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Climate Change Can’t Be an Excuse for More Militarization

On Wednesday, President Joe Biden signed a suite ofexecutive orders on climate policy, including one that enshrines climate change as a key consideration for American foreign policy and national security. The order’s international directives indicate a departure from the climate denialist policies of the Trump administration, with promises to convene an international climate summit this…

Earther Dharna Noor

It Looks Like Facebook Might Be Gearing Up for a Big Antitrust Battle with Apple

While it might seem ridiculous for Facebook to accuse any other company of having monopolistic tendencies, apparently the social media giant has spent the past several months preparing for an antitrust lawsuit against Apple. According to a new report from the Information, with the help of outside legal counsel, Facebook has been putting together an…

Social Media Sam Rutherford

The Flight Attendant‘s Take on Mind Palaces Is the Series’ Surprising Strength

In HBO Max’s The Flight Attendant, a barely functional alcoholic with a history of profound trauma finds herself suddenly placed smack dab in the middle of both an FBI investigation and a murder mystery after she wakes up one morning in a hotel—only to find the man she’d hooked up with the night before brutally…

Television Charles Pulliam-Moore

Vivaldi Delivers Two-Level Tab Stacking Feature for Tab Hoarders

What’s better than one tab bar? Two, obviously. Vivaldi, the highly personalized browser, announced today a new two-level tab stacks feature that introduces a second tab bar in Vivaldi 3.6. The company already supports plenty of customization features to keep tabs organized, including the ability to group tabs together and orient them vertically. With double-deck…

Tech News Catie Keck

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Human Thumbs Got a Major Upgrade 2 Million Years Ago, Sparking a Cultural Revolution, Study Finds

The human thumb is a marvel of evolution, allowing our ancestors to craft stone tools and radically expand their food choices. New research suggests our agile, dextrous thumbs appeared 2 million years ago, in a development that irrevocably changed the course of human history. Many primates have opposable thumbs, but none are quite like ours.…

Human History George Dvorsky

‘Democratized Finance’ App Robinhood Halts Purchases Of GameStop, AMC, American Airlines

The lulz (and soaring financial gains) of Reddit’s insurgent investor community, WallStreetBets, are on hold Thursday morning as popular stock-trading app Robinhood halted key types of trades of its favorite stocks due to “significant market volatility.” Robinhood’s decision to halt trading on GameStop and other Reddit “YOLO” stocks is the latest bump in the ongoing…

Tech News Andrew Couts & Whitney Kimball

This Week’s WandaVision Looks Jam-Packed With Marvel Links

Disney+’s WandaVision series has (mostly) been a chipper televised event for the Scarlet Witch and her synthezoid husband. They’ve experienced all the enforced happiness that sitcoms from the ‘50s, ‘60s, and ‘70s were built on, but a clip from this Friday’s coming episode looks like it’s going to explore what’s behind the TV veneer…or rather,…

Books & Comics Rob Bricken

Utah Lawmakers Want to Make Catfishing Illegal

House lawmakers in Utah are weighing a package of bills aimed at strengthening privacy protections and protecting citizens when they’re online. One piece of legislation that’s up for consideration would make catfishing a criminal offense in some cases. Introduced by Rep. Karianne Lisonbee, the bill is pretty straightforward. It makes it a third-degree felony to…

Tech News Rhett Jones

Netflix’s Sandman Adaptation Has Found Its Dream, Devil, and Demons

In Neil Gaiman’s Sandman series, the lord of the Dreaming’s journey from imprisonment by mortals back into his abstract realm of thought brings him face to face with a number of figures across the unraveling reality. And now, Netflix’s adaptation has found a few of those faces, and the Dream himself. It was going to…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

See Which Apps Are Using Your Camera, Microphone, and Location

Protecting your privacy in the modern age isn’t easy, with everything from app labels to online cookies to think about, but knowing what the apps on your devices are up to has to be one of your top priorities—and in particular, you’ll want to know which apps are using the camera, the microphone, and the…

Gadgets David Nield

How Do Some Dogs Learn Words So Quickly?

