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Damn Right We Deserve a Friday Gif Party

We’d be hard-pressed to find another Thank God It’s Friday (TGIF) that has more meaning than this one. This has been a week like we’ve never experienced, and one we’ll (hopefully) never experience again. So we’re going to dance, and gif, like nobody’s watching. Be sure to leave your favorite party, dancing, or celebratory gifs…

io9 Beth Elderkin Jan 8

Two Failed Stars in Our Cosmic Neighborhood Seem to Have… Stripes?

Never appreciated for what they are, brown dwarfs are often compared to what they are not. Indeed, they’re stuck in a celestial no man’s land, classified neither as stars nor gas giant planets. As new research shows, however, comparing brown dwarfs to gas giants like Jupiter is more appropriate than we realized. A new paper…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky Jan 8

Topps Is Bringing High-End Pop Culture Brands to Blockchain

From bike-spoke decoration to glass-case collectible, the world of trading cards is always evolving. In recent years they made a jump from physical to digital with the help of companies like Topps, and now the next evolution will see those cards spread out in a whole new way. Earlier this year Topps, the company behind…

Toys & Collectibles Germain Lussier Jan 8

The Big Oil Money Behind the Members of Congress Who Fueled the Capitol Attack

On Wednesday, Chevron decried the assault on the Capitol by a mob of violent extremists hellbent on halting a democratic process. ,“We call for the peaceful transition of the U.S. government,” the biggest oil company in the U.S. tweeted. “The violence in Washington, D.C. tarnishes a two-century tradition of respect for the rule of law.”…

Earther Brian Kahn & Dhruv Mehrotra Jan 8

Adata’s First Gaming Laptop Nails It

I find it exciting when a new laptop brand enters the gaming market. The space is a little crowded at the moment, sure, but it can be refreshing to review something new. In my experience, there’s usually some feature or some hardware combination that I haven’t seen before, or the thermals are as pleasant as…

Laptops Joanna Nelius Jan 8

Biden Admin’s Vaccine Plan: Release All Stored Doses

On Friday, the incoming Biden administration detailed a new plan to make as many vaccine doses available as possible to the public. They plan to release all doses held in storage, breaking from the current strategy of stockpiling some of the available supply to ensure that people can get their second doses. Though the move…

Health Ed Cara Jan 8

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SolarWinds Hires Chris Krebs and Alex Stamos Amid Fallout Over Historic Hack

Two people who left their last jobs amid brewing scandals have teamed up to rehabilitate the image of a company surely going through its worst days ever. Former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Chris Krebs, unceremoniously fired by President Trumpfollowing the November elections, has founded a new company with Alex Stamos, the former head…

Privacy & Security Lucas Ropek Jan 8

Google’s Plan To Quash Cookies Draws Scrutiny From Regulators

On Friday, UK’s antitrust authority announced a new investigation into Google’s plan to end support for third party cookies in Chrome. The probe, it explained, is meant to determine whether the change “could cause advertising spend to become even more concentrated on Google’s ecosystem,” potentially choking out competing companies that are—for the most part—already gasping…

Tech News Shoshana Wodinsky Jan 8

These $50 Clip-On Speakers Let You Turn Any Pair of Glasses Into Earbuds

Everyone seems desperate to strap a pair of smart glasses to their faces (or at least tech companies seem desperate to sell us on this solution), but the closest we’ve got to that right now are the $200 Bose Frames or the $250 Amazon Echo frames. The problem is they only deliver audio. That’s a…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Jan 8

WarnerMedia Wants to ‘Move On’ After Justice League Probe

WarnerMedia, the AT&T-owned parent company of Warner Bros.’ TV and movie studios, is signaling that it’s ready to move on after its Justice League investigation—but for actor Ray Fisher, it’s nowhere near over. The Justice League star recently tweeted to debunk two Wrap reports that said an earlier tweet he’d made suggested he publicly quit…

Movies Beth Elderkin Jan 8

Are You Afraid of the Dark? Season 2 Trailer Introduces the Shadowman

From the carnival to the seashore, Are You Afraid of the Dark? is going places. Nickelodeon is sharing a new look at the anthology show’s second season, which introduces a new batch of kids and a shadowy threat that looms over their seaside town. Nickelodeon has unveiled the first trailer for Are You Afraid of the…

Trailers Beth Elderkin Jan 8

The Rate of Earth’s Spin Appears to Be Accelerating

The year 2020 will be remembered for many things, most of them unpleasant, but it will also be remembered for being one of the fastest on record, due to our planet’s accelerating rate of spin. Should this trend continue, it could result in an unprecedented “negative leap second.” Our clocks are falling out of sync,…

