For Pixar Fans, Turning Red's Shift to Disney+ is Turning Ugly

Since the debut of Toy Story in 1995, Pixar’s animated films have helped catapult Disney’s rise to become one of the biggest corporations in the world. Seeing their films in the theater every other year was often an event in and of itself, and that’s led to a powerful, passionate fanbase that’s grown with each sequel…

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Ketamine Shows Promise for Helping People With Alcohol Addiction

New research suggests that ketamine may help people struggling with alcohol addiction. The small randomized, controlled trial found that people with severe alcohol use disorder given infusions of ketamine reported more days of abstinence at a six-month follow-up than those in a control group. The benefits also…

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Joe Rogan Joined Gettr 10-Days Ago and Already Thinks It Sucks

Between promoting scientifically baseless theories that the coronavirus pandemic has triggered “mass formation psychosis” and switching to a fruit and meat diet, wildly popular podcaster Joe Rogan found the time to become active on MAGA-themed social media site Gettr. Surprise, he hates it.

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PCIe 6.0 Is Going to Make Your Gadgets Unbelievably Fast, Just Not Any Time Soon

We’re only now seeing widespread support for PCIe 5.0, but as is so often the case in this industry, new tech is old tech the moment it arrives. And so, the PCI Special Interest Group today released a finalized spec for PCI Express 6.0, setting the groundwork for the next (next?) generation of SSDs.

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Star Trek: Picard Is Bringing Queer Fun Times and Romulan Warlords to Audio Dramas

Star Trek: Picard’s largely confounding season one finale included a tiny step forward in the wider franchise’s approach to queer characters when it allowed Michelle Hurd and Jeri Ryan’s Raffi and Seven to… well, hold hands. Look, baby steps! Anyway, while we’re not sure what season two will have in store for them,…

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Carmakers Launch Desperate Attempt to Delay Massachusetts Right-to-Repair Law

Major car manufacturers aren’t giving up on their efforts to stymie Massachusetts’ right to repair legislation. Less than two years after residents in the state voted in favor of updated right to repair laws that would let independent auto repair shops receive telematics data from vehicles, groups representing auto…

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Martian Dust Storm Sends NASA's InSight Lander Into Safe Mode

The NASA InSight Lander was forced to enter safe mode last Friday as a Martian dust storm swept over its location. The ongoing storm has reduced the amount of sunlight hitting the lander’s solar panels, so mission controllers have reduced its activity to the bare minimum to reduce strain on the batteries.

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The Visual Evolution of Mandalorian Armor Design

There have been long debates about just how Mandalorian Boba and his father were at times in their long history in Star Wars, but their personal influence in the evolution of the Mandalorian people and their culture is indelible. But it’s also had a huge influence on how we literally see them too.

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Ohio Justices Toss GOP Statehouse Maps, Order Fix In 10 Days

The Ohio Supreme Court has declared newly drawn district maps that retain Republican supermajorities invalid and ordered them redrawn.

What Are Chrome Flags and Should You Use Them?

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