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Now You Can Play the Switch With Just the Most Adorable Controller Ever
Playing classic 8-bit side scrollers with a touchscreen is awful, so 8BitDo’s releasing an updated version of its tiny, keychain-sized Zero gamepad with support for the Nintendo Switch, and motion controls, so it should be easier to be perpetually prepared for any retro gaming emergency. The original Zero gamepad featured a directional pad, four action … Continued
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How the Director of Hereditary Made This Year’s Scariest Movie
If you saw Hereditary when it came out this past weekend, chances are the creepy horror movie is still under your skin, despite any effort to scrub or claw it away. That’s exactly the way writer/director Ari Aster wants you to feel. Hereditary stars Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff, and Milly Shapiro as the … Continued
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Woman Sues NASA to Keep Its Hands Off Her Precious Vial of Neil Armstrong Moon Dust
The question of who owns the moon is at the center of a new lawsuit filed against NASA by a woman who wants to keep a vial of lunar dust gifted to her by astronaut Neil Armstrong. The woman, Laura Murray Cicco, filed a lawsuit against the space agency last week preemptively—NASA hasn’t come for … Continued
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Deepfake Videos Are Getting Impossibly Good
Fake news sucks, and as those eerily accurate videos of a lip-synced Barack Obama demonstrated last year, it’s soon going to get a hell of a lot worse. As a newly revealed video-manipulation system shows, super-realistic fake videos are improving faster than some of us thought possible. The SIGGRAPH 2018 computer graphics and design conference … Continued
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The Theme Song for Kingdom Hearts III Needs an Official Remix
Where were you the first time you heard Utada Hikaru’s “Simple and Clean”? More importantly, which version of the song was it? Sony revealed quite a bit of new information about Kingdom Hearts III at this year’s E3 conference, but one of the more noticeable things about the developer’s demonstration was how seemingly out of … Continued
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A Mix-Up Meant Malware Could Have Posed as Apple Software, and Nobody Noticed for Over 10 Years
Security researchers on Tuesday unveiled a method that could’ve allowed hackers to bypass a wide range of commercial products designed to protect Apple devices from malware. While there’s no evidence the bypass was ever used maliciously, the issue went unnoticed for over a decade. The vulnerability is in how vendors such as Google and Facebook … Continued
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You Can Link Switches Together In Nintendo’s Next Big Party Game
Details are scarce, but Super Mario Party, the next version of Nintendo’s popular party game series, is coming to the Switch, and it will enable you to pair at least two Switches together and play as though the screens were physically one. The game, which will be available October 5 and was announced during the … Continued
By Alex Cranz - io9Television
These Watchmen Set Pictures Seemingly Reveal the Fate of a Major Comic Character
Damon Lindelof recently penned a lengthy letter to fans explaining that his Watchmen television show for HBO would be set in a world that exists after the events of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ beloved comic series. Now, an early set photo might have revealed just how different that world is. Set pictures sent to … Continued
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Facebook Filibustered the Shit Out of Congress With a 450-Page Response to Its Questions
It’s been two months since Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent hours testifying before Congress, and the company has finally provided answers to the Senate portion of the hearing. The 450-page document mostly does a lawyer-dance around uncomfortable topics. But there are some revealing tidbits of information as well. When Zuckerberg took questions from two Senate … Continued
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Honestly, What the Hell, Supergirl
After Supergirl aired what was arguably its worst episode last week, it seemed like the show could go nowhere but up. And it did! This week’s episode was infinitely better. And yet, it was also a thousand plots a minute. Things went down so fast, and were so incredibly camp—without much of Supergirl’s trademark heart … Continued
By Alex Cranz - EartherEnvironmental Policy
Senate Republicans Actually Want to Ratify an Obama-Era Climate Pact
It’s not every day you learn Congressional Republicans are excited to pass an Obama-era climate deal, but that seems to be the case when it comes to a treaty that would eliminate an obscure but potent greenhouse gas. On June 4, a group of 13 Senate Republicans sent a letter to President Trump urging him … Continued
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US Health Officials’ New Plan to Fight the Opioid Crisis: Stop Chronic Pain Before It Starts
On Tuesday, the National Institutes of Health revealed its new plan to tackle the opioid crisis, which it dubbed the Helping to End Addiction Long-term, or HEAL, initiative. Among the ideas presented are research programs devoted to better understanding chronic pain, developing new non-opioid painkillers and addiction treatments, and speeding up the clinical trial process … Continued
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MTV Hopes You’re Interested in a Live-Action Aeon Flux TV Series
When Æon Flux first premiered on MTV’s Liquid Television back in 1991, there wasn’t really anything else like it on American television. Now, 27 years and one failed cinematic adaptation later, the series is being rebooted once again. Æon Flux tells the story of a leather-clad assassin from the anarchist nation of Monica who’s locked … Continued
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Finally, Facebook Will Let You Report Ads That Trick You Into Buying Total Crap
Until now, purchasing some too-good-to-be-true cheap clothes or a weird smartphone case through a Facebook ad usually ends in disappointment, with no way to provide feedback about your new dress shirt that makes you look like a store brand anime character. While Facebook can’t stop you from buying a t-shirt with a few missing stitches, … Continued
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Senators Have a New Plan to Wreck ZTE, Despite Trump’s Deal
The saga of ZTE is a never-ending roller coaster. After violating sanctions in Iran, ZTE was banned from buying parts and components from all American companies. And then suddenly it wasn’t, after President Trump and the Department of Commerce inked a deal that gave ZTE another lease on life. But now, it seems the ban … Continued
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All Hail the Queen of Harlem in the New Luke Cage Trailer
“Harlem doesn’t need a hero. It needs a queen.” The incredible Alfre Woodard is back and ready to take Harlem under her wing in the latest trailer for Netflix’s Luke Cage—but there are a couple others eager to take the reigns. The latest trailer focuses on Woodward’s Mariah Dillard, a Harlem councilwoman who claims she … Continued
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The Hypnotic Wavy Fins on This Swimming Alien-Like Robot Make It Agile as Hell
Replicating the complicated muscle structure that allows fish to wiggle their bodies and dart through the water is no easy feat. But not every underwater creature moves that way. Cuttlefish instead use long fins that undulate in waves to propel themselves, which is an approach that robotics maker Festo found relatively easy to replicate. Festo’s … Continued
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Kevin Feige Offers More Hints About a Ms. Marvel Movie
Lea Thompson has a bold plan for a Howard the Duck reboot. There’s a glimmer of hope for Lucifer’s future, courtesy of Amazon. Lewis Tan teases a Bat-family role at DC. Plus, new pictures from Cloak & Dagger, and a new look at the Supergirl season finale. Spoilers, away! Marvel Phase 4/Ms. Marvel Speaking at … Continued
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Scientists Call For Action to Prevent Right Whales’ Extinction
After a year with at least 17 deaths and a dismal breeding season, things are looking bleak for the North Atlantic right whale, one of the world’s most endangered large whales. The whales’ food is moving north and so are the gentle giants, into waters rife with fishing industry activity. According to a new paper … Continued