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Disneyland Will Become a Covid-19 Vaccination Site

Anaheim theme park will become one of the county’s first Point-Of-Dispensing (POD) sites for distribution of covid-19 vaccinations.

Corporate Culture James Whitbrook

Asus Revealed a New 2-in-1 Gaming Laptop, and I’m Like Whoa

Asus’ ROG line of gaming laptops have always stood out thanks to their flashy RGB lighting and aggressive aesthetic. Asus isn’t afraid to try something new, either. Last year, it released the well-received ROG Zephyrus G14, one of the first ROG gaming laptops powered by an AMD processor, as well all the Zephyrus Duo 15,…

Gadgets Joanna Nelius

ISP in Idaho Planned to Block Facebook and Twitter to Punish ‘Censorship’

Responding to the public backlash over Twitter and Facebook’s decision to boot President Trump from their platforms, an internet service provider in rural Idaho told customers that it would block the popular social media networks by default. But that decision sparked a separate mini-backlash, and the company is now reportedly only blocking the sites for…

Tech News Rhett Jones

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Dungeons & Dragons‘ New Adventure Book Brings Fresh Voices to the Forgotten Realms

Typically, a Dungeons & Dragons adventure book is all about creating a world for your heroes to go on epic campaigns—detailing the vast settings of places like Eberron or Icewind Dale, or setting up cities like Waterdeep or even the Magic: The Gathering land of Ravnica. While its newest adventure revisits a classic D&D location,…

Games James Whitbrook

Climate Change Drove $75 Billion in Rainfall Damage Over the Past 30 Years

Extreme weather disasters are costing the country billions of dollars in damages each year. A new study from Stanford shows that over the past three decades, the U.S. has seen nearly $75 billion in damage from floods fueled by the climate crisis. The research, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…

Climate Change Dharna Noor

Razer’s Refreshed 15 and 17-inch Blades Are Getting New Screens and Faster GPUs for 2021

At first glance, Razer’s refreshed line of 15-inch Blade and 17-inch Blade Pro laptops might not look much different than last year’s models, but inside is a different story—this year we get faster displays and GPUs, along with a subtly revamped design. Starting with the 15-inch Blade and Blade Advanced, Razer is looking to give…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford

The Revamped m17 R4 Is Alienware’s First Laptop with a 360Hz Display

While Alienware hasn’t given its gaming laptops a full overhaul for 2021, like other gaming laptop makers the company is kicking off the year by refreshing its 15 and 17-inch notebooks with new Nvidia RTX 30-series GPUs. The larger m17 R4 is also getting a huge display upgrade that could make it the laptop for…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford

Acer’s Refreshed Predator Triton 300 SE Looks So Damn Good

Acer given most of its laptop lineup a major refresh at CES 2021 and there seems to be something for every budget, from entry-level machines like the Acer Aspire 5 that cost just $550, to the high-end Predator Triton 300 SE, which costs a surprisingly reasonable $1,400. It also appears to have been totally re-imagined…

Gadgets Joanna Nelius

Nvidia’s Ray Tracing 30-Series GPUs Are Coming to Laptops

Like clockwork, Nvidia announced this morning that its wildly fast discrete desktop graphics will be coming to laptops everywhere in the months ahead. This probably surprised no one, as Nvidia always has the same GPUs on laptops, but if the popular reception of its RTX 30-series desktop cards were any indication, these are the graphics…

Gadgets Joanna Nelius

Tasmanian Tigers and Wolves Evolved Uncannily Similar Skulls

The extinct thylacine had the stripes of a tiger, the body of a canid, and the pouch of a kangaroo. These ill-fated, predatory marsupials are a classic example of convergent evolution, in which species independently evolve the same traits, and a new study breaks down just how remarkably similar Tasmanian tigers’ skulls were to those…

Biology Isaac Schultz

Neil Gaiman’s Explanation Why Media Left American Gods Is Ridiculous

Rather straightforward as the plot of Neil Gaiman’s originalAmerican Gods was, Starz’s adaptation of the novel has ended up being somewhat more complicated in part because of the numerous changes to the cast that had to be made in response to stars like Orlando Jones (Mr. Nancy,) Kristin Chenowith’s (Easter,) and Gillian Anderson (Media) suddenly…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore

AMD’s Excellent Ryzen 5000 Series Is Coming to Laptops

AMD’s Ryzen series of CPUs seem to be getting better with every iteration, and the Ryzen 5000 series launched in the fall of 2020 was perhaps the most impressive series yet. And now it’s coming to laptops. At the very weird all-digital CES, AMD CEO Lisa Su announced a new portfolio of Ryzen 5000 mobile…

