June 15, 2021 The Witcher Anime Prequel Will Explore What It Takes to Be a Witcher It is, apparently, not all sitting around in a tub before you kill a monster for coins and bardic inspiration, apparently. Read more… via…
June 15, 2021 Big Tech Antitrust Crusader Lina Khan Joins the FTC Today the senate overwhelmingly confirmed tech critic and 32-year-old Columbia professor Lina Khan to join the Federal Trade Commission by a vote of 69-28….
June 15, 2021 A Deadly Super-Fungus Has Emerged in Brazil, Aided by Covid-19 Late last year, a deadly yeast known as Candida auris was found in Brazil for the first time. In a new paper this week, the…
June 15, 2021 How Masters of the Universe: Revelation Updates He-Man for 2021 The first thing you’ll notice about the new Masters of the Universe show is that “He-Man” isn’t in the title. The original ‘80s cartoon…
June 15, 2021 Nintendo is Going to Bleed Fans Dry With Game & Watches Featuring Every Classic Franchise As much as we loved Nintendo’s Game & Watch revival featuring the original Super Mario Bros., we regretted the handheld’s limited selection of games….
June 15, 2021 This Double-Sided Wireless Battery Can Charge Your iPhone and AirPods At the Same Time Apple’s introduction of MagSafe charging in the iPhone 12 line has enabled some clever accessories, but none as useful as portable chargers that stick…
June 15, 2021 Pixar’s Luca Went Through Many Big Changes on Its Way to Disney+ Here’s how Pixar’s latest film, Luca, does not end: a huge kraken does not show up and face off against the heroes. At one…
June 15, 2021 Airbnb Will Temporarily Ban Listings Where Tenants Have Been Evicted for Not Paying Rent Better late than never: Airbnb is preventing landlords from renting units where tenants have been evicted for not paying rent after the Center for…
June 15, 2021 Timewasters’ Time-Travel Adventures Are Definitely Not a Waste of Time Timewasters—a sharp, funny 2017-2019 British series that’s now available stateside, thanks to Amazon’s free streamer IMDb TV—follows the adventures of a struggling jazz quartet…
June 15, 2021 Aliens Wouldn’t Need Warp Drives to Take Over an Entire Galaxy, Simulation Suggests A new computer simulation shows that a technologically advanced civilization, even when using slow ships, can still colonize an entire galaxy in a modest…