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If You Can Turn a Screw, You Can Install These Networked Motion-Sensing Nightlights

Six years ago, SnapPower introduced its original Guidelight which cleverly turned plastic outlet covers into LED nightlights without requiring any wiring. A few iterations later, the company’s new ConnectLight introduces motion sensing and wireless connectivity that can be installed without an electrician, or even a wifi network. How does SnapPower’s technology work? The obvious assumption…

Reviews Andrew Liszewski Aug 11 '20

Updates From Wonder Woman 1984, The Boys, and More

The Boys recruits an Iceman to play with fire. Netflix is making a new sci-fi “eco-fable” for kids. Nickelodeon’s weird plans for Spongebob expand with another new spinoff. Plus, Agents of SHIELD looks back ahead of its grand finale, and a new tease for Hulu’s take on Clive Barker’s Books of Blood. Spoilers now! Wonder…

Television James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson Aug 11 '20

Apple’s Understanding of Games Is So Narrow It’s Screwing Itself

When most people think of Apple, video games aren’t the first thing to come to mind. Photo- or video-editing, of course, or some other type of creative work, but not gaming. That’s because of the way Apple designs and markets its products. We’ve had the ability to play games on macOS and iOS for a…

Tech News Joanna Nelius Aug 11 '20

TCL’s Fan Favorite 6-Series Is Aiming to Win Over Gamers With 2020 TVs

TCL has revealed the prices for its new 2020 5-Series and 6-Series TVs, and like other newer models from many of its competitors this year, the company is definitely attempting to woo gamers. Let’s talk first about the 6-Series, which will have limited availability beginning today with a 55-inch (55R635) for $650, 65-inch (65R635) for…

Tech News Catie Keck Aug 11 '20

Scientists Have Turned Bricks Into Batteries

We build homes out of bricks for lots of reasons. They’re resilient to high pressure and frost. They can withstand fluctuating temperatures without shrinking, expanding, or warping. They’re great at absorbing heat. They’re durable and can be reused. And according to a new study in Nature Communications, they can also be developed to store energy.…

Earther Dharna Noor Aug 11 '20

Google Again Delays Kill Date for Chrome Apps, Which Are Somehow Still Around

Google is giving its little-used Chrome apps functionality—which many users might not even remember exists—a reprieve from its execution date. Chrome apps, which are distinct from browser extensions, are programs which are installed in Chrome but can be launched standalone from the desktop similarly to any other app. For the most part, their heyday was…

Tech News Tom McKay Aug 10 '20

2 Months of Un-Hulk-Like Calm Went Into Making This Incredible Avengers Flipbook

Remember how proud you were of the stickman riding a skateboard flipbook you made in your high school chemistry textbook? Had you continued improving your skills, this is where you’d be now: creating flipbooks of famous movie scenes, including Bruce Banner hulking out during the climactic final battle in The Avengers. According to the artist…

Movies Andrew Liszewski Aug 10 '20

Catch Up With Lucifer Ahead of the Devil’s Return for Season 5

Be ready for all the upcoming supernatural shenanigans with our handy guide.

Television Cheryl Eddy Aug 10 '20

MTA: If Only Masked iPhone Users Could Unlock Their Phones Some Other Way

New York’s public transportation agency would like Apple to come up with some way of unlocking phones that doesn’t involve passengers lowering their masks to use Face ID, according to ABC News. Face ID has run into some problems during the novel coronavirus pandemic, namely that it isn’t really capable of identifying users wearing a…

Tech News Tom McKay Aug 10 '20

People Are Cutting Off Their Hair to Soak Up the Mauritius Oil Spill

In an attempt to stave off ecological disaster, Mauritius residents are cutting off their own hair to soak up an oil spill that began off the coast of the island nation in late July. The crisis that forced the government to declare a “state of environmental emergency” began when a Japanese ship started leaking tons…

Earther Dharna Noor Aug 10 '20

Someone Turned Pricey MasterClass Courses Into Free WikiHows

MasterClass is one of those services that everyone is aware of thanks to its ubiquitous advertising. But due to its steep subscription price, few have experienced it for themselves. Now the craftsmen behind some of the finest bespoke web content around are giving everyone a chance to experience the nitty-gritty tips from the celeb-filled video…

Tech News Rhett Jones Aug 10 '20

All Hell Is Breaking Loose in Chicago’s Skies

The third-largest city in the U.S. is being absolutely pummeled by a powerful storm that brought 100 mph winds to other parts of the Midwest earlier on Monday. Chicago is in the bullseye of a derecho, a powerful type of storm known for winds that pack a tornado’s punch (insert your own Windy City joke…