Earth Science George Dvorsky Jan 8

Quibi’s Decaying Library of Content Will Soon Be Free on Roku

Quibi’s content is officially heading to Roku. It feels like either a month or roughly 100 years since we found out that the short-lived streaming experiment from Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman crashed and burned roughly six short months after its rocky launch. But Quibi had managed to churn out a significant amount of original…

Internet Catie Keck Jan 8

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Man-Bat Is Finally Making His Solo Comic Debut Next Month

Tired of all those Batman books? Well, what about a Man-Bat book instead? Today DC Comics revealed the first look inside its previously-delayed Man-Bat miniseries, starring Kirk Langstrom—the zoologist who turned himself into the ferocious winged monster Man-Bat in an experiment gone wrong. Surprisingly, it sees the character in his very own comic series for…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Jan 8

Early Evidence Suggests Pfizer Vaccine Works Against New Coronavirus Variant

Scientists are hard at work testing out whether mutations found in new variants of the coronavirus could bypass the immunity offered by currently developed vaccines. The first results from this work are encouraging: They suggest that the Pfizer vaccine is still effective against one important mutation found in these variants. However, more research is still…

Health Ed Cara Jan 8

Voting Machine Manufacturer Dominion Sues Sidney Powell for $1.3 Billion

On Friday, Dominion released the Kraken on former Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell. For months, Powell has made numerous conspiratorial allegations against the voting machine manufacturer—in public and in court. Now, Dominion is accusing Powell of defamation and seeking $1.3 billion in damages. The lawsuit was filed on Friday morning in the U.S. District Court…

Tech News Rhett Jones Jan 8

Amazon Has Shut Down Its Prime Pantry Delivery Service

Now that Amazon has largely integrated Whole Foods into its online shopping options, the online shopping giant is looking to pare down some of its more redundant offerings by shutting down its Prime Pantry delivery service. Launched back in 2014, Prime Pantry was created to help people purchase non-perishable groceries or cleaning supplies in bulk…

Commerce Sam Rutherford Jan 8

Fate: The Winx Saga Isn’t for Winx Club Fans, and I’m Not Sure Who Else It’s For

It’s hard to adapt a children’s show—especially when you’re trying to “age it up” for an older audience. Netflix has tried to do exactly that with Fate: The Winx Saga, a tale about fairies trying to balance their magical destiny with romance and homework. But can you really turn a fairy show for preschoolers into…

Television Beth Elderkin Jan 8

Last Year Was the Hottest in Human History, Despite Record Carbon Emissions Drop

The climate crisis doesn’t stop for anything, whether it’s an attempted coup, deadly pandemic, or economic collapse. Case in point: Last year was the hottest in human history, according to data released Friday. The news is perhaps unsurprising, given the way 2020 went. But it also shows the dangerous pressure that has built up in…

Earther Brian Kahn Jan 8

I Predict Hyundai Will Soon Be Out of the Running For the Apple Car

Hyundai may have just shot itself in the foot. Late yesterday, the company hinted that Apple had come knocking to discuss the possibility of working together to develop a self-driving electric car. And then, Hyundai backpedaled. The news, initially reported by the Korea Economic Daily, cited a Hyundai Motors official as saying multiple global automakers—including…

Tech News Victoria Song Jan 8

Damn Right We Deserve a Friday Gif Party

Two Failed Stars in Our Cosmic Neighborhood Seem to Have… Stripes?

Topps Is Bringing High-End Pop Culture Brands to Blockchain

The Big Oil Money Behind the Members of Congress Who Fueled the Capitol Attack

Adata’s First Gaming Laptop Nails It

Biden Admin’s Vaccine Plan: Release All Stored Doses

SolarWinds Hires Chris Krebs and Alex Stamos Amid Fallout Over Historic Hack

Google’s Plan To Quash Cookies Draws Scrutiny From Regulators

These $50 Clip-On Speakers Let You Turn Any Pair of Glasses Into Earbuds

WarnerMedia Wants to ‘Move On’ After Justice League Probe

Are You Afraid of the Dark? Season 2 Trailer Introduces the Shadowman

The Rate of Earth’s Spin Appears to Be Accelerating

Quibi’s Decaying Library of Content Will Soon Be Free on Roku

Man-Bat Is Finally Making His Solo Comic Debut Next Month

Early Evidence Suggests Pfizer Vaccine Works Against New Coronavirus Variant

Voting Machine Manufacturer Dominion Sues Sidney Powell for $1.3 Billion

Amazon Has Shut Down Its Prime Pantry Delivery Service

Fate: The Winx Saga Isn’t for Winx Club Fans, and I’m Not Sure Who Else It’s For

Last Year Was the Hottest in Human History, Despite Record Carbon Emissions Drop

I Predict Hyundai Will Soon Be Out of the Running For the Apple Car

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