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France Is on the Brink of Banning Domestic Short-Haul Flights

People took fewer flights amid the covid-19 pandemic, which helped to lower carbon pollution from aviation by roughly 60%. Now, France is trying to make some of that reduction permanent. The French national assembly advanced legislation on Saturday that would ban all short-distance domestic flights that could be replaced by an existing train route that…

Climate Change Dharna Noor

Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead Drops Its Intense New Trailer

Yes, in recent years director Zack Snyder has become synonymouswith the comic book heroes of DC. But let’s not forget where he got his start: with zombies—and with muscle-bound menbrutalizing each other in slow motion. And after several years in the world of comics, Snyder is going back to those not-so-humble beginnings. We’re talking zombies.…

Trailers Germain Lussier

U.S. Health Regulators Call for Pause of J&J Vaccine Over Possible Rare Blood Clotting Risk

Health regulators in the U.S. are calling for the Johnson & Johnson covid-19 vaccine to be temporarily suspended from use, following a small number of reports of a possible link between the vaccine and severe blood clotting. The potential added risk appears to be very rare, and no such connection has been documented for the…

Health Ed Cara

These Microscopic Maps of 3D-Printed Metals Look Like Art. They May Be a Glimpse of the Future

To the untrained eye, the following colorful images might look like art, but they’re actually something unexpected: science. These are maps of metals such as titanium, nickel, and steel created using an electron microscope. Jake Benzing, a materials research engineer at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, uses a method called electron backscatter diffraction,…

Tech News Jody Serrano

What You Need to Know About FLoC, the Ad-Targeting Tech Google Plans to Drop on Us All

About two weeks ago, millions of Google Chrome users were signed up for an experiment they never agreed to be a part of. Google had just launched a test run for Federated Learning of Cohorts—or FLoC–a new kind of ad-targeting tech meant to be less invasive than the average cookie. In a blog post announcing…

Tech News Shoshana Wodinsky

The Fossil Fuel Industry Is Racist

There’s a scientific consensus that coal, oil, and gas are frying the planet and will have to be phased out completely to secure a livable future. It’s also clear that each of the three fossil-based energy sources creates deadly, toxic pollution, providing yet another reason to retire the industry. A new report—released by Greenpeace, the…

Environmental Justice Dharna Noor

A Black Adam Star Teases Another Familiar DC Hero in the Cast

Watch Oscar Isaac practice beating the living bejesus out of people for Moon Knight. Akiva Goldsman teases where Jean-Luc is at coming into Star Trek: Picard season two. We’re already getting teases for how Dune 2 is progressing. Plus, Godzilla strikes on Netflix in June. Spoilers, away! Borderlands Janina Gavankar (True Blood and countless video…

Television James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson

The New Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 Embraces Both Intel and AMD

Microsoft’s Surface Laptop 4 is finally here, and compared to its Surface 3 options, the company has expanded the number of available options—yes, that includes AMD-based models, as previous rumors suggested. The AMD models start at $999 while the Intel models start at $1,299. The Surface 4 will come in several configurations with a 13.5-inch…

Tech News Joanna Nelius

Roku’s New Rechargeable Voice Remote Pro Is Almost Perfect—With One Major Catch

Roku’s forthcoming Voice Remote Pro is a fantastic rechargeable solution that kicks disposable batteries to the curb. But for everything I love about it, it still has one major flaw: its charging port. I’ve long felt that set-top box makers should introduce better charging standards to their remotes so that they can work harder, last…

Gadgets Catie Keck

How to Fix Someone’s Computer When You Can’t Visit Them

While the global pandemic may not have changed your status as the go-to free tech support consultant for your family and group of friends, it’s probably limited how often you can visit them to fix laptops, phones, wifi networks, printers, and other gadgets. Fortunately for them, if not for you, it’s not that difficult to…

Gadgets David Nield

This Is the Worst Smartwatch I’ve Ever Used

It’s rare for a flagship gadget to fail on every single front, and yet the OnePlus Watch has managed to pull it off. Every little thing went wrong when I tested this watch. It tracked every activity inaccurately. It said I was sleeping when I was awake. My step counts were off by more than…

Accessories & Wearables Victoria Song

Google Is Yanking Play Movies and TV App From Roku and Most Smart TVs

Google is officially pulling the plug on its Play Movies and TV app on all Roku devices and Samsung, LG, Vizio or Roku smart TVs, the company announced via 9to5Google on Monday. Beginning on June 15, 2021, users with movies or TV shows purchased or rented through those service will be redirected to the Youtube…

