A Huge Winter Storm Is About to Make Life Messy for Half the U.S.

The Northeast U.S. is still digging out from the monster snowstorm that hit over the weekend, but the rest of the country better buckle up—there’s some serious weather coming this week. A storm could hit states from Colorado, to parts of Texas, to Ohio by Groundhog Day, dumping freezing rain and snow and snarling…

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A Reminder Why George Lucas Loved the Star Wars Special Editions

Even after it became the highest-grossing film of all time, George Lucas still wasn’t completely satisfied with Star Wars. Sure, the filmmaker obviously was happy with much of what’s on screen, but the visuals and scope he had in his mind in when he made the movie in the 1970s didn’t line up with the final product. He…

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Astrophysicists Found 1,000 Magnetic Milky Way ‘Strands’

A new mosaic image taken by the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa has revealed nearly 1,000 multi-light-year-long electron strands at the center of the Milky Way. The strands are huge streaks of cosmic ray particles; though they were discovered nearly 40 years ago, researchers never knew there were so many.

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Microsoft: Your PC power settings could be breaking Windows Update

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MLB The Show is coming to Switch for the first time

MLB The Show 22 will arrive on April 5th and, for the first time in the series, you’ll be able to play on Nintendo Switch. There will be full cross-platform support between Switch, PlayStation and Xbox. You’ll be able to transfer Road to the Show or Franchise save files between platforms and have access to items across various consoles (though Xbox Series X/S and PS5-exclusive content will remain locked to those systems).

As with last year’s edition, which was the first to land on Xbox, MLB The Show 22 is coming to Xbox Game Pass on its release day. That continues an unusual arrangement where a Sony-published title is available to Game Pass members at no extra cost. Subscribers can play via the cloud as well as on consoles.

This year’s cover athlete is Los Angeles Angels megastar Shohei Ohtani. The pitcher and designated hitter had an incredible 2021 season, racking up 46 home runs and 156 strikeouts. It’s pretty hard to imagine anyone else gracing MLB The Show 22‘s cover.

Biden Administration Wants To Make Getting Unemployment Insurance Easier

A small pilot program will help layoff victims navigate the process of claiming benefits.

Biden Administration Wants To Make Getting Unemployment Insurance Easier

A small pilot program will help layoff victims navigate the process of claiming benefits.

Fall in Love With Reading Thanks to These 42 New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Snowed in? A loather of Valentine’s Day? Feeling sluggish on the doom-laden treadmill of life? Perk up with this robust list of brand-new sci-fi and fantasy books coming out in February. We got Jedi! We got space nuns! We got monsters, slippery royals, thieves, and even a taser-wielding librarian! Read on!

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MacBooks Are Experiencing Battery Drain in Sleep Mode

If you just downloaded the latest version of macOS, 12.2, keep an eye on your MacBook’s battery life. Furious Apple laptop owners are reporting across various forums and social media platforms (Reddit, Twitter) that their MacBooks are experiencing excessive battery drain while in sleep mode (via MacRumors).

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Joe Rogan Is Sorry, Not Sorry About His Podcast's Misinformation Problem

Joe Rogan has an important message for Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and any other major artist that’s removed their music from Spotify’s platform in response to his podcast’s habit of hosting well-known antivaxxers: he’s sorry, but not sorry enough to stop doing it.

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