Vicky Nina, a Yorkshire terrier, and Whisky, a border collie, were given a straightforward task that few dogs can complete: Amid a trove of toys the two pets were already familiar with, they had to identify a new toy by name—more specifically, by the fact that it was the only object they didn’t know the…

Biology Isaac Schultz

Home Office Ideas to Make Your Space Actually Livable

From good chairs, to standing desks, to desk tands, to monitors

Reviews Catie Keck

Updates From Spider-Man 3, The Suicide Squad, and More

Corey Hawkins has joined a very peculiar take on a Dracula adaptation. More of Thor: Love & Thunder’s cast makes their way to Australia. Get a new look at Netflix’s adaptation of the Grishaverse. Plus, what’s to come on Riverdale and Nancy Drew. To me, my spoilers! Last Voyage of the Demeter Deadline reports Corey…

Television James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson

Virgin Hyperloop Releases Concept Video of Future We Want to Become Reality

Virgin Hyperloop, one of the entities currently developing Elon Musk’s high-speed transportation idea from 2013, has released a new concept video showing off its vision for the future of moving around a city. And it all looks pretty damn cool to us. The only question is whether Virgin can make it a reality anytime soon.…

Transportation Matt Novak

FDA Warns Hand Sanitizers Imported From Mexico Contain Toxic Unlisted Ingredients

The Food and Drug Administration has issued an unprecedented alert, warning that Americans are being poisoned by a long list of hand sanitizers imported from Mexico during the covid-19 pandemic. More than 900 Americans have reportedly been poisoned this month alone, according to figures obtained by CBS News. Some of the offending hand sanitizer products…

Health Matt Novak

Star Wars: The High Republic Show Host Krystina Arielle Is the Fandom’s Embattled Future

During the January 4 showcase of Disney and Lucasfilm’s upcoming slate of new projects set in the era of the High Republic, Skywalker: Family at War author Kristin Baver took a moment to introduce Krystina Arielle, the new host of Star Wars: The High Republic Show. It’s a bi-monthly YouTube series delving into the details…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore

Facebook Once Again Pledges to Depoliticize Facebook

After initially pledging not to recommend civic and political groups to its users, but then sort of continuing to do that anyway, Facebook once again affirmed its commitment to reducing the amount of political content that users see on Wednesday. During a fourth-quarter earnings call with analysts, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg doubled down on the…

Tech News Brianna Provenzano

Finally, Someone Made a Time Loop Movie for the Teens

Did you ever wish Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell had been 25 years younger and significantly angstier when they made the classic, beloved movie Groundhog Day? Well, the first trailer for The Map of Tiny Perfect Things is here to serve. Actually, the movie, based on the novel of the same name by The Magicians…

Trailers Rob Bricken

Finding the Perfect Landing Spot for NASA’s Moon Mission Will Be Tricky

For the pending Artemis missions to the Moon, NASA has already selected the southern polar region as the destination for its astronauts, but an exact landing spot has yet to be determined. Given the needs of the Artemis program, this won’t be easy. Artemis presents a unique challenge for NASA and its astronauts, who are…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

Apple Had a Better Holiday Than Literally Anyone Else

We’re well into the second decade of iPhone sales, and with the covid-19 pandemic devastating economies worldwide, some wondered: Would 2020 be the year that Apple’s runaway revenue train finally slowed down? The answer is decidedly: lol no. The company reported its holiday quarter earnings today, and it turns out that an absolute shit-ton of…

Tech News Caitlin McGarry

Climate Change Can’t Be an Excuse for More Militarization

It Looks Like Facebook Might Be Gearing Up for a Big Antitrust Battle with Apple

The Flight Attendant‘s Take on Mind Palaces Is the Series’ Surprising Strength

Vivaldi Delivers Two-Level Tab Stacking Feature for Tab Hoarders

Human Thumbs Got a Major Upgrade 2 Million Years Ago, Sparking a Cultural Revolution, Study Finds

‘Democratized Finance’ App Robinhood Halts Purchases Of GameStop, AMC, American Airlines

This Week’s WandaVision Looks Jam-Packed With Marvel Links

Utah Lawmakers Want to Make Catfishing Illegal

Netflix’s Sandman Adaptation Has Found Its Dream, Devil, and Demons

See Which Apps Are Using Your Camera, Microphone, and Location

How Do Some Dogs Learn Words So Quickly?

Home Office Ideas to Make Your Space Actually Livable

Updates From Spider-Man 3, The Suicide Squad, and More

Virgin Hyperloop Releases Concept Video of Future We Want to Become Reality

FDA Warns Hand Sanitizers Imported From Mexico Contain Toxic Unlisted Ingredients

Star Wars: The High Republic Show Host Krystina Arielle Is the Fandom’s Embattled Future

Facebook Once Again Pledges to Depoliticize Facebook

Finally, Someone Made a Time Loop Movie for the Teens

Finding the Perfect Landing Spot for NASA’s Moon Mission Will Be Tricky

Apple Had a Better Holiday Than Literally Anyone Else

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