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Hong Kong Announces Ban on Masks and Face Paint That Helps Protesters Evade Facial Recognition

The Hong Kong government has banned masks and face paint in its latest attempt to stop the pro-democracy protests that have been raging since June. The new “emergency” order was announced by Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam at a press conference today and will go into effect at midnight local time, 12:00 pm ET. The…

Privacy & Security Matt Novak Oct 4 '19

TikTok Kicks Political Ads Off Its Platform Because Screw That Noise

Looks like there will be at least one online safe haven from the flood of political ads our feeds see every election season: TikTok, of all places. The popular short-form video app will no longer run ads from politicians or candidates at any level of government because “the nature of paid political ads is not…

Tech News Alyse Stanley Oct 3 '19

Zuckerberg Livestreams Facebook’s Internal Q&A in Response to Audio Leaks

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made the unprecedented call to publically livestream the company’s weekly Q&A session with employees Thursday after audio recordings from similar meetings in July were leaked and published earlier this week. Around 30,000 users tuned as Zuckerberg referred to this “pretty disappointing” leak in his opening remarks. In the recordings published by…

Social Media Alyse Stanley Oct 3 '19

Harley Quinn’s a Wanted Woman in DC’s New Birds of Prey Black Label Series

Harley Quinn might actually be the most wanted woman in comics. Her animated series premieres November 29 on DC Universe, she’s got a film coming out next year, and she’s about to have yet another comic book on shelves. Announced today, Harley Quinn and the Birds of Prey, from husband and wife duo Amanda Conner…

Books & Comics Autumn Noel Kelly Oct 3 '19

Lupin III: The First Continues to Just Look Goddamn Spectacular

Send help, I am in love with every frame of this trailer. The very first look we got at Lupin III: The First already dazzled with its incredible CG take on the wild world of Monkey Punch’s beloved gentleman thief manga series (and the various animated versions it has gone on to inspire). This latest…

Anime James Whitbrook Oct 3 '19

John Wick‘s Writer Will Next Tackle the Fantasy Series A Darker Shade of Magic

After creating his own wild world of assassins and gunfights, Derek Kolstad will next adapt another writer’s magical multiverse. Variety reports that Kolstad, who wrote the first three John Wick movies, has been hired to adapt A Darker Shade of Magic, a fantasy adventure by V.E. Schwab. Neal Moritz (The Fast and the Furious) and…

Movies Germain Lussier Oct 3 '19

In the Creepy Trailer for Eli, a Mysterious Illness Is Way Less Scary Than What Happens Next

Eli is not doing well. He’s got a mysterious disease that necessitates he stay in a bubble, and when his parents find a hospital that allows him to be out of the bubble, the place is haunted and his doctors may be trying to kill him. So yeah, things are not going great for Eli.…

Trailers Germain Lussier Oct 3 '19

Aspirin, Strangely Enough, Might Protect Our Lungs From Air Pollution

A dose of aspirin can do more than just soothe your headache, a new study suggests—it might also protect your lungs from air pollution. Air pollution harms our bodies in all sorts of ways, both short-term and long-term. One of these ways is through irritating and inflaming lung cells. So it makes sense that aspirin…

Health Ed Cara Oct 3 '19

You Are Probably Too Old for Instagram’s New Threads App

Oh look, another Facebook app no one needed. The social media giant announced Thursday that it’s rolling out a new app from Instagram called Threads. A standalone app, Threads will pull from a user’s Instagram close friends list. According to a blog post about the “camera-first messaging app,” Threads will allow users to share photos…

Social Media Catie Keck Oct 3 '19

The Most Polluting State in the Northeast Just Took a Key Step Toward Curbing Its Dirty Ways

Thursday was a momentous day for the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a carbon market that governs power plant emissions in nine states. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed an executive order entering the state into the agreement. In doing so, he immediately doubled the amount of carbon emissions regulated under the agreement. The order will…

Climate Change Brian Kahn Oct 3 '19

Mysterious Chilean Fireballs Weren’t Meteorites—So What Were They?

Flashes lit up the sky over Chile last week, some even causing fires on the ground—but a new report has found that the origin of these fireballs is a mystery. The Chilean National Geology and Mining Service released a report last weekend, the result of analysis from visiting seven of the charred sites where the…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum Oct 3 '19

Here’s How NASA Might Rescue InSight’s Extremely Stuck Heat Probe

Back in February, the heat probe of NASA’s InSight lander didn’t get very far while trying to tunnel a hole into Mars. It’s been stuck ever since, but NASA has devised a plan in the hopes of getting the probe moving again. NASA’s InSight lander arrived at Elysium Planitia, a plain near the Martian equator,…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky Oct 3 '19

Christopher Eccleston on Why He Left Doctor Who—and Didn’t Come Back for the 50th Anniversary

