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Intel Rounds Out 8th-Gen With Chips for Super Cheap, Super Thin Laptops

It’s been almost a year since Intel first launched its 8th generation of computer processors, and now, finally, it seems to be completing the lineup with a series of CPUs intended for super thin laptops and 2-in-1s. The catch—the biggest improvements aren’t with processor speed, but with the wifi. In the material released by Intel…

Gadgets Alex Cranz Aug 28

Facebook Aims to Run All Its Data Centers on Renewable Energy By 2020

Facebook’s efforts to clean up content on its site? Not going well. Its efforts to clean up the energy that powers its massive data operations? Going markedly better. The social media giant announced on Tuesday that it plans on going 100 percent renewable by 2020 while also reducing its greenhouse gas emissions 75 percent. Facebook…

Energy Brian Kahn Aug 28

Despite Everything, You Can Now Buy 3D-Printed Gun Plans Online

The DEFCAD file repository of 3D-printable gun blueprints is live. There, you can buy the plans to print parts for anything from an AR-15 to the plastic Liberator pistol. Defense Distributed, the controversial organization that wants to enable easier access to firearms, started selling these files on Tuesday morning, despite a day-old court order that…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Aug 28

The Original Power Rangers Movie Is a Glorious Tribute to ’90s Excess

Looking back on the Power Rangers' movie debut, it all its absurd, cheesy glory.

Movies James Whitbrook Aug 28

Puerto Rican Government’s New Hurricane Maria Death Count Is Nearly 50 Times Higher Than Original

A long-awaited study the Puerto Rican government commissioned to determine the number of deaths attributable to Hurricane Maria is finally here. To no one’s surprise, Puerto Rico’s official death toll of 64 was a serious understatement. Researchers from George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health and University of Puerto Rico concluded the hurricane resulted in…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes Aug 28

A Sex Doll ‘Brothel’ Is Opening Up In Toronto Next Month

Soon, interested patrons will be able to fuck around with a sex doll in a Toronto shopping mall. As (female) sex dolls become increasingly lifelike, it’s no surprise that companies want to recreate the brothel, replacing the job of human sex workers with the ultra-realistic silicone replicas. Aura Dolls, the company behind the “brothel,” states…

Tech News Melanie Ehrenkranz Aug 28

Scientists Only Able to Reproduce Results for 13 out of 21 Human Behavior Studies

The latest efforts to reproduce scientific findings, this time in the field of social sciences, has produced lukewarm results. If the results in a published study can’t be replicated in subsequent experiments, how can you trust what you read in scientific journals? One international group of researchers is well aware of this reproducibility crisis, and…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum Aug 28

All the New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books You Need to Put On Your Radar This Fall

Fall means colder days, longer nights, and the first waves of panic about holiday shopping. We’ve already told you all about the films you might be interested in but collected here—in a list that numbers nearly 100 entries—is the season’s vast array of sci-fi and fantasy books. Plus a few collections, memoirs, and other genre-adjacent…

Books & Comics Cheryl Eddy Aug 28

Report: Matt Smith Looks to Be Joining Star Wars: Episode IX

A Time Lord is used to adventures in time and space—but a former Doctor could be paying a visit to the galaxy far, far away. Variety is reporting that Matt Smith—best known for his roles as Prince Philip in The Crown and to sci-fi fans as the fish-fingers-and-custard-loving Eleventh incarnation of Doctor Who’s titular Time…

Movies James Whitbrook Aug 28

Store-Bought Chicken Could Be Causing Urinary Tract Infections

There are plenty of reasons to cook your chicken thoroughly before eating it, including avoiding a nasty stomach bug. But a new study published Tuesday in mBio might offer a new one: It could prevent you getting an urinary tract infection from Escherichia coli bacteria. UTIs, which can cause frequent urination, pain or burning while…

Health Ed Cara Aug 28

Dangerous Chemicals Found in Flint River Water Before the Lead Crisis Started [Updated]

More than four years since the water crisis began in Flint, Michigan, new information continues to trickle out. That the city’s water was heavily contaminated with lead is no secret now. Hell, even deadly pneumonia-causing bacteria aren’t a secret. Dangerous fluorinated substances, though, are something that’s slipped under the radar—until now. The state’s Department of…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes Aug 28

To All the Thomas Waynes We’ve Seen Before

There are three certainties in the world that bind us all together, regardless of gender, creed, or social status: death, taxes, and seeing Batman’s parents in live-action comics adaptations. Joker, the Joaquin Phoenix-starring DC spinoff, is just the latest live-action venture in a decades-long line to carry on that esteemed tradition. In the past three…

