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What Happens When You Meet Your Parallel Self?

“For want of a nail the shoe was lost.” We often think about where our lives would be if certain things had turned out differently. But what if there were other realities where those things had actually happened—and you could meet the other you that’s living through them? It’d be like staring into a mirror,…

Books & Comics Beth Elderkin

Rapidly Intensifying Hurricane Eta Will Bring ‘Catastrophic’ Conditions to Central America

I know there’s a lot going on, but pause for a moment and consider the Caribbean. Hurricane Eta is a monster bearing down on Central America, cranking up from a tropical storm to a major hurricane in 24 hours. Nicaragua—where it’s expected to make landfall—faces “catastrophic” conditions, as do the surrounding countries that will be…

Earther Brian Kahn

Apple’s Still Getting Punished on Wall Street for Not Selling Enough iPhones

Apple’s Q4 earnings report could have been an unmitigated disaster, considering the hatchet job the year 2020 has been on consumer spending, but the official numbers released last Thursday tell the story of a fourth fiscal quarter that was actually—luckily?—pretty meh overall for the tech giant. But a modest, pandemic-induced uptick in laptop and tablet…

Tech News Brianna Provenzano

The SEC Just Made Crowdfunding Way More Interesting for Small Startups

Tech funding usually happens in one of two ways. In one scenario, a software or service product— think Twitter — usually sells equity to venture capitalists who expect some kind of return on their investment. Hardware products usually go the crowdfunding route, building up a list of pre-orders that they can then use to pay…

Tech News John Biggs

A Guide to the Mandalore Factions That Could Play a Role in The Mandalorian Season 2

The Mandalorian is back, and Din Djarin is on a mission: find his people, so they can guide him in the ways of being a dad to a Force-wielding little green fella infinitely more popular than him. But Mandalore, a world burdened with such a tumultuous history, is once again broken. Who could he turn…

io9 James Whitbrook

Inside Environmentalists’ Final Efforts to Get Out the Vote

This election cycle, the climate crisis is on Americans’ minds. In an October poll from the New York Times and Siena College, 58% of people surveyed said they were “very concerned” or at least “somewhat concerned” about climate change, and potential voters in swing states expressed worry about its effects in their communities. Across the…

Climate Change Dharna Noor

Edward Snowden Leaks Intent to Become Russian

Edward Snowden, the former intelligence contractor and whistleblower who leaked a trove of classified National Security Agency secrets to journalists, never quite made it to Ecuador. His attempt to avoid extradition and prosecution by U.S. authorities hit a snag in Russia back in 2013 where he claimed political asylum and has been stranded ever since.…

Privacy & Security Tom McKay

A New Netflix Poster Spotlights All the Gadgets From Prospect, Pedro Pascal’s Sci-Fi Thriller

The Mandalorian isn’t the only place to find new Pedro Pascal content this week. A film he released last year, Prospect, debuts on Netflix today, and if that title rings a bell, give yourself a gold star. We’ve covered it a lot. In Prospect, Pascal stars as the opposition to a father-daughter team (played by…

Movies Germain Lussier

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Warped Starlight Reveals Smallest Rogue Planet Known to Science

Free-floating planets are not bound to any star, having been dumped from their original home systems. New research describes the smallest rogue planet discovered to date, in an astronomical achievement that took an Einstein-inspired technique to new extremes. Rogue planets, also known as free-floating planets, aren’t gravitationally tethered to any star, which means they’re literally…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

The Best Alternative Streaming Services You Can Still Try Out For Free

You’re probably spending more time at home right now, and maybe you’re looking for a new streaming service to try—preferably without paying, at least until you decide to commit. Netflix and Disney+ have ditched their free trials, but there are plenty of other music and movie streaming services you can try out without spending a dime,…

Gadgets David Nield

This Gaming Soundbar Gets You Dolby Atmos for Cheap, but Lacks Oomph

In case you couldn’t guess by the name, the Panasonic SoundSlayer is a soundbar for gamers. Specifically, gamers who might be living in cramped spaces but aren’t keen on settling for their TV’s dinky speakers or buying a potentially complicated setup. The whole gaming angle of the SoundSlayer, aside from the cheesy name, is that…

Home Entertainment & Smart Home Victoria Song

12 Big-Screen Paranormal Investigators, Ranked by Their Ghost-Busting Success

In honor of Amazon’s new series Truth Seekers, we’re rounding up our favorite embodiments of that good ol’ scary-movie trope: ghost hunters! Technically all of these folks succeed because they all find ghosts (that’s why there’s no Scooby-Doo gang on this list), but some triumph more than others. Just want to preface this list by…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