After he left Doctor Who in 2005, Christopher Eccleston spent years remaining silent about just why he’d departed the series almost as quickly as it had returned to lauded acclaim. In recent years he’s started being more open about his time on the show—but today at New York Comic Con he spoke plainly about why…

io9 James Whitbrook Oct 3 '19

The Spider-Man: Far From Home Blu-ray Feels Like a 90-Minute Post Credits Scene

Fans who sit down to watch Spider-Man: Far From Home on Blu-ray may encounter a new surprise. After the film’s final, Nick Fury-centric end credits tag, things continue. Really. The disc just quietly just rolls from the movie into the first of many extra features, but anyone who isn’t paying attention may be very confused…

Movies Germain Lussier Oct 3 '19

AG Bill Barr Is Reportedly Kicking Off a New Encryption War, With Facebook This Time

Attorney General and Droopy Dog impersonator William Barr is set to request Facebook halt its expected expansion of encrypted messaging through its networks, according to a draft of a letter obtained by Buzzfeed and expected to publish tomorrow. Facebook announced earlier this year that, as part of its efforts to better integrate its core product…

Privacy & Security Avery Ellis Oct 3 '19

Ad Astra‘s Existential Crisis Got Me Playing…Destiny Again?

A strange thing happened to me after I walked out of James Gray’s Dad Issues (in Spaaaaaaaace) saga, Ad Astra—something I’ve not even remotely thought about doing for near enough a year. I sat at my PS4, thoughts about the film still jangling around in my head in process, and I booted up a game…

Games James Whitbrook Oct 3 '19

The New His Dark Materials Trailer Is Jaw-Droppingly Epic

We can’t quite say that His Dark Materials is going to be HBO’s next Game of Thrones, but the latest trailer…kind of makes it feel like it could be HBO’s next Game of Thrones. To put it another way, things just got much, much bigger. While previous trailers for upcoming show surely excited fans of…

Trailers Germain Lussier Oct 3 '19

National Academy of Sciences Removes Video Suggesting Gene Editing Could Be Used to Make Designer Babies

The partially U.S. government-funded National Academy of Sciences removed a webpage with a video describing gene editing in ways that conflict with the organization’s own ethical guidelines. The NAS has updated the webpage where the video once resided with a note saying, “We are concerned that the content, including a video, left the misimpression that…

Biology Ryan F. Mandelbaum Oct 3 '19

Uber Seeks to Crush Souls of Greater Pool of Gig Workers

Uber, a company arguably just exploiting human workers while it figures out how to pivot to automation, is evidently looking to expand its labor pool beyond cab drivers and food delivery. The company announced Wednesday in a blog post that it is launching Uber Works, a platform meant to connect employers with workers for gigs…

Tech News Catie Keck Oct 3 '19

Prospective Fathers Should Avoid Binge Drinking, Study Finds

Prospective parents—but especially dads—might be wise to avoid too much alcohol, according to a new study out this week. It suggests that women and men who binge drink in the months before conception are more likely to have children with congenital heart defects, with the father’s alcohol consumption surprisingly having a greater impact on the…

Health Ed Cara Oct 3 '19

Hong Kong Announces Ban on Masks and Face Paint That Helps Protesters Evade Facial Recognition

TikTok Kicks Political Ads Off Its Platform Because Screw That Noise

Zuckerberg Livestreams Facebook’s Internal Q&A in Response to Audio Leaks

Harley Quinn’s a Wanted Woman in DC’s New Birds of Prey Black Label Series

Lupin III: The First Continues to Just Look Goddamn Spectacular

John Wick‘s Writer Will Next Tackle the Fantasy Series A Darker Shade of Magic

In the Creepy Trailer for Eli, a Mysterious Illness Is Way Less Scary Than What Happens Next

Aspirin, Strangely Enough, Might Protect Our Lungs From Air Pollution

You Are Probably Too Old for Instagram’s New Threads App

The Most Polluting State in the Northeast Just Took a Key Step Toward Curbing Its Dirty Ways

Mysterious Chilean Fireballs Weren’t Meteorites—So What Were They?

Here’s How NASA Might Rescue InSight’s Extremely Stuck Heat Probe

Christopher Eccleston on Why He Left Doctor Who—and Didn’t Come Back for the 50th Anniversary

The Spider-Man: Far From Home Blu-ray Feels Like a 90-Minute Post Credits Scene

AG Bill Barr Is Reportedly Kicking Off a New Encryption War, With Facebook This Time

Ad Astra‘s Existential Crisis Got Me Playing…Destiny Again?

The New His Dark Materials Trailer Is Jaw-Droppingly Epic

National Academy of Sciences Removes Video Suggesting Gene Editing Could Be Used to Make Designer Babies

Uber Seeks to Crush Souls of Greater Pool of Gig Workers

Prospective Fathers Should Avoid Binge Drinking, Study Finds

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