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The Amazon Forest Fires Are a Form of ‘Genocide’

When Richard Pearshouse visited indigenous communities in the Brazilian Amazon in April to investigate illegal deforestation, he heard countless horrors of land grabbers directly threatening and intimidating people. One story, however, really stuck with the head of environment and crisis with Amnesty International: a 22-year-old mother who finally lulled her children to sleep despite the…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

This Company Claims to Have Invented an AirPower-like Charging Mat That Actually Works

Announced when Apple added wireless charging to the iPhone, the AirPower charging pad was never to see the light of day. The company was vague about why the product never panned out, simply claiming it did not achieve Apple’s high standards. Everyone assumed that if a company that spends billions on R&D couldn’t crack the…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

The Immersive Star Wars Hotel Will Feel Like a Cruise Ship, and Now Has a Name

You’ve heard of Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge, now get ready for Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser. That’s the official name of the immersive Star Wars hotel that’s currently under construction at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, which was announced Thursday night at a press preview for D23 2019. However, that’s the name in our world.…

Movies Germain Lussier

Murder Suspect Caught After AI Detected Victim’s Face When Used to Apply for Online Loan

An online lending company tipped off police to a suspected murder after a man allegedly tried to scan his dead girlfriend’s face. When police found the 29-year-old man in southeast China, he was reportedly attempting to burn the woman’s body on a farm, according to the South China Morning Post, which says the story was…

Privacy & Security Jennings Brown

Google Photos Now Lets You Search for Specific Text Inside Your Pics

Google Photos already features handy automatic tagging features that let you find every picture you’ve ever taken of, say, a dog or flower with one simple search. But now, after some eagle-eyed users spotted a new feature, Google has confirmed that Photos is getting the ability to search for photos based on text captured in…

Tech News Sam Rutherford

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A New Sacrifice Gives House and Powers of X‘s Main Character a Fascinating New Mission

For the past two weeks, Marvel’s bold X-Men event series has taken a pause from its truly bonkers acts of revelation to spend a little time in the future. This week it seems that interlude came to an end with an act of sacrifice to ensure that the very intriguing plans of Moira MacTaggert can…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

David Koch Escaped the Climate Hell He Helped Create

David Koch is dead. The billionaire died this week at age 79 of causes yet unknown. While he certainly enjoyed the fruits of his labors to deregulate U.S. industry and reduce taxes on the super-wealthy like himself, he will never have to experience the consequences of his biggest achievement: putting the entire planet on the…

Environmental Justice Brian Kahn

Why Nest Accounts are Becoming Google Accounts and What You Can Do About It

It’s official: If you’ve got a Nest account, you can now swap everything over to your Google account. But should you do it right away, if at all? And why is Google asking you to combine accounts anyway? Here’s everything you need to know if you’ve got Nest-branded smart home gear set up. A brief…

Gadgets David Nield

Sphero Just Bought littleBits to Become One of the Largest Makers of Educational Toys

Late last year Sphero revealed that it was going to stop producing toy robots based on popular characters like R2D2, BB-8, and Lightning McQueen. Many wondered if the company’s decision to return its focus to the educational market signified the beginning of its end, but today Sphero announced it has acquired littleBits, creating one of…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Everything We Just Learned About Avengers Campus, Disney’s New Marvel Land

First, Cars got a land. Then Avatar got a planet. Pixar got a pier, Star Wars got a world and now, it’s Marvel’s turn. For years we’ve known Disney was planning on adding a Marvel section to their Disney California Adventure theme park and, on Thursday night at the D23 Expo, we finally learned more…

Movies Germain Lussier

Marine Archaeologists Reveal Submerged Wooden Structure From the Stone Age

Archaeologists have spotted an 8,000-year-old wooden platform in the waters off southern Great Britain. The mostly intact find sat in a larger archaeological site 35 feet below the water’s surface. It represents a substantial increase in the amount of ancient worked wood found in the United Kingdom, and scientists hypothesize that it was a platform…

Human History Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Legends of Tomorrow Is Losing Some Familiar Faces Next Season, and More Could Follow Them

Robert Englund wants to play Freddy one last time. Jon Favreau wants to make Santa fight aliens with the Chiodo Brothers. Ezra Miller says his Flash movie is absolutely, definitely, 100 percent still-happening at some point. The Matrix’s original concept artists will return for the newly-announced fourth entry in the series. Plus, what to expect…

Television James Whitbrook

Members of Facebook’s ‘Crypto Mafia’ Reportedly Getting Cold Feet About Libra Currency

At least two of the 28 entities that have signed on for Facebook’s planned Libra currency are now getting nervous about the project, according to a new report from the Financial Times. And Facebook is just as worried about being the only company currently with its “neck out,” as regulators push back against the plan…