Tech News Brianna Provenzano

Former CDC Director Under Trump Now Promoting Unproven Virus-Killing Tech for ‘Big Ass Fans’

The former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under Donald Trump, Dr. Robert Redfield, has landed a sweet gig at…Big Ass Fans. Per Kaiser Health News (KHN), Redfield is now a strategic health and safety adviser for the company, effectively lending his scientific reputation to Big Ass Fans and the $9,450 ion-generating…

Health Tom McKay

Poster Artist Tyler Stout Takes a Stab at John Carpenter’s Halloween

Take a master of horror, add a master of posters, and connect them with an iconic psychopathic killer. The result is John Carpenter’s Halloween, as reimagined by artist Tyler Stout. Stout is one of the most popular and well-known pop culture poster artists in the business. And yet, in his many years making posters for…

Toys & Collectibles Germain Lussier

Attack the Block‘s Joe Cornish Has Decided to Make Mark Millar’s Starlight Into a Movie, of All Things

The three movies Joe Cornish has directed have been the incredible Attack the Block, the serviceable The Kid Who Would Be King, and the long-awaited upcoming adaptation of Neal Stepherson’s Snow Crash. So, sure, why not have his next movie be about an old, grumpy John Carter wannabe, who’s called in for one last mission…

Movies Rob Bricken

Airbnb Would Just Love It if You Could Just Postpone Your Orgy Until Next Year

Although the axes of “Hot Girl Summer” and “Fully-Vaccinated Summer” are about to collide in an unholy fashion for a certain young subset of the population, Airbnb is respectfully asking if you would please, please just keep it chill and socially distanced for the foreseeable future. On Monday, the vacation rental and tourism platform launched…

Tech News Brianna Provenzano

Son of Stuxnet?

It certainly looks like Israel just cyber attacked Iran again. Authorities with the Islamic Republic are claiming that a blackout at one of the nation’s top nuclear facilities is the result of Israeli sabotage, and an Israeli media outlet has similarly claimed that the attack may have been the work of the intelligence agency Mossad.…

Privacy & Security Lucas Ropek

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The Biggest Smalltooth Sawfish Ever Measured Washed Ashore in Florida

Two sawfish washed ashore dead in the Florida Keys over the past week; one of those fish is the largest of its species to ever be measured, clocking in at 16 feet long and weighing as much as a horse. The animal was a female smalltooth sawfish, a gray-brown fish that is endemic to the…

Biology Isaac Schultz

The Illuminati or Whatever Meets on Zoom to Fight Back Against Voter Suppression

America’s corporate elites recently held a conference call on Zoom to discuss how to push back against voter suppression bills being pushed by Republican politicians in dozens of states, according to a Monday report by the Washington Post. Despite, or perhaps because of, the total lack of evidence Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election…

Tech News Tom McKay

The Nevers‘ Olivia Williams and Pip Torrens on Playing Aristocrats Among Superheroes

io9 talks with the actors who play Lavinia Bidlow and Lord Massen on the HBO series.

Television Cheryl Eddy

France Is on the Brink of Banning Domestic Short-Haul Flights

Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead Drops Its Intense New Trailer

U.S. Health Regulators Call for Pause of J&J Vaccine Over Possible Rare Blood Clotting Risk

These Microscopic Maps of 3D-Printed Metals Look Like Art. They May Be a Glimpse of the Future

What You Need to Know About FLoC, the Ad-Targeting Tech Google Plans to Drop on Us All

The Fossil Fuel Industry Is Racist

A Black Adam Star Teases Another Familiar DC Hero in the Cast

The New Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 Embraces Both Intel and AMD

Roku’s New Rechargeable Voice Remote Pro Is Almost Perfect—With One Major Catch

How to Fix Someone’s Computer When You Can’t Visit Them

This Is the Worst Smartwatch I’ve Ever Used

Google Is Yanking Play Movies and TV App From Roku and Most Smart TVs

Former CDC Director Under Trump Now Promoting Unproven Virus-Killing Tech for ‘Big Ass Fans’

Poster Artist Tyler Stout Takes a Stab at John Carpenter’s Halloween

Attack the Block‘s Joe Cornish Has Decided to Make Mark Millar’s Starlight Into a Movie, of All Things

Airbnb Would Just Love It if You Could Just Postpone Your Orgy Until Next Year

Son of Stuxnet?

The Biggest Smalltooth Sawfish Ever Measured Washed Ashore in Florida

The Illuminati or Whatever Meets on Zoom to Fight Back Against Voter Suppression

The Nevers‘ Olivia Williams and Pip Torrens on Playing Aristocrats Among Superheroes

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