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This Week’s X-Men: Gold Is a Reminder of How Fantastic Marvel’s Mutants Used to Be
For the past few months, X-Men: Gold and X-Men: Blue have been trying to recenter Marvel’s mutant super teams by getting them back into the sorts of wild adventures that made the X-Men famous. Nostalgia for the good old days when the X-Men were Marvel’s bread and butter has been one of the subtle through … Continued
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How to Watch the Google Pixel 2 Event
Today’s the day the world meets the Pixel 2, Made by Google. We’re also expecting a new Google Home device, a new Chromebook, some Android updates, and more. It will be a thing to behold. https://gizmodo.com/what-to-expect-from-googles-big-pixel-2-event-on-octobe-1818880633 We’ll be liveblogging the event here, but if you want to watch the livestream it’s easy. Google put it … Continued
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Our Google Pixel 2 Liveblog Is Right Here
Are you ready for some surprises?! Just kidding. Leaks on top of leaks on top of leaks suggest that Google will announce the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones as well as a new Google Home Mini, a new Chromebook, and a new Daydream headset at Wednesday’s big Made by Google event. Even though … Continued
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Why We’ll Eventually Want Our Robots to Deceive Us
As robots and AI start to play an increasing role in our lives, the question of how we want them to behave gets more pressing with each passing breakthrough. In the new book, Robot Ethics 2.0: From Autonomous Cars to Artificial Intelligence, robo-ethicists Will Bridewell and Alistair M. C. Isaac make the surprising case for … Continued
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Pacific Rim Uprising‘s Synopsis Confirms the Return of Mako Mori
We knew already that Charlie Hunnam wouldn’t be returning for the sequel—but the fate of his fellow star Rinko Kikuchi was left nebulous, even as we were introduced to the next generation of mecha pilots for the sequel, lead by John Boyega. But the film’s new official synopsis reveals that Mako Mori is back in … Continued
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5 Incredibly Stupid Security Mistakes You Make Every Day
While you can never be 100 percent safe from hackers, viruses, and other nasties lurking on the internet without going completely off the grid, you can at least cut out the dumbest security mistakes you keep making—seriously, now’s the time to address these, before you have a chance to regret it. 1) Using the same … Continued
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Amazon Just Got Nailed for Allegedly Evading $300 Million in EU Taxes
The European Union’s competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager issued a recovery order against Amazon on Wednesday over hundreds of millions of euros in back taxes the company avoided by routing its finances through Luxembourg. “Luxembourg gave illegal tax benefits to Amazon. As a result, almost three quarters of Amazon’s profits were not taxed,” Vestager said in … Continued
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Wild Rumors About the Comic Book Villain of the Gambit Movie
There’s even more speculation about yet another superhero showing up in Avengers: Infinity War. A Pirates of the Caribbean director could helm the Maleficent sequel. Supergirl’s recruited an animated Justice League icon. Plus, The Flash teases an emotional journey for Wells, and what’s to come on The Gifted. To me, my spoilers! Gambit Splash Report claims … Continued
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Using AI Smarts, Photoshop Elements Can Now Automatically Open Closed Eyes in a Photo
Have you ever had the perfect photo ruined by someone with their eyes closed in the shot? You could fix the problem with a bit of cloning from an alternate shot using a photo editing app—but Adobe is making the process much easier in the new 2018 version of Photoshop Elements with a dedicated ‘Open … Continued
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HP’s Spectre Laptops Might Just Be the Prettiest You Can Buy
About a month ago, Intel announced its new 8th-gen CPUs, so we put together a little roundup of all the coolest notebooks getting new Core i silicon. But one company was notably left off the list, because it didn’t have anything to share at that time. Now, HP is finally ready to show off its … Continued
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Hmm, I Wonder Why Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump Moved Their Personal Emails to the Trump Org
As criticism was mounting on President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner—as well as several other White House officials including his wife, Ivanka Trump—for using personal email addresses in the course of their official duties, the couple was busy moving the emails to a Trump Org. server. According to USA Today, Kushner and Trump “re-routed their … Continued
By Tom McKay - ScienceHealth
The FDA Concludes ‘Love,’ Despite Being Extremely Toxic, Is Not an Ingredient
Love is infamously hard to define. But according to the man, it is absolutely not an ingredient. The Food and Drug Administration has come down on West Concord, Massachusetts-based Nashoba Brook Bakery, warning it to remove “Love” from the ingredients list on Nashoba Granola, Bloomberg reported. In a letter to the bakery, the FDA wrote … Continued
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An Ancient Evil Is the Ultimate Party Crasher in This Halloween-Themed Short
It’s Halloween season—the time of year for costumes, candy, and paying your respects to easily angered ancient gods. Er… well, that last one might only apply to the characters in horror short Root of All Evil—whose careless disregard of tradition earns them a hard lesson in the true meaning of Halloween. Considering it was made … Continued
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Ongoing Uber Power Struggle Is… Still Ongoing
Travis Kalanick, the Uber co-founder who lost his CEO throne in June but remains on its board of directors, saw his grip on the direction of the company bludgeoned this afternoon following a vote to eliminate the special voting powers of stock owned by early shareholders. Fulfilling some earlier rumors, the Uber board voted to … Continued
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James Cameron Just Cast Kate Winslet in His Avatar Sequels
Production on James Cameron’s four (yes, four) Avatar sequels started last week, and today he announced his biggest piece of casting yet. Kate Winslet, who became a household name thanks to her role in Cameron’s Titanic, has joined the series. “Kate and I have been looking for something to do together for 20 years, since … Continued
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Apparently, the New Bride of Frankenstein Has ‘Nothing’ to Do With Universal’s Dark Universe
Universal Studios’ Dark Universe didn’t get off to such a great start with The Mummy, and the future of the shared universe is already getting murky in regards to the next film, Bride of Frankenstein. When Universal announced the name of its upcoming shared cinematic universe of iconic movie monsters, it was accompanied by a … Continued
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Okay, Maybe This Microsoft VR Thing Won’t Suck
VR, like that one cousin on Facebook, can be hard to love. The potential is there, and you have all these fond memories—mainly rooted in cool science fiction books you’ve read, but in reality VR is pricey, buggy, and kind of limited to one experience: games. Yet Microsoft has been making a lot of low … Continued
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Guess the Blade Runner 2049 Spoilers Critics Aren’t Supposed to Talk About
Blade Runner 2049 is out on Friday and it’s filled with huge surprises and revelations. Don’t worry, you will find none of those in this article, but you may enjoy guessing at them. The odd story goes like this. According to Indiewire, a PR firm in Texas mistakenly handed out a sheet to some critics … Continued
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IRS Awards Equifax $7.25 Million No-Bid Contract to Help ‘Verify Taxpayer Identities’ [Updated]
EFF co-founder John Perry Barlow once said that asking the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds. The Internal Revenue Service, it seems, has taken this warning as a recommendation. With no apparent sense of irony, the nation’s tax collectors have awarded embattled credit-reporting agency Equifax … Continued
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Watching a VHS Tape Melt Is Like Seeing Obsolescence Happen in Real Time
According to the folks who made this video of a melting VHS tape, it took 160 hours in an acetone vapor bath to liquify the relic of the Blockbuster age. 20,000 photos later, we have a visual record of the process. And while it starts out a little slow, the footage eventually hit all of … Continued
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