Wonder Woman 1984 has been quite the lightning rod since its release. On the one hand, there’s the epic scope, complex romance, rousing score, and positive messages. It also has an incredible cast including Gal Gadot, Kirsten Wiig, Chris Pine, and Pedro Pascal. On the other hand, some have criticized the visual…
Source: io9 – Wonder Woman 1984 Has One Great Thing Going for It
Last week, Los Angeles-based artist Cali Rockowitz uncovered an interesting loophole in Bumble’s shirt regulations. After blocking her numerous attempts to upload photos in a bralette, the company told her that her attire would be allowed only if she’d posed in it outside, and if it were a plausible bikini.
Source: Gizmodo – Bumble Only Allows Swimwear If, and Only If, It Appears You Plan to Swim in It
I don’t know about your cat, but mine is all about trash. She loves eating trash. She loves playing with trash. She loves being trash. No matter how many cute, not-cheap cat toys I purchase for her with my hard-earned money, she will always have a preference for bits of refuse that fall to floor. (What does she do if…
Source: LifeHacker – Let Your Cat Be Trash
The thirteenth installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here, for the week ending on December 27th, keeping you guys up to date with the most important things that have happened in the Linux world.
Source: LXer – 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: December 27th, 2020
Let’s cut right to the chase: the Nokia 8 V 5G UW (a mouthful) is a relatively expensive mid-range phone from a storied brand that’s been trying to make a comeback into the US market. Basically, it’s Verizon’s mmWave 5G version of the global Nokia 8.3 5G, a Snapdragon 765G handset that was announced back in March but…
Source: Hot Hardware – Nokia 8 V 5G UW Review: Too Little, Too Late
Tesla will begin its operations in India “early” 2021, a top Indian minister said on Monday, a day after the tech carmaker said it was confident it would enter the world’s second most populated market next year. From a report: The American car company will begin operations with sales in early 2021 and then “maybe” look at assembling and manufacturing of cars in the country, India’s transport minister Nitin Gadkari told newspaper Indian Express. How early? Definitely not next month, Musk tweeted over the weekend. Tesla, which broke ground in early 2019 on a $5 billion factory in China — its first outside of the U.S. — has for years expressed interest in expanding to India. But in a 2018 tweet, Tesla chief executive Elon Musk shared that “some government regulations” in India had emerged as a roadblock.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Source: Slashdot – Tesla To Make India Debut ‘Early’ Next Year
Every year, Jezebel compiles a list of the most inspiring women, femmes, and nonbinary people who have shifted our perspectives over the last 12 months, motivating us to joy and mirth and in some cases activism and cooking.
Source: LifeHacker – The Most Inspiring People of 2020, According to Us
Resolutions are overrated, and we all know it. Even if you enjoy making lofty goals for the new year, simply declaring a resolution is not the same as making a plan to get there. But you know what? You don’t have to do that, either. This year, make a resolution that is small and boring as hell.
Source: LifeHacker – Make a Boring Resolution
In the early ‘90s, Nintendo surveyed the massive success of the Game Boy and thought, what if you could also work on this thing? Enter the WorkBoy, an accessory that converted Nintendo’s handheld system into a sort of early PDA. But despite a lot of evidence of the WorkBoy’s existence, it vanished before ever making…
Source: Gizmodo – Nintendo’s WorkBoy Rescued From the Dustbin of History
It’s now clearer how VW’s prototype EV charging robot will work in practice. VW has offered its first real-world glimpse of the mobile charger bot in action. It’s not just helpful for charging EVs away from dedicated spaces, it’s cute — the prototype…
Source: Engadget – VW shows its mobile EV charging robot in action
Cyberpunk 2077 has been in the news for a variety of reasons; most of which weren’t by any means good. Most recently, developer CD Projekt Red (CDPR) has found itself the target of two class action lawsuits alleging that investors were misled over undisclosed [show-stopping] issues with the game prior to release.
