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Your Shelf Can’t Escape Spooky Season, and More of the Most Frightful Toys of the Week

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, where our latest adventures into all things shiny and plastic have taken a turn for the spooky. This week, Hasbro summons up an an entire army of Dinobots, Mattel turns its hand to The Rise of Skywalker, and so much more. Check it out! Hasbro Transformers Takara Tomy Generations Selects…

Toys & Collectibles Andrew Liszewski & James Whitbrook

After Months of Drama, Peacock Is Now on Roku

Folks, Peacock is finally on Roku. After news broke earlier today that NBC apps were dangerously close to getting pulled from Roku’s platform over terms regarding NBCUniversal’s new streaming service Peacock, both companies have seemingly arrived at a truce. Roku announced Friday that Roku users will now have access to the Peacock platform, a very…

Internet Catie Keck

Six Charged In Bribery Scheme to Game Amazon’s Marketplace

When folks hear the words “Amazon” and “crimes” in the same sentence, it’s usually referencing the giant’s potentially criminal anticompetitive behavior or its shitty-enough-that-it-should-be-criminal warehouse working conditions, rather than Amazon sellers scamming their way onto the DOJ’s watch list. But 2020’s been full of surprises, and today, that’s exactly what happened: the Justice Department indictment…

Commerce Shoshana Wodinsky

The Super Mario Bros. Movie Was a Damp, Fungal Love Letter to New York City

One of the interesting things about living in New York City during the coronavirus pandemic has been discovering ways to experience the area vicariously through different forms of media (because it’s dangerous to be out and about beyond necessary errands). While the 1993 Super Mario Bros. movie might not be the first thing that comes…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore

120,000-Year-Old Human Footprints Mark Possible Migration Route Through Arabian Peninsula

Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia have discovered seven well-preserved footprints belonging to humans. Dated to around 120,000 years ago, these appear to be the oldest evidence of our species in the region. Prior to the last ice age, somewhere between 112,000 and 122,000 years ago, two humans, possibly three, walked south along the shore of an…

Human History George Dvorsky

How to Use Widgets in iOS 14

There are many, many good features in iOS 14, particularly for the organizational nerds among us. But one of the most significant changes arriving on iPhones is widgets, a feature that allows you to sort and embiggen some key applications to make them perform that much better on your home screen. The problem, though, is…

Tech News Catie Keck

Look How Hot These People Wearing Masks Are

As we all know, face masks are a critical tool in battling the novel coronavirus pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have described them as “one of the most powerful weapons we have to slow and stop the spread” of the coronavirus, which causes the disease covid-19. This week, CDC Director Dr. Robert…

Health Jody Serrano

Witness Says Assange Was Offered a Pardon to Help Trump, U.S. Lawyers Don’t Argue

On Friday, a lawyer representing Julian Assange in his ongoing UK extradition trial testified that she was present when a former Republican congressman visited the WikiLeaks founder in 2017 to dangle a potential pardon from President Trump in exchange for identifying the source of the leaked documents from the DNC that were distributed by WikiLeaks…

Tech News Rhett Jones

CDC Nukes Absurd Testing Guidance, Now Says All Exposed People ‘Need a Test’

On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention struck down a previous guidance that recommended against the testing of asymptomatic people for the coronavirus that causes covid-19, even if the person was exposed to the virus. The agency now recommends testing anyone who could have caught the infection from a close contact, symptoms or…

Health Ed Cara

Trump’s WeChat and TikTok App Store Bans Are a Cybersecurity Nightmare

The Trump administration has barely even bothered to back up its case that its use of emergency powers to strong-arm Beijing-based ByteDance into selling TikTok’s U.S. operations to an American company is based on cybersecurity concerns. It’s actually setting the stage for a meltdown of its own making. While the White House officially cited cybersecurity…

Privacy & Security Tom McKay & Dell Cameron

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Your Name Live-Action Remake Finds a New Director in Lee Isaac Chung

The live-action adaptation of Makoto Shinkai’s modern classic Your Name has a new director. Lee Isaac Chung (Minari) has been brought aboard to helm this new take on the blockbuster anime, as well as rewrite the script. As reported by Deadline, Chung will direct the new adaptation of 2016 anime Your Name; seemingly, he’s set to…

Movies Beth Elderkin

A Tribute to Horror Icon Tom Savini’s Most Memorable Acting Roles

Tom Savini is one of the greatest special effects make-up artists ever—a master of masks, creatures, prosthetics, fake blood, and screamingly gruesome ways to die. But he actually got his show-biz start as an actor, and over the years he’s tapped into those talents and popped up in some very cool places. It can be…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

