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Android Users Can Now Be Free From Their Netflix Viewing Mistakes

With much of the U.S. still under orders to shelter in place, there’s not much to do besides stay home and binge watch streaming video. Thankfully, for people who’ve been watching a lot of Netflix on their mobile Android device, Netflix has finally made it possible to remove shows from your Continue Watching row. Up…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford Apr 29

Ted Cruz Wants to Stop the U.S. Military From Helping Produce Hollywood Movies Censored by China

Senator Ted Cruz plans to introduce legislation that would prohibit the U.S. Department of Defense from working on Hollywood movies where producers might censor scenes to appease the Chinese government. Hollywood producers have come under fire in recent years for changes to numerous films to ensure that they play in Chinese theaters, the second biggest…

Politics Matt Novak Apr 29

Hulu’s New Animated Medieval Comedy Is Adorably NSFW

If Game of Thrones was cuter and more self-aware about its grimy, violent horniness.

Trailers Charles Pulliam-Moore Apr 29

Lenovo’s Wireless Keyboard Puts the ThinkPad’s Iconic Nub on Your Desk

As the backlash over Apple’s wonky butterfly keyboards continues, Lenovo proves that you don’t always have to innovate to keep customers happy. The ThinkPad’s keyboards have a fiercely loyal following, and for $100 you can keep using the design that time forgot with this detached wireless version that will work any other laptop or computer.…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Apr 29

Watch the Original Darth Maul Help Bring Clone Wars‘ Most Incredible Lightsaber Duel to Life

Ahsoka and Darth Maul’s duel for the planet Mandalore on last week’s jaw-dropping Clone Wars wasn’t just perhaps the best ever lightsaber duel on the entire show: it might just be the best ever lightsaber duel in Star Wars, full stop. This behind-the-scenes look offers plenty of evidence as to why because it’s clear Lucasfilm…

io9 James Whitbrook Apr 29

Well-Preserved Tail of Terrifying Aquatic Dinosaur Shows It Was a Formidable Swimmer

The discovery of a well-preserved Spinosaurus tail fossil is refining what we know about these ferocious carnivores, further affirming their role as aquatic hunters. Spinosaurs are among the most frightening dinosaurs to have ever lived, rivaling even tyrannosaurs in size. New research published today in Nature describes the discovery of a well-preserved Spinosaurus tail, unearthed…

Biology George Dvorsky Apr 29

Photo: Chris Schwarz/Government of Alberta

15-Mile Ice Jam Hits Canada’s Tar Sands Capital, Causing Floods and Evacuations

Fort McMurray is under evacuation for the second time in four years. The Albertan town was besieged by a huge wildfire in 2016, but now it faces flooding due to an army of ice (feel free to leave your Game of Thrones references in the comments). The Athabasca River that cuts through the town has…

Earther Brian Kahn Apr 29

Illustration: Denver Museum of Nature & Science/Andrey Atuchin.

‘Crazy Beast’ Fossil Discovered in Madagascar Reveals Bizarre Mammal From the Cretaceous

An incredible skeleton unearthed in Madagascar over 20 years ago has finally been studied in detail. The well-preserved bones reveal a “crazy beast” that was unlike any mammal living today. The creature belongs to a new genus and species called Adalatherium hui. Its genus name translates to “crazy beast,” while its species name honors researcher Yaoming…

Biology Ryan F. Mandelbaum Apr 29

Google Meet Will Soon Be Free So Long as You Have a Google Account

It’s no question that during the global pandemic, Google was undoubtedly unprepared for the spike in video conferencing, leaving Zoom to claim the mantle of “that one program everyone uses to video chat now.” But starting in early May, anyone with a Google Account will be able to sign up for Google Meet for free.…

Tech News Victoria Song Apr 29

Marvel’s New Cookbook Will Teach You How to Make the Most Comical Bowl of Noodles Ever

Move over, Stan Lee’s Mighty Marvel Cookbook. There’s a new superheroic foodery in town, and it’s got puns and some truly, amazingly gross…noodle-tongues. io9’s got a first look inside Marvel: Eat the Universe Cookbook, a cavalcade of comic book culinary concoctions from Justin Warner, who hosted a video series of the same name for Marvel’s…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Apr 29

The Pandemic’s First Socially Distant Ultramarathon Was Destined to End in Heartbreak

It’s likely the last runner to learn Radek Brunner had been disqualified from the the pandemic’s first virtual ultramarathon was Brunner himself. For 62 straight hours, Brunner had been livestreaming his attempt, his treadmill lit by a single overhead bulb. But seven minutes into what would be the final loop, the event’s organizers appeared on the…

Culture Avery Ellis Apr 29

The 2020 Google Pixel Buds Feel and Sound Great, But There’s a Problem

The original Pixel Buds were a strange product. They came out a full year after the AirPods, and despite having the same $160 price tag, they weren’t very comfortable, they weren’t very smart, and they weren’t even truly wireless, as they still had a cable connecting the left and right buds. But for the new…

