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Hulu’s Animaniacs Reboot Is Nostalgic for All the Wrong Reasons

Yakko, Wakko, and Dot are back—and they’re ready to turn 2020 upside down. Hulu has revived Animaniacs in an era where reboots are at an all-time high, giving these classic meta characters a window into modern cultural satire. But are ‘90s goofs still relevant two decades later? Animaniacs picks up 22 years after the original…

Television Beth Elderkin

It’s Been a Rough Launch for Big Sur

Big Sur dropped last Thursday and so far, it’s been a bit of a bumpy ride. The issues started as soon as Thursday, with an outage on Apple’s servercausing some absurd download times or errors preventing users from installing Big Sur entirely. The problems persisted even after Apple said the issue had been fixed. (Yours…

Tech News Victoria Song

Hey: More Sweaters in Star Wars, Please

I am a simple man, with simple needs. I just want my favorite space wizard franchise to reckon with the concept of generational conflicts and the traumas they enact on those asked to ceaselessly fight in them. Oh, and also occasionally have a really nice piece of knitwear show up. The latest episode of The…

io9 James Whitbrook

HBO Max Finally Arrives on Fire TV Devices, Beating Roku to a Dedicated App

Months after the launch of Warner Media’s mega-streaming service, HBO Max is finally coming to Fire TV devices. The app will officially begin rolling out to Fire TV devices, smart TVs, and Fire tablets beginning Nov. 17, Amazon announced Monday. That means Fire TV users will finally have access to Warner Media’s marquee streaming service…

Internet Catie Keck

The World Is Weighing a Paris Agreement for Plastic Pollution—But the U.S. Isn’t On Board

Plastic pollution is a global crisis, and countries in the United Nations are considering an international treaty to take on the issue. But the biggest perpetrators seem uninterested in addressing the problem. At a virtual convening of the UN’s working group focused on marine litter and microplastics last week, more than two-thirds of countries said…

Earther Dharna Noor

900-Ton Platform Threatens to Crush Famed Arecibo Observatory Dish

The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico is in an exceptionally precarious state following the recent failure of two support cables, placing the future of this renowned facility in doubt. As we feared, the situation at Arecibo appears to be dire. With two support cables gone, the 900-ton platform located directly above the dish is now…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

Christopher Nolan Is Cool With You Skipping Theaters Now, Actually

In response to the ongoing covid-19 pandemic that, to date, has killed over 250,000 people in America alone, and kept most cinemas closed, most films skipped theaters in favor of a digital launch. In the months leading up to (and after) Tenet’s original intended release date in July, Warner Bros., IMAX, and director Christopher Nolan himself…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore

Jet Hits Bear on Alaska Runway

For decades, people have wondered who would win in a battle of jetliner vs. bear. Over the weekend, we finally got an answer, and it might just break your heart. On Saturday night, a Boeing 737-700 hit a brown bear on the runway at the Yakutat Airport in Eastern Alaska, Anchorage Daily News reports. According…

Tech News Rhett Jones

Spider-Man: Miles Morales‘ Biggest Conflict Is Achingly Intimate

Insomniac’s first thwip at the Spider-Verse gave us a compelling tale of Peter Parker’s dual life, with a wonderfully personable twist that smashed those halves together. Its successor—Spider-Man: Miles Morales, released last week—does the same but as its larger self does, the new story drills this idea down into something far more potent and intimate…

Games James Whitbrook

Hurricane Iota Is in Terrifying, Unprecedented Territory as It Approaches Central America

For the second time in two weeks, Central America is facing down a ferocious storm. Hurricane Iota exploded over the weekend and is now a Category 5 monster, setting a record for the latest Category 5 storm on record. To make matters worse, it’s set to make landfall in almost the exact same location in…

Earther Brian Kahn

A Second Covid-19 Vaccine Appears Highly Effective in Early Data

On Monday, Moderna became the second company in as many weeks to announce that its experimental vaccine against covid-19 appears to be highly effective. In early data, the company claimed that the vaccine was found to be more than 90 percent effective, while being relatively well tolerated by volunteers. As with Pfizer’s similar announcement last…

Health Ed Cara

Updates From Rick and Morty, Paranormal Activity, and More

The Order is no more at Netflix. The new Uzumaki anime will be coming to Toonami next year, after a covid-19 delay. Netflix wants to get all Planet Earth with alien life in a new series with Sophie Okonedo. Plus, what’s to come on Fear the Walking Dead and World Beyond. To me, my spoilers!…

Television James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson

19 Time-Saving Tips for Windows

Time. There’s never enough of it, so the more ways you can find to speed through the business of the day the better—and if you spend a good number of hours sat in front of a computer, then time-saving shortcuts for operating Windows can make a big difference to how much free time you find…