This $300 AI-Powered Toothbrush Left Me With That Post-Dentist, Just-Got-Robbed Kind of Feeling

An AI-powered rechargeable electric toothbrush with an associated app from Oral-B

Other Gadgets Catie Keck

It’s Time to Thwip Our Way Into a Friday Gif Party

Miles Morales is saving New York City, one bridge at a time, with PlayStation recently sharing exciting new gameplay footage from Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales. So we’re paying tribute to the web-slinger with a gif party. Thwip! Be sure to leave your greatest “It’s Friday!” party gifs in the comments below. This week’s Bonus Points…

Games Beth Elderkin

Hurricane Season Breaks Records, Map

Take a quick glance at the map above and you may think there are only two named storms and a tropical depression in the Atlantic. But look closer, my friends. There, peeking out on the upper right fringe, is Subtropical Storm Alpha, the first Greek letter-named storm of the season. Of course, in a year…

Earther Brian Kahn

Image: Raffaele Ienco and Neeraj Menon/Marvel Comics

Through the Ghosts of Revenge of the Sith, Darth Vader Finds a Semblance of Peace

The third run of Darth Vader at Marvel Comics has done a grand job building on its predecessor’s examinations of the titular Dark Lord. It’s looked at him both as the fascinating figure of power we’ve admired across Star Wars’ long history, but also as the equally intriguing bridge between Star Wars’ original and prequel…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

How Is It September and HBO Max Still Does Not Do 4K or HDR?

Today DC Entertainment announced that its streaming service DC Universe was becoming the comics-only DC Universe Infinite, and while I had the urge to give myself a wedgie just for subscribing to such a truly stupidly named service, the thing that really sent me into a nerd rage was the realization that I would no…

Internet Alex Cranz

Dentist Who Pulled Tooth While Riding Hoverboard Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison

The hoverboard is the cursed gadget that keeps on giving. Years after the devices became infamous for exploding, they’re back in the news. This week, Seth Lookhart, a former dentist in Anchorage, Alaska, was sentenced to 12 years in jail after a video of him removing a patient’s tooth while riding a hoverboard drew unwanted…

Tech News Rhett Jones

Still Looks Bad

Earther began the week by nothing things looked bad in the Atlantic. And because the Atlantic is on a bender, we’re ending the week the same way. The storms are mostly new. While there are currently fewer named ones spinning in the basin, the ones that are there are major trouble. We’ve also run out…

Earther Brian Kahn

Another Casualty of the Apple Vs. Epic Fight: Fortnite on the Mac

There’s another entry in the tedious log of tit-for-tat between Apple and Epic. In a press release, Epic says that Apple is no longer letting the company sign games or patches for distribution on Mac computers. What this effectively means is that Epic can’t sign updates or fix bugs. And as a result, Epic’s decided…

Tech News Victoria Song

Your Shelf Can’t Escape Spooky Season, and More of the Most Frightful Toys of the Week

After Months of Drama, Peacock Is Now on Roku

Six Charged In Bribery Scheme to Game Amazon’s Marketplace

The Super Mario Bros. Movie Was a Damp, Fungal Love Letter to New York City

120,000-Year-Old Human Footprints Mark Possible Migration Route Through Arabian Peninsula

How to Use Widgets in iOS 14

Look How Hot These People Wearing Masks Are

Witness Says Assange Was Offered a Pardon to Help Trump, U.S. Lawyers Don’t Argue

CDC Nukes Absurd Testing Guidance, Now Says All Exposed People ‘Need a Test’

Trump’s WeChat and TikTok App Store Bans Are a Cybersecurity Nightmare

Your Name Live-Action Remake Finds a New Director in Lee Isaac Chung

A Tribute to Horror Icon Tom Savini’s Most Memorable Acting Roles

This $300 AI-Powered Toothbrush Left Me With That Post-Dentist, Just-Got-Robbed Kind of Feeling

It’s Time to Thwip Our Way Into a Friday Gif Party

Hurricane Season Breaks Records, Map

Through the Ghosts of Revenge of the Sith, Darth Vader Finds a Semblance of Peace

How Is It September and HBO Max Still Does Not Do 4K or HDR?

Dentist Who Pulled Tooth While Riding Hoverboard Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison

Still Looks Bad

Another Casualty of the Apple Vs. Epic Fight: Fortnite on the Mac

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