As players start wading
Source: Hot Hardware – See Cyberpunk 2077’s Aboveground Train System That Was Seemingly Abandoned Prior To Release
More than 190,000 fans sold at Home Depot in the United States and Canada have been recalled by the manufacturer because the blades can detach, fly through the air, and hit people.
Source: Gizmodo – 190,000 Ceiling Fans Recalled After Blades Flew Off and Hit People
Rumors have been swirling that Samsung will reveal its Galaxy S21 lineup a little earlier than usual next year, perhaps on January 14th (the last day of CES) rather than at an Unpacked event in February. Samsung has stoked the flames of those reports…
Source: Engadget – Samsung has opened its virtual waiting room for Galaxy S21 preorders
Podcasts used to define my commute. But now that I don’t have a commute anymore, I have to fit them in where I can. This means I have sadly been forced to ditch many of the shows I used to listen to regularly and focus on only the best of them—the ones I simply can’t miss.
And that’s what we’re focusing on today: the…
Source: LifeHacker – The Podcast Episodes That Sustained Us in 2020
Saturn’s moon Titan is distinctive, in part for its orange-ish and hazy atmosphere. It’s virtually impossible to see surface features because the haze is so opaque in the visible portion of the spectrum; what we know of it comes from things like radar imagery, instead. The haze is the product of chemical reactions in the upper atmosphere, driven by ultraviolet radiation. These then cascade into larger and more complex organic (reminder: that doesn’t mean biological) molecules.
The New Horizons mission to Pluto showed that the dwarf planet, too, has a haze. It’s less prominent in Pluto’s meager atmosphere, but it is there (it’s actually similar to the one on Neptune’s moon Triton). Because Pluto’s atmosphere isn’t that different from the upper reaches of Titan’s atmosphere, it has been thought that the same chemistry is responsible.
But a new study led by Panayotis Lavvas at the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne shows that Pluto’s haze may require a different explanation. On both bodies, the atmosphere contains methane, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen. But if Titan’s process worked at the same rate on Pluto, it wouldn’t make enough haze particles to match what we’ve measured there. As Pluto’s atmosphere is even colder than the upper atmosphere on Titan, that haze particle chemistry should be running slower on Pluto.
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Source: Ars Technica – Like Titan, Pluto’s atmosphere is hazy, but for a different reason
Season three of Cobra Kai is the show’s most confident, nostalgic, and entertaining season yet. The hit Netflix show based in the world of The Karate Kid once again builds on the relationships and characters we know and love from the previous seasons, as well as the movies, but this year it’s much more focused,…
Source: io9 – Cobra Kai Season 3 Is Focused, Emotional, and Nostalgic in the Best Way
A group of mysterious hackers has carried out a clever supply chain attack against Vietnamese private companies and government agencies by inserting malware inside an official government software toolkit. From a report: The attack, discovered by security firm ESET and detailed in a report named “Operation SignSight,” targeted the Vietnam Government Certification Authority (VGCA), the government organization that issues digital certificates that can be used to electronically sign official documents. Any Vietnamese citizen, private company, and even other government agency that wants to submit files to the Vietnamese government must sign their documents with a VGCA-compatible digital certificate. The VGCA doesn’t only issue these digital certificates but also provides ready-made and user-friendly “client apps” that citizens, private companies, and government workers can install on their computers and automate the process of signing a document.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Source: Slashdot – Vietnam Targeted in Complex Supply Chain Attack
The age-old battle between AMD and Intel became interesting again when the former launched its Zen architecture in 2017, followed by Zen+ in 2018 and especially Zen 3 earlier this year. For the most part, Zen 3 put AMD ahead of its rival, in terms of overall performance, but will Intel retake the lead when Rocket Lake-S arrives next year?
Source: Hot Hardware – Intel Core i7-11700K Rocket Lake-S Goes Head-To-Head With Ryzen 7 5800X In Benchmark Leak
