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Lucifer‘s New Trailer Gives Us a Devil With a God Complex

The second half of Lucifer’s fifth season is soon to arrive, and now we’ve got a trailer that shares rather a lot about what we can expect, including an outright explanation as to why a sweater-clad God (Dennis Haysbert) has visited Lucifer (Tom Ellis) and the rest of his squabbling family on Earth: he wants…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Apr 30 '21

Photo: Jenna Dittmar/University of Cambridge

Scans of Medieval Skeletons Show Cancer Has Been Common Longer Than We Thought

Cancer may have been a bigger menace in medieval times than previously assumed, new research this week suggests. The study, based on X-ray and CT scans of preserved bones, estimates that around one in every 10 residents of medieval Britain died with cancer in their body. The first recorded accounts of cancer date back to…

Culture Ed Cara Apr 30 '21

The Craft at 25: A Couple of First-Timers Dive Into the Witchy Cult Classic

Growing up in the 1990s, everyone knew The Craft. It was one of those cool, R-rated movies you maybe quoted with your friends or watched again and again at a sleepover. The characters were unique and fresh. The material was edgy and provocative. At the time, the film hit such a cultural nerve that people…

Movies Germain Lussier Apr 30 '21

Montana Is About to Become the Most Dangerous Place in America to Protest Fossil Fuels

Republicans posture as the party of free speech. Except when it’s speech they don’t like. This week, the Montana legislature passed what is among the most, if not the most, extreme anti-pipeline protest laws in the country. Gov. Greg Gianforte, a man best known for assaulting a reporter and killing wolves, is expected to sign…

Environmental Justice Brian Kahn Apr 30 '21

100-Foot-Tall Booster From Chinese Rocket Will Likely Make an Uncontrolled Reentry

Following yesterday’s launch, the core stage of China’s Long March 5B rocket inadvertently went into low Earth orbit. The booster—now spinning out of control—is poised to perform an uncontrolled reentry from orbit, potentially threatening inhabited areas. As SpaceNews reports, the core stage will likely fall from low Earth orbit at some point in the next…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky Apr 30 '21

Peloton Adds a Bunch of New Features Amidst Tread+ Turmoil

Peloton saw stratospheric success throughout the pandemic as the at-home fitness service to beat thanks to its popular Bike and Bike+. But in recent weeks, the company has lost a bit of its luster due to complaints from regulators and consumer advocacy organizations that the company hasn’t properly responded to accidents and injuries caused by…

Tech News Caitlin McGarry Apr 30 '21

Boris Johnson Left His Cell Phone Number on the Internet for 15 Years, Screened Our Call :(

Boris Johnson, British prime minister who’s been passing out his deets like a sloppy rando at last call, has left his personal cell phone number online for the past 15 years. The British gossip site Popbitch used a sophisticated hacking tool called Google and discovered his direct cell line at the bottom of a 2006…

Tech News Whitney Kimball Apr 30 '21

Green Lantern Guy Gardner Has Been Cast for HBO Max’s Supercop Series

The Green Lantern Corps expands with the help of a classic Lantern.

Television James Whitbrook Apr 30 '21

I Was Wrong, The Mitchells vs. the Machines Looks Fantastic

Last month, Netflix dropped a trailer for its CG animated film, The Mitchells vs. the Machines, produced by Phil Lord and Chris Miller of The Lego Movie and Into the Spider-Verse fame. I said, “It isn’t nearly as bewilderingly awesome as either of Lord and Miller’s previous two animated outings from what we can see,…

Movies Rob Bricken Apr 30 '21

Here’s the Purple iPhone 12 Next to Other Purple Things

The iPhone 12 and 12 mini have been on sale for months now, but today’s the day you can buy one in purple. I’ve had the purple iPhone 12 for a little while, and I must say: It’s adorable. However, it’s not the exact shade of purple I thought it was—for some reason, in person,…

Tech News Caitlin McGarry Apr 30 '21

RIP Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant, 1962-2021

New York’s Indian Point Energy Center, a nuclear power plant 35 miles (57 kilometers) from the heart of Times Square, shut down its last reactor on Friday. The closure of Indian Point ends a decade-plus dispute to shutter the plant. New York will lose its single biggest source of carbon-free energy, which at least in…

Energy Brian Kahn Apr 30 '21

EU Charges Apple With Antitrust Violations in Spotify Case

Apple’s App Store—and its so-called “Apple tax”—have been at the center of several recent lawsuits. In the latest development, the European Union has charged Apple with allegedly “abus[ing] its dominant position” in the music streaming market. The charges stem from an initial complaint filed by Spotify in 2019. At the time, Spotify accused Apple of…

