1,400-Pound Birds

Children of Shell Employees Sure Seem to Be Embarrassed by Their Parents

Apple’s TV Calibration Feature Might Bork Your Picture Quality, Actually

A Quiet Place Part II Is a Super Solid, Edge-of-Your-Seat Sequel

Ragnarok’s Season 2 Trailer Screams Loudly and Carries a Small Hammer

With an RC Mower and Video Goggles You Can Remotely Cut the Grass From Anywhere

A New 3D Printer Can Produce On-Demand Batteries

Game of Thrones’ House of the Dragon Picks Up a Mysterious New Player

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