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There’s a Massive Security Vulnerability in the New macOS
In software, there are bugs, and there are dangerous bugs. It looks like macOS High Sierra has one of those dangerous bugs; one that could give someone full access to virtually any user account. And holy buckets, it is scary. Update 11.29.2017 – Apple released a patch. Here’s how to install it. Turkish software developer … Continued
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Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water Is a Beautiful Love Story Where the Story Doesn’t Matter
In Guillermo del Toro’s latest film The Shape of Water, a mute cleaning lady falls in love with a mysterious fishman. It’s a weird premise, to be sure, but nothing about how it’s handled feels weird. Instead, del Toro’s film is poetic, sumptuous, emotionally complex, and yet almost strikingly simple in its narrative. The Shape … Continued
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How to Switch Browsers Without Losing Everything
Impressed with the new spit and polish of Firefox Quantum? Or ready to return to the warm embrace of Safari? We now carry so much of our digital lives around with us in our browsers that switching isn’t all that straightforward—here’s how to make sure you take everything with you when you jump from one … Continued
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Amnesty Wants Shell Execs Behind Bars for Alleged Nigerian Human Rights Abuses
Amnesty International wants to see multinational oil company Royal Dutch Shell go to court. In a report released Tuesday, the human rights organization is accusing the multinational oil giant of complicity in the Nigerian military’s murder of hundreds of indigenous Ogoni People in the 1990s amid protests against oil development along the Nigerian Delta. Now, … Continued
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The EPA’s Clean Power Plan Hearing Is a Reminder It Doesn’t Care What You Think
On Tuesday, the Environmental Protection Agency kicked of its one and only hearing on repealing the Clean Power Plan. The two day affair is intended to give Scott Pruitt’s EPA a veneer of having listened to the people, before it goes ahead and does industry’s bidding. The hearing is taking place in Charleston, WV, a … Continued
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What’s on the Ground in The Jetsons?
Who lives on the ground in the world of The Jetsons? Homeless people and walking birds. This isn’t a fan theory. This is canon. Fight me. Whenever I see jokes about The Jetsons on Twitter (and there are a lot of good ones) people inevitably float fan theories about the show. Some people believe that … Continued
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Scooby Doo‘s Daphne and Velma Are Getting Their Own Live-Action Flick
The ladies of Mystery Incorporated don’t need that stupid dog anymore. Warner Bros. has announced that its digital studio Blue Ribbon Content is working on Daphne and Velma, a live-action film starring the women of Scooby Doo. According to Warner Bros., production is already underway on the movie, which will star Sarah Jeffery (Wayward Pines, … Continued
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Waymo Trade Secret Trial Delayed After Uber Accused of Sneakily Withholding Evidence
US District Judge William Alsup, who is presiding over Waymo’s trade secret theft lawsuit against Uber, announced today that the trial, which was set to begin next week, will be delayed as the court tries to determine whether Uber withheld crucial evidence. Waymo, the self-driving car company spun out of Google’s moonshot unit, has accused … Continued
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The Modern Doctor Who Episodes That Never Got Made
Last week saw the release of “Shada,” a legendarily canceled Doctor Who story from the ‘70s, finally completed. “Shada” is an icon in Doctor Who history, and one of many storylines from the show’s classic era than never got made. But the modern era has its own set of tales that were in the works, … Continued
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A Ghost Ship Carrying 8 ‘Skeletonized’ Bodies Washed Up in Japan—and It’s Not the First Time
A battered wooden fishing vessel containing eight partially skeletonized bodies washed ashore in northern Japan over the weekend. Disturbingly, it’s just the latest in a string of similar “ghost ships” that seem to be coming from North Korea. At the moment, it’s unclear how long the boat had been floating in the Sea of Japan … Continued
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Lego Enters the Grid With This Fantastic Tron Lightcycle Set
Lego’s fan-driven Ideas program has resulted in some of the nerdiest sets in recent memory. There’s the DeLorean from Back to the Future, the Ecto-1 from Ghostbusters, and The Big Bang Theory living room, just to name a few. Now, the toy company is adding Tron to the list. Lego just revealed that it’s going … Continued
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Bitcoin Hits $10,000 Because Ceilings Are Just a Construct, Man
At this point, anyone pretending to know what the ceiling is on Bitcoin should be considered no more reliable than a palm reader. On Tuesday, the trading price of the most prominent cryptocurrency hit $10,000 for the first time. And that nice round number will almost certainly have the kind of psychological effect that brings … Continued
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Earth’s Heaviest Organism Could Be Eaten to Death…By Deer
Think of the heaviest living organism on Earth, and an image of a blue whale might come to mind. In fact, the honor goes to a single massive cluster of quaking aspen stems in Utah—but maybe not for long. The Pando aspen grove, a 106-acre colony composed solely of quaking aspens, is a clone; it … Continued
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Watch These Toys Get Annihilated During a 120 MPH Crash Test
If you had access to a crash test facility, whenever you weren’t smashing cars you’d probably be spending all of your free time thinking of other things you could launch at a wall at 120 miles per hour. Like toys, which the good people at Switzerland’s Dynamic Test Center did, and were kind enough to film … Continued
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Can We Talk About Kickstarter’s New Squishy, Podgy Blob?
Kickstarter revealed the Amorphous Blob responsible for eating its old logo eight days ago. Eight! And hardly anybody has noticed. The Globby Thing, dark greenish-blue and oozy, was created by New York design studio Order and type designer Jesse Ragan, and it has perched atop the crowdfunding site for more than a week, seemingly overlooked … Continued
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Report: Sensitive US Army Intelligence Data Was Stored Online Without a Password
A trove of US military data, described by security researchers as being “highly sensitive,” was reportedly unearthed on a publicly accessible Amazon server two months ago. The data apparently lacked even the basic protection offered by a password. The leak, a portion of which is said to have exposed internal data and virtual systems pertaining … Continued
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Thor: Ragnarok Director Taika Waititi in His Korg Mo-Cap Suit Is the Best Thing You’ll See Today
Thor: Ragnarok’s talented director Taika Waititi has become well-known for his fashion sense but his Korg “costume” on set of the Marvel movie is even more interesting to look at. There was a lot to love about Ragnarok and while tiny warrior Miek was my favorite alien in the film, Korg comes in at a … Continued
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Watch Amputee Monkeys Control Robotic Arms by Changing Brains
These days, it’s no surprise to hear about primates controlling a robotic arm with their brains—even paralyzed humans have done it. But how would a brain need to adapt if one of the limbs was missing? New research from scientists at several US universities hooked some rhesus monkeys up to a robot arm-controlling brain-machine interface. … Continued
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Google Has Figured Out a Way to Detect When Strangers Are Sneaking a Peek at Your Phone
With all the data that’s constantly sent and received by our phones, there’s been an ever-increasing focus on combating viruses, malware, and other online attacks, to the point that we sometimes forget what’s going on in the real world. But good physical security is still one of the most important things when it comes to … Continued