Headphones Sam Rutherford Apr 29

7 Camera Apps Better Than the One on Your Phone

You might not give much thought to the app that snaps all those photos on your phone, but you don’t have to stick with the tool Apple or Google gives you by default—there are some fantastic third-party camera apps out there to help take your mobile photography to the next level. These tools give you…

Gadgets David Nield Apr 29

Goosebumps Is Returning to TV, Thor: Love and Thunder Hits Some Delays, and More

Ridley Scott’s production house has already nabbed the rights to a pandemic apocalypse series. Chris Hemsworth talks Thor: Love and Thunder’s production delay. The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t With Her Mind is Alex Kurtzman’s next non-Trek project. Plus, familiar foes return on The Flash, and what’s to come on Legends of Tomorrow. Spoilers now!…

Television James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson Apr 29

What Viral Shedding Looks Like During a Covid-19 Infection

You’ve probably heard the term viral shedding at some point during the covid-19 pandemic. Here’s what it actually looks like and what it means. This incredible image was captured by Elizabeth Fischer, head of Rocky Mountain Laboratories, a National Institutes of Health research lab in Hamilton, Montana. Fischer has imaged all sorts of viruses over…

Health George Dvorsky Apr 29

Elon Musk Tweets ‘FREE AMERICA NOW’ As His Coronavirus Predictions Prove Very Wrong

Billionaire Elon Musk, America’s dumbest smart guy, spent the night tweeting about how America needs to “reopen” its economy, despite Musk’s failed predictions about the trajectory of the coronavirus crisis. A month ago, Musk insisted that new coronavirus cases in the U.S. would be “close to zero” by the end of April. Well, it’s the…

Tech News Matt Novak Apr 29

Report: Uber CTO Resigns Amid Plans to Slash Up to a Fifth of the Company’s Employees

Taxi-hailing service Uber, which has been hemorrhaging billions for years and in the last few months has been hammered hard by the coronavirus pandemic, may lay off up to 20 percent of its workforce and recently had its chief technology officer resign. News of the cost-slashing plan under consideration comes via way of the Information,…

Transportation Tom McKay Apr 28

Lego’s New Harry Potter Sets Finally Give the World Centaur Minifigures

Despite no new movies or books on the immediate horizon, the Harry Potter universe is so expansive there’s no shortage of locales or characters to inspire new Lego sets. The Danish brickmaker just revealed six new Harry Potter sets arriving in 2020, including a giant flapping Hedwig and the first centaur minifigures. Lego Harry Potter…

Toys & Collectibles Andrew Liszewski Apr 28

Just Look At This Jerk

Vice President Mike Pence is the White House official who chairs the Trump administration’s coronavirus task force. On Tuesday, he tromped around the Mayo Clinic without wearing a mask, in clear violation of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines and the clinic’s rules. Per CNN, the Rochester, Minnesota-based clinic has had the mandatory mask…

Health Tom McKay Apr 28

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The 2021 Oscars Could Be the Weirdest Oscars Ever

The movie industry has been turned upside down, and the people behind Hollywood’s most prestigious awards ceremony are scrambling to recalibrate. Today, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences had a board of governors meeting to essentially figure out WTF to do about the 2021 Oscars. Quite obviously, the well-worn way of doing things…

Movies Cheryl Eddy Apr 28

Android Users Can Now Be Free From Their Netflix Viewing Mistakes

Ted Cruz Wants to Stop the U.S. Military From Helping Produce Hollywood Movies Censored by China

Hulu’s New Animated Medieval Comedy Is Adorably NSFW

Lenovo’s Wireless Keyboard Puts the ThinkPad’s Iconic Nub on Your Desk

Watch the Original Darth Maul Help Bring Clone Wars‘ Most Incredible Lightsaber Duel to Life

Well-Preserved Tail of Terrifying Aquatic Dinosaur Shows It Was a Formidable Swimmer

15-Mile Ice Jam Hits Canada’s Tar Sands Capital, Causing Floods and Evacuations

‘Crazy Beast’ Fossil Discovered in Madagascar Reveals Bizarre Mammal From the Cretaceous

Google Meet Will Soon Be Free So Long as You Have a Google Account

Marvel’s New Cookbook Will Teach You How to Make the Most Comical Bowl of Noodles Ever

The Pandemic’s First Socially Distant Ultramarathon Was Destined to End in Heartbreak

The 2020 Google Pixel Buds Feel and Sound Great, But There’s a Problem

7 Camera Apps Better Than the One on Your Phone

Goosebumps Is Returning to TV, Thor: Love and Thunder Hits Some Delays, and More

What Viral Shedding Looks Like During a Covid-19 Infection

Elon Musk Tweets ‘FREE AMERICA NOW’ As His Coronavirus Predictions Prove Very Wrong

Report: Uber CTO Resigns Amid Plans to Slash Up to a Fifth of the Company’s Employees

Lego’s New Harry Potter Sets Finally Give the World Centaur Minifigures

Just Look At This Jerk

The 2021 Oscars Could Be the Weirdest Oscars Ever

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