Here's everything Google announced at its Pixel 5 event

Between pre-release leaks and information Google shared ahead of today, there weren’t many surprises at the company’s Launch Night event. We knew the Pixel 5, Pixel 4a 5G, 2020 Chromecast and Nest Audio were coming, but that didn’t make seeing Google…

Peter Parker has been recast in ‘Marvel’s Spider-Man: Remastered’

Developer Insomniac Games says the forthcoming Marvel’s Spider-Man: Remastered for the PS5 will be different from the 2018 original in multiple ways. While we could have predicted changes like a higher frame rate and the addition of new spider suits,…

Subway Sandwich Loaves Too Sugary To Be Called Bread: Irish Court

The court ruling could cost Subway shops on the Emerald Isle some dough.

NHTSA Declares October 'National Pedestrian Safety Month' Will Continue To Do Fuck-All About Pedestrian Safety

U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao on Tuesday designated October as Pedestrian Safety Month, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration set right to work producing press releases and workbooks for communities around this new month of heightened safety awareness. Pedestrian traffic deaths have been…

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The First Dinosaur Feather Ever Found Is Still Controversial

A fossilized feather found 159 years ago in Germany has returned to the paleontological spotlight, with new research declaring the feather as having come from the bird-like Archaeopteryx, much to the chagrin of dissenting scientists.

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No Evidence That Hydroxychloroquine Can Prevent Covid-19, Concludes New Study

A new study is the latest to suggest that hydroxychloroquine isn’t an effective weapon against covid-19, even when taken as a preventative drug. The randomized, double-blinded trial found no difference in the risk of catching covid-19 among health care workers who either took the malaria drug or a placebo before they…

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AOC Urges the SEC to Probe Palantir's Partnerships, Finances, and Literally Everything Else

Palantir’s debut on the public market earlier today drew different responses from different people. Some veterans in Silicon Valley claimed that its statements to investors are riddled with exaggerations and hype meant to hide the company’s less-than-stellar tech. Critics in the tech privacy sphere, meanwhile, sounded…

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'Stand Back and Stand By' Already Selling on Extremist Proud Boys T-Shirts, Thanks to Trump

At the 2020 presidential debates on Tuesday, Donald Trump didn’t just choke on condemning white supremacists—he actually gave what a far-right hate group that has beat up protesters and launched street brawls interpreted as at the very least a tacit endorsement, or even a direct order. The president has since…

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Study finds one popular intermittent fasting ‘benefit’ is a big myth

An eating protocol called intermittent fasting is popular at the moment, primarily for reasons having to do with a biological process called autophagy and the (lack of) eating protocol’s supposed ability to improve health across a variety of categories. However, intermittent fasting has also become popular as a weightloss method, with past animal model research indicating that time-restricted eating may … Continue reading

Google TV won’t get Stadia until early next year

Google Stadia won’t be working on Google TV until some time in the first half of the year 2021. An announcement from the Stadia team at Google came soon after the big reveal of the first Chromecast with Google TV. This is strange, considering the fact that some Android TV devices have had Stadia support since earlier this summer. Earlier … Continue reading