April 20, 2023 Twitter removes Legacy Blue Checks and sparks anger, confusion, ennui As promised, Twitter Legacy Blue verification checks started quietly disappearing from user accounts Thursday afternoon. Now the only way to hold onto the coveted…
April 20, 2023 Hot Wheels: Rift Rally Turns Your House Into a Miniature Monaco Although I tend to roll my eyes at toys that offer enhanced play through an app that adds virtual effects on a mobile device’s…
April 20, 2023 Plastic-Devouring Fungi Boost Hope for Tackling Global Litter Discarded plastic is everywhere, mucking up natural and developed environments alike. Australian scientists say they’ve discovered two varieties of fungi that will eat away…
April 20, 2023 How Evil Dead Rise Keeps the Splattery Spirit of the Cult Horror Franchise Alive Evil Dead Rise hits theaters on Friday, bringing with it copious gore and Deadites galore, but no wisecracking Bruce Campbell; the setting also shifts…
April 20, 2023 Spider-Man movies finally arrive on Disney+ It took a couple of years, but Disney+ is finally doing more to patch the Spider-Man-sized hole in its Marvel movie lineup. The streaming…
April 20, 2023 Recent Explosion Means ULA’s Big New Rocket Won’t Launch Until Summer Following a disturbing explosion that swept over NASA’s test facility in Alabama, United Launch Alliance (ULA) doesn’t expect its Vulcan rocket to fly until…
April 20, 2023 The EARN IT Act will be introduced to Congress for the third time The controversial EARN IT Act, first introduced in 2020, is returning to Congress after failing twice to land on the president’s desk. The Eliminating…
April 20, 2023 Managing cloud systems is getting harder for businesses everywhere New research from NetApp has claimed nearly all IT leaders (98%) have been affected by increasing cloud complexity, causing negative impacts extending across the…
April 20, 2023 It’s 4:20 Somewhere: Legacy Blue Checks Begin to Disappear on Twitter After weeks of wondering when Elon Musk would remove legacy verification checkmarks from notable users, the announcement that it would happen on 4/20, Elon’s…