Gadgets Alex Cranz & Joanna Nelius

Trump Officials Publish Climate Denial Flyers, White House Disavows Them

Like a well-oiled machine, the Trump administration is focusing on what really matters in this time of democratic crisis and pandemic: publishing climate denial “flyers” from the Office of Science and Technology Policy, including two authored by Trump hires, and then disavowing those papers and saying it “does not have intention to formalize” them. In…

Earther Brian Kahn

An Indiana Jones Video Game Is on the Way From the Studio Behind Wolfenstein

The handshake meme, but it’s “Wolfenstein,” “Indiana Jones, ” and “Killing some goddamn Nazis.” Yesterday, Lucasfilm announced an overhaul of its gaming branch with a rebranding to its classic game publishing title (shout out to, and RIP, LucasArts) Lucasfilm Games. The brand was an evolution of handles it had used to cover the currently-releasing Star Wars…

Games James Whitbrook

The Pandemic Could Disrupt Decades of Decline in Cancer Mortality

A new report released Tuesday by the American Cancer Society provides some good news: Americans who had cancer in 2018 were less likely to die from it than they were a year earlier, continuing a steady decline in cancer mortality over the past 30 years. As hopeful as this trend is, though, there are still…

Health Ed Cara

WandaVision‘s Latest Clip Reveals the Superhero Couple Have a Very Important Date

Shame they can’t remember what it’s actually for, though. Marvel’s dropped yet another clip from WandaVision, once again focusing on the series’ love letter to classic black-and-white romantic sitcoms of yesteryear. This time instead of wondering at what’s going bump in the night to disturb Wanda’s prize rosebushes, it features Mr. and Mrs. Vision realizing…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Nintendo Is Making Copyright Claims on Videos of Game & Watch Hacking

Despite its retro charms, for $50 the Nintendo Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. handheld felt like it could benefit from a few more games: an upgrade some talented hackers made possible before the device was even released. But Nintendo doesn’t like consumers messing with its hardware, and today it appears it started using copyright…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

You May Soon Be Able to Measure Blood Pressure From Your Finger

Wearable devices have become more sophisticated in recent years, with the ability to track everything from abnormal heart rates and atrial fibrillation to stress and even blood oxygen levels. However, monitoring blood pressure is a challenge for a wrist-worn device. Wearable components maker Valencell says it’s figured out how to measure blood pressure using photoplethysmography…

Gadgets Victoria Song

Updates From Spider-Man 3, Army of the Dead, and More

Andy Samberg and Ben Stiller are headed to Apple TV for a new sci-fi comedy. Vin Diesel is staying quiet about Fast & Furious 9’s space-bound potential. Another familiar Marvel face is confirmed for What If? Plus, Cobra Kai co-showrunner Jon Hurwitz teases some big ramifications for the next season. Spoilers get! Untitled Sci-Fi Project…

Television James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson

Sonos Now Has a DIY Battery Replacement Kit

Sonos hasn’t had the best track record when it comes to recycling or extending the life of its speakers. But it seems like maybe it’s taken customer criticism to heart. Today, the company announced it’s offering a battery replacement kit for its Sonos Move speakers. As a refresher, the Sonos Move is the company’s first—and…

Gadgets Victoria Song

Disneyland Will Become a Covid-19 Vaccination Site

Asus Revealed a New 2-in-1 Gaming Laptop, and I’m Like Whoa

ISP in Idaho Planned to Block Facebook and Twitter to Punish ‘Censorship’

Dungeons & Dragons‘ New Adventure Book Brings Fresh Voices to the Forgotten Realms

Climate Change Drove $75 Billion in Rainfall Damage Over the Past 30 Years

Razer’s Refreshed 15 and 17-inch Blades Are Getting New Screens and Faster GPUs for 2021

The Revamped m17 R4 Is Alienware’s First Laptop with a 360Hz Display

Acer’s Refreshed Predator Triton 300 SE Looks So Damn Good

Nvidia’s Ray Tracing 30-Series GPUs Are Coming to Laptops

Tasmanian Tigers and Wolves Evolved Uncannily Similar Skulls

Neil Gaiman’s Explanation Why Media Left American Gods Is Ridiculous

AMD’s Excellent Ryzen 5000 Series Is Coming to Laptops

Trump Officials Publish Climate Denial Flyers, White House Disavows Them

An Indiana Jones Video Game Is on the Way From the Studio Behind Wolfenstein

The Pandemic Could Disrupt Decades of Decline in Cancer Mortality

WandaVision‘s Latest Clip Reveals the Superhero Couple Have a Very Important Date

Nintendo Is Making Copyright Claims on Videos of Game & Watch Hacking

You May Soon Be Able to Measure Blood Pressure From Your Finger

Updates From Spider-Man 3, Army of the Dead, and More

Sonos Now Has a DIY Battery Replacement Kit

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