Gadgets David Nield

Americans Will Start Dying in ER Waiting Rooms According to Covid-19 Expert

Dr. Michael Osterholm, an epidemiologist and expert on the covid-19 pandemic, warns U.S. hospitals have become so overwhelmed that people with coronavirus will soon be dying in ER waiting rooms. And he’s not talking about something that could happen six months from now. Dr. Osterholm says this nightmare scenario will start within a few weeks.…

Health Matt Novak

‘Unbiased’ Social Media Platform Parler Is Unsurprisingly Found to Be Backed by Conservative Megadonor

Parler, the social media network that describes itself as the “world’s premier free speech platform,” which is apparently another way to say a space for misinformation and conspiracy theories like QAnon, is unsurprisingly backed by conservative megadonor Rebekah Mercer, the Wall Street Journal has found. In a Saturday report, the Journal stated that Mercer was…

Tech News Jody Serrano

Wait… Did Ron Watkins Just Rat His Dad Out as Q?

There’s been a mass exodus of conservatives from Twitter and Facebook amid complaints of censorship and “free speech” dog-whistling in the wake of the 2020 presidential election. Many have found a new home on Parler, a platform founded in 2018 and reportedly backed by Trump donors that sells itself as “unbiased social media.” On Sunday,…

Tech News Alyse Stanley

1986 Sci-Fi Film Short Circuit Is Getting a Remake, For Serious This Time

The only thing I know about the original Short Circuit is it’s the origin of the name Johnny 5. Maybe I’ll learn more when it’s remade, a prospect about which there have been rumors for a while. As reported by Deadline, Short Circuit is getting a remake courtesy of a collaboration between Spyglass Media Group…

Movies Julie Muncy

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Killing of Rare Canadian ‘Spirit’ Moose Sparks Outrage, Sadness and a Search for Those Responsible

When a rare white female moose was found dead in northern Ontario, Canada, along a remote service road last month, nearby indigenous residents were shocked. The animal is considered sacred by indigenous peoples in the region, and hunting it is banned in the areas where the slain animal was found. Then came outrage, sadness and…

Earther Jody Serrano

Trump: Biden Won But ‘I Concede NOTHING!’

President Donald Trump acknowledged for the first time on Sunday that Democratic challenger Joe Biden won the election. He then agreed to a peaceful transition of power and wished good old “sleepy” Joe the best of luck during his White House tenure. Nah, I’m just kidding about that last part. God, remember when presidential elections…

Politics Alyse Stanley

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The Creators of Gods of Mars Decided to Cut Out the Middle Man and Produce the Film Entirely in the Unreal Engine

Helmed by Peter Hyoguchi, Gods of Mars is an in-production science fiction film that’s breaking new ground. While companies like Disney have used Epic’s Unreal Engine to aid in production, Hyoguchi’s film is going a step further and just filming the whole damn thing in Unreal. Talking to Variety, Hyoguchi explained what makes his film…

Movies Julie Muncy

Hulu’s Animaniacs Reboot Is Nostalgic for All the Wrong Reasons

It’s Been a Rough Launch for Big Sur

Hey: More Sweaters in Star Wars, Please

HBO Max Finally Arrives on Fire TV Devices, Beating Roku to a Dedicated App

The World Is Weighing a Paris Agreement for Plastic Pollution—But the U.S. Isn’t On Board

900-Ton Platform Threatens to Crush Famed Arecibo Observatory Dish

Christopher Nolan Is Cool With You Skipping Theaters Now, Actually

Jet Hits Bear on Alaska Runway

Spider-Man: Miles Morales‘ Biggest Conflict Is Achingly Intimate

Hurricane Iota Is in Terrifying, Unprecedented Territory as It Approaches Central America

A Second Covid-19 Vaccine Appears Highly Effective in Early Data

Updates From Rick and Morty, Paranormal Activity, and More

19 Time-Saving Tips for Windows

Americans Will Start Dying in ER Waiting Rooms According to Covid-19 Expert

‘Unbiased’ Social Media Platform Parler Is Unsurprisingly Found to Be Backed by Conservative Megadonor

Wait… Did Ron Watkins Just Rat His Dad Out as Q?

1986 Sci-Fi Film Short Circuit Is Getting a Remake, For Serious This Time

Killing of Rare Canadian ‘Spirit’ Moose Sparks Outrage, Sadness and a Search for Those Responsible

Trump: Biden Won But ‘I Concede NOTHING!’

The Creators of Gods of Mars Decided to Cut Out the Middle Man and Produce the Film Entirely in the Unreal Engine

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