Tech News Victoria Song Apr 30 '21

New Super-Sized Swiss Army Knife Is a Reminder That Airports Could Profit From Forgetful Travelers

Although nowhere near as massive as Wenger’s Swiss Army Knife Giant that famously packed 87 implements into a seven-pound tool, Victorinox’s new 73-function Swiss Champ XXL will still stretch your pocket to its breaking point. It comes with a price tag that will break any forgetful owner’s heart the day the TSA has to confiscate…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Apr 30 '21

Roku Pulls Support for YouTube TV, Says Google Wants Special Access to Data

After news leaked out about a feud between Roku and Google earlier this week, today Roku announced its devices would no longer support the YouTube TV app for new subscribers. In an email sent out to customers today, Roku said the company decided to let its contract with Google for YouTube TV expire, claiming that…

Tech News Sam Rutherford Apr 30 '21

The He-Man Movie Has Lost Its Prince Adam

The Rock’s Black Adam, somehow, is continuing to hire half of Hollywood for its cast. The first look at the Children of the Corn remake is here. Samuel L. Jackson is in peril in another new Spiral: From the Book of Saw clip. Plus, Army of the Dead posters, and Krysten Ritter steps behind the…

Television James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson Apr 30 '21

The Best Thing About Apple’s AirTags Is Also the Scariest

Apple’s Bluetooth-tracking device is useful and cool, but too easy to abuse

Other Gadgets Caitlin McGarry Apr 30 '21

Why You Should Use a Physical Key to Sign Into Your Accounts

The benefits of two-factor authentication (2FA) are clear: A person trying to get into your accounts will need something else besides your username and password, which makes it more difficult to hack you. That something else is often a code sent via SMS or through an app, but there’s another option: a physical security key. These keys…

Gadgets David Nield Apr 30 '21

Elon Musk Shares Painfully Obvious Idea About the Difficulty of Self-Driving Cars

Elon Musk, one of the wealthiest people on the planet, sent a tweet Thursday night about the real problem with self-driving cars. And as you can probably guess by now, it’s one of those things that sounds profound until you stop to think about it for three seconds. That’s more or less Musk’s brand at…

Tech News Matt Novak Apr 30 '21

Netflix Finally Adds a Shuffle Play Feature for Those of Us With Decision Paralysis

Netflix rolled out its new “Play Something” feature this week, a shuffle play option for when you have thousands of TV shows and movies at your fingertips and no idea what to watch. Sure, it’s a first-world problem. But as a routine sufferer of decision paralysis, I’ve been hoping for something like this for what…

Internet Alyse Stanley Apr 29 '21

Windows 10 Is Finally Getting Better Support for AirPods

Part of Microsoft’s great big overhaul to Windows 10 finally includes some major changes to Bluetooth support and audio endpoints. These changes are now live in the latest Windows 10 Insider preview build, reports The Verge. The bigger of the two changes involves adding support for the Advanced Audio Codec (AAC) over Bluetooth. Currently, Windows only…

Tech News Joanna Nelius Apr 29 '21

Lucifer‘s New Trailer Gives Us a Devil With a God Complex

Scans of Medieval Skeletons Show Cancer Has Been Common Longer Than We Thought

The Craft at 25: A Couple of First-Timers Dive Into the Witchy Cult Classic

Montana Is About to Become the Most Dangerous Place in America to Protest Fossil Fuels

100-Foot-Tall Booster From Chinese Rocket Will Likely Make an Uncontrolled Reentry

Peloton Adds a Bunch of New Features Amidst Tread+ Turmoil

Boris Johnson Left His Cell Phone Number on the Internet for 15 Years, Screened Our Call :(

Green Lantern Guy Gardner Has Been Cast for HBO Max’s Supercop Series

I Was Wrong, The Mitchells vs. the Machines Looks Fantastic

Here’s the Purple iPhone 12 Next to Other Purple Things

RIP Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant, 1962-2021

EU Charges Apple With Antitrust Violations in Spotify Case

New Super-Sized Swiss Army Knife Is a Reminder That Airports Could Profit From Forgetful Travelers

Roku Pulls Support for YouTube TV, Says Google Wants Special Access to Data

The He-Man Movie Has Lost Its Prince Adam

The Best Thing About Apple’s AirTags Is Also the Scariest

Why You Should Use a Physical Key to Sign Into Your Accounts

Elon Musk Shares Painfully Obvious Idea About the Difficulty of Self-Driving Cars

Netflix Finally Adds a Shuffle Play Feature for Those of Us With Decision Paralysis

Windows 10 Is Finally Getting Better Support for AirPods

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