I, Too, Keep My Expensive TV in the Hallway of My Home

Reader, how do you flaunt your opulent wealth within the four walls of your own home? If you are the owner of one of Samsung’s popular the Frame televisions—which display art when the TV is not in use—perhaps you do this by keeping your television not in a place one would normally watch TV, like…

Gadgets Catie Keck

The ‘Petro-Masculinity’ of This Weekend’s Trump Highway Rallies

This weekend, highways from Texas to Kentucky to New Jersey were overrun with Trump-supporting caravans. They tried to run a Joe Biden campaign bus off the road, held up traffic, shut down a bridge, and generally pissed people off and intimidated them. It’s perfectly emblematic of the Trump era, particularly the seamless blend of fossil…

Earther Brian Kahn

Sony Says No to People’s Dreams of Colored Side Panels for the PS5

With its two-toned black-and-white color scheme and swooping, curvy sides, the PlayStation 5 features one of the most divisive designs in console history. This has led many gamers to dream up ways to customize the PS5’s design, with one company even releasing pre-orders for aftermarket side panels…until Sony shut it down. After Sony released a…

Games Sam Rutherford

5 Nerdy Cocktails (and Mocktails) to Distract You From the World

Well, it’s the time of year (or every four years) when you might find yourself needing new ways to keep yourself relaxed. Some people do yoga, others take up hobbies like knitting or building complex Lego sets. I like to drink. Before I went back to school to finish my degree and become a journalist,…

Television Beth Elderkin

A Man With an Allergy to Cold Nearly Died After Stepping Out of a Hot Shower

A man’s rare intolerance to the cold almost killed him post-shower. In a recent case report, doctors describe how he developed a severe allergic reaction to the cold air he encountered after stepping out of a hot shower—serious enough to merit a trip to the emergency room and a stay in intensive care. According to…

Health Ed Cara

Apple Is Having Yet Another Event Nov. 10, and This One’s All About Macs

After Apple’s September event for Apple Watch and iPad and an October event for iPhones, you’d be forgiven for assuming Apple was done launching stuff for the year. But you would also be wrong. Next Tuesday, Nov. 10, Apple is hosting yet another online event—and while we don’t know exactly what’s on deck, it’s a…

Tech News Caitlin McGarry

WHO Director Self-Quarantines

World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced that he would be self-quarantining over the coming days after coming into close contact with someone who tested positive for the coronavirus. Per a series of tweets made Sunday evening, Tedros wrote that while he was well and not showing any symptoms, he was planning to isolate…

Tech News Shoshana Wodinsky

Zoom Integrates Live Captions Into Calls for a Fee

As the pandemic stretches out before us with a long winter ahead, it’s clear that work-from-home will remain the status quo for millions. So any advances to make our video chat hell a little easier to navigate are welcome. With that in mind, Zoom is adding the option to integrate Otter.ai’s live caption system with…

Tech News Rhett Jones

What Happens When You Meet Your Parallel Self?

Rapidly Intensifying Hurricane Eta Will Bring ‘Catastrophic’ Conditions to Central America

Apple’s Still Getting Punished on Wall Street for Not Selling Enough iPhones

The SEC Just Made Crowdfunding Way More Interesting for Small Startups

A Guide to the Mandalore Factions That Could Play a Role in The Mandalorian Season 2

Inside Environmentalists’ Final Efforts to Get Out the Vote

Edward Snowden Leaks Intent to Become Russian

A New Netflix Poster Spotlights All the Gadgets From Prospect, Pedro Pascal’s Sci-Fi Thriller

Warped Starlight Reveals Smallest Rogue Planet Known to Science

The Best Alternative Streaming Services You Can Still Try Out For Free

This Gaming Soundbar Gets You Dolby Atmos for Cheap, but Lacks Oomph

12 Big-Screen Paranormal Investigators, Ranked by Their Ghost-Busting Success

I, Too, Keep My Expensive TV in the Hallway of My Home

The ‘Petro-Masculinity’ of This Weekend’s Trump Highway Rallies

Sony Says No to People’s Dreams of Colored Side Panels for the PS5

5 Nerdy Cocktails (and Mocktails) to Distract You From the World

A Man With an Allergy to Cold Nearly Died After Stepping Out of a Hot Shower

Apple Is Having Yet Another Event Nov. 10, and This One’s All About Macs

WHO Director Self-Quarantines

Zoom Integrates Live Captions Into Calls for a Fee

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