Movies James Whitbrook Aug 28

Instagram Gets Twitter-Style Verification and a Better Way to Secure Your Account

On Tuesday, Instagram will start rolling out some new tools designed to help weed out fake accounts and better inform users. Popular accounts will soon have the option for other users to see more detailed information about them, and everyone’s going to be scrambling to get the coveted check mark of authenticity. Whenever Facebook announces…

Social Media Rhett Jones Aug 28

Dangerously Horny Dolphin Ruins Swimming for French Town

A village on the coast of France has banned swimming in the presence of Zafar, a bottlenose dolphin that has become problematically horny. Roger Lars, the mayor of Landévennec, issued a regulation last week that prohibits people from swimming and diving on the shoreline when Zafar is present, as well as coming within 50 yards…

Biology Melanie Ehrenkranz Aug 28

Here’s How the Pros Fight Wildfires

If the summer of 2018 has proven one thing, it’s that fighting large wildfires is serious business. But how exactly do we do it? Contrary to what some politicians might think, it takes a lot more than rivers of water. There are currently more than 20,700 people combatting active fires in the U.S. according to…

Earth Science Brian Kahn Aug 28

Missouri Officially Defines ‘Meat’ to Exclude Cultured and Plant-Based Foods

It’s hard to define “meat.” The word comes from the Old English “mete,” for food—but what is it today? Can flesh grown from animal cells in a bioreactor be called meat? On Tuesday, Missouri became the first U.S. state to prohibit the use of the word “meat” for any product “not derived from harvested production livestock…

Health Ryan F. Mandelbaum Aug 28

Police in Paraguay Discover Their Rifles Have Been Replaced With Toy Replicas

Last week, police officers in Paraguay found that at least 42 battle rifles had been stolen from their armory and replaced with toy replicas. It’s unclear if a flag with the word “BANG!” written on it popped out of the barrels. ABC Color first reported the discovery last Friday, saying officials were performing an inspection…

Tech News Rhett Jones Aug 28

Man Accused of Scamming Free Meals Out of Online Dates Charged With 10 Felonies

We all know there’s no such thing as a free lunch, but one man’s alleged scheme to score free dinners off women he met online could land him in prison. According to LA County prosecutors, 45-year-old Paul Gonzales pleaded not guilty on Monday to 10 felony charges related to accusations that he took “financial advantage…

Tech News Hudson Hongo Aug 28

Bucketheads Is a Fan Film That Wants to Give Stormtroopers Their Own Star Wars Story

While the general Star Wars movies are fine with utilizing Stormtroopers as nothing more than armored goons designed to explicitly miss our heroes in as many ways as possible before being mowed down in their hordes, the galaxy of Star Wars fan films has long been intrigued about the people under the helmets. Bucketheads looks…

Movies James Whitbrook Aug 28

The Dirtiest Fight in Physics Is About the Universe Itself

A fight over the very nature of the universe has turned ugly on social media and in the popular science press, complete with accusations of “cheating” and ad hominem attacks on Twitter. Most of the universe is hiding, and some scientists disagree over where it has gone. It’s quite literally a story as old as…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum Aug 28

Intel Rounds Out 8th-Gen With Chips for Super Cheap, Super Thin Laptops

Facebook Aims to Run All Its Data Centers on Renewable Energy By 2020

Despite Everything, You Can Now Buy 3D-Printed Gun Plans Online

The Original Power Rangers Movie Is a Glorious Tribute to ’90s Excess

Puerto Rican Government’s New Hurricane Maria Death Count Is Nearly 50 Times Higher Than Original

A Sex Doll ‘Brothel’ Is Opening Up In Toronto Next Month

Scientists Only Able to Reproduce Results for 13 out of 21 Human Behavior Studies

All the New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books You Need to Put On Your Radar This Fall

Report: Matt Smith Looks to Be Joining Star Wars: Episode IX

Store-Bought Chicken Could Be Causing Urinary Tract Infections

Dangerous Chemicals Found in Flint River Water Before the Lead Crisis Started [Updated]

To All the Thomas Waynes We’ve Seen Before

Instagram Gets Twitter-Style Verification and a Better Way to Secure Your Account

Dangerously Horny Dolphin Ruins Swimming for French Town

Here’s How the Pros Fight Wildfires

Missouri Officially Defines ‘Meat’ to Exclude Cultured and Plant-Based Foods

Police in Paraguay Discover Their Rifles Have Been Replaced With Toy Replicas

Man Accused of Scamming Free Meals Out of Online Dates Charged With 10 Felonies

Bucketheads Is a Fan Film That Wants to Give Stormtroopers Their Own Star Wars Story

The Dirtiest Fight in Physics Is About the Universe Itself

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