Social Media Matt Novak

Apparently, Facebook Had to Crack Down On Major Pro-Trump Advertiser. But That’s Not the Weird Bit…

Facebook banned the second-largest supplier of pro-Trump ads on its platform, the Epoch Times, after the group tried to sneak thousands of ads past its review system, according to an NBC report Thursday. The conservative and vehemently anti-communist publication has purportedly spent more than $1.5 million on Facebook advertising supporting President Donald Trump in the…

Social Media Alyse Stanley

DoorDash Announces It’s Replacing That Whole Tip-Skimming Scheme Thing

Apparently taking Amazon’s lead, DoorDash announced a revised pay model on Thursday that should fetch its couriers “more money on average,” according to DoorDash CEO Tony Xu—that is, compared to the previous tip-skimming operation the company has been getting chewed out over for months. With this older model, the food delivery app used tips from…

Tech News Alyse Stanley

The Ultimate List of What Star Trek You Should Watch Before Picard

When Star Trek: Picard beams onto CBS All Access, we’ll finally get to see what the man who embodies the very best of Star Trek at large has been up to in the decades since we last saw him. But the Picard we’re meeting in this new show has changed, and so has the world…

io9 James Whitbrook

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Is the Groundbreaking Fantasy Epic We’ve Been Waiting For

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance may be perfect nostalgia…because it never acts nostalgic. It’s a gripping fantasy that expands Jim Henson’s iconic world, challenging viewers of all ages with complex themes, horrifying imagery, and an environmental message we may need now more than ever. Also, it’s a technological masterpiece. Netflix’s Age of Resistance takes…

Television Beth Elderkin

YouTube Dismantles ‘Influence Operation’ Targeting Hong Kong Protests, Avoids Discussing Its Reach

YouTube has disabled some 210 channels it says were used in a coordinated “influence operation” spreading disinformation related to the ongoing protests in Hong Kong. However, the company refused to answer any questions on Thursday when asked how users had been successfully targeted. The channels it removed behaved “in a coordinated manner,” Shane Huntley, a…

Tech News Dell Cameron

Devilman and Hellboy Crossover Art Is Literally a Match Made in Hell

Only Satan could give the world the Go Nagai/Mike Mignola artswap we all clearly needed. The two beloved artists teamed up this week to celebrate the upcoming release of the Hellboy movie in Japan, according to Anime News Network. Nagai’s licensing house Dynamic Planning created a special piece of art that sees David Harbour’s Hellboy…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

A Crackdown on the Use of Face Recognition Tech Is Brewing in the EU: Report

European citizens may soon have protections most Americans lack: control over the use of their face recognition data. Facial recognition tech remains largely unregulated, and we’ve seen what police and other government operators can get away with in the absence of any meaningful rules. A few cities in the U.S. have outright banned its use…

Privacy & Security Melanie Ehrenkranz

The Amazon Forest Fires Are a Form of ‘Genocide’

This Company Claims to Have Invented an AirPower-like Charging Mat That Actually Works

The Immersive Star Wars Hotel Will Feel Like a Cruise Ship, and Now Has a Name

Murder Suspect Caught After AI Detected Victim’s Face When Used to Apply for Online Loan

Google Photos Now Lets You Search for Specific Text Inside Your Pics

A New Sacrifice Gives House and Powers of X‘s Main Character a Fascinating New Mission

David Koch Escaped the Climate Hell He Helped Create

Why Nest Accounts are Becoming Google Accounts and What You Can Do About It

Sphero Just Bought littleBits to Become One of the Largest Makers of Educational Toys

Everything We Just Learned About Avengers Campus, Disney’s New Marvel Land

Marine Archaeologists Reveal Submerged Wooden Structure From the Stone Age

Legends of Tomorrow Is Losing Some Familiar Faces Next Season, and More Could Follow Them

Members of Facebook’s ‘Crypto Mafia’ Reportedly Getting Cold Feet About Libra Currency

Apparently, Facebook Had to Crack Down On Major Pro-Trump Advertiser. But That’s Not the Weird Bit…

DoorDash Announces It’s Replacing That Whole Tip-Skimming Scheme Thing

The Ultimate List of What Star Trek You Should Watch Before Picard

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Is the Groundbreaking Fantasy Epic We’ve Been Waiting For

YouTube Dismantles ‘Influence Operation’ Targeting Hong Kong Protests, Avoids Discussing Its Reach

Devilman and Hellboy Crossover Art Is Literally a Match Made in Hell

A Crackdown on the Use of Face Recognition Tech Is Brewing in the EU: Report

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