Earther Brian Kahn Aug 10 '20

Amazon Renamed Twitch Prime to Prime Gaming, but Whatever, Call It What You Want

As Amazon looks to expand its influence in gaming beyond the purple borders of its extremely popular live-streaming service, Twitch, the company is officially rebranding the Twitch Prime subscription service to Prime Gaming. Despite the name change name, Prime Gaming is mostly staying the same. You’ll continue to get perks like free in-game loot and…

Tech News Sam Rutherford Aug 10 '20

I’m Still Not Over the Bob-omb Thing

It’s been weeks since I finished Paper Mario: The Origami King. I’ve since moved on to another replay of Fallout 4, this time delving into the moral dilemma that is playing as a raider in the Nuka-World storyline. But nothing that Fallout 4 (or most other games) makes me experience can compare to the emotional…

Games Beth Elderkin Aug 10 '20

Casio’s Latest G-Shocks Are Vibrant, and Presumably Bulletproof

As if G-Shock wasn’t beefy enough, Casio has just announced three new models in the GA900 family, an analog-digital watch that is about as big and thick as hamster’s personal pan pizza. The GA900s are normal G-Shock watches, just supersized. The Analog-Digital line features analog hands over a digital readout and is water-resistant to 200…

Gadgets John Biggs Aug 10 '20

Rebecca Sugar and Noelle Stevenson Would Like to Remind You That They Fought to Make Animation More Queer

With both Steven Universe and She-Ra and the Princesses of Power having finished their respective stories and becoming shining examples of this current moment in queer representation in animation, it can be exceedingly easy to forget that up until very recently, queer characters more or less didn’t exist in the animation space outside of being…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore Aug 10 '20

Google Takes Aim at Stalkerware (and Misses)

When most of us think of companies paving an uncompromisingly ethical path into the future, we’re not thinking about Google. Even when the company does seem to actually give a shit about surveillance, moves to keep our private lives private could just as easily be construed as something it does for market power, rather than…

Tech News Shoshana Wodinsky Aug 10 '20

This $150 Pet Feeder Saved My Sanity When I Got a Second Cat

For five years it was just me and my sweet grey kitty, Charlie. I didn’t have pets growing up, so when the opportunity finally came for me to be a cat mom as an adult I took it. She’s the perfect cat. Taking care of one cat, especially a cat with her personality, was easy.…

Home Entertainment & Smart Home Joanna Nelius Aug 10 '20

Farms Surpass Coal Plants as the Biggest Sulfur Polluters

Historically, sulfur emissions have come from coal-fired power plants. In the years since the Clean Air Act helped fossil fuel pollutants get their act together—along with the closures of many facilities—sulfur emissions have decreased significantly from this sector. However, a study reveals we have a new source to worry about: agriculture. Published in Nature Geosciences…

Earther Yessenia Funes Aug 10 '20

The Cassian Andor Star Wars Show Adds Good Omens‘ Adria Arjona

A great spy sneaks up on you without you even knowing it. And so it’s rather appropriate that the upcoming Star Wars show about Rebel spies just added actress Adria Arjona. Deadline reports that Arjona is joining the upcoming Disney+ show that will focus on Cassian Andor, played by Diego Luna. Set before the events…

io9 Germain Lussier Aug 10 '20

If You Can Turn a Screw, You Can Install These Networked Motion-Sensing Nightlights

Updates From Wonder Woman 1984, The Boys, and More

Apple’s Understanding of Games Is So Narrow It’s Screwing Itself

TCL’s Fan Favorite 6-Series Is Aiming to Win Over Gamers With 2020 TVs

Scientists Have Turned Bricks Into Batteries

Google Again Delays Kill Date for Chrome Apps, Which Are Somehow Still Around

2 Months of Un-Hulk-Like Calm Went Into Making This Incredible Avengers Flipbook

Catch Up With Lucifer Ahead of the Devil’s Return for Season 5

MTA: If Only Masked iPhone Users Could Unlock Their Phones Some Other Way

People Are Cutting Off Their Hair to Soak Up the Mauritius Oil Spill

Someone Turned Pricey MasterClass Courses Into Free WikiHows

All Hell Is Breaking Loose in Chicago’s Skies

Amazon Renamed Twitch Prime to Prime Gaming, but Whatever, Call It What You Want

I’m Still Not Over the Bob-omb Thing

Casio’s Latest G-Shocks Are Vibrant, and Presumably Bulletproof

Rebecca Sugar and Noelle Stevenson Would Like to Remind You That They Fought to Make Animation More Queer

Google Takes Aim at Stalkerware (and Misses)

This $150 Pet Feeder Saved My Sanity When I Got a Second Cat

Farms Surpass Coal Plants as the Biggest Sulfur Polluters

The Cassian Andor Star Wars Show Adds Good Omens‘ Adria Arjona

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